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|{{word|QUARKED}}, {{word|QUARKING}}, {{word|QUORKED}}, {{word|QUORKING}}, {{word|QUORKS}}, {{word|QUOUKED}}, {{word|QUOUKING}}, {{word|QUOUKS}} | |{{word|QUARKED}}, {{word|QUARKING}}, {{word|QUORKED}}, {{word|QUORKING}}, {{word|QUORKS}}, {{word|QUOUKED}}, {{word|QUOUKING}}, {{word|QUOUKS}} |
Revision as of 21:54, 17 July 2023
This page lists words which might appear to be invalid but actually are valid. It is, of course, not exhaustive.
Word(s) | Details |
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AEOLIC, EOLIC | Headwords are capitalised, but definition 2 of the adjective says "usually with lower-case initial". |
AMBERS | Searching directs to AMBER (mass noun), but it is not a mass noun under AMBEER. |
AWENDA, AWENDAS, AWENDAW, AWENDAWS, OWENDAW, OWENDAWS | Headwords are capitalised, but definition says "also with lower-case initial". |
BRICKWALL, BRICKWALLS | Headword is two words, but definition 1 says "often written as one word". |
BUCKSHEES | Searching does not direct, but BUCKSHEE is listed as a noun under BAKHSHI. |
DADDED, DADDING | Searching does not direct, but DAD is listed as a verb under the second entry for DAUD. |
EMPED, EMPING, EMPS, ENT, ENTED, ENTING, HEMPED, HEMPING | Searching does not direct, but EMP, ENT and HEMP are listed as verbs under EMPT. |
FARSER, FARSEST | Searching does not direct, but FARSE is an alternative spelling of definition 7 of the adjective FAST. |
FINELINER, FINELINERS | Headword is two words, but definition 2 says "often as one word". [1] |
GINNELLED, GINNELLING | Searching does not direct, but GINNEL is listed as a verb under the second entry for GINNLE. |
GOAFED | Searching does not direct, but GOAF is listed as a verb under GOAVE. |
HEADCAP, HEADCAPS | Headword is two words, but definition 3 says "usually as one word". [2] |
HYDROGENSULPHATE, HYDROGENSULPHATES | Headword is two words, but definition says "frequently as one word". |
ISCHIA | Searching directs to Ischia (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised as the plural of ISCHIUM. |
JIMMY | Searching directs to Jimmy (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised as an alternative spelling of JEMMY. |
KINGSMAN, KINGSMEN | Headword is two words, but definition 5 and 6 say "usually as one word". [3] |
LAGOBIS, LAGOBISES | Searching does not direct, but it can be found in bold under the adjective LEGGO. LAGOBISES is disputed, as LAGOBIS is listed under the adjective, but the definition (an animal that has got loose or gone wild; a person likened to this) implies it could be a noun. |
LAGOS | Searching directs to Lagos (capitalised), but LAGO is listed under LEGGO, which can be pluralised. |
LEGO, LEGOS | Searching directs to Lego (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under LEGGO. |
MAUGERS, MAUGERED, MAUGERING | Searching does not direct, but MAUGER it is listed as a verb under the second entry for MAUGRE. |
MEDALISE, MEDALLISE | Searching does not direct to medallize unless MEDALIZE or MEDALLIZE are searched instead. MEDALISE and MEDALLISE have to be allowed on Countdown as per rule that says -ISE variant spellings of verbs ending in -IZE need not be specified. |
MILLERED | Searching does not direct, but MILLER is listed as a verb under the second entry for MELLER. |
MOULES | Searching directs to MOULES MARINIÈRE. However, searching for the singular directs to MOULE, which can be pluralised. |
MUNSTER, MUNSTERS | Searching directs to Munster (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under MUENSTER. |
NIBBING | Searching does not direct, but NIB is listed as a verb under NEEB. |
NIMBY, NIMBIES | Searching directs to Nimby (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under NEMBIE. |
OBO, OBOS | Searching directs to OBO (abbreviation), but it is listed as a noun under OBBO. |
ORARIAN | Headword is capitalised, but definition says "chiefly with lower-case initial". |
PATAGON, PATAGONS | Searching directs to Patagon (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under PATACON. |
PENITENTE, PENITENTES | Headword is capitalised, but definition 2 says "with lower-case initial". [4] |
PETRAEAN | Searching directs to Petraean (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under PETREAN. |
PETTIES | Searching does not direct, but PETTY is listed as a noun under PETTI. |
PHOTURIS | Capitalised, but also listed in bold without an initial capital letter in the definition. |
POULTED, POULTING | Searching does not direct, but POULT is listed as a verb under the second entry for POLT. |
QUARKED, QUARKING, QUORKED, QUORKING, QUORKS, QUOUKED, QUOUKING, QUOUKS | Searching does not direct, but QUARK, QUORK and QUOUK are listed as verbs under the second entry for QUAWK. |
RAVELING, RAVELINGS | Searching for RAVELING directs to RAVEL, where RAVELING is listed as a US spelling, and searching for RAVELINGS directs to RAVELLING. However, RAVELING can be found as a noun under RABBLING. |
ROMANITE, ROMANITES | Searching directs to Romanite (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under RUMANITE. |
SPRANGS | Searching does not direct, but SPRANG is listed as a noun under SPRONG. |
WATERHEAD, WATERHEADS | Headword is two words, but definition 1 says "now chiefly in as one word". |
WATERSTOP, WATERSTOPS | Headword is two words, but definition 1 says "usually as one word". |
WEBFOOT, WEBFEET | Headword is two words, but definition 2 and 3 say "chiefly as one word". |
ZEMIROT, ZMIROT | Searching does not direct to ZEMIRAH, where the plural is specified (in bold, in Oxford Dictionaries Premium) in the definition. ZMIRAH can only be found in Premium, and the logical plural of that spelling is assumed ZMIROT (similarly, HEDERS and HEDARIM are assumed the plurals of HEDER because of CHEDER taking CHEDERS and CHEDARIM). |