Stuff like that happens with every world generator update. It's not just snow and ice: all of the biomes get swapped around. It's the price of modular world construction during rapid development. (Though if biome data was stored with the block code in the region files, that wouldn't happen.)
Yes, I cheated.
3 letter words
car mac rec far rat fan ran mae ref can ace arm arf art ate rei cam ire ram cat ear mir eta ern eat era met eft men nae nit man tin nim net mat mar ret rem air ain fet tea are ami tan tar aim ten tie fin fie act tic aft fir fer ait ane ani rim ant rin fat ice fen tam tae fit arc
4 letter words
meat frat tire frit meta mean fine mica mare mair firm firn frae main item mane mart mace marc fire mate race rife rift rime rite rice rent ream reft reif rein tace tain term tern tier time tear team tame tare tarn rate rant mite naif name narc mire mint mien mina mine near neat raft rain rami rani fice nice neif nema tine mice fret fain cain came fact cant cane cafe cram anti ante fane tram fame face etna earn trim tref cine fiat cite emir cent carn care cart cate emit fare fair fear amir airn airt fart fate feat fern acme fiar acne acre feta amen aine amin amie farm
5 letter words
nitre actin niter cater carte terai afrit antre afire antic citer amnic craft naric anime amine nicer ceria trice tenia ramie armet areic retia refit amice cairn reman ament tamer caner recti caret trine rance remit after aimer recta riant react ramet cream farce macer farci irate inter mafic manic mater matin facer facet namer infra infer feria feint fermi train finer frame franc inarm inert timer frena trace meant faint mitre tinea eniac minae miter crime enact nacre entia miner menta mince micra crane merit crate erica
6 letter words
tamein infare infect centra airmen nectar firman fiacre fiance cinema cretin tanrec iceman minter mincer imaret farcie marine fainer metric mantic marten martin ratine canter carmen recant remain carnie retina enatic etamin anemic retain maftir remint trance famine inmate
7 letter words
infarct creatin fainter certain ceratin carmine fancier fireman nematic minaret infract frantic raiment
These are the words I found:
Farce Mint
Enact Firm
Frantic Me
Frantic Em
Infarct Me
Infarct Em
Franc Item
Franc Emit
Franc Mite
Franc Time
Craft Mien
Craft Mine
Fact Miner
Manic Fret
Cram Feint
Fan Metric
Raft Mince
Frat Mince
Fart Mince
Fat Mincer
Aft Mincer
Arm Infect
Mar Infect
Ram Infect
A Cent Firm
Franc Me Ti
Franc Me It
Franc Em Ti
Franc Em It
Franc Met I
Craft Me In
Craft Em In
Craft Men I
Craft En Mi
Fact Rem In
Fact En Rim
Cam Fern Ti
Cam Fern It
Cam Ref Tin
Cam Ref Nit
Cam Fret In
Cam En Rift
Cam Rent If
Cam Tern If
Cam Ten Fir
Cam Net Fir
Mac Fern Ti
Mac Fern It
Mac Ref Tin
Mac Ref Nit
Mac Fret In
Mac En Rift
Mac Rent If
Mac Tern If
Mac Ten Fir
Mac Net Fir
Cram Fen Ti
Cram Fen It
Cram En Fit
Cram Ten If
Cram Net If
Can Fret Mi
Can Me Rift
Can Em Rift
Can Rem Fit
Can Term If
Can Met Fir
Narc Me Fit
Narc Em Fit
Narc Met If
Cant Ref Mi
Cant Me Fir
Cant Em Fir
Cant Rem If
Arc Men Fit
Arc Met Fin
Car Men Fit
Car Met Fin
Cart Fen Mi
Cart Me Fin
Cart Em Fin
Cart Men If
Act Fen Rim
Act Fern Mi
Act Men Fir
Act Rem Fin
Act En Firm
Cat Fen Rim
Cat Fern Mi
Cat Men Fir
Cat Rem Fin
Cat En Firm
Fa Cent Rim
Fa Rec Mint
Farm Cent I
Farm Tic En
Fan Tic Rem
Far Cent Mi
Far Tic Men
Am Cent Fir
Am Tic Fern
Ma Cent Fir
Ma Tic Fern
Man Rec Fit
Man Tic Ref
Arm Cent If
Arm Tic Fen
Mar Cent If
Mar Tic Fen
Ram Cent If
Ram Tic Fen
Tam Rec Fin
Mat Rec Fin
The Only Thing About The Flat Map Generator Is That It Only Generates Like 5 Layers, So You Can't Dig Much. Whereas With An Outside Generator, You Can Choose Where You Want The Block Level To Be, Also, How Many Chunks To Make Flat...
Mine
Craft
Men
Man
Fart
Raft
Rat
Cat
Mat
Net
Cart
MineCart
Me
I
A
Ten
Cram\
Nite
Tame
Mince
In
I'm
Nice
Aim
Mane
Main
Fat
Neat
Tea
Fine
Fin
Craftin'
Minin'
I think thats everything.
Prove me wrong
Actually the chances are probably about 1 in 69882. It depends on the distribution used to draw the letters, but assuming that the probability of pulling any given letter is it's frequency in the English language (Letter Frequency Distribution), then instead of using 26^9 as a uniform distribution (that's where 5.4 trillion comes from), you have to do something a bit more complicated. By that chart, the probability of drawing "MINECRAFT" would be (M = 0.2406 * I = 0.06966 * N = 0.06749 * E = 0.12702 * C = 0.02782 * R = 0.05987 * A = 0.08167 * F = 0.02228 * T = 0.09056) = 0.00000000003943. If we put one over this, we can call the probability 1 in approximately 25,358,807,712, about one in 25 billion.
However, that's just for getting "MINECRAFT" exactly in a row, which isn't what happened. For our purposes, getting those letters in any order would do. The number of possible permutations of the letters in the word Minecraft is 9 factorial (written 9!), which is simply 9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1 = 362880. We have to divide our previous result to get the probability of MINECRAFT appearing in any order, and 25358807712 / 362880 ~= 69882.
So in other words, this is a rare, cool little coincidence, but certainly not astronomical. In fact, you would expect this outcome to happen in 1 out of every 50000 draws or so. I don't know how many times 9 letters are drawn in a single show, but I'd guess it happens several times. So in summary, probability is weird, and people are naturally bad at estimating it.
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3 letter words
car mac rec far rat fan ran mae ref can ace arm arf art ate rei cam ire ram cat ear mir eta ern eat era met eft men nae nit man tin nim net mat mar ret rem air ain fet tea are ami tan tar aim ten tie fin fie act tic aft fir fer ait ane ani rim ant rin fat ice fen tam tae fit arc
4 letter words
meat frat tire frit meta mean fine mica mare mair firm firn frae main item mane mart mace marc fire mate race rife rift rime rite rice rent ream reft reif rein tace tain term tern tier time tear team tame tare tarn rate rant mite naif name narc mire mint mien mina mine near neat raft rain rami rani fice nice neif nema tine mice fret fain cain came fact cant cane cafe cram anti ante fane tram fame face etna earn trim tref cine fiat cite emir cent carn care cart cate emit fare fair fear amir airn airt fart fate feat fern acme fiar acne acre feta amen aine amin amie farm
5 letter words
nitre actin niter cater carte terai afrit antre afire antic citer amnic craft naric anime amine nicer ceria trice tenia ramie armet areic retia refit amice cairn reman ament tamer caner recti caret trine rance remit after aimer recta riant react ramet cream farce macer farci irate inter mafic manic mater matin facer facet namer infra infer feria feint fermi train finer frame franc inarm inert timer frena trace meant faint mitre tinea eniac minae miter crime enact nacre entia miner menta mince micra crane merit crate erica
6 letter words
tamein infare infect centra airmen nectar firman fiacre fiance cinema cretin tanrec iceman minter mincer imaret farcie marine fainer metric mantic marten martin ratine canter carmen recant remain carnie retina enatic etamin anemic retain maftir remint trance famine inmate
7 letter words
infarct creatin fainter certain ceratin carmine fancier fireman nematic minaret infract frantic raiment
Farce Mint
Enact Firm
Frantic Me
Frantic Em
Infarct Me
Infarct Em
Franc Item
Franc Emit
Franc Mite
Franc Time
Craft Mien
Craft Mine
Fact Miner
Manic Fret
Cram Feint
Fan Metric
Raft Mince
Frat Mince
Fart Mince
Fat Mincer
Aft Mincer
Arm Infect
Mar Infect
Ram Infect
A Cent Firm
Franc Me Ti
Franc Me It
Franc Em Ti
Franc Em It
Franc Met I
Craft Me In
Craft Em In
Craft Men I
Craft En Mi
Fact Rem In
Fact En Rim
Cam Fern Ti
Cam Fern It
Cam Ref Tin
Cam Ref Nit
Cam Fret In
Cam En Rift
Cam Rent If
Cam Tern If
Cam Ten Fir
Cam Net Fir
Mac Fern Ti
Mac Fern It
Mac Ref Tin
Mac Ref Nit
Mac Fret In
Mac En Rift
Mac Rent If
Mac Tern If
Mac Ten Fir
Mac Net Fir
Cram Fen Ti
Cram Fen It
Cram En Fit
Cram Ten If
Cram Net If
Can Fret Mi
Can Me Rift
Can Em Rift
Can Rem Fit
Can Term If
Can Met Fir
Narc Me Fit
Narc Em Fit
Narc Met If
Cant Ref Mi
Cant Me Fir
Cant Em Fir
Cant Rem If
Arc Men Fit
Arc Met Fin
Car Men Fit
Car Met Fin
Cart Fen Mi
Cart Me Fin
Cart Em Fin
Cart Men If
Act Fen Rim
Act Fern Mi
Act Men Fir
Act Rem Fin
Act En Firm
Cat Fen Rim
Cat Fern Mi
Cat Men Fir
Cat Rem Fin
Cat En Firm
Fa Cent Rim
Fa Rec Mint
Farm Cent I
Farm Tic En
Fan Tic Rem
Far Cent Mi
Far Tic Men
Am Cent Fir
Am Tic Fern
Ma Cent Fir
Ma Tic Fern
Man Rec Fit
Man Tic Ref
Arm Cent If
Arm Tic Fen
Mar Cent If
Mar Tic Fen
Ram Cent If
Ram Tic Fen
Tam Rec Fin
Mat Rec Fin
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The best part is, the guy that was competing GOT minaret! And it's one of the best words he could find! xD
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Whatever the hell he said.