"Reholder" is not a word in Scrabble

Coinosaurus

My computer game would not let me play "reholder." I covered two triple-word scores and would have scored 167 points. Stupid computer game.

PeakRarities

Every time I want to use the word I have to battle with autocorrect, I feel your pain.

The_Dinosaur_Man

Scrabble can be a devastating game... I remember trying to play "PACTS" a few years ago, got challenged by my dad and brother, and lost because the pluralization of PACT was not in the dictionary on hand.

Sapyx

"Reholder" is a word invented by the TPG companies to try to get you to use their services more often.

In other words, it's marketing jargon, a word which does not exist outside of the rarefied atmosphere of TPGs and their customers.

I just asked Google to "define reholder" and it couldn't; all it did was link me to a bunch of TPG discussion pages (mostly comics and sports cards).

I believe Scrabble rules are "no jargon". For jargon to be included as valid words, it needs to go mainstream, which "reholder" does not (yet) qualify for.

david3142

It becomes more obvious when you realize that “holder” is not a valid verb. It is only listed as a noun.

cameonut2011

But it will allow CACed and CACable though, right? Right? …😧

Tramp

Appears "holdered" isn't recognized either.

Manifest_Destiny

PCGS doesn't like it either. It auto corrects.

jmlanzaf

It's simply not a word.

erscolo

Smart computer game as that is not a word in English or any other language. The only pain is making a thread of it, Next time try asteroids as a word, it works. Decades ago, I drew those letters on the initial draw and won. It has been a very long time since I have played that or any other game.

PerryHall

@jmlanzaf said:
It's simply not a word.

If people use it and understand its meaning, it is most certainly a word.

telephoto1

What's sad id that "reholder" is not playable in Scrabble or Words With Friends but "supposably" is. The dumbing down of America is in full effect.

nickelsciolist

Kinda funny considering all the dumb words that are officially acceptable in scrabble...like ''za'' which means pizza.

Coinosaurus

I tried "trime" today, which also failed. Scrabble is clearly not a coin collector.

Onastone

Yet these are words recently added to the Webster's Dictionary: BARBIECORE, RIZZ, GREEDFLATION, BLURSDAY, AI, FLUFFERNUTTER, ZHUZH, DOGGO, and every year more are added to reflect our changing language...reholder isn't really that far of a stretch to add.

Maywood

Reholder is typically spelled with a hyphen as re-holder. There's nothing wrong with the computers or PCGS, the problem seems to lie in the English comprehension of otherwise intelligent Americans.

BuffaloIronTail

Scrabble lets you add words to its dictionary. Just add it.

Some versions, however, might not have that feature.

Pete

The_Dinosaur_Man

@Onastone said:
Yet these are words recently added to the Webster's Dictionary: BARBIECORE, RIZZ, GREEDFLATION, BLURSDAY, AI, FLUFFERNUTTER, ZHUZH, DOGGO, and every year more are added to reflect our changing language...reholder isn't really that far of a stretch to add.

AI shouldn't be included in that dictionary, Scrabble has a rule against acronyms.

hummingbird_coins

BROCKAGES appeared in my scrabble study recently, thought I'd post it here:

sellitstore

If there were no crackouts, there would be no reholders or reholdering.

You just have to buy the numismatists edition of Scrabble, where all of these words are legit.

scubafuel

I couldn’t play “retoned” either.

renomedphys

Neither is slabable

renomedphys

@The_Dinosaur_Man said:

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AI shouldn't be included in that dictionary, Scrabble has a rule against acronyms.

An ai is a three-toed sloth. Look it up

CRHer700

Numismatist isn't in the scrabble dictionary because it has more than 8 letters. Also, my auto correct says that "numismatist" is not a word but "numismatic" is.

Cranium_Basher73

The computer beat the OP in Scrabble, but it was no match for him in kickboxing.