We are pleased to announce to the Scrabble community that Collins have designated August 15, 2024 as the release date for the updated 2024 edition of Collins Scrabble Words. As with previous releases, Collins with have a discount code for tournament Scrabble players to use when purchasing a physical copy of the book; more details on this will follow.

 

The WESPA Committee have voted to make this new edition of Collins Scrabble Words effective for tournament play worldwide beginning on January 1, 2025. An Initiation Kit from WESPA on the new words will be available soon after the new edition’s release, and we will be working with app developers to update the word list in their apps. We also expect that an updated version of Collins Zyzzyva will be available in the fall for word study and adjudication.

 

We expect this update to contain 1816 additions, with 847 of them being words of length 3-8. There are no anticipated deletions.

I am pleased with this update — I think WESPA’s collaboration with Collins went really well, and I’m looking forward to playing with the new words in 2025!

 

For the WESPA Committee

Chris Lipe

WESPA Chair (and Acting Dictionary Committee Chair)