Stern to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 8 months agoScrabble’s New Official Word List Contains Dozens of Stunning Additions. Elite Players Are Mortified.slate.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1139
arrow-up1139external-linkScrabble’s New Official Word List Contains Dozens of Stunning Additions. Elite Players Are Mortified.slate.comStern to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 8 months agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-square@loudambiance@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink5•8 months agoMy point was more about which dictionary do you use and less about the exact words added. Webster added them, but Oxford and American Heritage didn’t.
minus-square@Maalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•8 months agoUse all of em and if it appears in any it’s a word
minus-square@kakes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink4•8 months agoNow I want to play a game of scrabble where you play a complete nonsense word, and your points are the number of Google results for that word - lowest points wins. And maybe you have 5 letters instead of 7.
My point was more about which dictionary do you use and less about the exact words added. Webster added them, but Oxford and American Heritage didn’t.
Use all of em and if it appears in any it’s a word
Now I want to play a game of scrabble where you play a complete nonsense word, and your points are the number of Google results for that word - lowest points wins. And maybe you have 5 letters instead of 7.