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| − | The '''Official Tournament and Club Word List (2018 Edition)''' (OTCWL2018) is an update to
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| − | the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]], and the official lexicon governing
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| − | competitive play in the United States and Canada beginning March 1, 2019.
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| − | == Where to Get It ==
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| − | For licensing reasons, this book is a members-only publication, available only through the
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| − | [[NASPA Store]].
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| − | === Print Edition ===
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| − | No full print edition is currently available, but a printed list of new words will be available through our store, and will be included with purchases of [[OTCWL2016]].
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| − | === Electronic Editions ===
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| − | NASPA members may download the word list and related files through [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/services.pl Member Services] in the following formats.
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| − | ; [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/doc.pl?did=36 OTCWL2018 (self-print)]
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| − | : New words found in the Official Tournament and Club Word List (2018 edition), in an easy-to-print 16-page PDF
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| − | ; [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/doc.pl?did=29 OTCWL2018 (text)]
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| − | : All words found in the Official Tournament and Club Word List (2018 edition), in a text file, final version dated 2018-12-08
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| − | ; [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/doc.pl?did=30 OTCWL2018 (Windows text)]
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| − | : All words found in the Official Tournament and Club Word List (2018 edition), in a Windows text file, final version dated 2018-12-08
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| − | ; [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/doc.pl?did=31 OTCWL2018 New Words (text)]
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| − | : New words found in the Official Tournament and Club Word List (2018 edition), in a text file, final version dated 2018-12-18
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| − | ; [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/doc.pl?did=32 OTCWL2018 New Words (Windows text)]
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| − | : New words found in the Official Tournament and Club Word List (2018 edition), in a Windows text file, final version dated 2018-12-18
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| − | ; [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/doc.pl?did=35 OTCWL2018 (compressed)]
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| − | : New words found in the Official Tournament and Club Word List (2018 edition), compressed into a one-page PDF
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| − | ; [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/doc.pl?did=37 OTCWL2018 (booklet)]
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| − | : New words found in the Official Tournament and Club Word List (2018 edition), in a four-sheet double-sided half-letter booklet format PDF
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| − | NASPA members may use the free word study and adjudication tool,
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| − | [[NASPA Zyzzyva]], to access a licensed electronic copy of this word list.
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| − | OTCWL2018 will be included in the next edition of NASPA Zyzzyva, due to be released
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| − | in January 2019.
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| − | NASPA Zyzzyva is available for download to Windows and Mac machines at the [http://zyzzyva.net/download.shtml NASPA Zyzzyva download site], which
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| − | download and installation instructions.
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| − | === Developer Access ===
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| − | NASPA members who offer free software to our community are welcome to include OTCWL2018 in their products with appropriate credit and links, and should [[Contact|contact]] us for details.
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| − | Commercial developers are invited to [[Contact|contact]] us to discuss licensing terms.
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| − | == Errata ==
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| − | === Content Errors ===
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| − | * JOUISSANCES was misentered as JOUISSANCEES, and corrected on 2019-01-08 (thanks to Mitch Bayersdorfer for reporting the issue).
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| − | * HAEMOPHILUI was misentered as HAEMOPHILI, and corrected on 2019-01-08 (thanks to John Bulten for reporting the issue).
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| − | * PARURESES was misentered as PARURESIES, and corrected on 2019-01-08 (thanks to John Bulten for reporting the issue).
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| − | === Printing Errors ===
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| − | An early version of the New Words Self-Print Edition included deleted words among the lists of words of two to eight letters; it was replaced after [[Steven Alexander]] reported the issue on 2019-01-07. This version was then replaced on 2019-01-08, after [[Marlon Hill]] noticed extraneous words out of sequence at the end of the main list.
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| − | == Effective Date ==
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| − | The [[Advisory Board]] has determined that this edition will take effect on
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| − | March 1, 2019.
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| − | == History ==
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| − | As soon as [[OTCWL2016]] went to press, the [[Dictionary Committee]] began
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| − | reviewing the longer words that had been proposed for inclusion in that edition,
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| − | but omitted due to time constraints.
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| − | This edition includes new words from three sources:
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| − | * [[OSPD6]]
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| − | * [[MWCD]] (online edition)
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| − | * the Canadian Oxford Dictionary (2nd edition), primarily for words of up to 10 letters and their inflections and root forms.
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| − | 86 previously acceptable words were nominated for review; 12 of them were removed when no evidence was found supporting their original addition.
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| − | == Changes ==
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| − | This edition includes 3,385 new words: 2 two-letter words, 1 three-letter word, 4 four-letter words, 23 five-letter words, 49 six-letter words, 65 seven-letter words, 88 eight-letter words, 181 nine-letter words, 1263 ten-letter words, 840 eleven-letter words, 415 twelve-letter words, 200 thirteen-letter words, 147 fourteen-letter words, and 107 fifteen-letter words. Complete lists
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| − | of new words and definitions can be found in [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/services.pl Member Services].
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| − | The following 12 words were deleted:
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| − | CAZHER CAZHEST DREKKISH HALIOTES HALIOTISES INAPTER INAPTEST RABIESES
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| − | SAPIDER SAPIDEST SUETIER SUETIEST.
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