New OWL word list on sites

CSW (SOWPODS) and OSPD coming soon, too.

First up, installed TODAY: OWL (NWL2023). The “OWL” (Official Word List) lexicon on Chez and Gladiators have both been updating. Please report any issues on the forum, or with a comment here.

In near future, OSPD (I still need to get a complete list in a single file), and presumably, the international list (the one called SOWPODS here). I’ve let the SOWPODS list from a few years ago continue… all the 2021 CSW update did was remove some words considered offensive. When the next update comes out and I upload it to the site, those words will be removed at last, plus thousands more added.

This new OWL/NWL2023 lexicon, the most popular on Chez and Glad, is the official word list for use in club and tournament play in North America. Stats about the change:

Total # of words : 196601

Adding 4787 words

Removing 38 words

There are too many to list here. Useful transition lists will appear on club sites soon, I would hope.

I posted the full added/removed word list (from OWL 2020 list to 2023) on Chez: click the “members” link, then press the “Useful Scrabble Stuff” link, and a page will open with the complete set of added (top) and removed (bottom) words.

A tiny sampling of newbies (two of these I tried in the past month…!)

bae
coulda
dox
fam
fav
finna
folx
fugly
glamp
goy
guac
haos
hos
hoss
hygge
jedi
jiaos
loc
mpox
noob
outie
pedi
pwn
roid
tasered
thwap
vax
vaxx
vaxxed
vaxxes
vaxxing
wanna
yaje
yajes
zonkey
zuke

Author: benwood

Co-administrator of Chezmoi and Gladiators

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