Comment by why_at
3 days ago
Nice work! That was pretty fun.
There were definitely some words in there which I had never heard even as a native English speaker. One suggestion I would make if the intent is to teach people a new language would be to limit the word list based on how commonly used the words are. I don't think it helps non-proficient speakers to learn extremely obscure words that nobody uses.
You could make it so that the X most common words are needed to win and the rest are bonus points or something.
Thank you! And yes, taming the word list is a constant battle and a matter of taste. I haven't tried to draw such strict lines yet for the entire language as to what definitely will and won't be in there, beyond nothing vulgar, too obscure, or too obsolete. There's a ton of flowers in there for example, which is interesting, but also, eh. I wanted to get it in front of people and hear what they thought, so thank you for this!