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English Speller Database (ESDB, previously SCOWL)

RungUp's word lists are made from the English Speller Database, sizes 35 and 60, US spelling.

Copyright 2000-2026 by Kevin Atkinson Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell any part of the English Speller Database (ESDB, previously known as 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.

ENABLE

The ENABLE word list is in the public domain. RungUp uses it only to filter abbreviations and other non-words out of the ESDB lists.

List of Dirty, Naughty, Obscene, and Otherwise Bad Words

RungUp keeps offensive words out of the game with the English list from LDNOOBW, used unchanged under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Fonts

Bricolage Grotesque and Atkinson Hyperlegible are served by Google Fonts under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.