Nerds! Scrabble Has Added Some Bullshit New Words, But Not The Word ‘Bullshit’
Some of these are very contentious, ok?
It’s been four years since Scrabble added any words to the official Merriam-Webster Scrabble dictionary, but today, they’ve given logophiles 300 new words to play with. This is a big deal.
If your reaction to this is a subdued ‘Okay’, then you should reconsider, because you can now play the long-contentious ‘Ok’ in Scrabble, it’s clear that these new words are game-changers.
“Anytime a two-letter word is added to the game, it definitely changes the strategy and the dynamics of playing,” competitive Scrabble player Stefan Fatsis told the New York Times. “So ‘ok’ is a huge addition because it will be the first two-letter work that ends in a k.”
Other easy additions include the two-letter ‘Ew’, and the three-letter ‘Zen’ and ‘Sho’, which will all completely open up the board next time you’re playing. Whoa!
There’s a lot of buzz-worthy additions too. You can now play ‘bitcoin’, ‘listicle’, ‘sheeple’, ’emoji’, ‘facepalm’, ‘puggle’, ‘twerk’ and ‘bestie’, because Scrabble is a cool, hip game, okay? Oops, we mean ‘ok’, ok?
Plus, if you really need to establish yourself as a connoisseur of 2015 food trends, you can now play ‘Macaron’, ‘Bibimbap’, ‘Arancini’ and ‘Sriracha’. Not ‘ew’ at all.
But you’re really here to find out what the new big-scorers are, right? ‘Qapik’, a monetary unit in Azerbaijan, is worth remembering because it’s a rare feat: a word beginning with ‘Q’ that isn’t followed by a ‘U’. But it’s ‘Bizjet’ — a small plane for business — that carries the big points. As AP points out, it could be worth 120 points (!!), if you played it as the board’s first move, and made it into a plural with an ‘S’.
That’s quite a lead: your competitors might even exclaim ‘Yowza’, which is also a new word. The full list of new words isn’t available online just yet, but the online dictionary is updated.
Oh, and next time you’re experiencing a Scrabble-induced tantrum, remember that there’s one new legal word that says it all without the board-flip: ‘Beatdown’.