Low Probability Word of the Day: ABHIKLOR

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Found Extension of the Day: EFGOOOOST

Some person in the town I work in has put up little stickers around town saying 'you can eat dandelions', and I think this is their work:



GOOSEFOOT can be extended from GO, GOO, OS, OSE, EF, OOT, or FOOT.

Found Word of the Day: AEEHIMTT

I always miss AEEIMTT, so maybe this will help.

Found Extension of the day

Just to be clear,
GUITARFISH
BOWMOUTH*

Found word of the day

GMRUYYZ



-a branch of chemistry dealing with fermentation.

I'm sure I've seen this crazy word near the back of the OSPD, but I didn't remember it. It definitely jumped out at me off the cover of this magazine. (For those of you who haven't been reading long, I work at the post office, thus the often-captured words from magazine covers, etc.)

Found word of the day

AABIKSN.. spotted at the local florist. I've learned a few other good ones here.



an australian plant.

Add an E and you get the Japanese art of flower arranging.

QUINSY

Yes! Another page that randomly gets a lot of visits because, apparently, no one else has a webpage or blog post devoted to the word QUINSY. Well, you're welcome.

01.28.07 9:55 PM

n. an inflammation of the tonsils

found: on the National SCRABBLE Association website. They have a 'word of the day' feature.

also: I can't add anything that the NSA website hasn't already covered. Blana-grams? Whoa.

notes: Gotta love those Q words. Good to know quins has a hook.

(ed. note: I just discovered, nearly 3 years later, that QUINSIED is the adjective form of this word.)

ICTIC

01.24.08 9:04 AM

adj. pertaining to a recurring stress or beat in a poetical form

also: from the word ICTUS

found: while studying a list of words with two i's at work. what, don't you study word lists?

notes: two c's and two i's? I'm sold. Couldn't find a pic for this one.

STYRAX

01.23.08 12:48 PM

n. a fragrant resin (from the styrax plant?)

also: spelled STORAX

found: while delivering mail to a jewish school; posters of Israeli plants on the door...

notes: I love words that: a. have only one vowel, and b. contain the letter x. Also of interest: both STY and RAX are valid words. Reminds me of the word SMILAX. Which I used to think was just something from a Batman movie.