WordListLoader woes

Using SPL in Actionscript with TLFTextField. Attempting to load word list with this code:

```
wordListLoader.addEventListener("complete", loaderComplete);
wordListLoader.addEventListener("httpStatus", loaderStatus);
wordListLoader.addEventListener("ioError", loaderError);
wordListLoader.addEventListener("open", loaderOpen);
wordListLoader.addEventListener("securityError", loaderError);
wordListLoader.load( new URLRequest( wordListURL ) );
```

Sometimes the list loads and other times it does not. When it does not there will be an "open" and a 200 status followed by silence. The request seems to be eaten.

Is there a good documentation source for Actionscript usage? Have searched but not found a good reason for the loading issues.

Thank you.