A few days ago
LawyerGirlK

Unusual Word – Playing Scrabble on the computer, made a word that means “mail that cannot be delivered”.

Playing Scrabble on the computer last night with the kids, made an unusual word by accident. We remember the definition but not the word! The word seemed a bit archaic, it means “mail that cannot be delivered”. I assume they mean snail mail. Does anyone know what the word would be? Thanks!

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A few days ago
Sherry C

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I beleive the word you are searching for is “nixie”. There are numerous online reverse dictionaries that can help when you have this problem, I use them all the time. The one I use most often is “One Look”.

Nixie comes from the USPS, when they pronounce the acronym “NCSC” ( National Customer Support Center)

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A few days ago
sunnyfroglady
NIXIE

A piece of mail matter which cannot be delivered, either because no post office exists at the place to which is it addressed, or because there is no place of the name mentioned in the designated State, Territory, or the like.

This is arcaic, from around 1913 and has fallen into disuse. Nixie also means water sprite.

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A few days ago
DepressedSoul
Bounced mail

Undelivered mail

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A few days ago
nutsfornouveau
I’am an old mail lady and all I think of is dead letter.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
Return to sender?
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A few days ago
Stag S
Maybe deadletter but it would generally be two words ‘dead’ and ‘letter’
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A few days ago
rosstopherz19
undeliverable
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A few days ago
Anonymous
undeliverable?
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A few days ago
Takuma
prayer?
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