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Same for PRI. I wish it showed which words it thinks are wrong. I'l like to know if it rejects PRI because it doesn't think PRISS is a word or because it doesn't think PRILL is a word.

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In this case "prill" is the obscure word, sorry. I understand some people will be annoyed that the obscure words they happen to know don't work, but I think it's better for the 95% of players who would be disappointed to find that "prill" or "brall" was part of the solution, effectively giving them no chance.

Each puzzle has only one solution, so if you find one that doesn't work with 1 or more extremely uncommon words, it's safe to assume that's not the solution.

You could have two wordlists, one general and one for obscure words that you use for checking answers, but not for generating puzzles.

See my other comment on this subject! I think it would be a risky choice.

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