Official Scrabble Dictionary

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The Official Scrabble Dictionary can help end debates over whether something is really a word while playing Scrabble, the classic board game from Hasbro. It is used by North American Scrabble Players Association (NASPA).

The name Scrabble is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc in the United States and Canada and of Mattel elsewhere. The game is sold in 121 countries in 29 different language versions. One hundred and fifty million sets have been sold worldwide, and sets are found in one out of every three American homes.

Official Scrabble Players Dictionary - 4th Edition (Most Current Edition)

Official Scrabble Players Dictionary - Onyx Edition

Notes about The Official Game Dictionary

The Scrabble Dictionary is both a dictionary and word builder for Scrabble-like games. It allows you to determine which words can be formed with a given rack of letters and whichever letters are already on the board. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (OSPD) is a compilation of words from twelve (12) US college dictionaries from the last few decades.

Until 2005, the official Merriam Webster Scrabble Dictionary was in its third (3rd) edition--now it is in its fourth (4th) edition. Today's version has over 80,000 two to eight (2 to 8) letter words. The online Scrabble dictionary is a specialist’s dictionary and provides word combinations, suggestions, and uses for those orphan letters.

The Scrabble-specific Dictionary is still published by Merriam-Webster, while the copyright to Scrabble itself is held by Hasbro in North America--in non-North American places Mattel holds ownership rights.

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Note: For those who do not know, a Scrabble Bonus is when you use ALL seven (7) of the letters on your board in one turn. Not only do you get the points from making the word, but you also get 50 MORE POINTS--BONUS! Sometimes, this is also called "Bingo" or "Seven."

Examples: Scrabble Bonus Words

bluejay, implying, operated, polliwog, casserole, membership, pronouncer

There are SO many more, though.

Example: Quick Scrabble Bonus Tip

Pay attention to prefixes and suffixes. They can suddenly help form a nice Bonus Word.

General Scrabble Notes

Scrabble is a game of numbers and obscure small words. Scrabble is a lot about luck, but you likely will not win unless you make stellar words, and you can't make stellar words unless you are lucky enough to draw stellar letters.

Even though luck plays a part, you are not going to win without having considerable skill. If you do not have an extensive vocabulary, you are not likely to fare well against an experienced player. It helps to know a lot of two and three letter words, but it also helps to know words that use off-beat but high value letters, like J, X, or Q.

When you combine the “OSPD” and “OSW” of the “Official Scrabble Players Dictionary” and the “Official Scrabble Words”, respectively, you can make the acronym “SOWPODS”, which is what the combined official Scrabble dictionary was before the NASPA took over the reigns from the NSA.