The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary

Selchow Righter Company

ISBN 10: 0877791201 / ISBN 13: 9780877791201

Published by Merriam Webster (edition 2), 1991

About this Item

It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Seller Inventory # 0877791201-11-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
• Publisher: Merriam Webster (edition 2)
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877791201
• ISBN 13: 9780877791201
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2.
• Condition: Very 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.