Surprising words not accepted

[bloodroot]

OK, now it wouldn't accept "rewild" which is in its dictionary.

[Nylimb]

COMPUTABLY is rejected, but INCOMPUTABLY is accepted.

[InsertNameHere]

Just had the plural PHOTOHELIOGRAPHS accepted but the singular PHOTOHELIOGRAPH rejected.

that's because the dictionary this site uses doesn't support 15+ letter words, so it switched to a different one for 16-25 letter words. the two dictionaries are slightly different so sometimes only the plural or only the singular is accepted

[onrust]

I just had the word "farters" rejected... who can convince me that that's not a word?

[DrPlacebo]

Just had the plural PHOTOHELIOGRAPHS accepted but the singular PHOTOHELIOGRAPH rejected.

[onrust]

I just had "shoddiness" rejected... hmmm... am I wrong about that one?

[kaitoujuliet]

I just did a puzzle where CAFFEINATED, DECAFFEINATED, and DECAFFEINATE were accepted, but CAFFEINATE was not.

[onrust]

I found "decommissioned" in a 4x4 puzzle, but it was not accepted... neither was "decommission".. I thought that was odd...

[crazykate]

"shan't" is a contraction of "shall not", just as "won't" is a contraction of "will not". They both need an apostrophe. "Wont" is also a word with a different meaning than "won't", also pronounced slightly differently. Unless there is a word "shant" with a different meaning to "shan't" that I'm not aware of, "shan't" does require an apostrophe.

[renananova]

Shant. I use the word. I've read the word in many books. I don't remember it needing an apostrophe.

[onrust]

I would have thought that "accoster" was good... am I wrong?

[kaitoujuliet]

ONI, as in a Japanese mythological monster. It surprises me that they don't have it, since they have lots of other Japanese words, such as GETA and NABE.

[DrPlacebo]

CAFFEINATED counts, as do both DECAFFEINATE and DECAFFEINATED, but oddly CAFFEINATE doesn't count.

[John13verse34]

Interesting that WESTERNIZE/S and WESTERNISE/S are accepted, but EASTERNIZE and variations are not. I guess cultural adaptation only goes one way... ;-D

[Spike1007]

I'm sometimes surprised at the number of RE- words that also allow IRRE-. Yes, If I see UN- (or IN-) in front of a word, I'll try it. It doesn't always work, but enough to keep trying.