Name a Valid Word #4

Name any valid word that is in the Scrabble dictionary which meets each of the criteria.

Words must be in the North American Scrabble dictionary (OWL4), and also not be flagged by the Google Chrome spellchecker

Answer must correspond to the yellow box

Thanks to awesomeman259 for helping come up with clues!

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Criteria	Words
Begins with AA, is an animal	aardvark \| aardwolf
Is a color, ends in R	amber \| copper \| lavender \| silver \| umber \| others ....
Starts with O, four letters, contains X	onyx \| oryx \| oxen \| others ...
Seven letters, starts with B ends in KING	backing \| balking \| banking \| barking \| others ...
Starting with M, in the title of a Shakespeare play	measure \| merchant \| merry \| midsummer \| much
Is a Spanish loan word, starts with J	jade \| jalapeño \| javelina \| jefe \| jerky \| junta
Eight letters, ends in QUENT	eloquent \| frequent
Starts with L, appears in the title of an official Disney animated feature film	lady \| lion \| little \| lost
Three letters, middle letter is G	age \| ago \| egg \| ego \| ugh
Four letters, ends in UG	chug \| drug \| glug \| frug \| plug \| slug \| smug \| snug \| thug \| trug
Three letter word that is a valid Roman numeral (there's only one!)	mix
Is five letters, starts with V, ends in L	venal \| vigil \| vinyl \| viral \| vital \| vocal \| vowel \| others ...
Starts with R, is in the title of a Beatles song	raccoon \| revolution \| rich \| ride \| road \| rock \| roll \| others ...
Six letters, starts in AR, ends in R	arbour \| archer \| ardour \| arguer \| arider \| arrear \| artier \| armour
Six letters, starts with DW	dwarfs \| dweebs \| dwells
Starts with S, is a bird	swan \| snipe \| stork \| sparrow \| swallow \| starling \| others ...

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100 Recent Comments

Level 76

Sep 4, 2020

Make sure to try the rest of the series and awesomeman259's quiz

Level 91

Sep 4, 2020

Accept yeller for the color?

Level 97

Sep 4, 2020

"Starting with M, in the title of a Shakespeare play" shouldn't Macbeth be accepted?

Level 67

Sep 5, 2020

Macbeth is a name, it won't be considered as a word.

Level 79

Sep 5, 2020

I find it interesting that this quiz isn't listed under the "name a valid word" series (perhaps because it's not by Quizmaster). I like these, and would be happy to see more of them.

Level 80

Sep 6, 2020

Suggestion: the second last question would be improved by asking for 5 letter words that start with DW (and drop the trailing 's' from each answer).

Level 46

Sep 28, 2020

Second.

Level 49

Jun 24, 2024

I typed 'dweeb' and moved on when it wasn't accepted because I'm a dummy that can't count

Level 71

Sep 6, 2020

org's middle letter isn't g.

Level 76

Sep 7, 2020

Spelling: Starts with R

Level 76

Sep 15, 2020

Fixed

Level 63

Sep 10, 2020

Yes ... please make it clear that "Macbeth" cannot be accepted for the Shakespeare title with an "M" word in it ...perhaps it should read "M"-word that is NOT a proper noun" ?

And when I read the clue about "Spanish loan word",

I immediately tried to think of any word related to getting a financial loan ... not Spanish words used in the English language.

So could there perhaps be a more clear way of wording this question/clue ? Thanks

Level 76

Sep 10, 2020

The description clearly states that only Scrabble words are accepted. Macbeth being a proper noun is not the reason that it is left out. It is left out because it is not an official Scrabble word. Also, I believe the definition of "loan word" is fairly wide-spread. I don't think we need a long-winded description to accommodate the 5% who don't know what it means and can't figure it out.

Level 43

Feb 25, 2025

That was unnecessarily snarky regarding your use of the phrase, "Spanish loan word." The correct term is actually spelled "loanword" and not "loan word." It would have helped if you had spelled the term correctly, which would have made it much less likely someone would think the clue meant something finance-related. Should either be corrected or, better yet, rephrase the clue to avoid confusion. But getting snarky when you didn't even spell the term correctly really wasn't necessary.

Level 72

Sep 14, 2020

For the Beatles question, "Revolver" is the name of an album. The word does not appear in any Beatles song title to my knowledge.

Level 76

Sep 15, 2020

Fixed

Level 80

Sep 28, 2020

Aaaarrgghh... I only missed the Disney question... I tried several dozen different words starting with L but still failed

Level 80

Sep 28, 2020

Seems like 'glug' is not accepted for the UG question, although it's listed after I finished the quiz.

Level 44

Sep 28, 2020

How come seagull does not work?

Level 78

Aug 16, 2021

because seagull no can find job

Level 60

Sep 28, 2020

Wouldn’t accept “frequent” typed it 5 times to be sure.

Level 70

Sep 28, 2020

jalapeno only works with the accent on the "n"

"ocher" is an acceptable variation of "ochre"

Level 69

Nov 22, 2022

I agree with ocher! I wish it was there. In Dutch it's a common puzzleword for a color.

Level 74

Mar 30, 2024

it is oker in Dutch though..

Level 80

Sep 28, 2020

I believe 'DIV' should be an accepted answer for the Roman numeral question.

Level 74

Jun 13, 2024

Not in the OWL.

Level 67

Sep 28, 2020

What about "Rigby" for the Beatles song?

Level 65

Sep 29, 2020

Rigby isn't a valid Scrabble word

Level 66

Sep 28, 2020

Beatles song is missing Rigby and Rita

Level 89

Sep 28, 2020

I would imagine the answer is the same as the answer to all the questions above - they are not legal Scrabble words.

Level 76

Sep 28, 2020

Qikiq is correct

Level 57

Sep 28, 2020

why do so many of these quizzes always have some beatles related question/answer? beatles suck.

Level 90

Sep 28, 2020

The Beatles are great imo. Regardless of what you or I think about them, their song titles are more widely known than those of many other musicians that could potentially be used in such clues.

Level 87

Jun 10, 2022

An individual's personal taste on the subject of the Beatles doesn't matter. Their monumental influence and impact in the musical zeitgeist is undeniable, for better or for worse.

Level 70

Sep 28, 2020

Pewter is a color that ends in r

Level 38

Sep 28, 2020

What about Rita for the Beatles question?

Level 78

Sep 28, 2020

not on the scrabble list, i imagine.

Level 45

Sep 28, 2020

Eleanor "Rigby"

Dwayne, Dwight?

Level 78

Sep 28, 2020

I should ask you to read caveat #1. Then you will realise why they aren't accepted.

Level 68

Sep 28, 2020

Please accept secretarybird for the final question.

Level 65

Sep 28, 2020

Aardwolf was my guess, nice.

Level 50

Sep 28, 2020

Can you add jefe (a boss, leader, etc.) for the loaned Spanish J words?

Level 58

Sep 29, 2020

Very cool quiz. Wouldn’t “Macbeth” be a valid Shakespeare play starting with “M,” though?

Level 76

Sep 29, 2020

It would if MacBeth were a word

Level 50

Sep 29, 2020

songbird??

Level 76

Sep 29, 2020

Songbird is a generic term for birds that sing songs, not a specific species

Level 51

Sep 30, 2020

Why isn't jaguar accepted as a Spanish loan word? When I checked to make sure I was right, it showed up on a lot of lists!

Level 76

Sep 30, 2020

The word is derived from an indigenous Brazilian language

Level 44

Jan 1, 2021

There is no such language as Brazilian. People from Brazil speak Portuguese.

Level 79

Jun 18, 2024

which is why Brazilian is modified by 'an indigenous' rather than 'the'.

Level 65

Jun 20, 2021

Turnbacktwo, did you forget about Apalaí, Arára, Bororo, Canela, Carajá, Carib, Guarani, Kaingang, Nadëb, Nheengatu, Pirahã, Terena, Tucano, Tupiniquim, and Ye'kuana? Don't worry, it happens to the best of us.

Level 29

Oct 2, 2020

I gave up after Oxen and Barking weren't accepted for 3 and 4.

Level 44

Oct 3, 2020

what about lid and dim for the roman numeral question. Still a great quiz

Level 76

Oct 3, 2020

Neither are valid roman numerals

Level 44

Jan 14, 2021

And mid

Level 63

Jul 20, 2021

Not valid either. While it appears MID would be 1499, 1499 is actually MCDXCIX. MID would be more concise, but Romans didn't think that would be best unfortunately.

Level 58

Nov 10, 2020

Stupid North American dictionary! SOWPODS accepts DIV (504). I had a lot of head-scratching before I came up with the alternative of MIX.

Excellent quiz, thank you.

Level 60

Nov 29, 2020

Can cider be considered a color, or is that too specific?

Level 76

Mar 5, 2021

What about jicama? It's derived from Spanish

Level 64

May 11, 2021

Two things:

1. For the Disney one, add 'Last' for Raya and the Last Dragon.

2. Maybe add 'javelina' for the Spanish one?

Level 71

Jan 25, 2022

Macbeth?

Level 69

Jun 1, 2022

dim as a valid roman numeral word?

Level 63

Jun 11, 2022

No. This has been suggested.

D = 500, I = 1, M = 1000.

500 + (1000 - 1) = 1499

However, as said above, 1499 would be MCDXCIX. If anything, it would be MID, not DIM.

Level 69

Jun 1, 2022

dim as a valid roman numeral word?

Level 33

Aug 13, 2022

what number would that be?

Level 63

Jun 11, 2022

Can Quizmaster add this to the series?

Level 33

Aug 13, 2022

can jalepino be accepted without the accent as on my laptop i cant add it

Level 76

Aug 13, 2022

No accent is required. The problem is that you aren't spelling it correctly.

Level 77

Sep 15, 2023

Was I the only one thinking, "Oh, aardvark's the only one" and then was like "What in the world is an aardwolf"?

Level 78

Oct 30, 2023

Please add "OCHER" to the color clues

Level 79

Jun 18, 2024

It's ochre

Level 69

Dec 18, 2023

Javelina needs to be added for Spanish loan word. This term is used is Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas and possibly more to refer to wild pigs. This is used much more widely than peccary. I have lived here my entire life and have not once heard anyone say peccary but have known what a javelina was since I was little

Level 76

Dec 19, 2023

Changes pending

Level 44

Mar 17, 2024

Is there a reason why Oxen doesn't work? (plural of ox)

Level 73

May 19, 2024

It does, I used it.

Level 54

Apr 7, 2024

i think div should be accepted for the roman numeral and ocher (alternative spelling of ochre) for the color

Level 90

Apr 27, 2024

"jefe" doesn't work.

Level 73

May 19, 2024

Because it isn't a scrabble word.

Level 68

May 14, 2024

jefe isn't working

Level 73

May 19, 2024

Sora is a type of bird.

Level 52

Jun 13, 2024

Agree. I've never seen a scrabble dictionary that didn't include sora and it's the one I tried but it didn't work.

Level 73

Oct 2, 2024

And "seagull" is NOT a type of bird.

Level 38

Jun 13, 2024

vermillion ?!?!??! right?!?!?!?

Level 79

Jun 13, 2024

For... what? That wouldn't be a valid answer for any of these questions.

Level 65

Jun 13, 2024

For the disney "L" question - What about the word "lilo"?

It may be intended as a name in the original title, but lilo is a homonym to Lilo.

Great quiz though - good fun, thank you!

Level 33

Jun 15, 2024

I second this. "Lilo" is an approved Scrabble word and isn't flagged by the Chrome spell checker.

Level 37

Jun 13, 2024

for the Beatles one why doesnt 'real' work

isn't Real Love is a song by the Beatles-

Level 65

Jun 13, 2024

Why Macbeth doesnt work?

Level 80

Jun 13, 2024

What’s a Macbeth?

Level 79

Jun 13, 2024

I am begging people, on this and so many other quizzes: if you think you've found an error in a quiz, please please reread the directions at the top of the page to make sure you haven't misunderstood them, and check the comments to make sure your exact issue hasn't been asked and answered a half dozen times already.

Level 73

Oct 2, 2024

You're asking for way too much effort and common sense.

Level 68

Jun 13, 2024

*Real* Love is a Beatles song (though released long after the band broke up and long after Lennon died).

Level 66

Jun 13, 2024

Wouldn't DID be a Roman numeral?

Level 79

Jun 13, 2024

500+(500-1) ? That could be interpreted as 999, but that's not how the Romans constructed numbers. They would have used 1000 (M) instead of two 500s (D) and built off of that. So, 999 would be CMXCIX: (1000-100)+(100-10)+(10-1).

Level 73

Oct 2, 2024

No.

Level 65

Jun 15, 2024

Wouldn't ocher be a color?

Level 73

Oct 2, 2024

It's spelled ochre.

Level 74

Oct 1, 2024

"Jefe" doesn't work (even though it is listed as a possible solution and it appears in the Scrabble dictionary).