In 7 Zip when adding a folder to an archive there is the option to change the Word Size.
How does this word size affect compression, in particular the final size of the zip?
I noticed that changing the compression level increases the word size, however even on ultra it only selects a word size of 128 even though the largest option is over double that. Is there a reason why ultra doesn't select the largest? Is optimal compression size somewhere between the biggest and smallest word size?
How does this word size affect compression, in particular the final size of the zip?
I think the post part statingWordSize: usually the bigger, the better (and slower) for well-compressible data (such as documents). Archive size depends quite non-monotonically of it.
gives you an explanation to PART of your set of questions. This is why I only put this here for a comment and did NOT answer -- just trying to give you something!!!