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WWFICTIONARY, Volume 2: D through I
Speculative definitions for previously unknown (to me) real words that you can spell in Words With Friends. DAVY: adj, Lightheaded DIAZO: n, Theoretical fourth primary color not found in the spectrum on earth DIGHT: n, Small contrasting particle such as a speck of pepper, in a glass of milk DOGGO: adj, Smelling like a wet canine (Chiefly Australian) DORP: adj, Dim-witted DOUM: n, Moroccan dunce cap DOVEN: n, Shy expert DRAIL: n, Mythological troll EYEN: n, Whirlpool FURZY: n, Repugnantly cute fuzzy toy GLEY: n, Lightweight fabric used in swags and jabots GOWN: adj, Tired; listless GOX: n, Green phlegm GUENON: n, Artist pigment made with goat’s milk GURGE: v, To digest GUTTA: n, Marching band maneuver in which tuba players squat and goose step HOOLY: n, Nose ring HABUS: adj, Covered tractor HAO: n, Incorrect path in search for enlightenment HERM: n, Bacterium that causes bad breath HIGGLES: n, Hiccup giggles HOOKIER: adj, More like a prostitute IGG: n, Pork jerky Next Week: Volume 3, J through O
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Compared to the board version of Scrabble, a cooler feature of Word With Friends is that you can explore a new letter combination right on the game board to see if it might be a real word. If it’s not, the app lets you know and you try something else, with no penalty. If you finally stumble onto a new word, you learn something.
Some Scrabble traditionalists who still play on the board and by the book are disturbed by the unfettered trial-and-error play permissible in WWF. For example, I might say: “Turns out GOX is a word.” Typical response from indignant Scrabble player: “Oh really? Well, what does it mean!?!” If a word is so obscure it takes you most of your life to see if for the first time, you probably don't care what it means. But if you want to further agitate Scrabble dictionary-thumping pedants who ask that question, make up a definition and say it with authority. Here are some WWF-acceptable words that I’ve actually stumbled across, along with definitions I’ve made up. You can probably make up some better ones. Either way, be sure to share them with Scrabble players to add inaccuracy to injury. WWFICTIONARY, Volume 1: ABC Speculative definitions for previously unknown (to me) real words that you can spell in Words With Friends AA: interj, Half-hearted eureka AAL: n, Narrow dangly thing on the underside of the tongue AGLY: n, Unsightly lip blemish ALIYOS: n, Mongolian cheese curd ATMA: n, Subatomic particulate unique to meteors ATT: n, Sherpa guide ACINI: n, Squid-ink pasta AFFINE: v, To explain in a positive light AMU: n, An emu capable of flight AWEE: n, Spiritual force AXAL: n, Bifibulated umlaut BRAZA: n, Pizza-flavored brassiere BREDE: v, Procreation by bad spellers CEP: adj, Unpleasantly odiferous CHIRR: interj, Exclamation of greeting (Chiefly Scottish) CIS: n, Dripping hissing sound CROZE: n, Icelandic beverage made with fermented herring Next Week: Volume 2, DEF & GHI (both acceptable in Words With Friends, btw) |
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