Surprising words not accepted

[quyxyz]

There are a lot of re- words and un-words that are not allowed.

[dannyb]

Retin, retinned and retinning are not accepted. I had a saute pan retinned last November.

[flops]

We have something called a splayd, which is a spoonforkknife kinda thing. We have sporks, you buy them for cheapskate picnics and undecided foodstuffs. You would think that maybe spork would be a weird vegan pork equivalent made out of spinach, or spirulina...I am sticking to the original foodgroups for a winters Friday evening (Wine, cheese, chocolate).

[quyxyz]

SPORK

"You can't enjoy a heaping plate of mayo-laden 7 layer salad at a Midwestern summer picnic without one. I've been able to name this essential utensil since I was pre-K. "

Spork is a registered trademark in both Britain and USA.

[flops]

Catotelm is not a 'foreign' word, as in it's English. Means the top layer of peat in an active mire; talk to any peatland ecologist and they'll recognise it.

Just had HALINE rejected. Cripes, looking at all the spurious words that are accepted (like made up ones ending in -ness for example), yet perfectly good ones turned down. Pfft.

Next time I come across a peatland ecologist, I am soooo going to ask about that! seems perfectly reasonable to me.

[ebor]

Cria, the word for a baby llama or alpaca. At just four letters, you can imagine it crops up with regularity and I keep forgetting that there's no point in trying it.

I think cria should be accepted as well. There are enough llama and alpaca breeders outside of Spanish speaking countries who use the word, and you hear it on TV.

[kaitoujuliet]

EELER (a fisherman who catches eels)
SWAI ( a fish from Vietnam)
GEAS (a compulsion or prohibition)
TIAN (a baked vegetable dish)

[crazykate]

It's probably trademarked and usually capitalized, in addition to possibly being newer than the dictionary used in gameplay. It probably wouldn't be valid even if it were in the dictionary.

[DrPlacebo]

Should I be surprised that BITCOIN doesn't count? I'm actually not sure.

[CardinalFang]

SPORK

You can't enjoy a heaping plate of mayo-laden 7 layer salad at a Midwestern summer picnic without one. I've been able to name this essential utensil since I was pre-K. sp45450919_sc7?wid=512&hei=512.jpg

[DrPlacebo]

TERMINALISING is used fairly commonly in genetics. No points here.

[DrPlacebo]

Considering all the international food words that get accepted (e.g. SAIMIN and PISTOU), I'm a little surprised that ALIGOT isn't.

(Then again, neither is NATTO, as I found several times in the past.)

[dementedman]

Catotelm is not a 'foreign' word, as in it's English. Means the top layer of peat in an active mire; talk to any peatland ecologist and they'll recognise it.

Just had HALINE rejected. Cripes, looking at all the spurious words that are accepted (like made up ones ending in -ness for example), yet perfectly good ones turned down. Pfft.

[flops]

persist, if you type it, it will (may) come...

[cricketswool]

Cria, the word for a baby llama or alpaca. At just four letters, you can imagine it crops up with regularity and I keep forgetting that there's no point in trying it.