DAWG file format description

Many people share .dawg files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .dawg file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .dawg files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.dawg - Eliot Dictionary Data

The DAWG game data files are related to Eliot. The DAWG file is a Eliot Dictionary Data. Eliot is an open source Scrabble game, freely available under the GNU GPL license.

Application:

Eliot

Category:

Game Data files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

Eliot Dictionary Data related extensions:

.dspl: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Server Playlist
.dd3: Blood Bowl Game Data
.imu: Star Wars: Force Commander Audio Data
.chunk: Star Wars Battlefront Chunk Data
.bfont: Need for Speed: Shift Font
.bspr: Need for Speed: Shift Track Map

Naturally, other applications may also use the .dawg file extension. Even harmful programs can create .dawg files. Be especially cautious with .dawg files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .dawg file?

When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:

Windows can't open this file:

example.dawg

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.

Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.

The .dawg file extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

awg, dag, daw, dawn, dwg

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.daw: Cubase Recording
.dag: Dagra Document
.dawn: DAWN Science Data
.dwg: Autodesk AutoCAD Drawing
.awg: Ability Draw Vector Graphic
.dwg: BravoDRAFT Document

Operating systems

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Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8, Windows 10, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, iOS, Android

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