Zedonk even has a playable variation: zeedonk. The parentage of a zedonk is the other way around. The difference between those two wacky-sounding animals, you ask? A zonkey is sired from a male zebra and a female donkey. In fact, there is a rather obscure principle of English spelling that states that nouns, verbs, and adjectives should contain at least three letters. Zonkey joins zedonk among new words using a Z, one of the highest scorers in Scrabble along with Q (each has a face value of 10 points). So keen Scrabble players will make an effort to learn all 124 of the two-letter words in the official Scrabble word list, regardless of whether they would ever use them in a normal conversation.
Horchata is a sweet drink and kabocha is a winter squash. Mofongo is a traditional Puerto Rican dish made of fried or boiled plantains. Iftar is a meal taken by Muslims at sundown to break the daily fast during Ramadan. Many Scrabble players couldn't care less about definitions - only points - but informatively: The Merriam-Webster wordsmiths have added a slew of food-related words: iftar, horchata, kabocha, mofongo, zuke, zoodle, wagyu, queso and marg, for margarita, among them. So did kharif, the Indian subcontinent's fall harvest. Welp, thingie, roid, skeezy, slushee and hygge (the Danish obsession with getting cozy) also made the cut. Ixnay, which was already in the book, has been promoted to a verb, so ixnayed, ixnaying and ixnays are now allowed. Yeehaw, meet bae, inspo, vibed and vibing, all new additions to the Scrabble dictionary. The Two-Way This winner of the French Scrabble title didn't speak French Others argued that the words, however heinous in definition, should remain playable so long as points are to be had.ĭespite home play rules that never specifically banned offensive words, you won't find the notorious 200 in the Scrabble dictionary, with rare exceptions for those with other meanings. Supporters of the cleanup called it long overdue. That has prompted furious debate among tournament players. In the last year or two, the Scrabble lexicon has been scrubbed of 200-plus racial, ethnic and otherwise offensive words - despite their presence in some dictionaries. Some deluxe Scrabble sets include one of the books.
While the official rules of game play have always allowed the use of any dictionary that players sanction, many look to the official version when sitting down for a spot of Scrabble. Sokolowski and a team of editors at Merriam-Webster have mined the oft-freshened online database at to expand the Scrabble book. Book Reviews Too much 'word,' not enough 'nerd' in this Scrabble story
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