Revised word list nearly there

Some copies of the updated Official Scrabble Words and Official Scrabble Lists, hot off the press, will be available for players by October this year or possibly even earlier. So says Darryl Francis, whose Dictionary Committee spent much of last year gathering and sifting through material for the edition. The books will continue to be published by Collins.

The editions will need to be approved by WESPA before associations can adopt them for general use. The major global tournaments planned for later this year — WSC, WYSC and Causeway Challenge — will all be based on the existing word list.

Francis says the he is negotiating to get the revised word lists to the Quackle and Zyzzyva initiators, for simultaenous release with the book versions.

Feb 2011