in reply to Junk NOT words

This is a little crude, but given a less eclectic words file than the one I have, it might do better. In any case, it shouldn't be too hard to come up with a heuristic for making the decision, possibly based on the number or proportion of 1 and 2 character words or the average word length for example.

This code 

#! perl -sw
use vars qw($debug);
use strict;
local $\=$/;

sub IsWord {
    no warnings;
    return if not @_ or length == 1;
    my ($word, $first, $c2n3) = $_[0] =~ /^((.)(..?)?.*)$/;
    $c2n3 = substr( $c2n3 . '__', 0, 2);
    local $_ = do{ local (@ARGV,$/) = "c:/test/words/$first/$c2n3"; <>
+ };
    return /^$word$/im;
}

while(<DATA>) {
    chomp(my $phrase = $_);
    my $c= - length $phrase;
    my @words;
    while (length $phrase) {
        my $bit = substr($phrase, $c);
        if (IsWord($bit)) {
            unshift @words, $bit;
            $phrase = substr($phrase, 0, $c);
            $c = - length $phrase;
        }
        else {
            ++$c;
            last if 0 == (length($phrase)- $c);
        }
    }
    print "${_}may consist of the words\n@words\n";
}

__END__
hudjheuhfnnvgxvbchnfhfujryyfgbch
whererangesarealltherage
thequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog
hsdkjfhuewfklJLKSDossfdlkjaslduasl
PeterPiperPickedAPeckOfPickledPepper
lazinessimpatiencehubris

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Gives 

C:\test>209141
hudjheuhfnnvgxvbchnfhfujryyfgbch
may consist of the words
hu dj he uhf n nv g xv bch n f h fu j ry y f g bch

whererangesarealltherage
may consist of the words
where range sare all the rage

thequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog
may consist of the words
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

hsdkjfhuewfklJLKSDossfdlkjaslduasl
may consist of the words
hs dk j f hu ew f kl J L KS Doss f d l k jas l du as l

PeterPiperPickedAPeckOfPickledPepper
may consist of the words
Peter Piper Pick edA Peck Of Pickled Pepper

lazinessimpatiencehubris
may consist of the words
laziness impatience hubris

C:\test>

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Nah! Your thinking of Simon Templar, originally played by Roger Moore and later by Ian Ogilvy

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