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December 2021

• white whale (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Br00pVain (talk) 19:09, 31 December 2021 (UTC) — set for 8 June 2023 (World Oceans Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:58, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
• pole star (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) 2404:4408:878F:4F00:7C4B:6131:5C67:B7A8 12:07, 27 December 2021 (UTC) — set for 29 April 2023 (first Astronomy Day in 2023). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:24, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
• sequelae (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Because I like the look of it. Although the singular form sequela might be better. -- ALGRIF talk 19:30, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

  @Algrif: yes, we don't feature inflected forms such as plurals without a good reason because in general they have an uninteresting definition ("plural of sequela"). — SGconlaw (talk) 20:36, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

  Sequela already nominated on 20 July 2020. — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:24, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

  Sequela set for 8 April 2024 (World Health Day theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:15, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

• spatchcock (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Meng6 (talk) 7:12, 25 December 2021 (UTC) — set for 5 April 2023 (April Fools' Day theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:40, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
• para-fascism (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) (perhaps a questionable choice, but it would make sense for October 28) —(((Romanophile))) ♞ (contributions) 01:49, 19 December 2021 (UTC) — set for 28 October 2022 (anniversary of the March on Rome).
• overpopulation (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) 2404:4408:878F:4F00:4561:2360:9CF3:B0AF 22:38, 10 December 2021 (UTC) — set for 11 July 2022 (World Population Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:33, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
• sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Just a great expression. Mihia (talk) 11:46, 7 December 2021 (UTC) — set for 27 April 2022 (Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:10, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
• insurrection (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) – 2021 will be the first year (!) this national holiday will be celebrated in Poland. Surprised to not have seen the word as WotD earlier before! Hythonia (talk) 17:51, 1 December 2021 (UTC) — set for 27 December 2021 (National Day of the Victorious Greater Poland Uprising). — SGconlaw (talk) 19:30, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
• build bridges (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 11:27, 1 December 2021 (UTC) — set for 3 October 2022 (World Architecture Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:06, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

November 2021

• orthography (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- 184.19.98.82 01:01, 28 November 2021 (UTC) — set for 5 October 2022 (World Teachers' Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:06, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
• peter out (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- ALGRIF talk 19:06, 26 November 2021 (UTC) — set for 4 April 2023 (April Fools' Day theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:40, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
• Interior Mexican (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- 72.76.95.136 23:58, 22 November 2021 (UTC) — interior Mexican (more common form) set for 5 May 2023 and as the WOTD fallback for 5 May (Cinco de Mayo). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:25, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
• beyond the pale (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Interesting etym. about "pale". ALGRIF talk 18:34, 16 November 2021 (UTC) — set for 24 March 2022 (International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims). — SGconlaw (talk) 20:29, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
• under one's own steam (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 10:17, 1 November 2021 (UTC) — set for 3 December 2021 (International Day of Persons with Disabilities). — SGconlaw (talk) 15:31, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

October 2021

• Queenslander (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 09:22, 31 October 2021 (UTC) — set for 26 January 2022 (Australia Day). — SGconlaw (talk) 21:02, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
• cutie patootie (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) for Valentine's Day, lol? QuickPhyxa (talk) 21:41, 22 October 2021 (UTC) — set for 14 February 2024 (Valentine's Day, lol). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:58, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
• drift of the forest (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) some international forestry day or obsolete legal terms... QuickPhyxa (talk) 19:58, 22 October 2021 (UTC) — set for 21 March 2024 (International Day of Forests). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:38, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
• worthwhileness (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Mihia (talk) 21:59, 17 October 2021 (UTC) — set for 3 December 2023 (International Day of Persons with Disabilities). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:53, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
• berserk (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Roger the Rodger (talk) 21:29, 12 October 2021 (UTC) Already nominated on 2 Oct 2019 DonnanZ (talk) 09:26, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
• milliner (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — Mnemosientje (t · c) 20:17, 5 October 2021 (UTC) — set for 25 May 2024 (eve of the birth anniversary of Philip Treacy). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:34, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
• worky (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - for Labour Day or something. Entry saved from the pits of WT:RFV Roger the Rodger (talk) 07:38, 5 October 2021 (UTC) — set for 1 May 2024 (International Workers' Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:19, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

September 2021

• finial (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 08:14, 28 September 2021 (UTC) — set for 2 October 2023 (World Habitat Day; World Architecture Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:21, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
• Barbiefication (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Equinox ◑ 06:38, 27 September 2021 (UTC) — set for 21 August 2023 (one month anniversary of the general release of Barbie in the US). — Sgconlaw (talk) 07:25, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
• wash one's hands of (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 09:57, 22 September 2021 (UTC) — set for 7 June 2023 (World Food Safety Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 03:56, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
• dreich (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 08:40, 20 September 2021 (UTC) — set for 26 January 2024 (day after Burns Night). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:04, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
• volcanic winter (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(falai) 14:34, 18 September 2021 (UTC) — set for 22 April 2024 (Earth Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:43, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
• darkside (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Roger the Rodger (talk) 22:06, 15 September 2021 (UTC) — set for 4 May 2022 (Star Wars Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:20, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

August 2021

• Gandhigiri (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) (note: the Hindi version of this word (गांधीगिरी (gāndhīgirī)) was featured in 2019) MSG17 (talk) 16:03, 19 August 2021 (UTC) — set for 2 October 2022 (Gandhi Jayanti). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:14, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
• tech-savvy (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 11:49, 19 August 2021 (UTC) — set for 2 December 2021 (World Computer Literacy Day). — SGconlaw (talk) 20:26, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
• nutty slack (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Mihia (talk) 10:10, 18 August 2021 (UTC) — set for 3 April 2023 (April Fools' Day theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:28, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
• shanti (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) MSG17 (talk) 22:58, 12 August 2021 (UTC) — set for 20 September 2022 (eve of the International Day of Peace). — Sgconlaw (talk) 16:30, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
• open world (Check: R, G, H, W, Y). There's a theme here. Take your pick really -World Day, computer-game day Queenofnortheast (talk) 22:48, 6 August 2021 (UTC) — set for 12 November 2023 (anniversary of the formal proposal for the World Wide Web). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:56, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
• fungi (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) "A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands" -- Mihia (talk) 19:32, 4 August 2021 (UTC) — set for 2 April 2022 (April Fools' Day theme). — SGconlaw (talk) 21:35, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

July 2021

• okapi (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- COW ME, PLEASE! talk 8:14, 28 July 2021 (UTC) – set for 3 March 2022 (World Wildlife Day). — SGconlaw (talk) 21:29, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
• soigneur (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Mihia (talk) 16:53, 22 July 2021 (UTC) – set for 26 July 2022 (Stage 3 of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:05, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
• peloton (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Mihia (talk) 16:53, 22 July 2021 (UTC) – set for 24 July 2022 (conclusion of the 2022 Tour de France; start of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:29, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
• musette (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Mihia (talk) 16:53, 22 July 2021 (UTC) – set for 19 July 2022 (Stage 16 of the 2022 Tour de France). — Sgconlaw (talk) 11:00, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
• rouleur (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Mihia (talk) 16:53, 22 July 2021 (UTC) – set for 17 July 2022 (Stage 15 of the 2022 Tour de France). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:29, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
• gilet (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Mihia (talk) 16:53, 22 July 2021 (UTC) – set for 17 July 2022 (Stage 14 of the 2022 Tour de France). — Sgconlaw (talk) 11:00, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
• autobus (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Mihia (talk) 16:53, 22 July 2021 (UTC) – set for 13 July 2022 (Stage 11 of the 2022 Tour de France). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:05, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
• domestique (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Mihia (talk) 16:53, 22 July 2021 (UTC) – set for 8 July 2022 (Stage 7 of the 2022 Tour de France). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:05, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
• bidon (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Mihia (talk) 16:53, 22 July 2021 (UTC) – set for 6 July 2022 (Stage 5 of the 2022 Tour de France). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:54, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
• dossard (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Mihia (talk) 16:53, 22 July 2021 (UTC) – set for 1 July 2022 (grand départ of the 2022 Tour de France). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:03, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

  Tour de France, usually in July, Covid permitting. Cycling terms of French origin. We could feature a few of these on days when the Tour is taking place, or a number of them all on the start or end day, if that is allowed. Mihia (talk) 16:53, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

  @Mihia: I'm not very familiar with the Tour de France, but is it possible to identify the exact dates when specific stages of the Tour take place? We could then choose a number of these and feature some of these words that you've nominated. — SGconlaw (talk) 14:50, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

  @Sgconlaw: I believe that the final itinerary for 2022 has not been announced yet. 2022 dates are listed at [1], but this conflicts with other sources, which say that the Denmark stages are 1-3 July, so I think we'll have to wait for the official announcement. I'll try to remember to post back later in the year when the dates are officially published. Mihia (talk) 18:02, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

  @Mihia: cool. — SGconlaw (talk) 21:32, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

  @Mihia: any updates on this? — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:43, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

   Done. — Sgconlaw (talk) 11:00, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

• chronoception (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- ALGRIF talk 08:41, 21 July 2021 (UTC) – set for 14 March 2023 (birth anniversary of Albert Einstein). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:06, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
• retrograde (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Roger the Rodger (talk) 17:20, 20 July 2021 (UTC) – already nominated by you on 7 September 2019. — SGconlaw (talk) 12:55, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
• acquiesce (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Roger the Rodger (talk) 17:20, 20 July 2021 (UTC) Was WOTD 9 July 2007 - DonnanZ (talk) 23:21, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
• pique (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Roger the Rodger (talk) 17:20, 20 July 2021 (UTC) – already nominated by you on 7 September 2019. — SGconlaw (talk) 12:55, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
• consociation (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Roger the Rodger (talk) 14:46, 12 July 2021 (UTC) – already nominated by you on 7 September 2019. — SGconlaw (talk) 12:55, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
• scathe (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Roger the Rodger (talk) 14:46, 12 July 2021 (UTC) – already nominated by you on 7 September 2019. — SGconlaw (talk) 12:55, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
• extenuate (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) has tonnes of quotes already Roger the Rodger (talk) 14:46, 12 July 2021 (UTC) – already nominated by you on 7 September 2019. — SGconlaw (talk) 12:55, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
• clarion (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - AmeBomber0420 16:47, 8 July 2021 (UTC) – set for 22 November 2022 (feast day of Saint Cecilia). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:57, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
• final reckoning (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - Roger the Rodger (talk) 22:30, 7 July 2021 (UTC) – set for 31 December 2023 (New Year's Eve). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:41, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
• Erse (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 11:54, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

  The fact that it is "sometimes offensive" makes it difficult to feature on the Main Page. Sorry. — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:04, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

• merchandising (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) פֿינצטערניש (Fintsternish), she/her (talk) 13:08, 2 July 2021 (UTC) — set for 24 June 2022 (anniversary of the release of Spaceballs (1987). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:10, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
• titanic (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) "Of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium" -- Mihia (talk) 21:00, 1 July 2021 (UTC) — set for 6 April 2022 (April Fools' Day theme). — SGconlaw (talk) 20:53, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

June 2021

• voivodeship (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 18:16, 29 June 2021 (UTC) – set for 11 November 2021 (National Independence Day (Poland)). — SGconlaw (talk) 19:34, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
• founding mother (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) 212.224.230.114 15:09, 24 June 2021 (UTC) – set for 8 March 2022 (International Women's Day). — SGconlaw (talk) 14:48, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
• naughty step (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) – Mihia (talk) 21:02, 23 June 2021 (UTC) – set for 20 November 2022 (World Children's Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:57, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
• internet (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) verb, to interlink or entwine. Mihia (talk) 17:29, 21 June 2021 (UTC) – set for 5 April 2022 (April Fools' Day theme). — SGconlaw (talk) 21:35, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
• Yoda condition (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Maybe something for May 4th. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 13:14, 19 June 2021 (UTC) – set for 4 May 2024 (Star Wars Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:44, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
• for good (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- ALGRIF talk 12:51, 12 June 2021 (UTC) – set for 20 February 2024 (World Day of Social Justice). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:18, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
• cyberchondriac (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - Maria Sieglinda von Nudeldorf (talk) 17:09, 10 June 2021 (UTC) – set for 30 March 2024 (National Doctors' Day (USA)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:57, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

May 2021

• narrow escape (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - couldn't resist this one - DonnanZ (talk) 11:46, 29 May 2021 (UTC) — set for 18 December 2023 (International Migrants Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:26, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
• have Jesus in one's heart (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) StuckInLagToad (talk) 02:33, 14 May 2021 (UTC) — set for 1 November 2023 (All Saints' Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:20, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
• wear it on one's sleeve (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) StuckInLagToad (talk) 01:10, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  Brand new entry, which is a variant of wear one's heart on one's sleeve, which has been WOTD already DonnanZ (talk) 10:01, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  Entry has been deleted as a duplicate of wear something on one's sleeve. — SGconlaw (talk) 16:47, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

• that'll be the frosty Friday (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - Er, perhaps on a Friday in winter (won't work because of hemispheres). Equinox ◑ 23:03, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

  Where on earth is it said? Frost-free areas? DonnanZ (talk) 10:57, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

  Set for 29 December 2023 (last Friday of the year). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:05, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

April 2021

• kampong (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - CHRISTOPHER2005 (talk) 01:18, 22 April 2021 (UTC) — kampung set for 31 August 2023 (Merdeka Day (Malaysia)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:55, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
• epistle (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 13:35, 18 April 2021 (UTC) — already nominated on 9 May 2020. — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:43, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
• archival (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 13:35, 18 April 2021 (UTC) — set for 27 October 2022 (World Day for Audiovisual Heritage). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:22, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
• psychocentric (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) --101.98.133.254 06:33, 13 April 2021 (UTC) — set for 27 September 2021 (World Tourism Day). — SGconlaw (talk) 18:03, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
• featherless biped (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — Mnemosientje (t · c) 09:41, 6 April 2021 (UTC) — set for 12 February 2024 (birth anniversary of Charles Darwin). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:51, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

March 2021

• milecastle (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 13:13, 29 March 2021 (UTC) — set for 22 October 2022 (week after International Archaeology Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:34, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
• house plunder (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Kiwima (talk) 00:37, 27 March 2021 (UTC) — set for 4 October 2021 (World Habitat Day/World Architecture Day). — SGconlaw (talk) 19:34, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
• treaty (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Kiwima (talk) 22:56, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

  The Treaty of Waitangi, of course... DonnanZ (talk) 10:04, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

  Set for 6 February 2022 (Waitangi Day). — SGconlaw (talk) 20:33, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

• tau (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Especially being 2xpi. Nothing noted for Pi Day as yet, which is March 14th. -- ALGRIF talk 12:53, 12 March 2021 (UTC) — set for 28 June 2022 (Tau Day, which apparently does exist). — SGconlaw (talk) 14:45, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
• millennial (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) would be perfect for January 1, 3000. The year 4000 is probably a bit too far ahead. Oxlade2000 (talk) 01:13, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

  @Oxlade2000: of course, the new millennium only starts in 3001. — SGconlaw (talk) 04:39, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

  Phew, glad we spotted that error quickly. Imagine the teasing we'd have received in the amateur lexicogaphy club otherwise. Oxlade2000 (talk) 14:01, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

  @Oxlade2000: actually, I am rather intrigued by the idea that we set a WOTD as a sort of time capsule for 31 December 3000 or 1 January 3001. Imagine if the Wiktionary still existed then! — SGconlaw (talk) 20:48, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

  @Sgconlaw Hopefully Internet history will still be archived by the time Fry unfreezes, as opposed to the world having been destroyed in a nuclear war. […] PseudoSkull (talk) 15:31, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

  My money is on the destruction of the world by nucular war Flackofnubs (talk) 09:06, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

  Set for 1 January 3001! :-) (And also 20 October 2023—eve of the birth anniversary of Neil Howe, who with William Strauss coined the generational sense.) — Sgconlaw (talk) 10:48, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

February 2021

• make the welkin ring (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 09:46, 27 February 2021 (UTC) — Already nominated below [19 December 2019]. PUC – 21:53, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
• if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(falai) 22:10, 26 February 2021 (UTC) — set for 2 April 2024 (theme for birth anniversary of Jane Goodall). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:49, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
• It's also the 30-year anniversary of The Simpsons episode When Flanders Failed this year, so I was thinking Flanderization (Check: R, G, H, W, Y), or for both, we could re-feature schadenfreude (Check: R, G, H, W, Y). פֿינצטערניש (Fintsternish), she/her (talk) 20:29, 16 February 2021 (UTC) — Flanderization set for 3 October 2021 (anniversary of the When Flanders Failed episode). — SGconlaw (talk) 18:52, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
• exonerating (Check: R, G, H, W, Y), Generation X (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) – Mihia (talk) 12:20, 8 February 2021 (UTC) — set for 10 April 2021 (April Fools' Day anagram series). — SGconlaw (talk) 20:02, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
• Gunter's line (Check: R, G, H, W, Y), telenursing (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — This unsigned comment was added by DTLHS (talk • contribs) at 08:11, 8 February 2021 (UTC). — set for 9 April 2021 (April Fools' Day anagram series). — SGconlaw (talk) 20:02, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
• pomegranate (Check: R, G, H, W, Y), magnoperate (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — This unsigned comment was added by DTLHS (talk • contribs) at 08:11, 8 February 2021 (UTC). — set for 8 April 2021 (April Fools' Day anagram series). — SGconlaw (talk) 16:56, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
• corytophanid (Check: R, G, H, W, Y), anthropodicy (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — This unsigned comment was added by DTLHS (talk • contribs) at 08:11, 8 February 2021 (UTC). — set for 3 April 2021 (April Fools' Day anagram series). — SGconlaw (talk) 17:57, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
• short twentieth century (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) —(((Romanophile))) ♞ (contributions) 18:35, 6 February 2021 (UTC) — set for 28 February 2023. — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:39, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
• hutong (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) – Jberkel 10:40, 5 February 2021 (UTC) — set for 20 April 2021 (UN Chinese Language Day). — SGconlaw (talk) 21:59, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
• reseda (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — This unsigned comment was added by 2601:540:c401:48a0:f538:1198:5b98:f65f (talk) at 09:11, 5 February 2021 (UTC).

  @2601:540:c401:48a0:f538:1198:5b98:f65f: was WOTD on 14 May 2018. Please check before nominating. — SGconlaw (talk) 12:36, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

January 2021

• rickroll (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) – Mihia (talk) 17:35, 27 January 2021 (UTC) — set for 6 February 2023 (birth anniversary of Rick Astley). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:17, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
• tag team (Check: R, G, H, W, Y), but the non-vulgar senses, obviously. פֿינצטערניש (Fintsternish), she/her (talk) 12:06, 27 January 2021 (UTC) — set for 18 July 2023 (anniversary of the establishment of the National Wrestling Alliance). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:29, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
• archaic smile (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(falai) 10:55, 25 January 2021 (UTC) — set for 13 April 2024 (World Art Day on 15 April). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:43, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
• fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) —(((Romanophile))) ♞ (contributions) 02:26, 17 January 2021 (UTC) — set for 23 April 2024 (Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva Awareness Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:52, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
• puelline (Check: R, G, H, W, Y). Discussion: User talk:Sgconlaw § WOTD question (@Sgconlaw). J3133 (talk) 12:00, 16 January 2021 (UTC) — at nominator's request, puellile set for 3 March 2021 (Hina Matsuri or Doll Festival in Japan). — SGconlaw (talk) 17:39, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
• enough is enough (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 19:22, 15 January 2021 (UTC) — set for 1 March 2023 (Zero Discrimination Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:39, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
• bakfiets (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) love the anagram [fat bikes (Check: R, G, H, W, Y)] too — Mnemosientje (t · c) 14:30, 13 January 2021 (UTC) — set for 1 April 2021 (April Fools' Day anagram series). — SGconlaw (talk) 15:43, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
• phonology (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- ALGRIF talk 14:12, 13 January 2021 (UTC) — set for 21 February 2024 (International Mother Language Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:18, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
• insurrection (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) because let's face it, the storming of the Capitol is all anyone's talking about right now. TheVHSArtist (talk) 04:46, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

  @TheVHSArtist: no objection to the word as a general nomination, but we're unlikely to link it to the recent storming of the Capitol as that could be controversial. — SGconlaw (talk) 09:43, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

  I agree it's a fine word on its own and neither the WOTD box nor the quotations should link it in any way to recent American politics. Vox Sciurorum (talk) 13:35, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

  Set for 27 December 2021 (National Day of the Victorious Greater Poland Uprising; see above). — SGconlaw (talk) 19:30, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

• The entry for Public Domain Day for 2022. January 1, 2022 will be a significant Public Domain Day in the US because per the Music Modernization Act (a complete garbage law, but still), all pre-1923 sound recordings will go into the PD for the first time since this was enacted. Quite a handful of musical recordings etc. will go into the PD for the first time. PseudoSkull (talk) 06:10, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

  @Sgconlaw […] Anyway, do you agree that Public Domain Day is a good entry for New Year's Day 2022 WOTD, since the music releases are a unique occurrence in the realm of copyright law in the US? PseudoSkull (talk) 15:31, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

  @PseudoSkull: […] Anyway, sure, we can use that for New Year's Day 2022. — SGconlaw (talk) 20:24, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

  @Sgconlaw: r/woooosh PseudoSkull (talk) 21:56, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

  @Sgconlaw Apologies for changing my mind, but after some thought, I actually think the entry public domain would make more sense as January 1's WOTD, as it is the concept and not the day's name itself. It has surprisingly never been featured at WOTD. Can you do this one instead? PseudoSkull (talk) 17:31, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

  @PseudoSkull: sure, no problem. — SGconlaw (talk) 17:46, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

  public domain (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) set for 1 January 2022 (Public Domain Day). — SGconlaw (talk) 20:47, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

• dickkopf (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Awesome for April Fool's Day as it looks vulgar, but is actually not. Jonely Mash (talk) 08:35, 5 January 2021 (UTC) — set for 7 April 2023 (April Fools' Day series, and World Health Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:26, 18 February 2023 (UTC)