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SamBam on May 3, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: What3Words – The Algorithm

Looking at the 3 word-based W3W, for some reason they have "horses" and not "horse," but you can find both https://what3words.com/correct.horses.battery and https://what3words.com/horses.battery.staple, and interestingly enough they are both in Canada, one in Nunavut and the other in Quebec.

jhgb on May 3, 2021 [–]

"...if the solution is to use words, then What4Words would have had a word list of less than 3000, resulting in a word list with less confusable words..."

SamBam on May 3, 2021 | [–]

I had ninja-edited to be clearer, but perhaps I was too slow. I was simply noting what the equivalent two locations would be in W3W.

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