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The preferences window provides access to all the settings which allow you to customize the type of results that apply to your specific needs. To access the Preferences window, select the option from the "Word Unscrambler" menu item or click on the Settings box in the upper-right corner of the main application window.
| o | This setting determines how the unscrambling is performed. The options are: |
| ▪ | Anagram Mode - Arrange letters in any order. |
| ▪ | Crossword Mode - Lock position of known letters. |
| • | Automatically perform new search after settings change |
| o | When enabled, the application will automatically generate new results every time a setting or column sort changes. If disabled, new results will only be generated when the "Search" button is pressed. |
| o | This allows you to specify which word list to search when unscrambling. The options are: |
| ▪ | American English (~100,000 words) - Common American English words subdivided into a standard word list and a proper name word list. |
| ▪ | British English (~100,000 words) - Common British English words subdividied into a standard word list and a proper name word list. |
| ▪ | TWL (~175,000 words) - USA/Canada Scrabble tournament word list. |
| ▪ | SOWPODS (~275,000 words) - British/Australian Scrabble tournament word list. |
| ▪ | ENABLE (~175,000 words) - The Enhanced North American Benchmark Lexicon. |
| ▪ | ODS(~375,000 words) - French Scrabble tournament word list. |
| o | This specifies which website to reference when selecting a word to define. The options are: |
| ▪ | None - Disables all online lookup. |
| o | This allows you to customize the secondary sort parameter. When two results are equivalent based on the columns primary sort option, the secondary sort option will determine which of the two results is displayed first. The options are: |
| ▪ | None - No value is used as a secondary sort. |
| ▪ | Alphabetical (Ascending) |
| o | This determines which rules are used when calculating the score for a word. Different games/languages place different point values for letters so the word score sort will be able to provide the appropriate word score for your current game situation. The options are: |
| ▪ | Official Scrabble (English) |
| ▪ | Words With Friends (English) |
| ▪ | Official Scrabble (French) |
| o | This determines the maximum number of words to display in a single result column. The options are: |
| o | This determines whether the app will search for multiple words withing a set of characters. For example, if this is enabled in Anagram mode, the input word "ctadgo" will return a single result of "cat dog". If disabled, the same input will poduce two seperate results "cat" and "dog" but not both words in the same result. This functions similarly in Crossword mode. When enabled, this can produce significantly more results and take more time to process. |
| o | This filters out words shorter than the length specified. (Only applied in Anagram Mode and sort options which do not have a pre-defined word length.) |
| o | The filters out words that fall below the specified match percentage threshold. (Only applied in Anagram Mode and sort options which do not have a pre-defined word length.) |
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