Attention, Scrabble enthusiasts! A whopping 300 new words have been added toMerriam-Webster Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, including a few that are sure to satisfy millennials and aggravate everyone else:Bitcoin, emoji and botnet.
Merriam-Webster likes to keep up with the hip, younger crowd and often adds wordsthat began as slang but infiltrated the average person vocabulary.lsquo;Ew,& ‘bizjet& (a jet used for business purposes, of course), ‘aquafaba,& ‘facepalm,& ‘hivemind,& ‘macaron,& ‘yowza,& ‘beatdown,& ‘zomboid,& ‘twerk,& ‘sheeple,& ‘wayback,& ‘bokeh,& ‘frowny,& ‘puggle,& ‘nubber‘ and ‘OK& are also among the new entries.OK is something Scrabble players have been waiting for, for a long time,& Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster editor-at-large, told The Associated Press.
&Basically two- and three-letter words are the lifeblood of the game.OK may not be worth much, but bizjets could garner up to 120 points.Earlier this month, Merriam-Webster added 800 new words to their flagship English dictionary, including ‘TL;DR,& ‘instgramming,& ‘fintech,& ‘biohacking,& ‘rando& and ‘bingeable.HQ Trivia names new CEO and teases upcoming Wheel of Fortune-style game