So, the new Scrabble wordlist has been announced, but I’m not so sure that this represents progress!
The Collins Official Scrabble Words now includes slang words such as:
- Thang
- Innit
- Grrl
Other new words include internet favourites such as Wiki and MySpace as well as Indian cookery terms such as keema, alu, aloo and gobi among nearly 3,000 new additions to those now allowed in the game.
Robert Groves, editor of Collins English Dictionaries and editor of the latest wordlist for Scrabble users, said: "The latest edition adds nearly 3,000 new words to the existing quarter of a million available to Scrabble players.
"These additions are an eclectic mix of new technological jargon, overseas English, recent colloquialisms, street slang and a few fairly well-established phrases that had not made it on to the list until now.
Over 4 million games are sold worldwide each year and nearly everyone who has played it has been involved in a dispute over which words can and can’t be used.
Furthermore, proving its popularity here in Britain, over half of homes now own a Scrabble board, which is somewhat surprising in this ‘on line’ and digital world we now live in.
As I said at the outset … I’m not entirely comfortable with some of the additions, particularly the slang words ….
But what do others feel … it would be great to get your feedback and it will be interesting to see if
Do you agree that ‘INNIT’ should be IN IT?
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