The Collaborative Word List Project

What is this project?

• It has always bugged me that crossword constructors' word lists remain a closely guarded secret. The word lists available at Cruciverb.com are wonderful but the fact that they are unranked makes them somewhat less than ideal.
  
  This led to the following idea: why not create a shared word list that users can update themselves? This way, we get several minds working on a word list at once. New words will be added faster, bad words will be removed faster and the end result should be better than anything one person could do on his own in the same amount of time. Hence we have this project. A user checks out the word list, makes adjustments, and checks it back in. What could be better?

How do I join?

• Everything you need to know is at this page. If something is unclear feel free to contact me using the link at the top of this page.

How should I be scoring words in the word list?

• See our handy guidelines for scoring words. These are not to be taken as gospel but should be a good place to start.