Here is a custom word search (initially 50x50 at the time of posting, to be expanded to 100x100).
https://pastebin.com/raw/mwr0vftX (Day 0)
https://pastebin.com/raw/V8GhUcaS (Day 1)
https://pastebin.com/raw/TKtw84B1 (Day 2)
https://pastebin.com/raw/ayWPFykS (Day 3)
https://pastebin.com/raw/B3Ahyy4f (Day 4)
https://pastebin.com/raw/Xsij5MZf (Day 5)
https://pastebin.com/raw/vLrXy6Sm (Day 6)
https://pastebin.com/raw/hSst3nk3 (Day 7)
https://pastebin.com/raw/FURzdutp (Day 8)
https://pastebin.com/raw/q5RpSpDx (Day 9)
https://pastebin.com/raw/x1sDcNe1 (Day 10)
https://pastebin.com/raw/dbyiPjL6 (Day 11)
https://pastebin.com/raw/Rrc28UBc (Day 12)
Current grid size: 62x62
Each letter is chosen at random, using the frequency with which they appear in English, as per this page:
'E': 12.7, 'T': 9.1, 'A': 8.2, 'O': 7.5, 'I': 7.0, 'N': 6.7, 'S': 6.3, 'H': 6.1, 'R': 6.0, 'D': 4.3, 'L': 4.0, 'C': 2.8, 'U': 2.8, 'M': 2.4, 'W': 2.4, 'F': 2.2, 'G': 2.0, 'Y': 2.0, 'P': 1.9, 'B': 1.5, 'V': 0.98, 'K': 0.77, 'J': 0.15, 'X': 0.15, 'Q': 0.095, 'Z': 0.074
The goal of this market is to guess what the first letter of the longest word (read in any direction, including diagonals) will be at market close. I will be using the words_alpha.txt file from this page as a dictionary:
https://github.com/dwyl/english-words/blob/master/words_alpha.txt
Any words not contained in the above dictionary will not be counted, no matter how obvious it may be that they are real English words.
From now until market close, I will periodically (aiming for once per day; will vary pace to catch up if I fall behind) add an additional row and column to the word search. However, each row and each column will be inserted into a random position, meaning that existing words can be blown up.
If, at market close, multiple words are tied for the longest word, I will resolve each letter as a percentage, according to how many of the words tied for longest started with that letter. If one of the longest words can be read as different words both forwards and backwards, it will count as both words (palindromes will not be counted twice).
I will be participating in this market, but I will find a way to demonstrate that the position of newly inserted rows/columns is indeed being chosen randomly. If I am the only one engaging with the market for a prolonged period, I may pause the progress of the market until new bets are made and extend the resolution date accordingly.
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