The Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary

Excellent for game of Scrabble

'Cheater Words' are what my family calls all the two to three letter words that you never, ever encounter in real life, but appear in the Scrabble book. To be fair, they were probably all published in print at one point or another without the benefit of proofreading and spell-check (either that or they're Welsh). That said, the game is nearly impossible to play without them. To make things easier, the book breaks out all the 'cheater words' on pages 745-746, so you too can dominate the board with such ridiculous words as CWM, PYX, and XYST. I bought the hardcover edition of the book, and it seems well made. The book includes some newer words like facepalm and emoji, and variant Canadian and British spellings. All-in-all, a must have for playing a very fun game.

Great book to have on you when you play scrabble with someone who likes to make up their own words during the game lololol

This book can make playing Scrabble more fun & competitive. Challenges can be quicker for the seasoned players. It can be a great learning tool for young families. It can help young players find words & word possibilities. It can teach meaning and usage over and beyond the spelling. Learning to keep score is fun when learning helps make for higher scores. Make bigger words. Learn the proper plural forms of words. All this helps young learners (and old ones too!) use the board to the fullest. Have fun winning and learning. A great book for Crossword puzzle enthusiast.

Love it, but I can't seem to win on my board.

You have to be young and hip to use this scrabble dictionary. Otherwise you will be frustrated when playing with the younger generation.. 😉 use it as away to learn the new lingo.

I grew up playing Scrabble and Upwords with my great aunts, and this was the Holy Grail - always out on the table during games and consulted often when I would try and get a word by them. If the word you played wasn't in the Scrabble dictionary, by heavens, it didn't count and no amount of arguing would help you. As I pass my love of playing board games onto my kids, I've noticed that I, too, insist upon deference to the Scrabble dictionary. My kids want to play words that I would argue are slang or abbreviations (E.g., "LOL, BTW, hot mess). This updated Scrabble dictionary takes the large generation gap into account and is updated to includes many of today's words, most of which I don't know (seriously, what is listicle??). I purchased the hard cover version based on the other reviews here, and thankfully, we did not have the printing errors that others mentioned. Another unintended benefit of using the Scrabble dictionary is having my kids look up the word in dispute - to this generation of 8 year olds - an actual dictionary is as arcane as a phone book, both of which caused great excitement when they showed up at the house. I look forward to this updated Holy Grail to be the final arbiter of our family Banagram and Scrabble disputes - in fact, I have already consulted it and told my daughters that "LOL" isn't a recognized "word" in the Scrabble dictionary, and therefore, doesn't count, ending such squabbles with a parental equivalent of a mic drop (also not a recognized word).

This book was life-changing for us. I know it's modern times and all and we have smart phones and apps and the internet, but during a game of Scrabble using the phone because hugely annoying for everyone, dealing with the phone PIN, searching websites, dealing with internet outages, etc. We all use it as it's so easy to just look things up in the book in seconds. Makes the game go much faster too. I have great eyesight and don't use eyeglasses to read, except in bad light I have to use a magnifying glass because the print is so small.

If you like scrabble and don't want to fall out with your opponents then this book in my opinion is essential. It covers all the words so there can be no arguments.

Very helpful to have while playing scrabble. Now we have one each so we’re not passing one book back and forth.😁 We’re surprised at words that are in the book that we never thought of before. Fun game.

Fast delivery, excellent asset to the game

Great for ending arguments while mid game!! Thanks seller!

Livre avec taches sur la couverture que j aie réussi à enlever mais c est pas génial !