| | Questionable Grabble Words- 10-19-2015 - A note from Badger This questionable word list is checked as time allows. Some words take longer to research, and discuss, than others. Such is the case with the English Language! As noted below, we cannot guarantee a timely response to such a request, nor will the game play be paused while we consider the request; in other words you must still make your move before the time runs out. Writing to GoldToken Support to pressure the "Word Smith Team" will NOT make this process faster, nor will we respond to any such messages.
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| Anyone found deliberately removing other members' words from the Questionable Grabble Words list may lose their wiki editing abilities. |
- If the system rejects a word which you feel is a valid word, you may request that we add that word to our dictionary, but we cannot guarantee a timely response to such a request, nor will the game play be paused while we consider the request; in other words you must still make your move before the time runs out.
- Please also let us know words that should be removed.
Please post your Questionable English Grabble Words here for the Grabble Crew to look up
- Please do not post any more 2 letter words. All allowable ones have been checked and no more will be added for a while. A list of all allowable ones that can be played, found here... Grabble FAQ... scroll to the bottom. Hg
We are using the following printed dictionaries:
- (US) The American Heritage 4th edition
- (UK) The Chambers Dictionary 9th Edition
- Both may be searched online though the online versions contain fewer words.
What kinds of words are not valid?
- Grabble does not allow abbreviations, short forms, acronyms, slang, non English words, proper nouns, infractions, interjections, prefixes or suffixes unless it forms a word in its own right, variant spellings, alternative spellings, obscure/obsolete words, or words not found in a modern dictionary.
- Any word that is not allowed on the discussion boards will not be allowed in Grabble either so please, do not even ask.
[ Other words ] <~~ This is for words that have previously been checked.
| Questionable Word | Brief comment on why it should or should not be allowed |
| beignet | Done A fritter |
| goner | Not Valid - Slang |
| august | Done that marked by majestic dignity or grandeur. |
| pastils | Done - Pills or tablets alternative spelling |
| snarier | Done adjective: of or resembling a snare |
| briners | Done |
| pouncer | Currently working - please check game type and connections person who pounces |
| tri | Not Valid - Prefixes are not allowed in Grabble meaning 3 in a number of languages |
| pavan(e) | Done noun: A slow, stately court dance of the 1500s and 1600s, usually in duple meter. Also, the music for this dance. |
| prodder | Done |
| legists | Done Specialist in law |
| simp(s) | Not Valid - Slang - simp is removed Please add the plural to the already acceptable word "simp" meaning simple or foolish person(s). |
| Levants | Done - decamps Please add plural |
| Carlins | Done - women please add plural |
| coddlers | Done Please add plural |
| ruliest | Done rul·y adj. ru·li·er, ru·li·est Neat and orderly/American Heritage Dictionary |
| Yuck | Not Valid - Interjection and slang |
| Brie | Not Valid - capitalized words not allowed Brie cheese |
| totemist | Done |
| john(s) | Not valid - slang Noun; lower case "john" is a toilet; https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/john |
| . lorne | Not Valid - only listed as part of a two-word phrase and capitalized, "Lorne sausage" a type of square sausage (Scots) |
| lab | Done ? - 'lab' decades ago passed into English as a shortened noun in its own right (e.g. 'Bell Labs' already in 1984). American Heritage Dictionary agrees, see https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=lab . If other shortenings like 'ad' (shortened form of advertisement or advantage) are allowed because of common everyday usage, so should lab? Or what is the rule  ? |
| manglers | Done ? - most nouns ending in -er have a plural form -ers. The set of exceptions is smaller than allowed ones. See e.g. Words That End with ERS... Merriam Webster https://share.google/PPbqc8UttptCkeRAI |
| xc | See Grabble Two Letter Word List for a complete list of accepted 2-letter options…the decision was made to include some Roman numerals Not valid; should be removed? An abbreviation for 'cross country' according to AH Dictionary. |
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