it's just a natural extension of what you find in the Official Scrabble Players DictionaryŠ; that is, nothing longer than eight(8) letters. "Words that exceed eight letters in length and are not inflected forms of words entered in this dictionary should be looked up in a desk dictionary such as Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary."

(the recommendation should not surprise; G & C Merriam publishes both dictionaries. : )

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