WTF is this, Scrabble?

OK, I admit that I am addicted to playing Scrabble on the iPad. I dodged Angry Birds but got ensnared by triple letter scores and words starting with Q.  Since my entire family refuses to play against me (something about always being beaten…) I play against the computer at the Hard setting.  It’s a bit distressing, I often score 350 – 400 but the program still beats me 75% of the time. Something to do with it being able to look through its dictionary and always lay down the highest scoring word.

But puzzle me this; when the computer is playing against me, it comes up with words that I am sure are cheating. I mean, WTF are these words supposed to be?

In real-world scrabble, you can challenge the other player to define the word that they are attempting to play.  Slang is out, so why are archaic, variant spellings, and dialect words allowed?  So, I am calling you out, Hasbro and Electronic Arts;  define these words that your program used to beat me over the head, double-word-score wise.  Time to put up or shut up.

(definitions from Dictionary.com)

Aboon – adverb, preposition. Scot. and British Dialect = above.   Yeah, this word was a good word — in 1350 AD.

Acold – adjective. Archaic = being cold or chilled. Another word from the middle ages, 900 AD

Adnoun – noun. Grammar = an adjective  used as a noun,  as meek  in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.

Adown – adverb, preposition. Archaic = down. … before 1000 AD

Adunc – adjective = curved inward; hooked.

Agene – noun = a yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour [syn: nitrogen trichloride]

Aiglet – noun = variant spelling of aglet 
1. a metal tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
2. (in the 16th and 17th centuries) an ornament at the end of a point or other ribbon used to secure a garment.
3. aiguillette ( def. 1 ) .

Ait – no dictionary results

Ajee or dialect  ( Scot ), ( English )
1. adj. =awry, crooked, or ajar
2. adv. = awry; at an angle

Aliya – no results found for Aliya:

Allodnoun, plural allodia = variant form of Alodium = land owned absolutely; land owned and not subject to any rent,service, or other tenurial right of an overlord.

Alodia – plural of Alodium

Anestri – no dictionary results

Anoas -noun, Indonesian Malay = a small forest buffalo, Bubalus  ( Anoa ) depressicornis,  of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.

Apod – noun = Without feet; footless.

Arhatnoun = a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices.

Arvo – noun Australian Slang = afternoon

Awny – adj. = Having awns; bearded.

Ayahnoun = (in India) a native maid or nurse.

Bandores – noun, plural, variant spelling of Bandora = an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar. Also called pandora, pandore, pandoura, pandure.

Baregenoun = a sheer fabric constructed in a leno weave of silk warp and cotton or worsted filling, often used to make veils and dresses.

Bayadeer – No results found for Bayadeer.  Bayadere noun = a fabric with horizontal stripes of brilliant colors.  Spelling counts, Scrabble…

Betainesnoun, plural, Chemistry = a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, sweet-tasting alkaloid, C 11NO , usually obtained from sugar beets or synthesized from glycine,used chiefly in medicine.

Chirus noun, plural, Biology = a goat antelope, Pantholops hodgsoni,  of Tibet, the male of which has very long, straight horns.

Chyle
Cothurni
Crannoge
Dartle
Deasil
Desinent
Dhak
Dorty
Doyly
Dromon
Dulia
Dumas
Eft
Elhi
Eloined
Eme
Emeu
Emyde
Equid
Eupnoea
Fadedly
Fanga
Farnesol
Feod
Fique
Fixt
Fubsiest
Garth
Gaun
Geoid
ghi
Gyve
Halidoms
Hapax
Hoatzin
Horal
Hunh
Iglu
Imino
Indusial
Jargoon
Jarvey
Jehu
Jiao
Juga
Jurant
Kas
Kep
Kist
Klong
Kusso
Kyar
Laari
Ladinos
Lateener
Leone
Limina
Litai
Lurex
Maqui
Mayst
Mho
Mib
Myc
Naoi
naoi
Nertz
Neuk
Nidi
Noetic
Obeah
Obi
Oidia
Ouphe
Pase
Patagia
Pavans
Peebeen
Pelf
Piu
Pood
Psoai
Pya
Pya
Pyic
Rax
Raxing
Rayah
Redan
Redounds
Roseolar
Ruga
Shmo
Sithence
Skep
Sovrans
Spaldeen
Syn
Tapalo
Tectum
Thyrse
Tilak
Tivi
Toea
Toit
Topoi
Townees
Tribade
Trooz
Turrical
twelvemo
Tyiyn
Ulexite
Umbones
Umiack
Umiaq
Unbe
Unugal
Vail
Vara
Vatful
Vav
Vaw
Veepee
Vegete
Venge
Venine
Vinic
Waterier
Weer
Wha
Whort
Womera
Yag
Yapok
Yird
Zax
Zayin
Zeatin
Zebrines
Zein
Zek
Zineb
Zlote
Zoic

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