@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/

@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

@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.

@sillypsybin Yeah, that's proper weird actually. We need to find out where these dictionary people hold their meetings and crash one

@sillypsybin that aint gonna happen in a million years.

The official 2 letter word lists (UK and US) are compiled by the official Scrabble board for use in professional Scrabble games. These lists are taken directly from the appropriate English and American dictionaries.

These lists are seldom updated, as no one likes to add or remove 2 letter words to the dictionaries. Here in Britain we are very lucky because there is a large amount of 2 letter words that the English dictionaries are willing to add which the Americans won't. (I'm sure that each word has it's own reason.) But yeah, when it comes to Scrabble or Lexulous, the Americans are a bit hard done by on the 2 letter word front. (Its the main reason I no longer play US games)

Anyhoo, those words ain't ever gonna be added or they would have already been added. It's not like they're some new phenomena. And trust me, I wish they were - because there have been a million times that being able to play 'LE' would have won me a game!

Also, if you read the previous messages, you'll also find that Lexulous can't actually add and remove words from their dictionaries. There are many theories why this is, but I'm pretty sure it's because the website dictionary is synchronised with a 3rd party. The Lexulous account on here never responds to messages about this and never update the title of this thread, so every man and woman and their dog come on here expecting miracles that are never going to happen and never get told otherwise.

So yeah, consider your request completely pointless maybe contact Collins or Webster

@betterlate1-0 even if it's derogatory, it's still a word, isn't it? You cant just get the dictionary to remove words because you're offended by them.

@lolamoth are you still crying about the word 'wakanda' ? Someone really ruffled your feathers when they dropped that bingo on you, didn't they?

@lexulous you guys say you're looking into everything and yet nothing changes

@roymccoy oh. Yeah that doesn't make sense. God knows what's going on. I don't think Lexulous even know themselves! Lmao.

@jrp32 sorry, what is?

@dan

@dan Yeah, see, that makes more sense.

@jpcoh1 I don't think it's really that difficult. Most people who make valid suggestions for the removal of words usually have a good case put forward for why. The only ones that usually dont make sense are the overly sensitive women that dont like the word 'cunt.' (Or whatever derogatory term they decide to pick on that day.)

Also, I'm pretty sure that Lexulous just synchronises it's dictionary with a third-party dictionary online. I find it very doubtful that they have their own. So to be honest, I'm not sure if it's even possible for them to remove words. They would probably either themselves have to contact the owners of the online dictionary they have synchronised their dictionary with, or synchronise it with a different dictionary. Which would probably explain why it never gets changed, because they simply can't be arsed!

@jrp32 looks like it's actually in the Cambridge dictionary as a noun

@betterlate1-0 I quit smoking yesterday

@betterlate1-0 it's a pretty standard word though it's really annoyed me. Puts me off playing when people behave like this. Particularly the higher rated players. I don't get it.

Someone with a stat rating of 2050 blocked me after I played the word 'squished' ? It's really wound me up

Am I correct in believing that when someone blocks you, you can still message them through the closed game? I'm pretty sure you can... ?

I was playing a new opponent who has a rating of 2050 and a best score of 2150 or something, one of the guys that makes it incredibly hard to put anything down on the board lol, there was 2 or 3 times I had a bingo but I just couldn't get it down... Then at the end of the game he opens the board up and i put down 'squished' - it was a consolation goal if anything because he still beat me... anyway... I went to rematch.. . And he blocked me!!! For playing the word 'squished'?! It's a pretty standard word and the guy has a rating of 2050.... why am i getting blocked?!!!!

Not sure if I've replied to this thread correctly because I couldn't find a reply button so it may come up as a reply to the wrong person but anyway..

Firstly, the suggestion people are making about vulgar or offensive words being removed is completely ridiculous. If it's a word then its a word. Keep your toxic political correctness to yourselves

Also, not sure if anyone else has noticed but the word 'myspace' (the social media website from 00s) is in the Lexulous dictionary! Now, I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that it has no other meanings and so why an obsolete social media website is in the Lexulous dictionary is far beyond me!