Wednesday, May 18, 2011

3000 new words for Scrabble’s official reference books

Street slang including thang, innit, blingy, Wiki and Myspace have been added to an "official" reference book for Scrabble players.
The Collins Official Scrabble Words also now includes, from Indian cookery, keema, alu, or aloo, and gobi among nearly 3,000 new additions to those allowed in the game.
Technology-related words such as webzine, darknet and Facebook have also made the book.
The list for the latest edition of the Scrabble words book was created by staff at Collins Dictionaries based in Glasgow.
The publishers say it is the "most comprehensive Scrabble wordlist ever produced".

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