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      L J @Mistertoad last edited by

      @mistertoad I think we need to make it absolutely clear that there is no such thing as a 'Lex word list' - it's the idea of this non-existent thing existing that causes all of this nonsense happening in this thread in the first place.

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        roymccoy @Sillypsybin last edited by

        @sillypsybin
        It won't take PATTYCAKE – argh!

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          betterlate1 0 @Mistertoad last edited by

          @mistertoad would just be nice if they revealed the dictionaries used.

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            roymccoy @betterlate1 0 last edited by

            @betterlate1-0 said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

            @mistertoad would just be nice if they revealed the dictionaries used.

            It's no secret.
            https://forum.lexulous.com/topic/197/dictionary-and-letter-distribution/3

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            • Mistertoad
              Mistertoad last edited by

              @roymccoy
              PATTYCAKE appears on various websites but dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster only list it as PATTY-CAKE i.e. a combination of two separate words.

              You can test words to see if they are maybe valid for Scrabble here:
              https://scrabble.hasbro.com/en-us/tools#dictionary

              It's a bit of a mare's nest really - here's just one site which has PATTYCAKE as a valid word:
              https://thegeniusofplay.org/genius/play-ideas-tips/play-ideas/patacake.aspx

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              • Mistertoad
                Mistertoad @roymccoy last edited by

                @roymccoy 'Tis a secret! The thread you quote comes to no definite conclusion - merely started another round of speculation 🙂

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                  L J @Mistertoad last edited by

                  @mistertoad in the uk, if someone searches 'sync my website with an online dictionary', the first result is the Cambridge Dictionary. I'm yet to find a word on Lex that isn't on there as a valid word so it's very likely that the Lex dictionary is synchronised with the Cambridge Dictionary website. So from now on if people want to moan about words they should probably contact them.... I'm sure they'll be really interested in people's opinions 😂

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                    betterlate1 0 @roymccoy last edited by betterlate1 0

                    @roymccoy sorry to tell you pattycake is really patty-cake . Hyphenated words are not used.

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                      roymccoy @betterlate1 0 last edited by

                      @betterlate1-0 said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                      @roymccoy sorry to tell you pattycake is really patty-cake . Hyphenated words are not used.

                      Thank you ever so much for informing me in this regard.

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                        roymccoy @Mistertoad last edited by

                        @mistertoad said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                        PATTYCAKE appears on various websites but dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster only list it as PATTY-CAKE i.e. a combination of two separate words.

                        I could care less. I was only goofing on sillypsybin's PATAPHYSICAL.

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                        • Mistertoad
                          Mistertoad last edited by

                          @l-j said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                          I'm sure they'll be really interested in people's opinions

                          I'm not sure if that was sarcasm or not 🙂
                          I would think that the people compling dictionaries have to be aware of what the opinion of the general public is, yes? It's not just an academic exercise.

                          I imagine they would have be interested in people's opinions.

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                            Mistertoad @roymccoy last edited by

                            @roymccoy said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                            I could care less. I was only goofing on sillypsybin's PATAPHYSICAL.

                            And a mere toad is expected to know this, how?
                            🙂

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                              roymccoy @Mistertoad last edited by

                              @mistertoad
                              I had no expectations.

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                                roymccoy @Mistertoad last edited by

                                @mistertoad said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                                'Tis a secret! The thread you quote comes to no definite conclusion - merely started another round of speculation

                                I've seen similar explanations elsewhere. The "US" dictionary is one and the "UK" is another. Since the dictionary is in the game I don't see any compelling reason to be concerned with the particular editions.

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                                  Sillypsybin @roymccoy last edited by

                                  @roymccoy PATTY-PHYSICAL is hyphenated. I looked it up on Wiki. 😂

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                                    L J @Mistertoad last edited by

                                    @mistertoad fair point. Ok well it's taken a while but I have found what looks like a genuine word removal/addition request board for the Cambridge Dictionary so maybe if people are serious about getting words added or removed from the dictionary they should try using this. There's also a list of current words that they are asking people to vote on whether they believe should be added or not. I'm assuming to add a word to this list, you just click 'leave comment' at the top. Here it is https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/

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                                      roymccoy @Sillypsybin last edited by

                                      @sillypsybin said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                                      PATTY-PHYSICAL is hyphenated. I looked it up on Wiki.

                                      I've requested the unhyphenated variant at dictionaryblog.cambridge.org.

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                                        Sillypsybin @roymccoy last edited by

                                        @roymccoy Phew! I'm much relieved now.

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                                          Shannon Lewis-Simpson last edited by

                                          EXOTHERM is a word. Please add it to your list of approved words.

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                                            Dan last edited by

                                            I thought GAMEPLAN was a single word these days. I was wrong.

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