Scrabble Babble

I like a game of Scrabble.

That is in spite of never, ever having won a game against my wife when we have found ourselves embarking in a tournament whilst on holiday in the UK when adverse weather or a plaque of midges imprisons us in a quaint cottage or log cabin.

The recent update of the Scrabble Dictionary has seen a huge increase in new permissible words.

I have selected a few.

Some of these I have heard in popular culture, in the media or on the street. The rest, well, they have just served to remind me never to play Scrabble with anyone under the age of, say 25, if I have any intention to record that elusive, first ever victory over anyone at all.

BEZZY best friend (18 points)

CAKEAGES charges in a restaurant for serving cake brought in from outside (15 points)

CAKEHOLE mouth (17 points)

DENCH excellent (11 points)

DEVO short for devolution (8 points)

GEOCACHE search for hidden containers using GPS as a recreational activity (16 points)

LOLZ laughs at someone else's or one's own expense (13 points)

LOTSA lots of (5 points)

NEWB newbie (9 points)

OBVS obviously (9 points)

ONESIE one-piece garment combining a top with trousers (6 points)

PODIUMED past tense of podium, finish in the top three places in a sporting competition (14 points)

RIDIC ridiculous (8 points)

SHIZZLE A form of US rap slang (18 points)

SHOOTIE type of shoe that covers the ankle (10 points)

SHOUTOUT public greeting, esp one broadcast via television or radio (11 points)

THANX thank you (15 points)

TUNEAGE music (8 points)

TWERKING type of dance involving rapid hip movement (16 points)

VAPE to inhale nicotine vapour (from an electronic cigarette) (9 points)

WUZ nonstandard spelling of was (15 points)

Technology and Electronic Communications

FACETIME talk with (someone) via the FaceTime application (15 points)

HACKTIVIST person who hacks computer systems for political reasons (22 points)

HASHTAG (on Twitter) word or phrase preceded by a hashmark, used to denote the topic of a post (14 points)

PWN defeat (an opponent) in conclusive and humiliating fashion (8 points)

SEXTING practice of sending sexually explicit text messages (15 points)

SHOWROOMING practice of looking at an item in a shop, using a smartphone to compare its price elsewhere, then

buying it online (20 points)

TWEEP person who uses the Twitter website (10 points)

WARBOT any robot or unmanned vehicle or device designed for and used in warfare (11 points)

WEBAPP an application program that is accessed on the internet (15 points)

Highest Scoring and Useful Words

CAZH casual (18 points)

CHECKBOX small clickable box on a computer screen (28 points)

CINQ number five (15 points)

COQUI type of tree-dwelling frog (16 points)

EMOJI digital icon used in electronic communication (14 points)

IXNAY nix (15 points)

OXAZOLE type of liquid chemical compound (23 points)

OXIC involving oxygen (13 points)

PACZKI round filled doughnut (23 points)

QAMUTIK sled with wooden runners (22 points)

QUINZHEE shelter made from hollowed-out snow (29 points)