sinsharvist

I'm pretty sure that the game boasts over 22k words, but less than 22k objects.

The game uses a EXCELLENT use of synonyms.

If you type in "punk" you get the same sprite you would get if you typed "bully"
Type in "friend" or "dad" and you get the same sprite for "guy"

And "overninethousand" was NOT in that 22k Word list, but if you type it in the game, you get a monocle which an omage (synonym?) to DBZ's Scouter.

So I'm using that info to back my hypothesis.