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      roymccoy @sfbrady1243 last edited by roymccoy

      @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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        Mistertoad @sfbrady1243 last edited by

        @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 @Mistertoad last edited by

          @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 @MapmakerE last edited by

            @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 @Mistertoad last edited by

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

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                MapmakerE @Mistertoad last edited by

                @mistertoad Pulchritude. Crepuscular. Puce.

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                  Mistertoad @itaintsam last edited by

                  @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 @MapmakerE last edited by

                    @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 @Mistertoad last edited by

                      @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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                        Mistertoad @Mistertoad last edited by

                        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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