Guest Author - Megan Romer

Well, the Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary edition four is out, and here are some of the things you should know:

The new two-letter words added are:

FE(S)
KI(S)
OI
QI(S)
ZA(S)

As you can see, there are now two-letter words that use the letters Q and Z! This is a big deal, as these were formerly the hardest letters to play.

There are, in addition to "QI", two more new "Q without U" words:

QADI(S)
QABALA

...and a few more "Q with U" words:

BURQA
QUBIT
QUOLL

There are some new "Z" words (in addition to ZA):

ADZED
CAPIZ
FEZZY
GAZOO
GYOZA
KANZU
SCUZZ
YUTZ
ZEP(S)
ZONA(E)
ZOOEY
ZOUK(S)
ZUZ
ZZZ

There are some new "J" words:

HIJAB
HIJRA
JIGGY
JUCO(S)
JUKU(S)
KOJI(S)
PUNJI
REJIG

And a few new "X" words:

BRUX
EXED
FEDEX
PLEX
POXY

If you're going to use these words in your next Scrabble game, make sure you have an edition of the OSPD4, because if you get challenged on a word, none of these are going to show up in your OSPD3 and you just might lose the challenge. You could also just print out this page and stick it in your dictionary. Good Luck!


Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary