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EULACHON
by Word-Buff
Word Meaning — n. A fish found in the Northern Pacific Ocean that is so oily it is sometimes dried and wicked for use as a candle - hence its more popular name of candlefish.
Why I think it's a cool word — I like the unusually long list of variant spellings this word possesses. The ones allowed in Scrabble include...
EULACHAN OOLACHAN HOOLACHAN OULACHON ULIKON ULICON ULICHON OOLAKAN OULAKAN
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Go on. Tickle my whiskers ;-)
Test Yourself! This selection comes from an impressive vocabulary program I started playing around with a year or so ago. It's based on a huge dictionary of 150,000 words taken from all the 'big name' vocabulary courses and exams. You can check it out here
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