This project contains a list of German words for wordgames.

The list is currently used by Tanglet (https://gottcode.org/tanglet) but could be useful for other wordgames.

The list is sorted, contains one word per line, the encoding is UTF-8 with Unix-style line endings. The rules what words are included roughly follow the rules in Scrabble, which means that names, proper nouns, toponyms, abbreviations, archaic words and outdated spellings are not allowed. Dated words are ok, also regional words as long as they are known to some extent outside the region. If in doubt, words should be included, because Tanglet's gameplay works better with false positives than false negatives. If a word is listed in the Duden and does not violate the general Scrabble rules, it should always be included in this list.

For easier maintenance, there is a blacklist file that can be used to filter out unwanted words from a file with new word candidates. The wordlist and blacklist are far from being complete and still contain a lot of mistakes. Any help for improving them is appreciated.