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+# worddict.py
+#
+# Builds:
+#   words[length] = [word1, word2, ...]
+#
+# Designed for ppgen.py and the dwyl words_alpha.txt word list.
+
+import os
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+WORDLIST_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "words.txt")
+
+words = defaultdict(list)
+
+def load_wordlist():
+    if not os.path.exists(WORDLIST_PATH):
+        raise FileNotFoundError(
+            f"Missing wordlist file: {WORDLIST_PATH}\n"
+            "Download https://github.com/dwyl/english-words/blob/master/words_alpha.txt "
+            "and save it as words.txt"
+        )
+
+    with open(WORDLIST_PATH, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        for line in f:
+            w = line.strip()
+            if not w:
+                continue
+
+            # dwyl list is already lowercase and alphabetical —
+            # but we'll enforce that anyway:
+            if not w.isalpha():
+                continue
+
+            words[len(w)].append(w)
+
+# Load at import time
+load_wordlist()