Andy Sisson wrote:
It occurred to me that the 500k+ english language article topics would by themselves be a fairly broad index of the vocabulary and zeitgeist of the english speaking world - which would, in turn, potentially be quite handy as word list for constructing US-style crosswords and the like.
It probably still not produce the wealth of obscure 2 and 3 letter words that you need just to make the crossword work. :-)
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