Hard-to-find words

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

• ATLANTES: Plural of definition 3 of atlas.
• BUCU: Searching cannot find certain accented characters, it is listed under bussu.
• DADDED, DADDING: Listed under daud.
• GINNELLED, GINNELLING: Listed under ginnle.
• HEMPED, HEMPING: Listed under empt.
• MAUGER, MAUGERED, MAUGERING: Searching does not direct to maugre where its variant spellings (as a verb) can be found in second entry.
• 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/-IZE variants of nouns and verbs need not be specified, as -IZE is an Oxford spelling as well as a US spelling.
• MENDON: Searching cannot find certain accented characters, it is listed under mendang.
• MUJTAHIDUN: Searching cannot find certain accented characters, it is listed under mujtahidūn.
• MUNSTER: Searching takes you to Munster (capitalised) but it is listed under muenster.
• NIMBY: Searching takes you to Nimby (capitalized) but it is listed under nembie.
• OBO: Searching takes you to obo (abbreviation) but it is listed under obbo.
• PATAGON: Searching takes you to Patagon (capitalised) but it is listed under patacon.
• PETTIES: Searching takes you to petty (not a noun) but it is listed as a noun under petti.
• PHOTURIS: Capitalized, but also listed in bold without an initial capital letter in the definition.
• ROMANITE: Searching takes you to Romanite (capitalized) but it is listed under rumanite.
• SPRANGS: Searching takes you to spring but it is listed as a noun under sprong.