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Last night I tried to reply to a thread with the above title.
My response went into limbo. I could see it, but not the original thread anymore, & then my reply disappeared too.

I presume the thread was removed. For what reason?

If the author is checking, the next post is my answer.

The site does state that only the first 100 words are listed.

The examples submitted by B & B give the following results at your site, Chambers, & Quick Solve here:
r???i?? - 400 / 407 / 205
?o??i?? - 1211 / 1168 / 682
?e??i??? - 1211 / 814 / 469

Hardly realistic expectations with that many ?s. Duh!

On the other hand, quite a number of results, unusual words, did not link to a definition.
The best was Dictionary.com, with Yahoo a distant second.
Wikipedia doesn't handle plurals well, or upper case. Your links always create a capitalized link for Wiki.
Perhaps Wictionary would be a better choice. I got better results there.
Also, consider a link to OneLook.
http://www.onelook.com/

Good luck with your project.

I took the decision to delete the thread because we do not allow advertising in any form on the site, it could open the flood gates if we did. Occasionally a link is included in a thread but this usually refers to a site where a particular user has received inspiration in solving the clue being discussed on that particular thread, we leave those in but that’s as far as we are prepared to go.

I recommended to Andy that perhaps a site like Answerbank might be of some use. I understand this site covers everything under the sun and more besides! I also wished him all the best for his project.

I hope this answers your query.

Thank you. I suspected that was the reason.

Perhaps the author was being too honest & should have said, "Look what I found."
Maybe someone else will "discover" the site. (-;