Get list of words from history file.

    Parameters
    ----------
    data_dir : pathlib.Path
        Directory where data is saved.

    Returns
    -------
    word_list : list of str
        List of words.

def _get_words(data_dir):
    """Get list of words from history file.

    Parameters
    ----------
    data_dir : pathlib.Path
        Directory where data is saved.

    Returns
    -------
    word_list : list of str
        List of words.
    """
    words_file = data_dir.joinpath("words.txt")
    word_list = []
    if not words_file.is_file():
        return word_list
    with open(words_file, mode="r") as f:
        for l in f:
            line = l.rstrip()
            word_list.append(line)
    return word_list