Scrabble Dictionary Adds New Fan-Voted Word
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ABC News(NEW YORK) — The makers of the popular board game Scrabble have added a new word to the official player’s dictionary.
Geocache beat out 15 other nominated words in the Scrabble Word Showdown to become the winning word that will be included in the upcoming fifth edition of Merriam-Webster’s Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.
The winning word, revealed on ABC’s Good Morning America, marks two firsts for the longtime board game. Geocache is the first time the Scrabble dictionary has ever included a word that was voted on by fans and it’s the first major update to the Scrabble dictionary in nearly a decade.
Hasbro, the game’s maker, along with Merriam-Webster — which publishes the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary — announced last month that they would be updating the publication in order to reflect the changes in technology, trends and pop culture so the game would remain relevant for fans.
The last edition of the player’s dictionary was published in 2005.
Hasbro officials said geocache will be immediately available as an eligible word for Scrabble players. The new word will be playable in time for National Scrabble Day on April 13, the National School Scrabble Championship during April 26–27 and the National Scrabble Tournament in August.
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