‘Scrabble’ adds ’emoji’ and more words to its official dictionary

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It’s time to throw away your outdated dictionary and dust off those tiles, baby, because Scrabble is getting some new words. 

The folks behind Scrabble are beefing up the official Scrabble player’s dictionary with 300 new words to keep up with the times and give veteran players some fresh verbs and nouns to memorize.

The 70-year-old board game will be putting out the sixth edition of Merriam-Webster’s The Official Scrabble Player’s Dictionary this fall, and although not all of the words are exactly new to the English-American lexicon, they’re certainly new to the competitive word game. Read more…

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