About the word list
Crossword Path uses a combined English word list built for both search and crossword solving. The database blends dictionary-style lexical data, inflected forms, synonym relations, and usage frequency so the site can do more than just match letters.
Open English WordNet 2024
This is the main lexical backbone of the English app. It supplies words, definitions, synsets, and semantic relations, which makes it useful for both search and crossword clue support.
License: CC BY 4.0
SCOWL word forms
SCOWL helps fill in common inflected forms that dictionary lemmas alone do not cover. That matters for real searches, because people look for plurals, verb forms, and everyday surface forms.
License: LGPL-compatible
gwordlist / Google Books Ngrams
Frequency data helps us rank ordinary words above obscure ones. It does not decide everything, but it gives the search and crossword generator a useful signal for what looks normal to a modern reader.
License: CC BY 3.0
wordfreq
A later ranking pass can also use wordfreq to separate normal modern usage from technically valid but uncommon fill. That makes it especially useful for the English crossword side, where the hardest problem is often not missing words but over-permissive ranking.
Package license: Apache 2.0, with underlying datasets documented by the project
Curated crossword clues
On top of the base lexicon, the English app now has a growing curated clue layer. Some rows are hand-written editorial clues, while others are safer structured imports promoted from review-stage sources like Wikidata. That curated layer is what lets the crossword side of the site feel more human.
What still needs work
The English site is already strong enough for search and early crossword generation, but it still needs more editorial clue depth and more filtering of odd dictionary words before it reaches the same polish level as the Norwegian version.