read linear Lexicon:
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ABABA uh b ah b uh 
ABANDON uh b aa n d un 
ABANDONED uh b aa n d un d 
ABANDONING uh b aa n d un ih ng 
ABANDONMENT uh b aa n d un m un t 
BRAND b r aa n d 
BRANDED b r aa n d ih d 
BRANDO b r aa n d oh 
BRANDON b r aa n d un 
BRANDS b r aa n d z 
BRANDT b r aa n t 
BRANIFF b r aa n ih f 
BRASH b r aa sh 
BRASS b r aa s 
BRAUN b r awh n 
BRAVE b r ey v 
BRAVES b r ey v z 
BRAVO b r ah v oh 
CASKET k aa s k ih t 
CASPAR k aa s p ur 
CASPER k aa s p ur 
CASSETTE k aa s eh t 
CASSETTES k aa s eh t s 
CASSIDY k aa s uh d ee 
CAST k aa s t 
CYCLE s ah ih k ul 
CYCLES s ah ih k ul z 
CYCLICAL s ah ih k l ih k ul 
CYLINDER s ih l ih n d ur 
CYNICAL s ih n ih k ul 
CYNICISM s ih n uh s ih z um 
EDISON eh d ih s un 
EDITED eh d ih t ih d 
EDITH eh d ih th 
EDITING eh d ih t ih ng 
EDITION ih d ih sh un 
EDITIONS ih d ih sh un z 
EDITOR eh d uh t ur 
EDITOR'S eh d ih t ur z 
EDITORIAL eh d uh t awh r ee ul 
SAVINGS s ey v ih ng z 
SAVVY s aa v ee 
SAW s awh 
SAWYER s aw ih ur 
SAY s ey 
SAYING s ey ih ng 
SPEEDS s p ee d z 
SPEEDY s p ee d ee 
SPELL s p eh l 
SPELLED s p eh l d 
SPELLING s p eh l ih ng 
SPELLS s p eh l z 
SPENCE s p eh n s 
TALENTS t aa l un t s 
TALES t ey l z 
TALK t awh k 
TALKED t awh k t 
TALKING t awh k ih ng 
TALKS t awh k s 
TALL t awh l 
TELEVISION'S t eh l uh v ih zh un z 
TELEVISIONS t eh l uh v ih zh un z 
TELEX t eh l eh k s 
TELL t eh l 
TELLER t eh l ur 
TELLING t eh l ih ng 
TELLS t eh l z 
UNDERTAKEN UH n d ur t ey k un 
UNDERTAKING UH n d ur t ey k ih ng 
UNDERTOOK UH n d ur t oo k 
UNDERVALUED UH n d ur v aa l y ooh d 
UNDERWATER UH n d ur w awh t ur 
UNDERWAY UH n d ur w ey 
UNDERWEAR UH n d ur w ae r 
UNDERWENT UH n d ur w eh n t 
UNDERWRITE UH n d ur r ah ih t 
WEAKENED w ee k un d 
WEAKENING w ee k un ih ng 
WEAKENS w ee k un z 
WEAKER w ee k ur 
WEAKEST w ee k ih s t 
WEAKNESS w ee k n ih s 
WEAKNESSES w ee k n uh s ih z 
WEALTH w eh l th 
WEALTHIER w eh l th ee ur 
WEALTHIEST w eh l th ee ih s t 
WEALTHY w eh l th ee 
WEAPON w eh p un 

MAKE_TREE_LEXICON
9 Different CD-PHONES at word-startup (incl. homophones)

TREE LEXICON:

STAGE	      #ARCS      	  #ENDING WORDS
     	per stage   total	per stage   total
  1  	      9         9	      0         0
  2  	     19        28	      2         2
  3  	     28        56	      3         5
  4  	     46       102	     18        23
  5  	     46       148	     22        45
  6  	     38       186	     23        68
  7  	     18       204	      5        73
  8  	     14       218	     10        83
  9  	      5       223	      4        87
 10  	      1       224	      1        88

#HOMOPHONES = 2

       LINEAR LEXICON  VS. TREE LEXICON
#Arcs:        494     <-->       224
Compression Factor:   2.21
Average #Phonemes per Word: 5.61
Arc: 1, Pho: uh, Wrd: <internal>
	Arc: 10, Pho: b, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 29, Pho: ah, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 57, Pho: b, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 103, Pho: uh, Wrd: ABABA
		Arc: 30, Pho: aa, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 58, Pho: n, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 104, Pho: d, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 149, Pho: un, Wrd: ABANDON
						Arc: 187, Pho: d, Wrd: ABANDONED
						Arc: 188, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
							Arc: 205, Pho: ng, Wrd: ABANDONING
						Arc: 189, Pho: m, Wrd: <internal>
							Arc: 206, Pho: un, Wrd: <internal>
								Arc: 219, Pho: t, Wrd: ABANDONMENT
Arc: 2, Pho: b, Wrd: <internal>
	Arc: 11, Pho: r, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 31, Pho: aa, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 59, Pho: n, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 105, Pho: d, Wrd: BRAND
					Arc: 150, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
						Arc: 190, Pho: d, Wrd: BRANDED
					Arc: 151, Pho: oh, Wrd: BRANDO
					Arc: 152, Pho: un, Wrd: BRANDON
					Arc: 153, Pho: z, Wrd: BRANDS
				Arc: 106, Pho: t, Wrd: BRANDT
				Arc: 107, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 154, Pho: f, Wrd: BRANIFF
			Arc: 60, Pho: sh, Wrd: BRASH
			Arc: 61, Pho: s, Wrd: BRASS
		Arc: 32, Pho: awh, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 62, Pho: n, Wrd: BRAUN
		Arc: 33, Pho: ey, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 63, Pho: v, Wrd: BRAVE
				Arc: 108, Pho: z, Wrd: BRAVES
		Arc: 34, Pho: ah, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 64, Pho: v, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 109, Pho: oh, Wrd: BRAVO
Arc: 3, Pho: k, Wrd: <internal>
	Arc: 12, Pho: aa, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 35, Pho: s, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 65, Pho: k, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 110, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 155, Pho: t, Wrd: CASKET
			Arc: 66, Pho: p, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 111, Pho: ur, Wrd: CASPAR
				Arc: 112, Pho: ur, Wrd: CASPER
			Arc: 67, Pho: eh, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 113, Pho: t, Wrd: CASSETTE
					Arc: 156, Pho: s, Wrd: CASSETTES
			Arc: 68, Pho: uh, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 114, Pho: d, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 157, Pho: ee, Wrd: CASSIDY
			Arc: 69, Pho: t, Wrd: CAST
Arc: 4, Pho: s, Wrd: <internal>
	Arc: 13, Pho: ah, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 36, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 70, Pho: k, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 115, Pho: ul, Wrd: CYCLE
					Arc: 158, Pho: z, Wrd: CYCLES
				Arc: 116, Pho: l, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 159, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
						Arc: 191, Pho: k, Wrd: <internal>
							Arc: 207, Pho: ul, Wrd: CYCLICAL
	Arc: 14, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 37, Pho: l, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 71, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 117, Pho: n, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 160, Pho: d, Wrd: <internal>
						Arc: 192, Pho: ur, Wrd: CYLINDER
		Arc: 38, Pho: n, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 72, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 118, Pho: k, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 161, Pho: ul, Wrd: CYNICAL
			Arc: 73, Pho: uh, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 119, Pho: s, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 162, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
						Arc: 193, Pho: z, Wrd: <internal>
							Arc: 208, Pho: um, Wrd: CYNICISM
	Arc: 15, Pho: ey, Wrd: SAY
		Arc: 39, Pho: v, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 74, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 120, Pho: ng, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 163, Pho: z, Wrd: SAVINGS
		Arc: 40, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 75, Pho: ng, Wrd: SAYING
	Arc: 16, Pho: aa, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 41, Pho: v, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 76, Pho: ee, Wrd: SAVVY
	Arc: 17, Pho: awh, Wrd: SAW
	Arc: 18, Pho: aw, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 42, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 77, Pho: ur, Wrd: SAWYER
	Arc: 19, Pho: p, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 43, Pho: ee, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 78, Pho: d, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 121, Pho: z, Wrd: SPEEDS
				Arc: 122, Pho: ee, Wrd: SPEEDY
		Arc: 44, Pho: eh, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 79, Pho: l, Wrd: SPELL
				Arc: 123, Pho: d, Wrd: SPELLED
				Arc: 124, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 164, Pho: ng, Wrd: SPELLING
				Arc: 125, Pho: z, Wrd: SPELLS
			Arc: 80, Pho: n, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 126, Pho: s, Wrd: SPENCE
Arc: 5, Pho: eh, Wrd: <internal>
	Arc: 20, Pho: d, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 45, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 81, Pho: s, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 127, Pho: un, Wrd: EDISON
			Arc: 82, Pho: t, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 128, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 165, Pho: d, Wrd: EDITED
					Arc: 166, Pho: ng, Wrd: EDITING
				Arc: 129, Pho: ur, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 167, Pho: z, Wrd: EDITOR'S
			Arc: 83, Pho: th, Wrd: EDITH
		Arc: 46, Pho: uh, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 84, Pho: t, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 130, Pho: ur, Wrd: EDITOR
				Arc: 131, Pho: awh, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 168, Pho: r, Wrd: <internal>
						Arc: 194, Pho: ee, Wrd: <internal>
							Arc: 209, Pho: ul, Wrd: EDITORIAL
Arc: 6, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
	Arc: 21, Pho: d, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 47, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 85, Pho: sh, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 132, Pho: un, Wrd: EDITION
					Arc: 169, Pho: z, Wrd: EDITIONS
Arc: 7, Pho: t, Wrd: <internal>
	Arc: 22, Pho: aa, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 48, Pho: l, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 86, Pho: un, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 133, Pho: t, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 170, Pho: s, Wrd: TALENTS
	Arc: 23, Pho: ey, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 49, Pho: l, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 87, Pho: z, Wrd: TALES
	Arc: 24, Pho: awh, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 50, Pho: k, Wrd: TALK
			Arc: 88, Pho: t, Wrd: TALKED
			Arc: 89, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 134, Pho: ng, Wrd: TALKING
			Arc: 90, Pho: s, Wrd: TALKS
		Arc: 51, Pho: l, Wrd: TALL
	Arc: 25, Pho: eh, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 52, Pho: l, Wrd: TELL
			Arc: 91, Pho: uh, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 135, Pho: v, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 171, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
						Arc: 195, Pho: zh, Wrd: <internal>
							Arc: 210, Pho: un, Wrd: <internal>
								Arc: 220, Pho: z, Wrd: TELEVISION'S
								Arc: 221, Pho: z, Wrd: TELEVISIONS
			Arc: 92, Pho: eh, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 136, Pho: k, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 172, Pho: s, Wrd: TELEX
			Arc: 93, Pho: ur, Wrd: TELLER
			Arc: 94, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 137, Pho: ng, Wrd: TELLING
			Arc: 95, Pho: z, Wrd: TELLS
Arc: 8, Pho: UH, Wrd: <internal>
	Arc: 26, Pho: n, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 53, Pho: d, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 96, Pho: ur, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 138, Pho: t, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 173, Pho: ey, Wrd: <internal>
						Arc: 196, Pho: k, Wrd: <internal>
							Arc: 211, Pho: un, Wrd: UNDERTAKEN
							Arc: 212, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
								Arc: 222, Pho: ng, Wrd: UNDERTAKING
					Arc: 174, Pho: oo, Wrd: <internal>
						Arc: 197, Pho: k, Wrd: UNDERTOOK
				Arc: 139, Pho: v, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 175, Pho: aa, Wrd: <internal>
						Arc: 198, Pho: l, Wrd: <internal>
							Arc: 213, Pho: y, Wrd: <internal>
								Arc: 223, Pho: ooh, Wrd: <internal>
									Arc: 224, Pho: d, Wrd: UNDERVALUED
				Arc: 140, Pho: w, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 176, Pho: awh, Wrd: <internal>
						Arc: 199, Pho: t, Wrd: <internal>
							Arc: 214, Pho: ur, Wrd: UNDERWATER
					Arc: 177, Pho: ey, Wrd: UNDERWAY
					Arc: 178, Pho: ae, Wrd: <internal>
						Arc: 200, Pho: r, Wrd: UNDERWEAR
					Arc: 179, Pho: eh, Wrd: <internal>
						Arc: 201, Pho: n, Wrd: <internal>
							Arc: 215, Pho: t, Wrd: UNDERWENT
				Arc: 141, Pho: r, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 180, Pho: ah, Wrd: <internal>
						Arc: 202, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
							Arc: 216, Pho: t, Wrd: UNDERWRITE
Arc: 9, Pho: w, Wrd: <internal>
	Arc: 27, Pho: ee, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 54, Pho: k, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 97, Pho: un, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 142, Pho: d, Wrd: WEAKENED
				Arc: 143, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 181, Pho: ng, Wrd: WEAKENING
				Arc: 144, Pho: z, Wrd: WEAKENS
			Arc: 98, Pho: ur, Wrd: WEAKER
			Arc: 99, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 145, Pho: s, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 182, Pho: t, Wrd: WEAKEST
			Arc: 100, Pho: n, Wrd: <internal>
				Arc: 146, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 183, Pho: s, Wrd: WEAKNESS
				Arc: 147, Pho: uh, Wrd: <internal>
					Arc: 184, Pho: s, Wrd: <internal>
						Arc: 203, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
							Arc: 217, Pho: z, Wrd: WEAKNESSES
	Arc: 28, Pho: eh, Wrd: <internal>
		Arc: 55, Pho: l, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 101, Pho: th, Wrd: WEALTH
				Arc: 148, Pho: ee, Wrd: WEALTHY
					Arc: 185, Pho: ur, Wrd: WEALTHIER
					Arc: 186, Pho: ih, Wrd: <internal>
						Arc: 204, Pho: s, Wrd: <internal>
							Arc: 218, Pho: t, Wrd: WEALTHIEST
		Arc: 56, Pho: p, Wrd: <internal>
			Arc: 102, Pho: un, Wrd: WEAPON