The strange, the bizarre and the unexpected

[Boulevardiere]

Even though "turnless" doesn't count... PORNLESS does.

Evidently, it's also possible to be "toadless" but not to be "roadless." Surely in many rural/natural areas, roadlessness is more common than toadlessness.

[BoggleOtaku]

Maybe it's like the sun god ra as #1 and then eight offspring, a lesser eight?

[Spike1007]

It's not so much mathematics as Pythagorean numerology, from what I can see. As dannyb says, the different numbers have their own attrributes (aside from just letting you be able to count with them). There seems to be an emphasis on how each number can be represented, hence the eight plus one.

[dannyb]

Here's one for the mathematicians and/or wordsmiths.

Just saw this definition in Lexic:

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Any idea why it wasn't simply defined as the cardinal number nine?

An ennead is a group of nine. Like the ennead of Egyptian gods. The number nine, way back in the day, was considered to be very special, even magical.

[Naboka]

Here's one for the mathematicians and/or wordsmiths.

Just saw this definition in Lexic:

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Any idea why it wasn't simply defined as the cardinal number nine?

[dannyb]

I believe I saw the term micromall used as a descriptor, years ago, for the Sterling Block-Bishop Arcade located in Bridgeport Ct.

[DrPlacebo]

There may be megamalls, but apparently there's no such thing as a MICROMALL.

[DrPlacebo]

Even though "turnless" doesn't count... PORNLESS does.

[crazykate]

I just got COMPUTERITISES for 26 points. I did not expect it to be an actual word.
It was on a board that had been played 22 times, with the longest word record held by the word "Computers". I managed to beat the total words record by 1 word, the points total by nearly 90 points, and the best and longest word record with my new find. Wasn't expecting that!
Here's the definition according to the dictionary:

Definition of Computeritis


1. Noun. (informal humorous) Any ailment relating to or caused by computers, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. ¹

[DrPlacebo]

Also, on a separate board, I surprisingly got points for HYPERMODESTNESSES (and HYPERMODEST and HYPERMODESTNESS).

[DrPlacebo]

ROADABLE is a word.

Apparently it applies specifically to aircraft that can be driven on roads (possibly with wings folded or detached), i.e. flying cars.

[63chev]

Individuator; "who new" : one who characterizes, very interesting.....

[BoggleOtaku]

That's suprising to open such a broad door, and so random to include only this one term! Why MALLOC? What about realloc, calloc, mallopt, mallinfo, alloca, or valloc, which don't show up in lexic.us? What about terms from other languages, such as varargin or nargin in Matlab?

[DrPlacebo]

Did I just get points for MALLOC?

Apparently, I did. And after the game, the definition that was linked in the word list was in fact the C function.

[Naboka]

fer example:

arenization wasn't accepted.

Anyone who has ever frollicked on the beach realizes that sand results from arenization. You've probably thought of romatically snuggling 'round a fire, enjoying the sound of waves, thinking to yourself how grateful everyone in your group is that arenation produced such a great surface not only for towels but for kicking sand in the faces of bullies and building marvelous sandcastles.

Without arenation you'd probably be sitting on mud or rocks or dead sharks.

And being left making mudcastles,

or being buried in the mud.

What fun.

But, does the Wordtwist dictionary care?

Not a wit.

Apparently.

(barring mal-typing.)

Should it?

Naw.

The game is already slanted enough in the favor of individuals with certain skill sets. Why make it even less competitive for the average player?

There are already enough words to play with.

(maybe I should stop reading stuff by people like John Rawls and Donelson Forsyth. My wife says it gives her a headache just thinking about my thinking about that stuff.)