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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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            A Former User last edited by A Former User

            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 @Guest 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 @Guest 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 @Guest 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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                      A Former User @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 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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                          A Former User @jpcoh1 last edited by A Former User

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

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                            roymccoy @Guest last edited by

                            @dan
                            To taoiseach his own.

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                              ThatGuyThere202 @Guest 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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                                A Former User @ThatGuyThere202 last edited by A Former User

                                @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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                                  A Former User @Guest 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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                                    A Former User last edited by A Former User

                                    @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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                                        A Former User @marymwalker last edited by

                                        @marymwalker the word overo is a word not sure if proper noun or not but if not in the dictionary used by the site..not usable. Can you imagine how many more words would be added if every proper noun that some use is termed acceptable? Slang? etc etc. They would spend their lives adding words that might or might not be words.

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                                          marymwalker @Guest last edited by

                                          It is not a proper noun. It is no more foreign than pinto. There are many words that relate to professions, sports etc that appear esoteric but that does not negate their validity in the dictionary.

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                                          • Mistertoad
                                            Mistertoad @lexulous last edited by

                                            @lexulous
                                            I would like to see the "word" WOMANS removed. The plural of WOMAN is WOMEN or so I believe. 🙂

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