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Re: [pbmserv] Valid Words Not Accepted by Scrabble?

'Twas 05:33 PM -0800 on Tuesday 12/30/2003 when Brendan Van Horn wrote: 
Ok, I made my move on a scrabble game (2418) and the server tells me
that "Ent" is not a word, but it did accept "Ikon" from my opponent.  I
believe that Ent is a valid word, at least as valid as "Ikon," "Geez"
and any number of other words I've had used by my skillfull opponents.

I believe "ent" was coined by Tolkien. Are you arguing for including all of Tolkien's words?

There's nothing wrong with "ikon". "Icon" is Latin for the Greek word "eikon". In translating direct from Greek to English, some authors use "ikon". I can't justify "geez". Are you sure it wasn't "gees"?

In any case, the dictionary should be public.
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