Bird List
Rick pointed out this list of words that are birds (TWL-98) which was compiled by Lawren Freebody. I'm greatly relieved that I don't have to compile the list myself. It has them up to 8 letters.
I noticed that the list has QUETZAL but not QUEZAL (-S). Still, it has quite a few words that are unfamiliar to me.
Freebody has more lists at Scrabble Central. An interesting one is called Evil Spirits. Maybe if you learn that list, then you may appease the Scrabble gods, that harsh and impish lot.
I love those bird words principally because they sound so odd. Imagine the joy of plonking down a word like WAXWING or BOBWHITE.
I just noticed your reference to my birds list while doing a search on my name. Yes, I googled myself (shhh!!)
Glad you enjoyed some of the lists. I took down my Scrabble Central site after many years because the website provider started charging too much for annual fees. When I started the site they assured everyone they would always be free, but that changed several years ago.
I've got those lists on my personal page now, because they were still getting lots of traffic just before I took my site down.
Cheers,
Lawren
Glad you enjoyed my topical lists. I took down the my Scrabble website shortly after you had mentioned it in your blog, but the lists are now on my home page in case anyone reading archives of your blog is interested.
Cheers,
Lawren