Hi Binkie
If you have WinZip, it should be able to open the file for you - either by right-clicking on the filename and choosing Open With... WinZip Executable, or by starting WinZip and using its Open function.
But if these won't work for you, I've put a .zip version online at
http://chi.lexigame.com/data/yawl.zip. (Right-click on this and choose Save Target As...)
Is it cheating to use this? Well, if you get hold of some program that can whizz through the file and extract all the words using certain letters, I would call it cheating! But otherwise, I don't see that it's any different from using a dictionary. Is
that cheating? Well, I never use a dictionary myself when I'm playing, but then I'm not that fussed about the hit rate, so I'm happy to have Chihuahua check each word for me. And I harbour no hopes of ever getting anywhere near the trophy - I feel I've done very well indeed if I can just manage to dredge up all the words that
are in the little grey cells, which doesn't include most of the "rare" words.
It would be interesting to hear what other people think about dictionary or word list use. I suppose there is a difference between checking a particular candidate word (to keep the hit rate high) and scouring the list for possibilities. But then, what if you are checking a word and happen to see another possibility?
As far as I'm concerned there are no hard and fast rules about how people should play the game - it's a Web site provided for entertainment, and people can and will use it in whatever manner provides them with entertainment.
