Post #4425096
2026-08-04 22:07 UTC
I was just trying to play a word game, and it rejected the word "oodle". Like, the word "oodles" is real, but apparently, you can't have one "oodle".
Any other words like that? Like you can have a fence, but not one fent?
Replies (4)
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@AAA365a@ohai.social 2026-08-04 22:13
@bennomatic@appdot.net “I think you’ll find the singular form of oodles is labradoodle. “ Tell them that in your best authoritarian voice. Stay safe during scrabble wars.
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@shaknais@mastodon.social 2026-08-04 22:28
@bennomatic@appdot.net Tell 'em they're wrong. Whilst "oodles" and "oodle" are probably unrelated, the second is still an archaic noun for money, in ANZ English. https://www.oed.com/dictionary/oodle_n
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@dxzdb@mastodon.social 2026-08-04 22:34
@bennomatic@appdot.net There looks like a lot https://www.absp.org.uk/words/studynosing.shtml Although some of these just sound plural but they refer to singular things. Still I like that there’s never one doldrum (or oodle)
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@Spacehistory@theforkiverse.com 2026-08-04 23:35
@bennomatic@appdot.net @superball@norcal.social Scissors. Pants.