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This page lists words which might appear to be invalid but actually are valid. It is, of course, not exhaustive.
 
This page lists words which might appear to be invalid but actually are valid. It is, of course, not exhaustive.
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In [[Oxford Dictionaries Premium]], some of these words are found by clicking on links in the ‘Related words’ table, which appears in the bottom-right hand corner in most pages.
  
 
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|{{word|AEOLIC}}, {{word|EOLIC}}
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|{{word|COPAY}}
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|Headwords are capitalised, but definition 2 of the adjective says "usually with lower-case initial".
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|Searching directs to [https://premium.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/co-pay?q=copay {{word|co-pay}}], but can be found unhyphenated under [https://premium.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/copayment {{word|COPAYMENT}}.]
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|{{word|AMBERS}}
 
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|Searching directs to [https://web.archive.org/web/20220824070853/https://www.lexico.com/definition/amber {{word|AMBER}}] (mass noun), but it is not a mass noun under {{word|AMBEER}}.
 
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|{{word|AWENDA}}, {{word|AWENDAS}}, {{word|AWENDAW}}, {{word|AWENDAWS}}, {{word|OWENDAW}}, {{word|OWENDAWS}}
 
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|Headwords are capitalised, but definition says "also with lower-case initial".
 
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|{{word|BRICKWALL}}, {{word|BRICKWALLS}}
 
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|Headword is two words, but definition 1 says "often written as one word".
 
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|{{word|BUCKSHEES}}
 
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|Searching does not direct, but {{word|BUCKSHEE}} is listed as a noun under {{word|BAKHSHI}}.
 
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|{{word|DADDED}}, {{word|DADDING}}
 
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|Searching does not direct, but {{word|DAD}} is listed as a verb under the second entry for [https://web.archive.org/web/20201126214838/https://www.lexico.com/definition/daud {{word|DAUD}}.]
 
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|{{word|DOUGLAS}}
 
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|Searching directs to [https://web.archive.org/web/20210214200923/https://www.lexico.com/definition/Douglas {{word|Douglas}}] (capitalised). However, searching for the singular directs to {{word|DOUGLA}}, which can be pluralised.
 
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|{{word|EMPED}}, {{word|EMPING}}, {{word|EMPS}}, {{word|ENT}}, {{word|ENTED}}, {{word|ENTING}}, {{word|HEMPED}}, {{word|HEMPING}}
 
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|Searching does not direct, but {{word|EMP}}, {{word|ENT}} and {{word|HEMP}} are listed as verbs under {{word|EMPT}}.
 
 
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|{{word|FARSER}}, {{word|FARSEST}}
 
|{{word|FARSER}}, {{word|FARSEST}}
 
|Searching does not direct, but {{word|FARSE}} is an alternative spelling of definition 7 of the adjective [https://web.archive.org/web/20220530130734/https://www.lexico.com/definition/fast {{word|FAST}}.]
 
|Searching does not direct, but {{word|FARSE}} is an alternative spelling of definition 7 of the adjective [https://web.archive.org/web/20220530130734/https://www.lexico.com/definition/fast {{word|FAST}}.]
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|{{word|FINELINER}}, {{word|FINELINERS}}
 
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|Headword is two words, but definition 2 says "often as one word". [https://web.archive.org/web/20220824170553/https://www.lexico.com/definition/fine_liner]
 
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|{{word|GINNELLED}}, {{word|GINNELLING}}
 
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|Searching does not direct, but {{word|GINNEL}} is listed as a verb under the second entry for {{word|GINNLE}}.
 
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|{{word|GOAFED}}
 
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|Searching does not direct, but {{word|GOAF}} is listed as a verb under {{word|GOAVE}}.
 
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|{{word|HEADCAP}}, {{word|HEADCAPS}}
 
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|Headword is two words, but definition 3 says "usually as one word". [https://web.archive.org/web/20220824194801/https://www.lexico.com/definition/head_cap]
 
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|{{word|HYDROGENSULPHATE}}, {{word|HYDROGENSULPHATES}}
 
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|Headword is two words, but definition says "frequently as one word".
 
 
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|{{word|ISCHIA}}
 
|{{word|ISCHIA}}
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|{{word|JIMMY}}
 
|{{word|JIMMY}}
 
|Searching directs to [https://web.archive.org/web/20220122082636/https://www.lexico.com/definition/jimmy {{word|Jimmy}}] (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised as an alternative spelling of [https://web.archive.org/web/20200603161957/https://www.lexico.com/definition/jemmy {{word|JEMMY}}.]
 
|Searching directs to [https://web.archive.org/web/20220122082636/https://www.lexico.com/definition/jimmy {{word|Jimmy}}] (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised as an alternative spelling of [https://web.archive.org/web/20200603161957/https://www.lexico.com/definition/jemmy {{word|JEMMY}}.]
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|{{word|KINGSMAN}}, {{word|KINGSMEN}}
 
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|Headword is two words, but definition 5 and 6 say "usually as one word". [https://web.archive.org/web/20220116110854/https://www.lexico.com/definition/king's_man]
 
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|{{word|LAGOBIS}}, {{word|LAGOBISES}}
 
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|Searching does not direct, but it can be found in bold under the adjective {{word|LEGGO}}. {{word|LAGOBISES}} is [[disputed words|disputed]], as {{word|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.
 
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|{{word|LAGOS}}
 
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|Searching directs to [https://web.archive.org/web/20220327081353/https://www.lexico.com/definition/lagos {{word|Lagos}}] (capitalised), but {{word|LAGO}} is listed under {{word|LEGGO}}, which can be pluralised.
 
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|{{word|LEGO}}, {{word|LEGOS}}
 
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|Searching directs to [https://web.archive.org/web/20220722014842/https://www.lexico.com/definition/lego {{word|Lego}}] (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under {{word|LEGGO}}.
 
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|{{word|LAUGHTON}}, {{word|LAUGHTONS}}, {{word|LOGHTAN}}, {{word|LOGHTANS}}
 
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|Searching for {{word|LAUGHTON}} directs to {{word|Charles Laughton}}, and searching for {{word|LOGHTAN}} directs to {{word|Manx Loghtan}}. However, both are listed under the entry for [https://web.archive.org/web/20220129051313/https://www.lexico.com/definition/loaghtan {{word|LOAGHTAN}}] ({{word|LOGHTAN}} can only be found in the ''[[Oxford Dictionaries Premium|ODP]]'').
 
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|{{word|MAUGERS}}, {{word|MAUGERED}}, {{word|MAUGERING}}
 
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|Searching does not direct, but {{word|MAUGER}} it is listed as a verb under the second entry for {{word|MAUGRE}}.
 
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|{{word|MEDALISE}}, {{word|MEDALLISE}}
 
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|Searching does not direct to medallize unless {{word|MEDALIZE}} or {{word|MEDALLIZE}} are searched instead. {{word|MEDALISE}} and {{word|MEDALLISE}} have to be allowed on ''[[Countdown]]'' as per rule that says {{word|-ISE}} variant spellings of verbs ending in {{word|-IZE}} need not be specified.
 
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|{{word|MILLERED}}
 
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|Searching does not direct, but {{word|MILLER}} is listed as a verb under the second entry for {{word|MELLER}}.
 
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|{{word|MOULES}}
 
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|Searching directs to {{word|MOULES MARINIÈRE}}. However, searching for the singular directs to {{word|MOULE}}, which can be pluralised.
 
 
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|{{word|MUNSTER}}, {{word|MUNSTERS}}
 
|{{word|MUNSTER}}, {{word|MUNSTERS}}
 
|Searching directs to [https://web.archive.org/web/20220825132046/https://www.lexico.com/definition/munster {{word|Munster}}] (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under {{word|MUENSTER}}.
 
|Searching directs to [https://web.archive.org/web/20220825132046/https://www.lexico.com/definition/munster {{word|Munster}}] (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under {{word|MUENSTER}}.
 
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|{{word|NIBBING}}
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|{{word|PICQUET}} (British English)
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|Searching does not direct, but {{word|NIB}} is listed as a verb under {{word|NEEB}}.
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|Searching directs to [https://premium.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/picquet {{word|PICQUET}}], the US entry for [https://premium.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/piquet {{word|PIQUET}}], but searching the plural directs to an alternative spelling in British English under [https://premium.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/picket?q=picquets#picket__6 {{word|PICKET}}].
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|{{word|NIMBY}}, {{word|NIMBIES}}
 
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|Searching directs to [https://web.archive.org/web/20220814071913/https://www.lexico.com/definition/nimby {{word|Nimby}}] (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under {{word|NEMBIE}}.
 
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|{{word|OBO}}, {{word|OBOS}}
 
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|Searching directs to [https://web.archive.org/web/20220625053731/https://www.lexico.com/definition/obo {{word|OBO}}] (abbreviation), but it is listed as a noun under [https://web.archive.org/web/20220823014803/https://www.lexico.com/definition/obbo {{word|OBBO}}.]
 
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|{{word|ORARIAN}}
 
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|Headword is capitalised, but definition says "chiefly with lower-case initial".
 
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|{{word|OUVERTE}}
 
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|Searching directs to {{word|MISÈRE OUVERTE}}, but it is listed under {{word|OUVERT}}.
 
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|{{word|PATAGON}}, {{word|PATAGONS}}
 
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|Searching directs to {{word|Patagon}} (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under [https://web.archive.org/web/20211021220720/https://www.lexico.com/definition/patacon {{word|PATACON}}.]
 
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|{{word|PENITENTE}}, {{word|PENITENTES}}
 
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|Headword is capitalised, but definition 2 says "with lower-case initial". [https://web.archive.org/web/20220823233909/https://www.lexico.com/definition/penitente]
 
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|{{word|PETRAEAN}}
 
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|Searching directs to {{word|Petraean}} (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205154214/https://www.lexico.com/definition/petrean {{word|PETREAN}}.]
 
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|{{word|PETTIES}}
 
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|Searching does not direct, but {{word|PETTY}} is listed as a noun under {{word|PETTI}}.
 
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|{{word|PHOTURIS}}
 
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|Capitalised, but also listed in bold without an initial capital letter in the definition.
 
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|{{word|POULTED}}, {{word|POULTING}}
 
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|Searching does not direct, but {{word|POULT}} is listed as a verb under the second entry for {{word|POLT}}.
 
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|{{word|QUARKED}}, {{word|QUARKING}}, {{word|QUORKED}}, {{word|QUORKING}}, {{word|QUORKS}}, {{word|QUOUKED}}, {{word|QUOUKING}}, {{word|QUOUKS}}
 
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|Searching does not direct, but {{word|QUARK}}, {{word|QUORK}} and {{word|QUOUK}} are listed as verbs under the second entry for {{word|QUAWK}}.
 
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|{{word|RAVELING}}, {{word|RAVELINGS}}
 
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|Searching for {{word|RAVELING}} directs to [https://web.archive.org/web/20200820204804/https://www.lexico.com/definition/ravel {{word|RAVEL}}], where {{word|RAVELING}} is listed as a US spelling, and searching for {{word|RAVELINGS}} directs to [https://web.archive.org/web/20210306155005/https://www.lexico.com/definition/ravelling {{word|RAVELLING}}]. However, {{word|RAVELING}} can be found as a noun under [https://web.archive.org/web/20211209132518/https://www.lexico.com/definition/rabbling {{word|RABBLING}}.]
 
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|{{word|ROMANITE}}, {{word|ROMANITES}}
 
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|Searching directs to [https://web.archive.org/web/20220117032133/https://www.lexico.com/definition/romanite {{word|Romanite}}] (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under {{word|RUMANITE}}.
 
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|{{word|SPRANGS}}
 
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|Searching does not direct, but {{word|SPRANG}} is listed as a noun under [https://web.archive.org/web/20210902235925/https://www.lexico.com/definition/sprong {{word|SPRONG}}.]
 
 
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|{{word|TESTUDINES}}
 
|{{word|TESTUDINES}}
 
|Searching directs to [https://web.archive.org/web/20201111233331/https://www.lexico.com/definition/Testudines {{word|Testudines}}] (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under [https://web.archive.org/web/20200925163226/https://www.lexico.com/definition/testudo {{word|TESTUDO}}.]
 
|Searching directs to [https://web.archive.org/web/20201111233331/https://www.lexico.com/definition/Testudines {{word|Testudines}}] (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under [https://web.archive.org/web/20200925163226/https://www.lexico.com/definition/testudo {{word|TESTUDO}}.]
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|{{word|WATERHEAD}}, {{word|WATERHEADS}}
 
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|Headword is two words, but definition 1 says "now chiefly in as one word".
 
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|{{word|WATERSTOP}}, {{word|WATERSTOPS}}
 
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|Headword is two words, but definition 1 says "usually as one word".
 
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|{{word|WEBFOOT}}, {{word|WEBFEET}}
 
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|Headword is two words, but definition 2 and 3 say "chiefly as one word".
 
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|{{word|ZEMIROT}}, {{word|ZMIROT}}
 
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|Searching does not direct to [https://web.archive.org/web/20220823003546/https://www.lexico.com/definition/zemirah {{word|ZEMIRAH}}], where the plural is specified (in bold, in ''[[Oxford Dictionaries Premium]]'') in the definition. {{word|ZMIRAH}} can only be found in ''Premium'', and the logical plural of that spelling is assumed {{word|ZMIROT}} (similarly, {{word|HEDERS}} and {{word|HEDARIM}} are assumed the plurals of {{word|HEDER}} because of {{word|CHEDER}} taking {{word|CHEDERS}} and {{word|CHEDARIM}}).
 
 
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Latest revision as of 09:45, 27 December 2025

This page lists words which might appear to be invalid but actually are valid. It is, of course, not exhaustive.

In Oxford Dictionaries Premium, some of these words are found by clicking on links in the ‘Related words’ table, which appears in the bottom-right hand corner in most pages.

Word(s) Details
COPAY Searching directs to co-pay, but can be found unhyphenated under COPAYMENT.
FARSER, FARSEST Searching does not direct, but FARSE is an alternative spelling of definition 7 of the adjective FAST.
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.
MUNSTER, MUNSTERS Searching directs to Munster (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under MUENSTER.
PICQUET (British English) Searching directs to PICQUET, the US entry for PIQUET, but searching the plural directs to an alternative spelling in British English under PICKET.
TESTUDINES Searching directs to Testudines (capitalised), but it is uncapitalised under TESTUDO.
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