"Twerking," "emoji" and "hashtag" are just three of the more than 6,500 new words added today to the Collins Official Scrabble Wordlist -- the official dictionary used by international Scrabble tournament players.
The list was "influenced by all parts of life including social media, slang, technology and food, plus English from around the world," Collins Dictionary wrote in a blog post today.
The World English-Language Scrabble Players Association is going to officially adopt the new wordlist in September -- after professional players get some time to study and get comfortable with words like "ridic" and "lolz," according to Collins.
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1. AUGH
Meaning: interjection expressing frustration
Point value: 11
2. BEZZY
Meaning: best friend
Point value: 18
3. BLECH
Meaning: interjection expressing disgust
Point value: 12
4. CAKEHOLE
Meaning: mouth
Point value: 17
5. CAZH
Meaning: casual
Point value: 18
6. CHECKBOX
Meaning: small clickable box on a computer screen
Point value: 28
7. COQUI
Meaning: type of tree-dwelling frog
Point value: 16
8. DENCH
Meaning: excellent
Point value: 11
9. DEVO
Meaning: short for devolution
Point value: 8
10. EEW
Meaning: exclamation of disgust
Point value: 6
11. EMOJI
Meaning: digital icon used in electronic communication
Point value: 14
12. FACETIME
Meaning: talk with (someone) via the FaceTime application
Point value: 15
13. GEOCACHE
Meaning: search for hidden containers using GPS as a recreational activity
Point value: 16
14. GRR
Meaning: interjection expressing anger or annoyance
Point value: 4
15. HACTIVIST
Meaning: person who hacks computer systems for political reasons
Point value: 22
16. HASHTAG
Meaning: a word or phrase preceded by a hashmark on Twitter, used to denote the topic of a post
Point value: 14
17. IXNAY
Meaning: no
Point value: 15
18. LOLZ
Meaning: laughs at someone else’s or one’s own expense
Point value: 13
19. LOTSA
Meaning: lots of
Point value: 5
20. NEWB
Meaning: newbie
Point value: 9
21. OBVS
Meaning: obviously
Point value: 9
22. ONESIE
Meaning: one-piece garment combining a top with trousers
Point value: 6
23. PACKZI
Meaning: round, filled doughnut
Point value: 23
24. PODIUMED
Meaning: to finish in the top three places in a sporting competition
Point value: 14
25. PWN
Meaning: to conquer or to gain ownership
Point value: 8
26. QUINZHEE
Meaning: shelter made from hollowed-out snow
Point value: 29
27. SCHVITZ
Meaning: to sweat
Point value: 24
28. SEXTING
Meaning: practice of sending sexually explicit text messages
Point value: 15
29. SHIZZLE
Meaning: a form of US rap slang
Point value: 18
30. SHOOTIE
Meaning: type of shoe that covers the ankle
Point value: 10
31. THANX
Meaning: thank you
Point value: 15
32. TUNAGE
Meaning: music
Point value: 8
33. TWEEP
Meaning: person who uses Twitter
Point value: 10
34. VAPE
Meaning: to inhale nicotine vapor (from an electronic cigarette)
Point value: 9
35. WAHH
Meaning: interjection used to express wailing
Point value: 10
36. YEESH
Meaning: interjection used to express frustration
Point value: 11
37. WARBOT
Meaning: any robot or unmanned vehicle or device designed for and used in warfare
Point value: 11
38. WUZ
Meaning: was
Point value: 15