The game uses a specific dictionary that has a lot of unusual words, but not always words that you would expect from consulting other dictionaries. It probably has waistcoat listed as a noun, though. As the page where you submit words says, not all inflected/derived forms will be found - in this case, the derived adjective must not be included. I regularly have 8 or 9 letter words that aren't there, and have to settle for a 7.
_________________________
(Editor in Humanities, Religion, Literature and For Children)
That's all, folks!