Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, The

SELCHOW & RIGHTER CO.

ISBN 10: 0877790205 / ISBN 13: 9780877790204

Published by Merriam Webster, 1978

About this Item

662 pp. 6 3/4 x 9 1/2. Gray cloth covered boards, stamped in black and blue on front; in black on spine. Black and blue glossy dj, somewhat edgeworn. Mositure stains to bottom page edges; not visible on pages themselves. No markings noted.

Seller Inventory # 72518

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, The
• Publisher: Merriam Webster
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877790205
• ISBN 13: 9780877790204
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: DJ: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Over 100,000 two-to-eight letter words acceptable under the rules of the Scrabble Brand game. Main entries include a brief definition, a part-of-speech label, and inflected forms.

Review

If you're using the 1991 edition or the 1978 original, you're woefully behind the Scrabble-playing times. With more than 100,000 2- to 8-letter words, there are some interesting additions ("aargh," "aarrgh," and "aarrghh" are all legitimate now), while words they consider offensive are no longer kosher. Why subscribe to the Scrabble dictionary's changeable lexicon? Well, it ends the argument of whose dictionary to use, but the main reason is that it's the winner's dictionary, and why play Scrabble if not to win? Memorize those 2- and 3-letter words, and your Scrabble game becomes lethal.