Firefox for Android: Search not working.

I just got Firefox for Android yesterday and I've been having the problem of the address bar being very inconsistent and giving me very strange results.
The very first thing I typed into the app was the first word that came to mind as a long-time user of Firefox for Windows: "woot". The expectation was that it would open up google search for the term "woot". Instead, it lead me to some website at www.woot.com.
Afterwards, I tried several other terms and found the following results: (quotes not included in the search)
"word" lead to a "Domain Not Found" page from my ISP
" word " lead to the same as above.
"word anotherword" lead to a Google search results page.
"amazon" lead to amazon.com
"aw" lead to a Google search results page.
"it" lead to a Google search results page.
"go" lead to a "Domain Not Found" page from my ISP.
This all left me very dismayed, as typing in ANY of the above terms into my PC's Firefox's address bar as well as my old Opera Android browser's bars, would give me a Google search results page for the terms. Even when I search for "amazon", I expect to be given the option of searching for amazon rainforests instead of being forcibly taken directly to amazon.com.
So my main question is this: Is there any way to force Firefox for Android to use Google search *no matter what* is typed into the address bar?
I custom-fit a lot of the about:config settings for my FF on Windows to my liking, but have not been able to find a list of setting explanations for the Android version of FF. I am hoping that my problem can be fixed with some settings; and also if anyone has a list of them with explanations, I would highly appreciate a link to it.
Thank you.

Thanks for your reply. I was testing those on my home Wifi (optimum ISP), as that is what I use most. I did test with my phone carrier's 4g also and did get slightly different results, but still does not fix the problem. Here are the differences:
======================
"woot":
* [Wifi] leads to www.woot.com.
* [4G] tries to go to http://woot/; leads to a "not found" page from my mobile carrier with search.
"word":
* [Wifi] leads to a "Domain Not Found" page from my home ISP with search.
* [4G] tries to go to http://word/; leads to a "not found" page from my mobile carrier with search.
" word ":
* [Wifi] leads to a "Domain Not Found" page from my home ISP with search.
* [4G] ignores spaces and tries to go to http://word/; leads to a "not found" page from my mobile carrier with search.
"word anotherword"
* [Wifi] leads to a Google search results page.
* [4G] leads to a Google search results page.
"amazon"
* [Wifi] leads to amazon.com.
* [4G] tries to go to http://amazon/; leads to a "not found" page from my mobile carrier with search.
"aw"
* [Wifi] leads to a Google search results page.
* [4G] leads to a Google search results page.
"it"
* [Wifi] leads to a Google search results page.
* [4G] leads to a Google search results page.
"go"
* [Wifi] leads to a "Domain Not Found" page from my home ISP with search.
* [4G] tries to go to http://go/; leads to a "not found" page from my mobile carrier with search.
======================
So weird! Can't even find much of a pattern minus that two words seem to do okay.
Furthermore, I just updated Firefox Android to version 24.0 which came out yesterday. Same exact results and the problem still persists.
I am using an HTC Amaze 4G from T-Mobile. Android version 4.0.3. All stock and unrooted.
Thank you again so much for your help!

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