% = Isn't a word, but it is a symbol that fits the above *constraints.
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Now Musick, stop before you declare truth a democracy,
because Truth doesn't give a whit what we agree upon here.

Agreeing is not the same thing as being right.
But if you don't want % to be a word then so be it.
You can define the term "word" anyway that suits your fancy.

But the establishment of parameters of definitions
that include all referents and exclude all non-referents
of a particular word, including the word "word",
is a necessary precondition to effecting a more-or-less
precise transfer of meaning.

Agreed?