Index: graphspell-js/ibdawg.js
==================================================================
--- graphspell-js/ibdawg.js
+++ graphspell-js/ibdawg.js
@@ -223,10 +223,13 @@
             if (sToken.gl_count("-") > 4) {
                 return true;
             }
             return sToken.split("-").every(sWord  =>  this.isValid(sWord)); 
         }
+        if (sToken.includes("·")) {
+            return true;
+        }
         return false;
     }
 
     isValid (sWord) {
         // checks if sWord is valid (different casing tested if the first letter is a capital)
@@ -237,13 +240,10 @@
             sWord = sWord.replace("’", "'");
         }
         if (this.lookup(sWord)) {
             return true;
         }
-        if (sWord.gl_isDigit()) {
-            return true;
-        }
         if (sWord.charAt(0).gl_isUpperCase()) {
             if (sWord.length > 1) {
                 if (sWord.gl_isTitle()) {
                     return !!this.lookup(sWord.toLowerCase());
                 }
@@ -255,10 +255,13 @@
                 }
                 return !!this.lookup(sWord.slice(0, 1).toLowerCase() + sWord.slice(1));
             } else {
                 return !!this.lookup(sWord.toLowerCase());
             }
+        }
+        if (sWord.slice(0,1).gl_isDigit()) {
+            return true;
         }
         return false;
     }
 
     _convBytesToInteger (aBytes) {

Index: graphspell/ibdawg.py
==================================================================
--- graphspell/ibdawg.py
+++ graphspell/ibdawg.py
@@ -230,10 +230,12 @@
             return True
         if "-" in sToken:
             if sToken.count("-") > 4:
                 return True
             return all(self.isValid(sWord)  for sWord in sToken.split("-"))
+        if "·" in sWord:
+            return True
         return False
 
     def isValid (self, sWord):
         "checks if <sWord> is valid (different casing tested if the first letter is a capital)"
         if not sWord:
@@ -240,12 +242,10 @@
             return None
         if "’" in sWord: # ugly hack
             sWord = sWord.replace("’", "'")
         if self.lookup(sWord):
             return True
-        if sWord.isdigit():
-            return True
         if sWord[0:1].isupper():
             if len(sWord) > 1:
                 if sWord.istitle():
                     return self.lookup(sWord.lower())
                 if sWord.isupper():
@@ -253,10 +253,12 @@
                         return True
                     return self.lookup(sWord.lower()) or self.lookup(sWord.capitalize())
                 return self.lookup(sWord[:1].lower() + sWord[1:])
             else:
                 return self.lookup(sWord.lower())
+        if sWord[0:1].isdigit():
+            return True
         return False
 
     def lookup (self, sWord):
         "returns True if <sWord> in dictionary (strict verification)"
         iAddr = 0