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Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by fwipsy on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @11:01PM (#25589452)
It's a really fun game. I was a little frustrated by some words which didn't seem to be recognized - I think 'rome' and 'zen' were two, whereas much more obscure words were accepted.
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Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by seanwilson on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:10AM (#25591329)
Thanks! Proper nouns (generally, words that start with a capital letter) are disallowed so Rome won't work.

Hmm, Zen was recently added to Scrabble in 2018 though as it's a proper noun but has started being used as an adjective:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/zen-and-the-art-of-scrabble-dic...

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Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by bdsa on Thursday December 31, 2020 @06:51AM (#25591839)
Your understanding of the meaning of proper noun is inverted :)
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Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by seanwilson on Thursday December 31, 2020 @07:01AM (#25591889)
Doh, fixed (hopefully). :)
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