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When I try to create a password, it still gets rejected because it supposedly contains a dictionary word, though I don think it does. Whats going on?

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When I try to create a password, it still gets rejected because it supposedly contains a dictionary word, though I don think it does. Whats going on?

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This is a common and frustrating problem. “Dictionary” does not simply mean a standard English language dictionary — it also includes foreign language dictionaries and all kinds of specialized dictionaries that hackers use to crack passwords.