This page contains some Scrabble related notes, not necessarily cited, to use as a reference elsewhere.
Miscellaneous links edit
Scrabble associations edit
Note: I haven't bothered listing groups that only have a Facebook page.
International edit
- World English-Language Scrabble Players Association
- Federation Internacional de Scrabble en Español
- Fédération Internationale de Scrabble Francophone
National edit
English language edit
- All Ireland Scrabble Association
- Association of British Scrabble Players
- Australian Scrabble Players Association
- Hong Kong Scrabble Players Association
- Malaysian Scrabble Association
- Malta Scrabble Club
- New Zealand Association of Scrabble Players
- Nigeria Scrabble Federation
- North American Scrabble Players Association
- Pakistan Scrabble Association
- Scrabble Association of India
- Scrabble Association, Singapore
- Scrabble Federation of Sri Lanka
- Scrabble Kenya
- Scrabble South Africa
- The Tel Aviv Scrabble Club
French language edit
- Fédération Belge de Scrabble (Belgian Scrabble Federation)
- Fédération Française de Scrabble (French Scrabble Federation)
- Association libanaise de Scrabble (Lebanese Scrabble Association)
- Fédération luxembourgeoise de Scrabble (Luxembourg Scrabble Federation)
- Fédération suisse de Scrabble (Swiss Scrabble Federation)
- Fédération québécoise des clubs de Scrabble francophone (Quebec Federation of Francophone Scrabble Clubs)
Spanish language edit
- Asociación Argentina de Scrabble (Argentine Scrabble Association)
- Asociación Escrablistica
- Federación Mexicana de Léxico (Mexican Federation of Lexicon)
- Asociación de Jugadores de Scrabble (Scrabble Players Association)
- Asociación Venezolana de Scrabble (Venezuelan Scrabble Association)
Other languages edit
- Dansk scrabbleforening (Danish Scrabble Association)
- Norsk Scrabbleforbund (Norwegian Scrabble Association)
- Polska Federacja Scrabble (Polish Scrabble Federation)
- Federația Română de Scrabble (Romanian Scrabble Federation) (Note: they also hold the "Romanian Francophone Scrabble Festival")
- Svenska Scrabbleförbundet (Swedish Scrabble Association) (Note: website seems very outdated or abandoned)
- Thai Crossword
North American rules, conventions and terminology comparison edit
Note: By "North American", I mean what is done on sets produced by Hasbro (who own the Scrabble trademark in the USA and Canada), tournament rules set by NASPA, or occasionally elsewhere in the world that choose to use those rules.
- In NA, the lexicon only includes American English words. Elsewhere both American and non-American English variants are acceptable, thus the NASPA word list is a subset of the CSW list.
- In NA, the "Double Challenge" rule is used, where a failed challenger misses a move. Elsewhere the "Single Challenge" (sometimes called a "Free Challenge") rule is used, where the challenger never misses a move.
- In NA, a 7 letter word, for which the player is awarded 50 extra points, is called a "Bingo", elsewhere it is a "Bonus".
- In NA, columns are labelled with letters and rows are labelled with numbers, elsewhere it's the other way around.
It's mentioned on a couple of pages that English-language Scrabble in Israel and Thailand use NASPA rules, but I've been unable to find a source for that other than Wikipedia.
Scrabble languages edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "Scrabble distribution". www.gtoal.com. J. W. Spear & Sons.
- ^ "The Old English Scrabble Project". This Wicked Day. 21 September 2010.
- ^ "Ordlister". Dansk scrabbleforening (in Danish). 9 October 2014.
- ^ "Scrabbleregler" (PDF).
- ^ "Wordfeud reaches agreement with Dansk Sprognævn to use "Retskrivningsordbogen"". Wordfeud Dev Blog. 16 January 2012.
- ^ Siggins, Lorna. "Word play as Gaeilge: Irish Scrabble now available". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Scrabble - parole di 2 e 3 lettere". digilander.libero.it.
- ^ "Ordlister |". Norsk Scrabbleforbund (in Norwegian Bokmål).
- ^ "Regulamente, Hotarari, Legislatie sportiva - Federatia Româna de Scrabble". www.scrabblero.ro.
- ^ "dexonline". dexonline.ro.
- ^ "Léxico | FILE". fisescrabble.org.
- ^ "Swedish Scrabble: Summary in English". cl.lingfil.uu.se.
- ^ "Welsh is the new word in Scrabble". BBC News. 4 October 2005.
Published lexica/dictionaries edit
| Type | Publisher | Edition | Title | Year | ISBN | Binding | Max Word Length |
With Definitions? |
Note |
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| CSW/SOWPODS | HarperCollins | CSW19 | Collins Official Scrabble Words | 2020 | 9780008320133 | Paperback | |||
| Collins Scrabble Dictionary Gem Edition | 2020 | 9780008320188 | Paperback | 7 |  No
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| Collins Scrabble Dictionary | 2019 | 9780008320140 | Paperback | 9 |  Yes
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| Collins Ultimate Scrabble Dictionary and Word List | 2019 | 9780008320287 | Hardback | 15 | Up to 9 letters | ||||
| Collins Scrabble Dictionary | 2019 | 9780008320157 | Hardback | 9 | Yes
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| Collins Official Scrabble Words | 2019 | 9780008320126 | Hardback | ||||||
| CSW15 | Collins Scrabble Dictionary Gem Edition | 2017 | 9780007589104 | Paperback | 7 | No
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| Collins Scrabble Dictionary | 2016 | 9780007589128 | Paperback | 8 | Yes
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| CSW12 | Collins Scrabble Dictionary | 2013 | 9780007537952 | Paperback | 9 | Yes
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| Collins Gem Scrabble Dictionary | 2012 | 9780007538126 | Paperback | 7 | No
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| Collins Official Scrabble Lists | 2011 | 9780007425631 | Paperback | ||||||
| Collins Scrabble Dictionary | 2011 | 9780007436064 | Paperback | 9 | Yes
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| Collins Official Scrabble Words | 2011 | 9780007425624 | Hardback | ||||||
| CSW07 | Collins Scrabble Dictionary | 2010 | 9780007331987 | Paperback | |||||
| Collins Deluxe Scrabble Dictionary | 2009 | 9780007333493 | Hardback | Yes
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| Collins Pocket Scrabble Dictionary | 2008 | 9780007809981 | Hardback | No
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| Collins Scrabble Words | 2006 | 9780007233151 | Paperback | ||||||
| Collins Scrabble Dictionary | 2006 | 9780007213597 | Paperback | 9 | Yes
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| Collins Gem Scrabble Dictionary | 2005 | 9780007191567 | Paperback | Yes
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Gem | ||||
| ? | Collins Official Scrabble Words | 2004 | 9780007190195 | Hardback | |||||
| ? | Collins Scrabble Tournament & Club Word List | 2007 | 9780007258840 | Paperback | |||||
| NWL/TWL | NASPA | 4 | NASPA Word List | 15 | No
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| Merriam-Webster | 3.1 | Official Tournament and Club Word List - 2016 Edition | 2016 | 9780877797449 | Paperback | No
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| 3 | Official Tournament and Club Word List - 2014 Edition | 2014 | ? | Paperback | No
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| 2 | NSA Official Tournament and Club Word List | 2005 | 9780877796350 | Paperback | No
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| 1 | 1997 | 9780877796176 | Paperback | No
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| OSPD | Merriam-Webster | 6 | The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary | 2018 | 9780877795964 | Paperback | 8 | Yes
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Mass Market |
| 2018 | 9780877796770 | Paperback | Yes
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Trade | |||||
| 2018 | 9780877794226 | Hardback | Yes
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| 5 | 2014 | 9780877798224 | Paperback | Yes
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| 2014 | 9780877796497 | Paperback | Yes
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Large Print | |||||
| 2014 | 9780877796664 | Paperback | Yes
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Platinum | |||||
| 2014 | 9780606369206 | Hardback | Yes
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| 4 | 2010 | 9780877796657 | Paperback | Yes
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Platinum | ||||
| 2008 | 9780756639990 | Hardback | Yes
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Illustrated | |||||
| 2005 | 9780877799290 | Paperback | Yes
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Mass Market | |||||
| 2005 | 9780877794202 | Hardback | Yes
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| ? | 2002 | 9781865153827 | Paperback | Yes
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Large Print | ||||
| 3 | 1998 | 9780877796237 | Paperback | Yes
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Large Print | ||||
| 1996 | 9780877799153 | Paperback | Yes
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Mass Market | |||||
| 1995 | 9780877792208 | Hardback | Yes
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| 2 | 1993 | 9780877799085 | Paperback | Yes
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Mass Market | ||||
| 1991 | 9780877791201 | Hardback | Yes
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| 1 | 1982 | 9780671459369 | Paperback | Yes
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| 1978 | 9780671831462 | Paperback | Yes
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| 1978 | 9780877790204 | Hardback | Yes
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| ? | ? | 9780877796459 | Paperback | Yes
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Onyx | ||||
| ODS | Éditions Larousse | 8 | L'Officiel du jeu Scrabble | 2020 | 9782035991157 | Hardback | |||
| 2019 | 9782035962461 | Hardback | |||||||
| ? | 2017 | 9782035954176 | Hardback | 70th | |||||
| ? | 2017 | 9780320088957 | Hardback | ||||||
| 7 | 2015 | 9782035885326 | Hardback | ||||||
| 2011 | 9782035863492 | Hardback | |||||||
| 2010 | 9782035854414 | Hardback | |||||||
| 2007 | 9782035822208 | Hardback | |||||||
| 2006 | 9782035602312 | Hardback | |||||||
| 2003 | 9782033402204 | Hardback | |||||||
| 1998 | 9782033402266 | Paperback | |||||||
| 1998 | 9782033402259 | Hardback |
- Notes and Links
- Collins edition comparison graphic
- NASPA's Wiki
- Glossary and History
- Books with titles ending in "Words" tend to go up to 15 letters with no definitions, but books with titles ending in "Dictionary" tend to have short definitions and go up to about 7 to 9 letters.
- Pocket/Gem versions never have definitions, apart from the Collins 2005 edition apparently.
- I have no idea how Platinum, Onyx,or Illustrated editions differ.
- Collins and Merriam-Webster have published many companion books, which include advice and guides, which may include word lists or sub-lists, and are sold alongside the main word list books. These are not included here.
- Before official Scrabble-specific lists started to be published, several pre-existing dictionaries were used, such as Chambers, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate, Funk & Wagnalls, and Petit Larousse. These are not included here.
