1. A computer implemented method for generating a second out-of-dictionary recognition score for an out-of-dictionary recognized word for handwriting recognition, comprising: analyzing, with a microprocessor, a tuning word to find an in-dictionary tuning word and an out-of-dictionary tuning word that substantially match the tuning word; selecting a balancing factor, based on a probability the in-dictionary tuning word and the out-of-dictionary tuning word correctly match the tuning word, comprising one of: selecting a value for the balancing factor that is less than a resulting quotient of the probability of the in-dictionary tuning word being correct divided by the probability of the out-of-dictionary tuning word being correct, if the in-dictionary tuning word is correct and the out-of-dictionary tuning word is not correct; and selecting a value for the balancing factor that is greater than a resulting quotient of the probability of the in-dictionary tuning word being correct divided by the probability of the out-of-dictionary tuning word being correct, if the in-dictionary tuning word is not correct and the out-of-dictionary tuning word is correct; and combining the balancing factor with a first out-of-dictionary recognition score for a word determined, during a recognition process, to be an out-of-dictionary word to generate a second out-of-dictionary recognition score for the out-of-dictionary recognized word.