ONLINE "word lab" needed...

Factual Questions
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Good grief! I would think that a simple search on the web would bring me to an answer on this, but so far no success.

Can anyone provide a link to a site wherein one can do all sorts of queries through the English Language that go beyond what one can easily do with a dictionary?

I’m talking about things that would help with word puzzles, (not limited to crossword puzzles, BTW) and also setting up puzzle of my own.

Examples would include:

  • Finding all common English words ending in EL

  • Finding all c. E. words with T-E-N in order. A subset of these would be consecutively. A superset would be all words containing a least one instance of each of these letters.

  • All words limited to a subset of the alphabet. For example, all words that “avoid” the middle row of a standard typewriter. Or contain no E’s.

… Well, you get the idea.

I’ve known for years about anagram sites, but of course such are limited as re certain particular queries about words. They don’t have the general usefulness I need.

Just today I’ve found a few crossword aids, but none so far have what I’ve been looking for.

So I thought I may as well save some further probably frustrating hunting and ask…

THE SMARTEST PEOPLE ON THE PLANET!

Hepl!

       :D

True Blue Jack

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Onelook Dictionary

Does that help?

Also Rhymezone is very helpful.

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Regardless if it helped him… I am pretty bummed that this word exists:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=unangry&r=66

That is the worst word I ever heard in my life.

I decided to test the Onelook site by using a riddle that said there were supposedly only three words in the English language that ended in -gry. It seems there are over a dozen words that end in -gry. That makes me very not unangry at the fool who told me that riddle :mad:

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Well the answer to the riddle is ‘the’ (and it doesn’t matter how many words end in -gry). :slight_smile:

Of Onelook’s selection:

‘aggry’ is defined as a type of African bead (foreign word?)
‘Badagry’ is a placename
‘Cogry’ is a placename
‘Gagry’ is a placename
‘iggry’ is an Egyptian colloquialism
‘igry’ is a made-up word
‘Kingry’ is a surname
‘onegry’ is defined as ‘being alone and unhappy’
‘Pingry’ is a placename
puggry’ is a turban (foreign word?)
‘QGRY’ is a missplet acronym for Quebec Gatineau Railway Incorporated
‘WGRY’ is a radio station
‘Wigry’ is the name of a lake

So the only candidates are ‘aggry’, onegry’ and ‘puggry’, and they are doubtful.
I think this shows Onelook posts unchecked rubbish.

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And, of course, gryphon, you didn’t specify which end

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If you ask for “common words” on Onelook ending in “gry”, you get three answers – gry, angry and hungry. Works for me.

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First, thank you to groman! Onelook is certainly what the doctor ordered. And Rhymezone has its own fascinations.

DevNull:

I agree about this word. It’s enough to drive one unmad if a “Bizarro” … or not uninsane for the rest of us…

(possibly not unexcluding yours not untruly)

Thank you to everyone who posted.

True Blue Jack