From 6/23 standard puzzle:

Retsina listed as common.  I promised to give up on these discussions, but I am interested on how this word achieved common status.  Its just hard for me to believe this is more common than, say, restain.  You stain your deck.  Some years later you need to restain it.  Seems like an obvious word, could come up in casual conversation. OTOH, unless you are a wine expert, if find it unlikely you would be talking about a Greek wine.  So how do words achieve common status? What is the procedure?

Amazingly, nuts is still not accepted as a word.  Nuts is a plural of nut, but someone is never "nut," they are nus.  Guts is a plural of gut, but that one is OK.  I know I am a broken record but I just can't accept the reasoning on nuts.

Just tried it again.  Nuts still doesn't work.  Rats!

I guess it must be pretty rare, but I was surprised that "selvia" was not a word.  Its the name of a flower and we have several of them in our gardens.  My wife loves them. I think it should be added.

Plural words with the rules of Chi can cause anomalies such as today.

The plural of Axe is Axes - banned by rule.  I get it.  But
Ax is also a word, and its plural is Axes
Axis is a word, and its plural is Axes.

Based especially on the latter, I suggest an override that add axes to the acceptable word list.

I don't know why I bother - I never win these arguments.  For that matter, I do not know/understand the criteria that Alan uses to determine the commonality of word usage.  Anyway, a few days ago, Moot was a common word.  I agree.  But in the process of flailing around I stuck in Mooting and it was a common word.  My jaw nearly hit the floor.  Mooting is the process of arguing in Moot Court in law school.  I have a very hard time believing anyone not in the legal profession (at least in this country - maybe across the pond?) would know that word.  It was a miracle I got it, but I think it was unfair.  IMO mooting should be a rare word.

So I am going to try again to get "nuts" approved for Chi.  What brings this up is yesterday's 9 letter puzzle: "Guts" is not only allowed but a common word.  Lets compare Nuts to Guts:  From Collins dictionary:

Definition of 'nuts'
Word Frequency
nuts in British English
(nʌts ) slang
adjective
1.  offensive
insane
2. sometimes humorous
eccentric or foolish in behaviour
3. (foll by about or on)
extremely fond (of) or enthusiastic (about)
exclamation
4. an expression of disappointment, contempt, refusal, or defiance

Now look at guts from the same source

in British English
(ɡʌts)
plural noun
1. the bowels or entrails, esp of an animal
The entire carcass - hide, guts, and bones - was devoured.
By the time they finish, the crewmen are standing ankle-deep in fish guts.
2.  informal
courage, willpower, or daring; forcefulness
It takes guts to stand up to her.
The new Chancellor has the guts to push through unpopular tax increases.
It takes more guts than I've usually got to go and see him.
3.  informal
the essential part
the guts of the problem
She has a reputation for getting at the guts of a subject and never pulling her punches.
The guts of the reactor have to be hauled out of the pressure vessel.

To allow Guts but not Nuts is inconsistent!  Both should be allowed.  QED