# Word Push dictionary notices

## SCOWL / ESDB (Kevin Atkinson)

Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell any part of SCOWLv2, or
word lists created from it, is hereby granted without fee, provided that the
above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both the above
copyright notice and this notice appear in supporting documentation.  Kevin
Atkinson makes no representations about the suitability of this database for
any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

Source: SCOWL Rev 7.1 (`mk-list american 50`) and ESDB en_US 2026.02.25.
https://wordlist.aspell.net/

## 12dicts (Alan Beale, 6.0.2)

The 12dicts lists were compiled by Alan Beale. I explicitly release
them to the public domain, but request acknowledgment of their use.

This game uses `American/2of12.txt` for the two-letter word band (intersected with ESDB en_US).

## Profanity filter

Length 2–12 lists subtract terms from LDNOOBW List-of-Dirty-Naughty-Obscene-and-Otherwise-Bad-Words (`en`, CC BY 4.0).

## Proper names / acronyms

Lemmas that never appear lowercase in SCOWL `final/*.lst` are excluded (see `tools/word-push/wordlist/WORDLIST-FILTER.md`).