Scrabbling For Words

Amazingly another 2862 words have just been added to the dictionary for Scrabble players as a reaction to the dynamic nature of language and particularly to acknowledge the influence of popular culture, slang, youth and modern lifestyles. 

I am just thrilled that "OK" is now allowed as that inclusion will certainly useful to me in my ham-fisted efforts in the game. To date I have never won a game against my wife of 30 years.

Agender – of a person who does not identify with a gender (9 points)

Antifa – anti-fascist organisation (9 points)

Antivaxxer – person opposed to vaccination (19 points)

Aquafaba- Vegan substitute for egg whites (22 points)

Bae – sweetheart or lover (5 points)

Bizjet- small aeroplane used by business people (24 points)

Blockchain- system for storing digital currency transactions (23 points)

Blud – friend (7 points)

Burquini – swimming costume covering the whole body apart from the face, hands and feet (19 points)

Cisgender – having an assigned birth gender and gender identity that are the same (13 points)

Ew – expression of disgust (5 points)

Fatberg – large mass of fat in a sewer (13 points)

Fleek – as in “on fleek”, stylish (12 points)

Genderqueer – person with a non-traditional gender identity (22 points)

Hackerazzo – person who hacks a celebrity’s personal computer (27 points)

Hench – fit and muscular (13 points)

Incel – involuntary celibate (7 points)

Jambuster- jam filled doughnut (20 points)

Kompromat – potentially damaging documents, photographs, etc kept for blackmail (19 points)

Mansplaining – of a man explaining something to a woman in a condescending way (13 points)

Manspreading – when a male passenger spreads his legs into the seats beside him (18 points)

Misgender – refer to a person as the wrong gender (13 points)

Ok – okay (6 points)

Omnishambles- thoroughly mismanaged situation (21 points)

Plogging- picking up litter whilst jogging (13 points)

Remainer – person who remains (10 points)

Qapik – monetary unit of Azerbaijan (20 points)

Sammie- a sandwich (10 points)

Sharenting- helping out with other peoples children (14 points)

Shebagging – when a female passenger places her bag on the seat beside her (18 points)

Transphobia – hatred or fear of transgender people (18 points)

Upskirting – taking photographs under a woman’s skirt or dress without consent (17 points)

Ze – gender-neutral pronoun (11 points)

Zomboid- resembling a zombie (21 points)

Yowza – used to express enthusiasm or excitement (20 points)