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Cheating at Bee with RegEx
We often get questions about using RegEx on XWord Info, most of which I can’t answer, but an intriguing question arose recently. Can RegEx be used to find NYT Spelling Bee words? The short answer is that, yes, we you can filter words in our lists that match Bee rules, but you end up with… Continue reading Cheating at Bee with RegEx
XWord Info is not a porn site
Internet providers sometimes block XWord Info and other likely porn sites.
Hardest Recent Puzzles
Which recent NYT crosswords gave solvers the most difficulty?
That Spelling Bee Obsession
Why are so many people obsessed with the New York Times Spelling Bee game?
No more Across Lite????
If you look up love-hate relationship in any dictionary, it just says, “See Across Lite.” The following announcement was published today (8/2/2021): NYT Games No Longer Available on Across Lite as of Aug. 10. Is that good or bad, at least in the long term? First some definitions: Across Lite is a program that runs… Continue reading No more Across Lite????
Infrastructure Week
We completed our latest XWord Info upgrade and we’ve now settled comfortably into our new home on the Azure cloud. Will you notice or care? Maybe not, but there are many advantages for us and for you. We can now upgrade the site with bug fixes or new features with zero downtime. (It used to… Continue reading Infrastructure Week
Wordlist downloads
We’ve recently had reports that our new logon authentication system on XWord Info has affected Wordlist downloads. Fortunately, the fix is easy. If you’ve recently downloaded a wordlist (particularly an OS/X version apparently) and had problems, 1) log off XWord Info, 2) log back on, 3) download the list again. You should be fine. Once… Continue reading Wordlist downloads
That extra XWord Info Log In
Did you notice that you recently had to log back into XWord info for no apparent reason? Here’s the explanation. Note, this post gets increasingly technical, so feel free to bail when you get bored. TL;DR: Just log back in when you’re asked, and everything will work fine. What happened? The short answer is, we… Continue reading That extra XWord Info Log In
Word List Updates
Jeff Chen regularly updates the XWord Info word lists. He’s just uploaded a large batch.