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[[File:O.E.D._Ranked_Key_Art.png|thumb|alt="O.E.D. Ranked Art"|The key art for the podcast.]]'''''[https://realdiscord.org/pods/categories.php?cat=o.e.d._ranked O.E.D. Ranked]''''' is a podcast undertaking the ambitious and unconventional task of ranking almost every single word in the '''''Oxford English Dictionary'' Second Edition CD-ROM Version 4.0''', which includes 500,000 words with 2.5 million source quotations, along with 7,000 new words and meanings. It includes Vocabulary from OED Second Edition as well as all 3 Additions volumes.  
''O.E.D. Ranked'' is a podcast undertaking the ambitious and unconventional task of ranking almost every single word in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' Second Edition CD-ROM Version 4.0, which includes 500,000 words with 2.5 million source quotations, along with 7,000 new words and meanings. It includes Vocabulary from OED Second Edition as well as all 3 Additions volumes.  


== The Official Rankings ==
== The Official Rankings ==
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Warning: The rankings are updated as the show is recorded.
 
We have collapsed the table out of respect for those who would like to avoid "spoilers."
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== Active Tournament ==
This is the active word tournament: 


== Excluditary Concerns ==
There is no active tournament. See below.  
Some words will be excluded from the rankings on basis which will be collated in this section of the wiki.
----Obsolete words may be excluded from ranking unless they are cool, in which case they are ranked and therefore made adsolete.
 
If a word's definition just sort of tells you to see a different word and nothing else, it is excluded from ranking.


== Draft Entries ==
== Draft Entries ==
Some entries in the OED2ECDV4.0 are labeled as "Draft Entries," denoting entries that, as of the CD-ROM's release in June of 2009, were still to be considered for entry into the O.E.D. proper. With the completion of each letter set, a tournament occurs which pits all of the selected Draft Entries from that letter against each other.
Some entries in the '''OED2ECDV4.0''' are labeled as "''Draft Entries''," denoting entries that, as of the CD-ROM's release in June of 2009, were still to be considered for entry into the O.E.D. proper. With the completion of each letter set, a tournament occurs which pits all of the selected Draft Entries from that letter against each other. Some entries have Draft entries as addendums at the bottom of the definition proper. These are considered a part of the main entry and not drafts. Some Draft Entries may be dismissed out of hand for being too similar to other Draft Entries, or for being otherwise objectively irrelevant for inclusion. [[Old Draft Entries]] can be found by clicking the words [[Old Draft Entries]].  
 
Some entries have Draft entries as addendums at the bottom of the definition proper. These are considered a part of the main entry and not drafts.
 
Some Draft Entries may be dismissed out of hand for being too similar to other Draft Entries, or for being otherwise objectively irrelevant for inclusion.  
 
Ed. Note: In the early part of the 2000's it would appear the O.E.D. was really experimenting with adding numbers into the mix.
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|0898 number, ''n. Brit.''
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|A U.K. telephone number with the prefix 0898 offering services (esp. chat lines) for which callers are charged at a premium rate; (in extended use) any premium-rate telephone service, esp. a chat line offering sexual content.
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|1. Consisting of three hundred and sixty degrees, the number of degrees through which an arm of a circle rotates about a point to describe a full circle. 2.a. Of, involving, or characterized by rotation about three hundred and sixty degrees; operating throughout a full circle. b. ''fig.'' All-encompassing, comprehensive (esp. of a study or assessment); ''(Business)'' designating or relating to an evaluation of job performance in which an employee is assessed by peers and subordinates in addition to a superior or superiors.
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|[‹401(k), designation of the section of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, introduced in 1978, which delineates this provision.]
More fully '''401(k) plan'''. A provision for retirement savings that enables an employee to invest a percentage of (pre-tax) income, often matched by the employer, into an account where it will not be taxed until withdrawn, withdrawals before a specifed [sic] date typically incurring a penalty; (also) an account of this type.
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== Excluditary Concerns ==
Some words will be excluded from the rankings on basis collated in this section of the wiki.
----- - Obsolete words are generally excluded from ranking, unless they are cool, in which case they are ranked and therefore made adsolete.
- If a word's definition just sort of tells you to see a different word and nothing else, it is excluded from ranking.
- Acronyms: See [[Abbreviations]].
== Assorted References ==
[[File:One-oh-One.png|border|left|thumb|The spelling of One-oh-One.]]

Latest revision as of 09:26, 9 May 2025

"O.E.D. Ranked Art"
The key art for the podcast.

O.E.D. Ranked is a podcast undertaking the ambitious and unconventional task of ranking almost every single word in the Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition CD-ROM Version 4.0, which includes 500,000 words with 2.5 million source quotations, along with 7,000 new words and meanings. It includes Vocabulary from OED Second Edition as well as all 3 Additions volumes.

The Official Rankings

Warning: The rankings are updated as the show is recorded.

We have collapsed the table out of respect for those who would like to avoid "spoilers."

S A B C F
œstrogen Med. Acronyms (Holistic) Capital "A" 900 number, n. N. Amer. Abbreviations (Holistic)
101, a. orig. and chiefly U.S. 1984, n. a, v. 24-7, adv. colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.) a-, prefix
aandblom S. Afr. axolotl Zool. aard-wolf 911, n. N. Amer. -a, suffix
aard-vark aa² Geol. aaron² Herb. a, a.² (indef. article) Aaron's-beard Herb.
aal Aaron's Rod a, prep.¹
Aaron¹ Aalenian, a. Geol.
Aaronic, a.
Aaronical, a.

Active Tournament

This is the active word tournament:

There is no active tournament. See below.

Draft Entries

Some entries in the OED2ECDV4.0 are labeled as "Draft Entries," denoting entries that, as of the CD-ROM's release in June of 2009, were still to be considered for entry into the O.E.D. proper. With the completion of each letter set, a tournament occurs which pits all of the selected Draft Entries from that letter against each other. Some entries have Draft entries as addendums at the bottom of the definition proper. These are considered a part of the main entry and not drafts. Some Draft Entries may be dismissed out of hand for being too similar to other Draft Entries, or for being otherwise objectively irrelevant for inclusion. Old Draft Entries can be found by clicking the words Old Draft Entries.

A Words Draft Entries
Draft Date Word Definition

Excluditary Concerns

Some words will be excluded from the rankings on basis collated in this section of the wiki.

- Obsolete words are generally excluded from ranking, unless they are cool, in which case they are ranked and therefore made adsolete.

- If a word's definition just sort of tells you to see a different word and nothing else, it is excluded from ranking.

- Acronyms: See Abbreviations.

Assorted References

The spelling of One-oh-One.
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