Help for Newcomers

[bansaisequoia]

Letter Patterns

Of course it's not quite as likely to be:

kick
pomp
whew
fief
gong
neon
bulb
teat
alga
orzo
sans
twit
chic
eave

or

hush

[imported_kat]

and...

hath (But if you enter "that" you can usually figure out when it's "hath")

[smoochie222]

and

high

[maradnu]

That structure

that hath sons high says dead died else sins edge tent ease seas area text test sits rear sets shes roar asia gang taut onto ohio suns tact agua pomp pump hugh alva grog dyed sans sirs kick kirk greg noun sums trot erie saws aida aqua hush gong hash maim neon prop taft aura barb bomb prep pulp tilt chic sags sows tint tout alga blab blob bulb eave edie eire fief kink ocho oleo olio ouzo pimp plop sots subs suds tart teat tort tuft twit whew

Includes some names, some foreign stuff, & some obscure stuff.

[imported_kat]

exactly right

like the way you ended with whew! how perfect is that? lol! great job!

[bansaisequoia]

Thank you for the excellence of your experience, maradnu

[flutefish]

Help for Newcomers

Other word patterns/relationships I look for:

- The, That, There, Their, Other - 'TH' often appears together in many words, so look for places where these 2 letter appear together.
- Every, Everything, Everybody, Everywhere, Everyone - this is given away by the 2 E's in the first 3 letters.
- Which - look for the 2nd and 5th letter being the same.
- Where
- You, Your
- Four letter words that start & end with the same letter: That, Dead, High, a word that starts and ends with 'S', such as 'SAYS'. Of these, THAT is the most common by far.
- PEOPLE has a pretty unique pattern, so it is pretty easy to spot. There a few other words with the same patter, such as INDIAN or PROPER, but people is by far the most common.
- Remember that a 2 letter word cannot ever begin with the letter 'E', so if you are trying to figure out what the letters with high frequencies might be, this is a way to eliminate an option. Also, 'O' is a very common ending to 2 letter words.
- Look for common word endings, such as -ING, -TION, -MENT, -ESS
- Every word in the english language has a vowel (A,E,I,O,U, Y if it is a 2 letter word). If you get stuck, see if there are any vowels you have not used yet, and see if you can figure out a place to put them.
- 'IT IS' often starts sentences or phrases. Also, THERE ARE.
- if there is a three letter word after a comma, it is usually AND. It is also commonly NOT or BUT. If the word BUT appears in a sentence, NOT will often appear in the same quote before the BUT.

Those are all the tips I can think of at the moment. Hope it helps.

[maradnu]

Key word lists by structure

http://fiziwig.com/crypto/pword.txt

[Laura]

Great List

Wow, Maradnu, that's an excellent list. Thanks for sharing! There are quite a few words I've never heard of (kii, nuu, ogg) but it's a great resource.

[cyclisted]

Momma mia, "abba" is on Marandu's list!

[bansaisequoia]

Verdi

Oh, cieli azzuri, Aida is on maradnu's list, too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm9Pf3W7ODA

[Laura]

That was lovely!

[bansaisequoia]

Where it's due

Laura, I can't take credit for it. It was really Giuseppe Verdi.

[maradnu]

List

I stumbled on that list a while back - not sure I even remember how, but bookmarked it, for obvious reasons.

Some dubious words in there, and a few things omitted, but generally pretty good.

[maradnu]

Also

I've seen CONSISTS showing up a bit lately.