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Scrabble world in turmoil as US toy company gets their way over banning slurs from popular word game


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12 hours ago, BostonRob2 said:

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I never heard the word SWANKER before. It is not in the Oxford English Dictionary

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6 hours ago, KannikaP said:

I never heard the word SWANKER before. It is not in the Oxford English Dictionary

Lots of words used in Scrabble are not in the OED.

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20 hours ago, BostonRob2 said:

Lots of words used in Scrabble are not in the OED.

Yes I know. That's why I personally stopped playing online because they used the Sowpods or some other non-descript dictionary. The language is ENGLISH so use the ENGLISH dictionary !   LOL

 

Which dictionary do they use for International Tournaments please?

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7 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Yes I know. That's why I personally stopped playing online because they used the Sowpods or some other non-descript dictionary. The language is ENGLISH so use the ENGLISH dictionary !   LOL

 

Which dictionary do they use for International Tournaments please?

Collins 2019 update, soon to be expurgated.

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