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The official US Scrabble dictionary has been given its first update in ten years, with 5,000 new words added – but some competitors are less than impressed.

Publisher Merriam-Webster released new editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (OSPD), sold in bookshops for casual players, and the Official Tournament and Club Word List (OWL), which governs tournaments in North America and is not available to the general public.

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