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SuperString picture SuperString · Dec 16, 2010 · Viewed 224.2k times · Source

I am writing a program that needs A LOT of words of the English language. I am trying to find a dictionary file that has a lot of words. Does anyone know of a good source? I tried many sources but they don't seem to have it.

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Robert picture Robert · Dec 16, 2010

What about /usr/share/dict/words on any Unix system? How many words are we talking about? Like OED-Unabridged?

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