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September 25, 2018 07:24 pm PDT
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Sriracha, yowza, and sheeple among 300 hundred new words in Scrabble dictionary
Four years since the last edition, Merriam-Webster's Official Scrabble Players Dictionary is on now shelves. From The Guardian:Included in the new edition are some long-awaited two letter words, notably OK and ew.
OK is something Scrabble players have been waiting for, for a long time, said lexicographer Peter Sokolowski, editor at large at Merriam-Webster. Basically two- and three-letter words are the lifeblood of the game.
Theres more good news for Scrabble players with the addition of qapik, a unit of currency in Azerbaijan, adding to an arsenal of 20 playable words beginning with q that dont need a u.
The Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary, Sixth Edition (Amazon)
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