Name a Valid Word #4

Name any valid word which meets 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 \| 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 ...

Level 74

Sep 4, 2020

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

Level 48

May 6, 2020

Good quiz! It's pretty hard.

Level 49

Sep 28, 2020

This quiz shows you arn't from Florida! Sandhill cranes are everywhere in Florida. Seriously if you arn't going to name every bird that starts with s change the question!

Level 27

Sep 28, 2020

I think that doesn't count because it's two words

Level 32

Jun 6, 2020

what about armour?

Level 74

Jun 6, 2020

that has been added

Level 65

Jun 22, 2020

These quizzes are great! Real brain-stretchers.

Please accept "coke" and "xylorimba."

Level 74

Aug 3, 2020

Javelina for spanish loan word?

Level 74

Aug 6, 2020

It is not on the official Scrabble Word List

Level 74

Sep 28, 2020

https://scrabble.merriam.com/finder/javelina This begs to differ...

Level 89

Sep 4, 2020

What about LID and DIM for roman numerals

Level 74

Sep 4, 2020

Those aren't valid Roman numerals

Level 71

Sep 7, 2020

MID should be accepted for scrabble word. And it's the roman numeral for 1499

Level 86

Sep 8, 2020

What about MIX? Isn't that valid for 1009?

Level 74

Sep 9, 2020

MID works. MCDXCIX is the numeral for 1499.

Level 73

Sep 13, 2020

You mean mix works

+10

Level 80

Sep 4, 2020

Please accept seagull for the bird

Level 74

Sep 4, 2020

Seagull is not an official Scrabble word, interestingly

Level 78

Sep 4, 2020

I think that's because the true word is gull

Level 63

Sep 4, 2020

What are you talking about? Seagull is absolutely a valid Scrabble word.

Level 74

Sep 9, 2020

Seagull is not valid according to the list Quizmaster emailed me

Level 63

Sep 10, 2020

Then that list is surely either incomplete or incorrect. Seagull is not just a valid word - it's a common word. Given that quizmaster is a competitive Scrabble player, I'd love to know what the deal is.

Level 70

Sep 28, 2020

Seagull isn't a word. It's just a common error. All types of gulls, none of them are called 'seagulls' https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/gulls-and-terns/

Well done Quizmaster for not accepting it!

Level 67

Sep 28, 2020

All of the debate over whether it should be gull or seagull, there isn't any question -- seagull IS an official scrabble word: https://scrabble.hasbro.com/en-us/tools#dictionary

Level 40

Jan 1, 2021

Maybe QM needs to check his facts. I checked up three sources. All say yes.

https://scrabblewordfinder.org/dictionary/seagull

https://wordfinder.yourdictionary.com/unscramble/seagull/

https://scrabblewordfinder.org/solver

Level ∞

Jan 1, 2021

It is a valid Scrabble word. Perhaps it was underlined by the Chrome spellchecker? However, this no longer appears to be the case so seagull has been added as an acceptable answer.

+10

Level 75

Sep 4, 2020

I kept trying to spell out the Roman numerals..eye, ell, dee, emm....d'oh!

Level 93

Sep 4, 2020

Very good quiz. Took me a while to work out the Roman numeral question.

Odd not to allow Macbeth for the Shakespeare question as the clue doesn't say proper nouns are excluded, but I guess it's not in the dictionary.

Level 68

Sep 29, 2020

Yes, I assume Rigby for the Beatles title is excluded for the same reason.

Level 67

Sep 4, 2020

You missed "glug" for a 4 letter word ending in ug. It is in the Scrabble dictionary.

Level 73

Sep 7, 2020

FRUG and TRUG are also valid Scrabble words

Level 57

Oct 1, 2020

lol. GLUG, TRUG, and FRUG were the first three words I tried. Then I focused and typed PLUG.

Level 83

Jun 10, 2022

"Glug" is listed among the correct answers but doesn't work when typed.

Level 87

Sep 4, 2020

Accept yeller for the color?

Level 93

Sep 4, 2020

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

Level 68

Sep 5, 2020

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

Level 81

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 77

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 47

Sep 28, 2020

Second.

Level 70

Sep 6, 2020

org's middle letter isn't g.

Level 75

Sep 7, 2020

Spelling: Starts with R

Level 74

Sep 15, 2020

Fixed

Level 62

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 74

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 67

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 74

Sep 15, 2020

Fixed

Level 77

Sep 28, 2020

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

Level 77

Sep 28, 2020

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

Level 43

Sep 28, 2020

How come seagull does not work?

Level 76

Aug 16, 2021

because seagull no can find job

Level 45

Sep 28, 2020

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

Level 69

Sep 28, 2020

jalapeno only works with the accent on the "n"

"ocher" is an acceptable variation of "ochre"

Level 65

Nov 22, 2022

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

Level 78

Sep 28, 2020

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

Level 66

Sep 28, 2020

What about "Rigby" for the Beatles song?

Level 66

Sep 29, 2020

Rigby isn't a valid Scrabble word

Level 56

Sep 28, 2020

Beatles song is missing Rigby and Rita

Level 84

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 74

Sep 28, 2020

Qikiq is correct

Level 58

Sep 28, 2020

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

Level 86

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 83

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 69

Sep 28, 2020

Pewter is a color that ends in r

Level 36

Sep 28, 2020

What about Rita for the Beatles question?

Level 71

Sep 28, 2020

not on the scrabble list, i imagine.

Level 45

Sep 28, 2020

Eleanor "Rigby"

Dwayne, Dwight?

Level 76

Sep 28, 2020

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

Level 63

Sep 28, 2020

Please accept secretarybird for the final question.

Level 61

Sep 28, 2020

Aardwolf was my guess, nice.

Level 53

Sep 28, 2020

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

Level 49

Sep 29, 2020

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

Level 74

Sep 29, 2020

It would if MacBeth were a word

Level 51

Sep 29, 2020

songbird??

Level 74

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 74

Sep 30, 2020

The word is derived from an indigenous Brazilian language

Level 40

Jan 1, 2021

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

Level 58

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 30

Oct 2, 2020

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

Level 40

Oct 3, 2020

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

Level 74

Oct 3, 2020

Neither are valid roman numerals

Level 40

Jan 14, 2021

And mid

Level 55

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 53

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 58

Nov 29, 2020

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

Level 73

Mar 5, 2021

What about jicama? It's derived from Spanish

Level 54

May 11, 2021