For the example you gave, the "ard" and "ardths" endings are legal BY RULE and have an established meaning. Lexicus could say that "centilllion" exists, for example, and "centillionths" does not, but I would reject whatever argument they might make if they did so.
As far as plurals not being accepted, I think that matter will be cleared up when WordTwist updates their dictionary the next time, supposed to be at the end of this year.
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Words found in WordTwist not in Lexicus dictionary
Sometimes after a game, I'll look at all the words found by me and other players and I'll get curious about a word and click on it. Every now and then, Lexicus tells me "sorry that word is not in our dictionary." An example I found today was "SEPTUAGINTILLIARDTHS" for 38pts, found by Spike1007. "Septuagintillion" is a word (1 followed by 213 zeroes, I think), but "septuagintilliardths" doesn't even seem to exist (at least not on the internet).
I guess my question is: why does a word not in Lexicus qualify as a correct answer in WordTwist?
(Related question: why are plurals of acceptable words often rejected by WordTwist?)
Just curious - if you have some insight into this, it is much appreciated.
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