It must have been a big relief to come up with three short acceptable words.

If they talk about the young killer at all, the socially acceptable word seems to be "troubled."

He wanted her away, but could not put the demand into acceptable words.

Here at least the output is guaranteed to be an acceptable word, although more than one may result.

The contestant player earned $20 for each acceptable word until the chain was broken.

Correctly un-jumbles an acceptable word in each of the opponents' trays.

Each acceptable word recorded earns the player a chip, assuming no words have been challenged.

But it entered our language in the late 18th century as a perfectly acceptable word to describe a person taking part in a foot race.

"I was going to say 'presence,' but that's certainly another acceptable word," said Shelby.

The team scored a point each time the team gave an acceptable word.