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Correct. If you're unclear on the difference between the names, there are several factors that go into peoples' general pricing.

Shorter is better - one-letter names usually go for more than two-letter names, two-letter for more than three-letter, one word for more than two, and two word for more than three. (*Generally*...of course it depends on the letters and words in question; bigtits.com is better than refurbished.com, irs.com is better than zj.com).

Two words that naturally go together are better than two words that don't (e.g. ringbearer.com vs. hostgamer.com). If surfers might think "hm, I need to find a X" or ""I need information on or want to see X", then X.com might be a good type-in domain, or at least lend itself to more memorable marketing. For example, someone needing info on interior designs might type in interiordesigns.com, or click on it if they see it in a list of several design sites, or remember it if they saw an ad. With forumxxxx.com, nobody would think to type that, and it's not even good for branding...people reading that are going to misremember it as forumxxx.com, since that makes more sense than four X's. If it were "xxxforum.com," then I think you'd be talking some money...those words go together more naturally.

All that being said, you never know, sometimes people pay a lot for what most consider a crappy name. And while adultmoviehost.com is three words, at least they go together, and it's something people do try and find.