I have a confession to make.
I know quite a few words. I enjoy fiction, so I often see words that are somewhat made up. Especially for places.
Sometimes those made up places are really words for things that are real in a foreign language, or some latin root word that is still valid, or just a word that’s hardly used.
I also get fixated on a word, real or otherwise, and can’t quite un-see it. No, brain, Dudez is not an acceptable word. Even if the Z would be on a triple word score. Zed? Nope. Zoom would work, if only I had another O. And if that “M” on the board wouldn’t also mean I’d make the word OE, which I’m fairly certain isn’t a word. Oh.. um, no, Dudez is not a word. Come on brain. Sigh. No, Zgeferm isn’t a word either. 200+ points would be awesome though. Gah! Again, brain, Dudez is *not* a word.
The fastest way to get a stuck word out of my head is to place the tiles and hit “Play” and accept that indeed, Dudez is not a word. This helps cement the idea somehow and I get to move on, usually to play “PET” or “HI”.
That’s actually one of the greatest things about the game. Throwing a word out there that is terribly misspelled, totally not allowed ( “HOC” should be allowed, I say. It’s a real word!), or terribly nonexistent… well, nobody but me and the Words With Friends servers know anything about it.
Anyway, I often try words that I know aren’t right. Or at least that I’m fairly certain are rooted in a word that was made up in some fantasy book.
But hey, sometimes…. just sometimes, it actually works.
Ramona, I’m so sorry – I don’t know where the word came from. Learn something new every day!
Praxis. Really??
Praxes: Practical application or exercise of a branch of learning. / Habitual or established practice; custom.
X on the Triple Letter, P on the Triple Word. I… I … I don’t think I’ll do this good ever again. At least, not on purpose.