Eliot Dictionaries

Overview

This release contains static compiled dictionary files for Eliot. These files are updated independently of the core software versions.

Scroll down to get the file for your desired language, or read on for more details on each dictionary.

Note that some of these dictionaries are outdated. Please share the newer word list if you have it!

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Dictionaries

If you cannot find the dictionary you want, go to the next section to learn how to create your own.

Bambaran

The dictionary is based on the Bambara-French dictionary by Charles Bailleul. The letter distribution has been calculated using the Corpus bambara (FR).

Catalan

The DISC (Diccionari Informatitzat de l'Scrabble en Català) is an alternative dictionary to the official Catalan dictionary (DOSC).

For more details, see the dedicated site (in Catalan).

Czech

The unofficial word list of this dictionary has been obtained from the following sources:

• Unofficial list
• List of words from 2 to 5 letters

Note: the letters follow the distribution indicated on this page. Thus the few words containing a W or a Z must necessarily be played using the jokers.

English

Eliot provides two (possibly outdated) dictionaries based on the standard word lists for playing Scrabble in English:

• TWL: American dictionary, used in North American and Canadian tournaments
• CSW (Collins Scrabble Words): used in the rest of the world

French

The Eliot dictionary word list has been obtained by combining the following sources:

• Français-Gutemberg list
• Moby list for French
• List of words between 2 and 4 letters

Note: this dictionary does NOT match the word list of the Officiel Du Scrabble (ODS), which Eliot cannot provide for legal reasons. However, if you have access to the word list (e.g. ODS 8), you can use it to create your own Eliot dictionary, as explained below.

Italian

The Eliot dictionary contains the (possibly outdated) official word list for playing Scrabble in Italian. Enclitic forms are also accepted in live games, but there is at the moment no list containing them all.

Note: words containing the letters J, K, W, X or Y can only be played using the jokers.

Malagasy

The Eliot dictionary is based on the Rakibolana word list. It may be outdated.

Norwegian

The Eliot dictionary is based on the official word list, available here (possibly outdated).

Polish

The Eliot dictionary (possibly outdated) is based on the SJP (Słownik Języka Polskiego), available on the official website.

Romanian

The Eliot dictionary is based on the official word list, available here.

Serbian

There is no official word list for playing Scrabble in Serbian. Eliot provides an unofficial dictionary.

Spanish

The Eliot dictionary uses the official 2017 word list of the Federación Internacional de Léxico en Español (FILE).

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Create your own dictionary

Since Eliot 1.12, a wizard allows creating very easily your own dictionary from any list of words. The wizard is available in the Settings menu: Create a new dictionary.... Then you just need to follow the instructions...

Note: languages using double letters for a single tile (like the spanish LL or the catalan QU) must use the old method indicated below..

For those who prefer to use a command-line tool, another (more complex) method consists in using the compdic program, provided with Eliot (and pre-compiled for Windows).

Here is the procedure to follow:

• Save the word list to a file (for example words.txt), using UTF-8 encoding
• Create a letters definition file (for example letters.txt), also encoded in UTF-8. Each line of the file corresponds to a letter, and contains the following fields (separated with one or more spaces):
  • Letter (for the joker, use the interrogation mark: ?)
  • Number of points
  • Frequency (number of occurrences)
  • 1 if the letter is a vowel, 0 otherwise
  • 1 if the letter is a consonant, 0 otherwise
    See below for a sample file.
• Run the compdic program, using the following command-line:
  compdic -d "Nom du dictionnaire" -i words.txt -l letters.txt -o my-dic.dawg
  This will generate a file called my-dic.dawg, usable with Eliot.

Sample letters file

Here is an example of a letters file, suitable for French Scrabble:

A 1 9 1 0
B 3 2 0 1
C 3 2 0 1
D 2 3 0 1
E 1 15 1 0
F 4 2 0 1
G 2 2 0 1
H 4 2 0 1
I 1 8 1 0
J 8 1 0 1
K 10 1 0 1
L 1 5 0 1
M 2 3 0 1
N 1 6 0 1
O 1 6 1 0
P 3 2 0 1
Q 8 1 0 1
R 1 6 0 1
S 1 6 0 1
T 1 6 0 1
U 1 6 1 0
V 4 2 0 1
W 10 1 0 1
X 10 1 0 1
Y 10 1 1 1
Z 10 1 0 1
? 0 2 1 1

v2.2

Version 2.2 (mostly bug fixes). Source only, no Windows/Mac builds.