=AND(A1<{"text1";"text2";...})

DV won't accept array constants.

List the words in a range. Name the range List.

=AND(A1<List)

Biff

"Harlan Grove" wrote in message
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David Billigmeier wrote...
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=NOT(OR(A1="text1",A1="text2"))
...

Shorter and more easily extensible as

=AND(A1<{"text1";"text2";...})