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nawee · Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Posts: 400

Hello,

Which is correct: "play dough" or "playdough"?

Thank you.

Nawee

educe22 · Joined: 14 Jan 2011 Posts: 74 Location: Fort Worth, TX

According to Wikipedia, neither one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play-Doh

It depends: If you are referring to the original patented product, it is "Play-Doh". Google it and you will find "Play Doh", "play dough", and "playdough". If I were creating an unofficial do-it-yourself recipe, I would lean toward using the compound word "playdough", but "play dough" would not be incorrect, your choice.
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