Moby Words II is the largest wordlist in the world. The distribution consists of the following 16 files:
| Filename | Words | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ACRONYMS.TXT | 6,213 | Common acronyms and abbreviations |
| COMMON.TXT | 74,550 | Common words present in two or more published dictionaries |
| COMPOUND.TXT | 256,772 | Phrases, proper nouns, and acronyms not included in the common words file |
| CROSSWD.TXT | 113,809 | Words included in the first edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary |
| CRSWD-D.TXT | 4,160 | Additions to the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary in the second edition |
| FICTION.TXT | 467 | A list of the most commonly occurring substrings in the book The Joy Luck Club |
| FREQ.TXT | 1,000 | Most frequently occurring words in the English language, listed in descending order |
| FREQ-INT.TXT | 1,000 | Most frequently occurring words on Usenet in 1992, listed with corresponding percentage in decreasing order |
| KJVFREQ.TXT | 1,185 | Most frequently occurring substrings in the King James Version of the Bible, listed in descending order |
| NAMES.TXT | 21,986 | Most common names used in the USA and Great Britain |
| NAMES-F.TXT | 4,946 | Common English female names |
| NAMES-M.TXT | 3,897 | Common English male names |
| OFTENMIS.TXT | 366 | Most common misspelled English words |
| PLACES.TXT | 10,196 | Place names in the USA |
| SINGLE.TXT | 354,984 | Single words excluding proper nouns, acronyms, compound words and phrases, but including archaic words and significant variant spellings |
| USACONST.TXT | 7,618 | United States Constitution including all amendments current to 1993 |
| Total | 863,149 |
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