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Get all words that are between 3 and 6 characters long from your system's dictionary, and then format them so that you can drop them into an array.
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dictionary_words.sh
cat /usr/share/dict/words | grep '.\{3\}' | grep -v '.\{6\}' | sed 's/^/"/;s/$/",/' | pbcopy
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