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      jrp32 @clancy1 last edited by

      @clancy1, i do not use words like "CUNT", if i am winning. If I am behind and that is the best point-getter, yes, I will use it.

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        roymccoy @Zshouldbe8 last edited by

        @zshouldbe8
        Thanks. Dictionary is now saying that DOXED is valid, so maybe it wasn't DOXED that wasn't accepted before but an unnoticed intersecting non-word. I vaguely recall there was a second time that DOXED didn't work either, but maybe I vaguely recall wrong.

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          roymccoy last edited by

          I think dirty, vulgar words are fun.

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            A Former User @jrp32 last edited by

            @jrp32 Definitely not worth arguing with your logic.

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              Marc Krizack @lexulous last edited by

              @lexulous paydirt

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                Mistertoad @Marc Krizack last edited by

                @marc-krizack

                I support 'marc-krizack' in his request for 'paydirt' to be included. We discussed the issues in the post labelled 'Good words not accepted'.

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                  Dan last edited by Dan

                  It might sound like a single word in conversation, but it's clearly two separate words: 'pay dirt'. This is why no major dictionary includes it. It shouldn't be added.

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                    Zshouldbe8 @Dan last edited by Zshouldbe8

                    @dan is basically correct. Only one major dictionary, the Merriam-Webster Online, mentions paydirt as one word, and it is given as an alternate version to the entry pay dirt.

                    Also, paydirt as a single word is not in the US or the UK Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary (not that they have any bearing on Lexulous...).🙄

                    Sorry; that seems to be one good Bingo lost.

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                      Mistertoad @Dan last edited by

                      @dan
                      Certainly 'pay dirt' should not be added. The consensus so far is that Merriam-Webster is a major dictionary and, as such, I think we should certainly consider 'paydirt' as a possible addition to the Lexulous dictionary.

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                        roymccoy last edited by

                        I'm confused by the continuation of this thread and seek a definitive clarification. Is it not true that Lexulous uses two Scrabble dictionaries, over the content of which Lexulous has no influence? This may already have been established and I think it has, but in that case the continuing discussion of which words are to be included or not doesn't make any practical sense. Thank you.

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                          roymccoy @Dan last edited by

                          @dan said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                          It might sound like a single word in conversation, but it's clearly two separate words: 'pay dirt'. This is why no major dictionary includes it. It shouldn't be added.

                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVtZkyBTabQ

                          It's not just in conversation, and it isn't at all clear that pay dirt absolutely has to be two separate words. Dictionaries are not infallible, and they aren't in this case if they don't list both forms. Google indicates (though unfortunately it doesn't "show" or "give" – God bless the marvelous censors of our current totalitarian technocracy) 1,010,000 finds for "paydirt", which quite establishes it as a legitimate form in common literary use. I don't recall ever even having seen "pay dirt" as two separate words, though I now find it in files on my computer disk in a number comparable to that of "paydirt".

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                            betterlate1 0 @Carolyn Leverich Atkinson last edited by

                            @carolyn-leverich-atkinson all words evolve from some language but it depends on whether used in the dictionary used here

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                            • jpcoh1
                              jpcoh1 last edited by

                              Forum helpline suggested posting words unrecognised in Lexulous here which are definitely in normal dictionaries. Very disappointed to have taoiseach rejected, and on a triple word!

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                                Dan @jpcoh1 last edited by Dan

                                @jpcoh1 Pretty sure 'Taoiseach' is a proper noun and always capitalized. Are you new to Scrabble/Lex rules?

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                                  roymccoy @Dan last edited by

                                  @dan
                                  To taoiseach his own.

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                                    ThatGuyThere202 @Dan last edited by

                                    @dan I don't see why it should be treated as a proper noun, any more than another title such as president or prime minister. Presumably it was rejected as "foreign" (though I will admit many Welsh/Irish/Scots/Gaelic and other words are frequently accepted).

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                                      Dan @ThatGuyThere202 last edited by Dan

                                      @thatguythere202 Fair point. Could well be because it's an Irish language word. Congrats to those who can spell it correctly without checking first. BTW, it's pronounced 'teashock' for those interested.

                                      https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/taoiseach

                                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoiseach#Origins_and_etymology

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                                        betterlate1 0 @Dan last edited by

                                        @dan is proper noun you are so correct and it means the leader of the country in Ireland. Bet you know that though.

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                                          Dan last edited by Dan

                                          @betterlate1-0 Yes, in an English language context, it's always the 'Taoiseach' and refers specifically to the Irish leader. Lower case 'taoiseach' would be acceptable if we were playing in Irish/Gaelic.

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                                            marymwalker last edited by

                                            the word overo is not accepted. It is a colour of horse. Google it and you will see a long discussion on wikipedia. Thanks

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