One precesses to the correct answer, I suppose.

As I understand it, abbreviations pronounced as words without any accent or punctuation marks and in lower case (example: scuba) are OK.  But it does seem to me that this is too restrictive.  Some acronyms are widely used as words and follow the rules except for the lowercase requirement, and I believe they should be allowed.  Examples I can think of are SETI and SARS.  Note the automatic spell checker highlights SETI but not SARS (but sars is highlighted).  For anyone not in the loop SETI is Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence and SARS is Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

Alan is and always will be the final arbiter (  ), but what do you folks think of the idea?

Thanks "mom."  I had never gone to the other site, don't always read forum messages, and just managed to get to the forum after a google search.  Nothing was obvious to me.  You saved my day.

I was only about 3 words into today's puzzle when I threw in "wulst" and it was rejected.  Initially, it surprised me, but on reflection it would be such a rare word its not worth being added.  I know the word from my profession as a neuropsychologist (Emeritus). The wulst is part of bird brains. 

Here is one description:  "The Wulst is a part of the telencephalic pallium in birds that forms an elevated protuberance on the dorsomedial surface of the cerebral hemisphere. It has caudal and rostral divisions that are in receipt of ascending visual and somatosensory information respectively."  Put simply its the sensory cortex of the bird brain. 

Unlikely you will ever run across it, but if you like rare words you can add this to your vocabulary.

Those autocorrect fails have become so  common you could probably insult someone on purpose, then blame autocorrect and get away with it. 

I would like to suggest adding "axes" as an acceptable rare word.  Yes, axes is the plural of axe, but it is also the plural form of axis.

Axes is the only way to make the noun axis plural. Confusion arises because some mistakenly believe that all nouns ending in s should form a plural that adds es to the end of the word. ... Of note, the plural axes is also the plural form of the noun axe.
The Plural of Axis - Grammar Monster
https://www.grammar-monster.com/plurals/plural_of_axis.htm

Any math person knows that plural and it does not violates the rules as a plural of axis.

Sorry, I guess that was Friday's puzzle.  Forgot I was off the air yesterday.

I don't know what else to title this.  I had worked hard on Tuesday's standard game, still had six common words to go, finally just looked at the solution.  So, here are the six words I had left (no spoiler needed for this one):  Loss, list, slit, slot spelt and spiel.  I have a clear and distinct memory of playing all of those words.  And lets face it, they are pretty obvious words.  Yeah, I could miss a really simple word, and sometimes do, but this set?

I play by entering the word by typing letters, then hit enter - its faster that way.  Unless an error message comes up I just assume they get entered.  Somehow, though, they are not making it or are getting removed along the way.  I usually just shrug my shoulders and let it go, but this puzzle was egregious.  I am not saying I always get the words; Lord knows I am no TRex.  But come on!  Surely I cannot be the only player with this experience.  Has anyone else ever had this happen?  I guess I have to double check with each word I play just to make sure it really went in.