Verb+-er words

[mkenuk]

From yesterday's 7-by-many

deferrer - one who defers--rare
defier - one who defies  - rare
edifier-- one who edifies --rare
filer - one who files - rare
firer- one who fires - rare
fleer - one who flees - rare
riffler - one who riffles - rare
but
rifler - one who rifles - common!!


Where is the logic?

I missed one common word in yesterday's game. Guess which word it was!!

Grrrrrrrrr!

[Alan W]

This one's been hanging around for a while, but it's pretty obvious that it should be rare. I do find a fair few examples of rifler online, almost all relating to "egames". E.g. a Reuters item from 6 July:

The six-month run of Pawel “reatz” Janczak as rifler for AGO’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team has come to an end after his contract was not renewed.

This specialized usage does not warrant common status. Rifler will be treated as rare in future.