The Up Spell lexicon for contains all the words you can spell during a game, and it includes several kinds of words that many other popular word games don’t—the most notable of which is proper names.
Avid word game players know that PYRAMID and PHARAOH are accepted in many word games while NILE and EGYPT are not, and though there is an academic argument in favor of this distinction, this isn't a recipe for maximum fun. Since Up Spell aims to as be fun as possible—and is a game of speed rather than contemplation—proper names are included.
But that’s not all. Acronyms, tech terms, texting slang, and the names of Santa’s reindeer are included in the Up Spell lexicon as well. Contractions are in the lexicon too—the apostrophes are added automatically by the game. Tapping D-O-N-T yields DON’T.
The hope is that your word-like submissions to Up Spell will yield points and fun, and will put a smile on your face. In general, during gameplay, try stuff. For example:
The Up Spell lexicon was purpose-built for the game, with many words added to the foundation of the New General Service List by Dr. Charles Browne, Dr. Brent Culligan and Joseph Phillips. Since their work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license, the complete Up Spell lexicon is available under the same terms.
The Up Spell lexicon for contains all the words you can spell during a game, and it includes several kinds of words that many other popular word games don’t—the most notable of which is proper names.
Avid word game players know that PYRAMID and PHARAOH are accepted in many word games while NILE and EGYPT are not, and though there is an academic argument in favor of this distinction, this isn't a recipe for maximum fun. Since Up Spell aims to as be fun as possible—and is a game of speed rather than contemplation—proper names are included.
But that’s not all. Acronyms, tech terms, texting slang, and the names of Santa’s reindeer are included in the Up Spell lexicon as well. Contractions are in the lexicon too—the apostrophes are added automatically by the game. Tapping D-O-N-T yields DON’T.
The hope is that your word-like submissions to Up Spell will yield points and fun, and will put a smile on your face. In general, during gameplay, try stuff. For example:
The Up Spell lexicon was purpose-built for the game, with many words added to the foundation of the New General Service List by Dr. Charles Browne, Dr. Brent Culligan and Joseph Phillips. Since their work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license, the complete Up Spell lexicon is available under the same terms.