[lojban] Re: Updated Letter Frequency Data

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 10:40:23PM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
> 
> Robin Lee Powell scripsit:
> 
> > I don't see how that's appropriate for scrabble, actually, 
> 
> Because you want to assign a score to a Scrabble letter based on
> how rare it is in the Scrabble wordlist, without taking into
> account how rare or common that particular word may be in running
> text.

Ah, OK.  I wonder which format applies to Tri-Virsity.  This is a
game where you have a hand of cards with letters on them from which
you form words, but it does not have a board of any kind.  Opinions?

> > edit my data to work that way trivially:
> 
> Note that the relative frequency of "l" drops from most common
> consonant to fourth most common, because its constant use in gadri
> is no longer important.

That's an excellent point.  Thanks.

-Robin

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