...I came up with the word windo ws for a solution that fulfilled all requirements, only it is still an invalid answer - any hints?

"windo ws" is correct. It's a different way of writing the n than I've ever seen before. I like that "n" but the image as a whole is, unfortunately, not logical.

Again, any hints?

Ah, alright, the n is capitalized, kind of. Finally got it, thanks. Still just a guessing game.

Not sure where you're going wrong Rinko. You got the correct letters, and that was all I needed to solve it.

Thanks for the hint. Poor. Still - thanks.

Not great.