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    sfbrady1243
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    I enjoy this game, but I don't understand how a word can be accepted, but then in the definition, "meaning not found" comes up. That just doesn't make sense to me. Anybody else?

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      I enjoy this game, but I don't understand how a word can be accepted, but then in the definition, "meaning not found" comes up. That just doesn't make sense to me. Anybody else?

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      sakamvari
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      @sfbrady1243 Apologies for the inconvenience caused to you. Please share a screenshot to [email protected]

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        I enjoy this game, but I don't understand how a word can be accepted, but then in the definition, "meaning not found" comes up. That just doesn't make sense to me. Anybody else?

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        roymccoy
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        @sfbrady1243
        @sakamvari didn't reply to your question, and I don't see any reason whatever for you to send a screenshot. You could simply post a word that doesn't have a definition, and one could understand that no definition appears for it.

        The reason for the lacking definitions, I imagine, is that the word list is coming from one place and the dictionary from another. Some of the accepted words simply don't have dictionary entries, at least yet.

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          I enjoy this game, but I don't understand how a word can be accepted, but then in the definition, "meaning not found" comes up. That just doesn't make sense to me. Anybody else?

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          Mistertoad
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          @sfbrady1243
          Obviously roymccoy has the right of it.

          For me, Scrabble allows me to enlarge my vocabulary whilst indulging my passion for competing.

          If I really get interested in a particular word which Lexulous defines as "meaning not found" (!) then I just google it. Usually I don't bother though - who cares what an ugly looking word like 'vug' means anyway?!

          Shuffling letters about would seem to be part of the game. If 'vug' fits then I use it.

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            @sfbrady1243
            Obviously roymccoy has the right of it.

            For me, Scrabble allows me to enlarge my vocabulary whilst indulging my passion for competing.

            If I really get interested in a particular word which Lexulous defines as "meaning not found" (!) then I just google it. Usually I don't bother though - who cares what an ugly looking word like 'vug' means anyway?!

            Shuffling letters about would seem to be part of the game. If 'vug' fits then I use it.

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            MapmakerE
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            @mistertoad Hmph! Vugs are beautiful things! I love seeing them in old stone buildings. I agree tho, the word itself is ugly.

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              @mistertoad Hmph! Vugs are beautiful things! I love seeing them in old stone buildings. I agree tho, the word itself is ugly.

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              Mistertoad
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              @mapmakere
              I just knew I shoulda googled the damn word!! Now I look churlish! The universe is always trying to make me look dumb!

              Your turn now. Find me a really ugly word that stands for something beautiful, commendable, delicate or whatever.

              Dapper?
              Glint?
              Shapely?
              Cupola?
              Lovely
              Braids
              (not easy to think of any!)

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                @mapmakere
                I just knew I shoulda googled the damn word!! Now I look churlish! The universe is always trying to make me look dumb!

                Your turn now. Find me a really ugly word that stands for something beautiful, commendable, delicate or whatever.

                Dapper?
                Glint?
                Shapely?
                Cupola?
                Lovely
                Braids
                (not easy to think of any!)

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                itaintsam
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                @mistertoad Does 'pulchritude' meet your specifications? for an ugly word that means something beautiful or physically attractive?

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                  @mapmakere
                  I just knew I shoulda googled the damn word!! Now I look churlish! The universe is always trying to make me look dumb!

                  Your turn now. Find me a really ugly word that stands for something beautiful, commendable, delicate or whatever.

                  Dapper?
                  Glint?
                  Shapely?
                  Cupola?
                  Lovely
                  Braids
                  (not easy to think of any!)

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                  MapmakerE
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                  @mistertoad Pulchritude. Crepuscular. Puce.

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                    @mistertoad Does 'pulchritude' meet your specifications? for an ugly word that means something beautiful or physically attractive?

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                    Mistertoad
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                    @itaintsam

                    Yay! Much better than my own examples!

                    "Even though it looks (and sounds) like it would describe a disease or a bad attitude, pulchritudinous actually describes a person of breathtaking, heartbreaking...beauty."
                    https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/pulchritudinous

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                      @mistertoad Pulchritude. Crepuscular. Puce.

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                      Mistertoad
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                      @mapmakere
                      Thanks for responding. Funny how you and 'itaintsam' both went for 'pulchritude'!

                      Crepuscular:
                      “the evening's crepuscular charm”
                      https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/Crepuscular

                      Puce (not sure that this always fits the bill)
                      I thought about colors I hated: ecru, puce, lavender, beige and black.
                      ("I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings")
                      Uncle Vernon stopped, his fist still raised, his face an ugly puce.
                      ("Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban")

                      I deliberately made this exercise to make the point that there is a natural evolution in language relating to onomatopoeia e.g. cuckoo, sizzle. And, yes, I had to google for the spelling of onomatopoeia! LOL

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                        @mapmakere
                        Thanks for responding. Funny how you and 'itaintsam' both went for 'pulchritude'!

                        Crepuscular:
                        “the evening's crepuscular charm”
                        https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/Crepuscular

                        Puce (not sure that this always fits the bill)
                        I thought about colors I hated: ecru, puce, lavender, beige and black.
                        ("I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings")
                        Uncle Vernon stopped, his fist still raised, his face an ugly puce.
                        ("Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban")

                        I deliberately made this exercise to make the point that there is a natural evolution in language relating to onomatopoeia e.g. cuckoo, sizzle. And, yes, I had to google for the spelling of onomatopoeia! LOL

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                        MapmakerE
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                        @mistertoad Pity that Katherine Barber, Canada's Word Lady, has died. https://katherinebarber.blogspot.com/ She was a wonderful speaker and had a great show on CBC.

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                          @mapmakere
                          I just knew I shoulda googled the damn word!! Now I look churlish! The universe is always trying to make me look dumb!

                          Your turn now. Find me a really ugly word that stands for something beautiful, commendable, delicate or whatever.

                          Dapper?
                          Glint?
                          Shapely?
                          Cupola?
                          Lovely
                          Braids
                          (not easy to think of any!)

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                          Mistertoad
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                          For your pleasure ... a list of "14 Words That Capture The Beauty And Charm Of English":

                          https://www.thesaurus.com/e/ways-to-say/s/beautiful-words/?itm_source=parsely-api#scintilla

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