Word scrabble full#
Word scrabble plus#

The third edition is more commonly referred to as CSW2012 or CSW12. It lists all legal words from 2- to 15-letters long, making it a complete reference for play outside of North America.

There are 124 two-letter words you can use.įor competitive play, Scrabblers use the Collins Official Scrabble Words, Third Edition (CSW3), which like the OWL2, omits definitions and includes inflected forms spelled out in full. It contains all legal words in international gameplay from 2- to 9-letters long, along with definitions. If you're playing Scrabble in the UK, Australia, India, South Africa, and so on, then your Scrabble dictionary would be the Collins Scrabble Dictionary, Third Edition.

International (excluding North America).

The OSPD4 and OWL2 are endorsed by both the NSA (National Scrabble Association) and NASPA (North American Scrabble Players Association). Also, OWL2 is more commonly referred to as TWL (Tournament Word List). It adds 9-letter words and some 10-letter words, along with all of the offensive words deemed unsuitable for the family-safe OSPD4. The dictionary used in North America is The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Fourth Edition (OSPD4) by Merriam-Webster, which provides all legal 2- to 8-letter words and their inflections with definitions.įor competitive play, Scrabblers use the Official Tournament and Club Word List, Second Edition (OWL2), which omits definitions and part-of-speech labels, and includes all inflected forms spelled out in full. No matter if you're playing competitively in a tournament or at home with your grandmother, the list of two-letter words in Canada and the U.S. If you're playing Scrabble in North America, there are only 101 two-letter words that are acceptable, but anywhere else in the world, there's 124 two-letter words. Then it's time to memorize the three-letter words! Or at least, the more important three-letter ones, but that's for another time.īelow are lists of two-letter words allowed in Scrabble and Words with Friends, since I assume a lot of you are playing on Zynga's mobile version (it does have a better interface than EA's mobile Scrabble version).īefore we get to the actual list of two-letter words, you'll need to know what dictionary you'll be playing with. If you can memorize them all, you'll have the most basic (and most important) part of Scrabble down. Imagine if it was on a triple letter score!īut you can't be proficient at parallel play without knowing the rest of the two-letter words.

Word scrabble plus#

Throwing down AX parallel on the MU of MUGWORT gives you 3 words in one move (AX, AM, XU), plus the X is on a double letter score, which means you get those 8 points doubled to 16, then that's doubled to 32, which makes the whole play 38 points total. Your rack looks something like this: A X U U U A I. Say for instance you have MUGWORT on the board. These, unlike their two-letter vowel counterparts, can not only be used to get rid of letters, but to score big when using the word multipliers, and even bigger when playing parallels.

Word scrabble full#

If you have a rack full of consonants, you should memorize HM, MM and SH, along with BY and MY. If including Y as a vowel, you should also memorize AY, OY, YA, YE and YO.Īnd this concept goes both ways. Playing one of those 5 words ensures you can draw a few tiles, while still giving you points on the board. Sure, you could just exchange all of your letters for new ones, but what if you get 7 more vowels? You just wasted a turn for nothing-and one of your exchanges. By putting one of those words down, you're getting rid of 2 of your 7 vowel tiles, essentially giving you a chance at some consonants during your next draw. When you're stuck with a rack full of vowels, knowing AA, AE, AI, OE and OI could save the day. You're not going to win by only playing two-letter words, but there are definitely occasions when the game could slip from your hands by not playing them. No matter what word game you're playing, whether it's Scrabble or one of its near-homogeneous counterparts like Lexulous, Wordfeud or Words with Friends, one of the easiest ways to stay on top of your opponent is knowing all of the legal two-letter words you can play.