6 letter word challenge

Larmar doesn't even exist as a word and should not be accepted.
Calmar does exist, sort of (I looked it up, of course), and it's the name of some kind of mathematical ratio that measures the performance of an investment fund. It may be a proper noun, maybe named after a person named Calmar, which I suspect is the case.

Should proper nouns be permitted? I vote no, as permitting all the weird spellings of names that exist would basically ruin the game. Anybody could put in anything, and then insist that it's a name of somebody or something. And how about all the names of products that aren't really words but are familiar to everyone, such as Porshe?

Probably the best policy is just to say: No proper nouns.
 
@Sunny & Star Song this is intended for both of you. I don't appreciate being accused of using a word that does not exist and Sunny you ought to go back and delete a lot of your answers that apply to your rule for years.
Larmar-1948

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The Larmar holds the claim to be the world's narrowest car. At 2 ft., 4 in. wide, it was designed to pass through a standard gate that was 2 ft., ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larmar_Engineering
 
There are more important stuff in life than worrying about "words" geez !

Calmar was all I could find and really I didn't think it was this important lol

I'm sorry but I have been up all night with a husband battling cancer & a sick older dog and then I see this ....I come on here for a break and to have fun ....NOT to be judged for grammatical errors and words that aren't words etc.

I enjoyed some parts of the site & members but this wow

I'm tired .....taking a break from the site for awhile !
 
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Citygirl said:
@Sunny & Star Song this is intended for both of you. I don't appreciate being accused of using a word that does not exist and Sunny you ought to go back and delete a lot of your answers that apply to your rule for years.
Larmar-1948
View attachment 399880Lane Motor Museum
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The Larmar holds the claim to be the world's narrowest car. At 2 ft., 4 in. wide, it was designed to pass through a standard gate that was 2 ft., ...

Larmar Engineering - Wikipedia
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As the brand name of an automobile, it is a proper noun, just as Chevrolet or Corvette would be.
I brought it up because two entries in a row were proper nouns or words my dictionary couldn't identify. I look up words I don't know because I find them interesting.

Almost everyone on the game threads - definitely including @Sunny and me - have erred with answers and had the rules of the games re-explained. Sometimes I've changed two letters, other times I've mixed up the games, using the last letter of the previous word for my entry, or posting a word with the next alphabetic first letter from the previous entry, but doing so for the wrong games.

@Katherine, my sympathies on your husband's and dog's conditions. I send good thoughts your way that both will feel better soon.
 
Citygirl said:
@Sunny & Star Song this is intended for both of you. I don't appreciate being accused of using a word that does not exist and Sunny you ought to go back and delete a lot of your answers that apply to your rule for years.
Larmar-1948
View attachment 399880Lane Motor Museum
https://www.lanemotormuseum.org › Collections
The Larmar holds the claim to be the world's narrowest car. At 2 ft., 4 in. wide, it was designed to pass through a standard gate that was 2 ft., ...

Larmar Engineering - Wikipedia
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Citygirl, calm down. You seem awfully eager to instigate a fight over nothing at all. This is not a personal attack on you.

This is a game. Games have rules - all games, unless you're 2 years old. The question of whether a proper noun should be permitted in this one is a legitimate one. If a noun requires a capital letter and is not found in any dictionary with a small letter, it is a proper noun. If we start permitting any and all proper nouns, that will be the end of this game. We could say, for instance, "Well, I have a friend named QWTZPH, so that word is permitted." Where do we draw the line?

It's interesting that this question has never come up before, that I can remember. (Whenever I submit a proper noun, or a word that doesn't exist, or change more than one letter, feel free to point it out. I won't be offended.)

Starsong said: Comped

Decamp
 
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