My attitude to Google on this question is identical to that of George V towards Bognor (on his deathbed)

It seems my lexicon may have actually shrank in some areas over the years. I used to simply read the dictionary in those days and had a penchant for archaic words. My family used to play scrabble (and other board games) fairly often. Sadly, it’s now difficult to get my brothers to participate in something non-computerized these days.

Interesting description of how you remember words. I suppose this is involuntary? For me, a half-remembered word appears as a sequence of vowels in roughly correct order. No idea why this happens, nor is it a particularly useful way of remembering words. Just how my brain works.