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Official Word Source

The official word source for school play is the Official SCRABBLE^® Players Dictionary, Third Edition (OSPD3) as modified below. The changes listed in this page are current for the 2001 championship season.

Deleted Words

The following words which may appear in some printings of OSPD3 are no longer acceptable:

DA, DEI, DES, KEV, VIN (-S), VON, STRID, HANGULS, LICENTI, SKIWEARS, FOOTWEARS, KNITWEARS, MENSWEARS, NECKWEARS, PDQ, PLAYWEARS, RAINWEARS, SWIMWEARS, TOWNWEARS, TENIASISES.

Added Words

The following words are acceptable, even though they may not appear in some printings of OSPD3:

BACKDROPT, BACKSTAB (-S) (-BED) (-BING), BASSETT (-S), BEDSIT (-S), CHEMO (-S), DECLAW (-S) (-ED) (-ING), ESTHETICS, FINALISE (-S) (-D) (-SING), IGNORAMI, ILLER, ILLEST, LATTE (-S), LEPIDOTES, LOUVRED, MAGLEVS, PETRALE (-S), PINEALS, PREMIXT, PYROLIZE (-D) (-S) (-ZING), REDTAIL (-S), RHYTONS, SEVRUGA (-S), SILKIES, SMOOTHES, SPAETZLES, TENIASES, TRAPEZII, UNSELL (-S) (-ING), VOGUER (-S), WHINGING.

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