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The second edition of the '''Official Tournament and Club Word List''' (OTCWL2, also known as OWL2 or TWL2)
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The '''Official Tournament and Club Word List''' is the official word reference for SCRABBLE play  
is the official word list for [[NASPA]]-sanctioned [[club]] and [[tournament]]
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in the United States and Canada. It is edited by the NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]].
play, and contains words of up to nine letters and their inflections.
 
(Longer words are listed in [[Long List]].)
 
The OTCWL2 is edited by the [[Dictionary Committee]]
 
(whose wiki page goes into the lexicon’s history
 
in greater detail), published by
 
[[Merriam-Webster]] and available only from [[Word Gear]].
 
  
The tournament word list is not available to the public in electronic form;
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== OTCWL2018 ==
it can be purchased in print from NSA Word Gear.
 
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. 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.
 
  
If your favorite word is not in the lexicon,  
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The [[OTCWL2018|fifth edition]] of OTCWL will be finalized by the end of 2018 and will take effect on March 1, 2019, as voted by the [[Advisory Board]].
or you think some of the words in the list shouldn't be
 
there, you should read about [[How lexicons are compiled|how lexicons are compiled]].
 
  
== Errata ==
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This edition is edited by the [[Dictionary Committee]] under the chairmanship of
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[[John Chew]] according to the [[OTCWL2018 editorial process]].
  
=== OTCWL2 (OWL2) ===
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== OTCWL2016 ==
  
Incorrectly omitted from OTCWL2:  CRABAPPLE (p. 98), CRABAPPLES (p. 98), DEVELOPPES (p. 118), GODDAMNDEST (p. 186), MUNCHABLES (p. 279) and VIREONINES (p.485).
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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.
  
Incorrectly included in OTCWL2: CRABABBLE (p. 98), CRABABBLES (p. 98), GODAMNDEST (p. 186) and WEAPONEERED (p. 491).
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It was edited by the [[Dictionary Committee]] under the chairmanship of [[John Chew]].
  
=== OTCWL1 (OWL1) ===
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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 word ANTEFIXAE was incorrectly omitted from the printed edition of OTCWL1.
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== OTCWL2014 ==
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The [[OTCWL2014|third edition]] of OTCWL was the official word reference from 2015–04–10 to 2016–08–31.
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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 10–15 letters and their inflections, which were
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formerly listed in the [[Long 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]].
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== OTCWL2 (OTCWL2.1) ==
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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 2006–03–01 to 2015–04–09.
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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]].
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== OTCWL1 ==
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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 1998–03–01 to 2006–02–28.
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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 [[John Chew]].
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== Before OTCWL ==
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See the [[NSA]] Dictionary Committee’s [http://www.poslarchive.com/math/scrabble/nsadc/lexica.html archived guide to known word lists].

Revision as of 20:51, 10 February 2019

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.

OTCWL2018

The fifth edition of OTCWL will be finalized by the end of 2018 and will take effect on March 1, 2019, as voted by the Advisory Board.

This edition is edited by the Dictionary Committee under the chairmanship of John Chew according to the OTCWL2018 editorial process.

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.

Before OTCWL

See the NSA Dictionary Committee’s archived guide to known word lists.