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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸Several years ago, I coined the phrase "crossword puzzle word" to describe a word that I know the correct spelling and meaning of, but essentially only see it used in crossword puzzles. It may even be the case that crossword puzzles are the only reason I know of the word at all.
Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.A video about the fake word ‘zzxjoanw’ n., supposedly pronounced /ʃɔː/ or /zɪksdʒɔʊɑn/, allegedly of Māori origin, and possibly meaning 1. drum, 2. fife, or 3. conclusion.
https://youtu.be/8eyjLncW-5E?si=z6bXavD_PUNRlsON
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This Word Shouldn't Exist
Rob62 users of https://obscure.lamdera.app have contributed more than 5k word obscurity/familiarity comparisons.
Here's the first dataset: https://gist.github.com/robsimmons/cf8564fb0a85ca3362daeb8c99559c08