Absurdly common words like TIMESTAMP and SITEMAP aren't in this game's database, yet words that are obscure-to-me such as "beerier" and "sisal" are considered "common". There seems to be no rhyme nor reason to what makes a word common or not in this game. That said, both TIMESTAMP and SITEMAP deserve to be common words.

Hi Alan,

In today's Daily Puzzle, I put in the word 'gallow' which came up as a rare word = fair enough. I put in 'gallows' which came up as unknown. Yes, it is adding a simple 's' to the word but it is a 'gallows', used as a single word where people are hung or other stuff is hung up. I believe there is a case for adding 'gallows' as a common.

May i suggest getting all electric appliances? Induction cooktops are great and so easy to clean and avoid the toxic combustion by-products of fossil gas (which i understand is pretty pricey over there at present)

I agree with Alan's suggestion. Scooter and creosote to remain common and all other verb tenses of those words to be rare.

3 errata for me. With karat I was weighed down by the American spelling handicap, but if I tried to find such an excuse for aerate I'd be blowing in the wind...

I'd say it's less well known than astir except, perhaps, for those readers of the type of books that Jackie mentioned. I know the word but I wouldn't say it's common.