scrabble dictionary
There are a few words that the scrabble dictionary does not allow that are a source of endless frustration to me. The most annoying is ZEN. Zen is not allowed because Scrabble declares it a proper noun. This is Bullshit. They say it is a proper noun because it is the first word, and general descriptor of Zen Buddhism. Fuck that. Zen Buddhism is only named that because it is the kind of Buddhism that involves the practice of zen meditation. Religions are only proper nouns anyway because they're named after people. Judaism - Rabbi Judah haNasi; Christianity - Jesus Christ; Buddhism - the Buddha; Zoroastrianism - Zoroaster. You get the point. Zen is not a dude. Zen is a thing. Dammit.
The one that pisses me next most often is GI. A gi is the uniform of a practitioner of karate or judo. C'mon. Isn't karate western enough yet that we can consider the fucking outfit an english word? It bothers me because there's so many fucking acceptable two letter words that NOBODY FUCKING USES EVER. EVER. And I especially love the arbitrary decision to accept all Greek and Hebrew letters and the diatonic music scale, but fuck all the other languages. The list behind the cut:
I put the words that are completely ridiculous in red. Every one of those in red is less common a word than GI. Bullshit. I accept all the arbitrary allowances that break their own rules (no foreign languages, and no abbreviations) But I pointed them out to show you how fucked it all is.
AA - rough, cindery lava Oh yeah, don't touch that there aa, it'll burn!
AB - abdominal muscle Abbreviation much?
AD - advertisement Abbreviation much?
AE - one
AG - pert. to agriculture Abbreviation much?
AH - to exclaim in amazement
AI - three-toed sloth
AL - East Indian tree
AM - [be-conj] (to exist)
AN - indefinite article
AR - letter 'r'
AS - to the same degree
AT - in the location of
AW - intj. expressing disbelief and yet EW is not a word!
AX - to cut with an ax
AY - aye
BA - eternal soul in Egyptian mythology
BE - to exist
BI - bisexual Abbreviation much?
BO - pal
BY - side issue
DE - of, from English much?
DO - to execute/first tone of musical scale
ED - education Abbreviation much?
EF - letter 'f'
EH - intj. used to indicate lack of understanding
EL - letter 'l'
EM - printer's measurement Abbreviation much?
EN - printer's measurement Abbreviation much?
ER - intj. expressing hesitation
ES - letter 's'
ET - [eat-conj] (to consume)
EX - letter 'x'
FA - fourth tone of diatonic musical scale
FE - Hebrew letter (feh, pe)
GO - to leave/Japanese board game
HA - sound expressing triumph
HE - male person
HI - intj. used as a greeting
HM - intj. expressing thought (hmm)
HO - intj. used to attract attention to something
ID - part of psyche related to instinctual impulses
IF - possible condition
IN - influence Abbreviation much?
IS - [be-conj] (to exist)
IT - person playing tag/indefinite pronoun
JO - sweetheart
KA - Egyptian spiritual self English much?
KI - vital life-sustaining energy force (qi) English much?
LA - sixth tone of diatonic musical scale
LI - Chinese unit of distance English much?
LO - intj. used to attract attention
MA - mother
ME - pronoun referring to myself
MI - third tone of diatonic musical scale
MM - intj. expressing satisfaction
MO - moment Abbreviation much?
MU - Greek letter
MY - possessive prounoun
NA - no
NE - born with the name of (nee) I don't even understand what part of speech this is!
NO - negative reply
NU - Greek letter
OD - hypothetical force of natural power what?!
OE - Faroean wind what?!
OF - coming from
OH - to exclaim "oh"
OI - intj. expressing dismay (oy)
OM - mantra used in meditation
ON - side of wicket where cricket batsman stands This definition is hilarious
OP - style of abstract art
OR - heraldic color gold
OS - orifice/bone/ridge of sand (esker) what?!
OW - intj. expressing sudden pain Once again, EW is not accepted, WTF
OX - hoofed mammal/clumsy person
OY - intj. expressing dismay
PA - father
PE - Hebrew letter
PI - Greek letter/to jumble
QI - vital life-sustaining energy force English much?
RE - second tone of diatonic musical scale
SH - intj. used to urge silence (shh)
SI - seventh tone of diatonic musical scale (ti) fucking alternate spelling of TI haha
SO - fifth tone of diatonic musical scale
TA - thanks What? Is that an abbreviation or what?
TI - seventh tone of diatonic musical scale
TO - toward
UH - intj. expressing hesitation
UM - intj. expressing hesitation
UN - one
UP - to raise
US - objective pronoun for "we"
UT - musical tone in French solmization systemAre you fucking kidding me?
WE - plural pronoun
WO - woe
XI - Greek letter
XU - Vietnamese monetary unit
YA - you
YE - you
YO - intj. used to call attention
ZA - pizza Abbreviation much?
The one that pisses me next most often is GI. A gi is the uniform of a practitioner of karate or judo. C'mon. Isn't karate western enough yet that we can consider the fucking outfit an english word? It bothers me because there's so many fucking acceptable two letter words that NOBODY FUCKING USES EVER. EVER. And I especially love the arbitrary decision to accept all Greek and Hebrew letters and the diatonic music scale, but fuck all the other languages. The list behind the cut:
I put the words that are completely ridiculous in red. Every one of those in red is less common a word than GI. Bullshit. I accept all the arbitrary allowances that break their own rules (no foreign languages, and no abbreviations) But I pointed them out to show you how fucked it all is.
AA - rough, cindery lava Oh yeah, don't touch that there aa, it'll burn!
AB - abdominal muscle Abbreviation much?
AD - advertisement Abbreviation much?
AE - one
AG - pert. to agriculture Abbreviation much?
AH - to exclaim in amazement
AI - three-toed sloth
AL - East Indian tree
AM - [be-conj] (to exist)
AN - indefinite article
AR - letter 'r'
AS - to the same degree
AT - in the location of
AW - intj. expressing disbelief and yet EW is not a word!
AX - to cut with an ax
AY - aye
BA - eternal soul in Egyptian mythology
BE - to exist
BI - bisexual Abbreviation much?
BO - pal
BY - side issue
DE - of, from English much?
DO - to execute/first tone of musical scale
ED - education Abbreviation much?
EF - letter 'f'
EH - intj. used to indicate lack of understanding
EL - letter 'l'
EM - printer's measurement Abbreviation much?
EN - printer's measurement Abbreviation much?
ER - intj. expressing hesitation
ES - letter 's'
ET - [eat-conj] (to consume)
EX - letter 'x'
FA - fourth tone of diatonic musical scale
FE - Hebrew letter (feh, pe)
GO - to leave/Japanese board game
HA - sound expressing triumph
HE - male person
HI - intj. used as a greeting
HM - intj. expressing thought (hmm)
HO - intj. used to attract attention to something
ID - part of psyche related to instinctual impulses
IF - possible condition
IN - influence Abbreviation much?
IS - [be-conj] (to exist)
IT - person playing tag/indefinite pronoun
JO - sweetheart
KA - Egyptian spiritual self English much?
KI - vital life-sustaining energy force (qi) English much?
LA - sixth tone of diatonic musical scale
LI - Chinese unit of distance English much?
LO - intj. used to attract attention
MA - mother
ME - pronoun referring to myself
MI - third tone of diatonic musical scale
MM - intj. expressing satisfaction
MO - moment Abbreviation much?
MU - Greek letter
MY - possessive prounoun
NA - no
NE - born with the name of (nee) I don't even understand what part of speech this is!
NO - negative reply
NU - Greek letter
OD - hypothetical force of natural power what?!
OE - Faroean wind what?!
OF - coming from
OH - to exclaim "oh"
OI - intj. expressing dismay (oy)
OM - mantra used in meditation
ON - side of wicket where cricket batsman stands This definition is hilarious
OP - style of abstract art
OR - heraldic color gold
OS - orifice/bone/ridge of sand (esker) what?!
OW - intj. expressing sudden pain Once again, EW is not accepted, WTF
OX - hoofed mammal/clumsy person
OY - intj. expressing dismay
PA - father
PE - Hebrew letter
PI - Greek letter/to jumble
QI - vital life-sustaining energy force English much?
RE - second tone of diatonic musical scale
SH - intj. used to urge silence (shh)
SI - seventh tone of diatonic musical scale (ti) fucking alternate spelling of TI haha
SO - fifth tone of diatonic musical scale
TA - thanks What? Is that an abbreviation or what?
TI - seventh tone of diatonic musical scale
TO - toward
UH - intj. expressing hesitation
UM - intj. expressing hesitation
UN - one
UP - to raise
US - objective pronoun for "we"
UT - musical tone in French solmization systemAre you fucking kidding me?
WE - plural pronoun
WO - woe
XI - Greek letter
XU - Vietnamese monetary unit
YA - you
YE - you
YO - intj. used to call attention
ZA - pizza Abbreviation much?