Word Games

I like word games. Hubby likes numbers games. He plays Sudoku and when he goes to a casino, he plays KENO. The games I like are word searches, crossword puzzles, and now a game on the internet called "Wordmeister." That game isn't the best copycat of Scrabble, but it does challenge one. Sometimes you can't place a letter because there is an invisible one there! That is an error, not part of the game. And the dictionary it uses is supposedly English. Yeah, maybe Olde English. The words are obscure! The funny thing is, I have won every single game I have played! Really. With a handicap, because it uses such obscure words I have no idea if they are nouns or verbs, etc., so I can't add an "s" or "ed". I try anyway! The game is not timed. I also like to play the daily Mahjong games, and they are timed, with goals. 

The board looks similar to Scrabble. There is another word game I used to play called Lexulous. It was better than Wordmeister. There are so many odd words that it would take forever to look them up in the dictionary. But just to show you, I will list some of the words and then look a couple up in the dictionary. 

cticion    oe    odour    fars    et    ja    bemoil    eluents    salet    fluking    chib    emong di    frore    judogi  noria    scaw barefit    cito    firlot    isospin    niqabs    japed    fados    somy    ravigote    disas    yaup    judogi    isospin  gi    (and many, many more)

Are you familiar with any of these words? If so, leave a comment. It would be interesting to know. I feel I have a good grasp of the English language since I have read many, many books and played many, many crossword puzzles. But these words stump me. Let's see what some of them mean.

I don't use a dictionary much anymore, I Google words for definition and spelling nowadays. But I have a Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Eleventh Edition here at my writing table. Oh, boy! The print is very small. Get the magnifying glass, it's right there, just behind the laptop.

Cticion - nope, not there. Internet? Nope.

Odour - Chiefly British variation of odor. Technically, it is in the dictionary!

Judogi - nope, not in dictionary. Internet: formal Japanese name for the traditional uniform used for Judo practice and competition.

Fluking - fluke is in the dictionary and we all know that's a noun, but it does not have fluking.

Isospin - a quantum characteristic of a group of closely related subatomic particles...blah, blah, blah. I am not a chemist or an engineer but maybe it is a more common word than I realized.

Ravigote - not in the dictionary. Internet: "a mixture of chopped chervil, chives, tarragon, and shallots, used to give piquancy to a sauce or as a base for an herb butter."

gi - an abbreviation for gill. Internet: "a lightweight two-piece white garment worn in judo and other martial arts. A gi typically consists of loose-fitting pants and a jacket that is closed with a cloth belt."

I'm pretty sure Lexulous or Scrabble would now allow some of these words but I'll keep on playing the game and winning them.