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Nov 2022
12:24pm, 7 Nov 2022
74,092 posts
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Diogenes
I agree to some extent as it is in common usage, but in the examples you given the abbreviation has very much superseded the origin and, in the case of pram, is a corruption. Carriage has a very different meaning these days, and is archaic in use, as is autobus (in English). Photograph and photo are used interchangeably with photo being very much a shorthand for the full word.
Also, none of your words have 5 letters 
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Nov 2022
12:27pm, 7 Nov 2022
2,965 posts
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iRicey
lol!
I thought bus was short for omnibus?
In the modern dictionary photo is a noun in it's own right - although agree photograph is still in use.
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Nov 2022
12:28pm, 7 Nov 2022
2,966 posts
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iRicey
I'll accept photo over humor or favor any day!
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Nov 2022
12:29pm, 7 Nov 2022
74,094 posts
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Diogenes
IRicey, you are right about omnibus, of course
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Nov 2022
12:31pm, 7 Nov 2022
74,095 posts
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Diogenes
I'm the opposite. Although the spelling grates, I accept that this is an American game therefore uses American spellings.
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Nov 2022
12:34pm, 7 Nov 2022
2,967 posts
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iRicey
Made in Wales!! Subsequently sold out...
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Nov 2022
12:35pm, 7 Nov 2022
2,172 posts
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Steve NordRunner
People commonly say or write it, and without anything to indicate its origins (like hyphens or apostrophes) so I suppose it gets in a (non-prescriptive) dictionary.
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Nov 2022
12:57pm, 7 Nov 2022
10,614 posts
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sallykate
I wouldn't object to FRIDGE in Worgle & feel the same about PHOTO. It's a contraction in common use.
There are some weird words which turn up in the multiples. RALPH, for example.
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Nov 2022
7:27am, 12 Nov 2022
74,230 posts
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Diogenes
I don’t know if you’ve seen this poll, but personally I think anything other than “just me and the Wordle grid” is not right.
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Nov 2022
1:37pm, 16 Nov 2022
9,950 posts
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BaronessBL
I'm unable to get onto Wordle today - it keeps saying that I'm off line (which I'm clearly not). Will have another go later I guess
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