{"id":21741,"date":"2022-03-12T12:39:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T17:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=21741"},"modified":"2022-03-12T12:39:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T17:39:08","slug":"good-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=21741","title":{"rendered":"Good Words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I play the NYT<\/em>‘s Spelling Bee<\/em> game every day. I play until I hit the Genius level, and then, unless I have more words already in mind, I stop. It’s important to have a stopping place, otherwise I’d spend too much time on the game. Sometimes I find words that the app won’t accept as valid entries. Usually I’m OK with that, because I know a lot of weird words that I shouldn’t expect other people to know. But, if I really feel that the words ought to have been accepted, I send the editors an e-mail. Today I sent them the words MIDDEN (trash heap), UNDIMMED, and MUEZZIN (person who calls Muslims to prayer). All three words are in Merriam-Webster<\/em>, and I would have finished the game a lot faster if those words had been accepted (though MUEZZIN would have been sort of a cheat, since I initially spelled it wrong and then looked up the correct spelling–it’s a great word, but a doozy to spell!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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