-ING(S) Words
So, I lost one of my Danbury games because I didn't challenge NESTINGS*. I would guesstimate that I've probably lost at least 5 rated games as a direct result of not knowing if an -ING word takes an S. So, this week I've decided to try and learn those words. The list isn't really as bad as I expected. There are 4,017 6- to 8-letter -ING words, and only 704 of them take an S. Once you remove about 200 of them that are completely obvioius, you're left with 500 words.
I'll try to knock off another chunk by grouping some of the words into categories (sports, -LING, directions, colors). Then, hopefully I'll have a reasonable list to memorize.
On a side note, the single word that I personally find to be the most glaring omission from OWL2 is HEALINGS*. Anyhow, it was mildly interesting to learn today that HEELINGS is good.