Collins Dictionary has expanded its official Scrabble wordlist with around 2,000 new entries, reflecting modern language use.
The latest update to the Collins Official Scrabble Words list includes several colloquial terms and informal contractions.
In a first major update since 2020, officials have spelled out the need to keep the game bang up to date.
Among the newly accepted words are:
- ‘Yeet’: an exclamation expressing triumph or excitement
- ‘Coulda’: a casual way of saying “could have”
- ‘Sitch’: short for “situation”
- Noobie, or newbie, refers to a newcomer
- Yeet, an expression of excitement among the young or a term for lobbing something forcefully, will also be chucked in.
- Nibling (the child of your sister or brother) and other shortened words doncha (don’t you), Imma (I’m going to), tomoz (tomorrow), and coulda (could have) are included as well.
- Food terms such as bancham (small dishes of Korean food) and birria (a Mexican beef stew) have also made the latest edition of Official Scrabble Words, published by Collins.
These additions are likely to give Scrabble players more options and potentially higher-scoring words in the popular board game.
The inclusion of such informal language highlights how dictionaries are adapting to evolving speech patterns and internet slang.
Collins, which publishes the official wordlist used in English-language Scrabble outside North America, typically updates its dictionary every few years to reflect changes in common usage.
This significant update is expected to impact competitive Scrabble play, as well as casual games among friends and family.
Scrabble enthusiasts and linguists alike will be keen to explore the full list of new additions and their potential impact on gameplay strategies.
