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IAmGraydon 56 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: 18 Words

300,000? The Oxford dictionary only contains 171,000!

echoangle 56 days ago | [–]

I guess the wordlist with 300k contains all the different forms a word can have while the 171k count is only the base words.

pompomsheep 56 days ago | [–]

Haha yeah the 300k list contains so really obscure stuff

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