LetterLock

Ideas and To-dos:

• Allow user to select 4 or 5 letter words (in addition to 3-letter version)
• Improve scoring algorithm; reduce disparity between easy-mode and lock-mode
• Let users save scores
• Use AJAX to check words:

  Good

  reduces load; no need to send entire dictionary to client

  Bad

  increases server requests; possibly increases response time if server lags

Current word list from 3-letter word list of valid Scrabble words. One issue with using Scrabble dictionary words is that many of the words are somewhat unexpected to casual players (e.g. MHO) and many are not even listed in Merriam-Webster (e.g. AAL & ZZZ). In case you were wondering, "Zen," in spite of its typical use in American English, is considered a proper noun, and therefore serious Scrabble players exclude it.