Scrabble Dictionaries: What Sets Them Apart from Regular Dictionaries?

The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary has been around for several decades, and is meant to be a helpful reference for players of the game. It does away with scientific terms and abbreviations, since these aren’t used by scrabble players. It focuses on the words that are permitted by the rules of the game, and it is very helpful for anyone who disputes a play. So if you are wondering whether grandma was serious when she said that Zyvexaquir was a real word, you should invest in a scrabble dictionary. It will help you to settle disputes over words and play the game fairly.

Just because a word is in a regular dictionary doesn’t mean that it is compatible with the rules of scrabble. Scrabble specifically prohibits all proper nouns, so you should not expect to see any of those in a scrabble dictionary. This is very convenient, especially when you are not completely sure whether something is a proper noun or not (you would be surprised at how often the line is blurred between the two types of nouns, and how often you will find something missing from the scrabble dictionary that you would have expected to be there.

A scrabble dictionary is also helpful in finding words that you didn’t even know existed. If you have an open letter that looks simply fabulous but you can’t find any words to play on it, just flip open your scrabble dictionary. You’ll be able to find out all of the endings that could come from those letters, and see if you have any of the goods required to make those endings and get the points you need to win the game. Scrabble dictionaries also include many words that are included simply because of technicalities in the English language, and words that you wouldn’t otherwise see, or even hear of in normal conversation.

There are many different places that you could purchase a scrabble dictionary should you decide that it offers some things that you would like to have. Many book stores will include them in their game section or with the regular dictionaries. If you don’t have any luck in the local stores, you can turn to the internet for whatever you need. You can buy secondhand copies of scrabble dictionaries, or stick with the new and factory sealed copies that have never been used before.