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The [[OTCWL2014|third edition]] of the '''Official Tournament and Club Word List''' ('''OTCWL2014''', also known as '''OWL2014''', '''TWL2014''' or in older documents '''OWL3''') went on sale initially at the
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The '''Official Tournament and Club Word List''' is the official word reference for SCRABBLE play
[[2014 National SCRABBLE Championship]], is now available at the [[NASPA Store]], and
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in the United States and Canada. It is edited by the NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]].
will take effect on April 10, 2015. See the [[OTCWL2014]] page for more details about that book.
 
  
'''<font color="red">[[NASPA Zyzzyva]] is now available for download to Windows machines at [http://zyzzyva.net/download.shtml this link].
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== OTCWL2016 ==
  
Download and installation instructions are available on the [[Zyzzyva]] webpage.
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The [[OTCWL2016|fourth edition]] of OTCWL went on sale initially just before the
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[[2016 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] and is available to members at the [[NASPA Store]].
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It is a minor update, correcting errata from the previous edition, and including
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over 1,000 new words all of nine or more letters.
  
Please note that this is a beta release, with a built in expiration date of May 1, 2015.  This is because this is our first release of the program, and we want to be able to identify and correct any difficulties that users experience, now that we have gone live.  A permanent version of the program will be made available in the next few weeks.
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It was edited by the [[Dictionary Committee]] under the chairmanship of [[John Chew]].
  
Mac OS and Linux versions are in the final stages of development, and will be released soon.
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The [[Advisory Board]] established September 1, 2016 as the effective date of this lexicon for NASPA club and tournament play.
  
The Advisory Board has established April 10, 2015 as the effective date of the OTCWL2014 lexicon for NASPA club and tournament play.</font>'''
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== OTCWL2014 ==
  
The second edition of the word list, with the addition of GEOCACHE and the inflections GEOCACHES, GEOCACHED, and GEOCACHING (OTCWL2.1, a/k/a OWL2.1, TWL2.1)
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The [[OTCWL2014|third edition]] of OTCWL was the official word reference from 2015&ndash;04&ndash;10 to 2016&ndash;08&ndash;31.
is (until OTCWL2014 takes effect) the official word list for [[NASPA]]-sanctioned [[club]] and [[tournament]]
 
play, and contains words of up to nine letters and their inflections (when the GEOCACHE words are included).
 
(Longer words are listed in [[Long List]].) OTCWL2 is edited by the [[Dictionary Committee]]
 
(whose wiki page goes into the lexicon&rsquo;s history
 
in greater detail), published by and exclusively available to NASPA [[membership|members]] from
 
[[Merriam-Webster]].  
 
  
The tournament word list is not available to the public in electronic form;
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It went on sale initially at the [[2014 National SCRABBLE Championship]] and was available to members at the [[NASPA Store]]. For the first time, it includes base words of 10&ndash;15 letters and their inflections, which were
it was available in print from Merriam-Webster.
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formerly listed in the [[Long List]].
The electronic word list is available to authorized [[SCRABBLE]] developers. If you are not sure if you have the correct version of the digital file, here are some statistics you can check. There are currently 101 2-letter words, 1015 3, 4030 4, 8938 5, 15788 6, 24029 7, 29766 8, 29150 9, 22326 10, 16165 11, 11417 12, 7750 13, 5059 14 and 3157 15, for a total of 178,691 words. (13 of those words are not playable using the standard 100 tiles: CLASSLESSNESSES, KNICKKNACK(S), PIZZAZZ(ES), PIZZAZZY, POSSESSEDNESSES, RAZZAMATAZZ(ES), RAZZMATAZZ(ES), SENSELESSNESSES, STRESSLESSNESS.) The master file lists all words in lower case in alphabetical order, one per line, with each line terminated by a Unix line break. It is 1763167 bytes long and has BSD checksum ('cksum -o 1') 12722, System V checkum ('cksum -o 2') 24638, 32-bit CRC ('cksum -o 3') 2022312244, ISO/IEC 8802-3:1989 checksum ('cksum') 427611949 and MD5 checksum dfd408f47cc1a324eb0ab5577910e4e3.
 
  
== Frequently Asked Questions about the Word List ==
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It was the first word reference created by NASPA, edited by the [[Dictionary Committee]] under the chairmanship of [[Jim Pate]].
  
; What are all these official word lists?
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== OTCWL2 (OTCWL2.1) ==
: Any group of players can agree to use a particular word list or dictionary in their games. In officially sanctioned competitive play though, we all use one of a few official word lists designed for use with our game. Unlike regular dictionaries, for example, official word lists list all valid inflections for all listed words. Within NASPA's territory of the United States and Canada, the following word lists are officially recognized: [[OSPD]] for school play, [[OTCWL]] for regular competitive play, and [[CSW]] for international play.
 
; Why is (my favorite word) not acceptable?
 
: See [[How lexicons are compiled|how lexicons are compiled]].
 
; Why is (a common nine-letter word) not in OSPD?
 
: OSPD lists only words of up to eight letters, and their inflections. For longer words, please consult OTCWL, beginning with its 2014 edition.
 
; Why is ZEN not acceptable?
 
: Because none of our source lexica list it spelled without a capital Z.
 
; What's up with DA?
 
: DA was deleted from the playing lexicon as of OSPD3 as a result of a major review of the original research that led to OSPD1; it is reentering the lexicon as of OTCWL2014, because it is listed in one of our new source lexica.
 
; Why is a particular word in [[OTCWL]] but not in [[OSPD]]?
 
: Although both OTCWL and OSPD are edited by both NASPA and Merriam-Webster, the publications are edited at different times by different individuals according to different criteria. The commonest causes for a word appearing in OTCWL but not in OSPD are: being longer than 8 letters, being potentially offensive, being a possible trademark in some jurisdictions, having entered a source lexicon between the editorial deadlines for the two works, or differing editorial opinions concerning ambiguities in source lexica.
 
  
See also our main [[FAQ]] page.
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The [[OTCWL2|second edition]] of OTCWL was the official word reference for words of up to nine letters and their inflections from 2006&ndash;03&ndash;01 to 2015&ndash;04&ndash;09.
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It was edited by [[Merriam-Webster]] based on research conducted by the [[NSA]] Dictionary Committee
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under the chairmanship of [[Jim Pate]].
  
== Errata ==
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== OTCWL1 ==
  
=== OTCWL2014 (OWL2014) ===
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The [[OTCWL1|first edition]] of OTCWL was the official word reference for words of up to nine letters and their inflections from 1998&ndash;03&ndash;01 to 2006&ndash;02&ndash;28.
 
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It was edited by [[Merriam-Webster]] based on research conducted by the [[NSA]] Dictionary Committee
A total of 40 words were erroneously omitted from the first printing, and 47 words erroneously included. The [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/doc.pl?did=3 complete list of errata] is available through [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/services.pl NASPA Member Services]. For more information, see our [[IContact 20141022|iContact announcement made on 2014-10-22]].
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under the chairmanship of [[John Chew]].
 
 
This list applies only to this printing of this book, and in particular does not apply to [[OSPD5]], which underwent a separate editorial process.
 
 
 
=== OTCWL2 (OWL2) ===
 
 
 
Incorrectly omitted from OTCWL2:  CRABAPPLE (p. 98), CRABAPPLES (p. 98), DEVELOPPES (p. 118), GODDAMNDEST (p. 186), MUNCHABLES (p. 279) and VIREONINES (p.485).
 
 
 
Incorrectly included in OTCWL2: CRABABBLE (p. 98), CRABABBLES (p. 98), GODAMNDEST (p. 186) and WEAPONEERED (p. 491).
 
 
 
=== OTCWL1 (OWL1) ===
 
 
 
The word ANTEFIXAE was incorrectly omitted from the printed edition of OTCWL1.
 

Revision as of 21:59, 4 February 2018

The Official Tournament and Club Word List is the official word reference for SCRABBLE play in the United States and Canada. It is edited by the NASPA Dictionary Committee.

OTCWL2016

The fourth edition of OTCWL went on sale initially just before the 2016 North American SCRABBLE Championship and is available to members at the NASPA Store. It is a minor update, correcting errata from the previous edition, and including over 1,000 new words all of nine or more letters.

It was edited by the Dictionary Committee under the chairmanship of John Chew.

The Advisory Board established September 1, 2016 as the effective date of this lexicon for NASPA club and tournament play.

OTCWL2014

The third edition of OTCWL was the official word reference from 2015–04–10 to 2016–08–31.

It went on sale initially at the 2014 National SCRABBLE Championship and was available to members at the NASPA Store. For the first time, it includes base words of 10–15 letters and their inflections, which were formerly listed in the Long List.

It was the first word reference created by NASPA, edited by the Dictionary Committee under the chairmanship of Jim Pate.

OTCWL2 (OTCWL2.1)

The second edition of OTCWL was the official word reference for words of up to nine letters and their inflections from 2006–03–01 to 2015–04–09. It was edited by Merriam-Webster based on research conducted by the NSA Dictionary Committee under the chairmanship of Jim Pate.

OTCWL1

The first edition of OTCWL was the official word reference for words of up to nine letters and their inflections from 1998–03–01 to 2006–02–28. It was edited by Merriam-Webster based on research conducted by the NSA Dictionary Committee under the chairmanship of John Chew.