Re: [world-scrabble] Non-verb

NOVATE* is the one that surprises me - will this be included in the WESPA update?  NOVATED and NOVATION are
valid. 

Peter

--- In uk-scrabble@..., "David Sutton" <David.J.Sutton <at> ...> wrote:
>
> Andrew Fisher writes: 'David Sutton's most recent anagram quiz (which 
> included AELLMSU) reminded me
> of the phoney verb ALLUME* that I use to remember MALLEUS, MEDULLA and 
> MULLIGAN. I wonder if there are any other such forms?'
> 
> If we are just talking words that are or look like verb forms which might 
> lead some people (though probably not Andrew!) to infer the existence of 
> companion verb forms which in fact don't exist, then it may be worth noting 
> the following in addition to the ones already mentioned:
> 
> ABLUTED no ABLUTE*
> SCRODDLED no SCRODDLE*
> SILICONISED no SILICONISE*
> SILICONIZED no SILICONIZE*
> BRIMING no BRIME*
> MAINSTREETING no MAINSTREET*
> MARAGING no MARAGE*
> FRACKING no FRACKED* or FRACKS* (though there is, unrelatedly, FRACK)
> FRATCHING no FRATCHED* (though there is FRATCH and FRATCHES)
> GANGLING no GANGLE*
> PREMADE no PREMAKE*
> PREHIRING no PREHIRE*
> PREPLANT adjectival: no inflections
> PREREVIEW adjectival: no inflections
> SUGGING no SUG* (but it's coming!) or SUGG*
> SWISSING no SWISSED* (but there is SWISS and SWISSES)
> UNCOATING no UNCOAT*
> UNCOATED no UNCOAT*
> ROBORATING no ROBORATE*
> 
> I'm sure there are many more -ING and -ED forms with the potential to 
> mislead: it just depends on how easily misled one is!
> 
> -- David Sutton
>

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