Three hundred new words have been added to the official Scrabble dictionary, including an Azerbaijani word, media reported.
Included in the new edition are some long-awaited two letter words, notably OK and ew.
"OK is something Scrabble players have been waiting for, for a long time," said lexicographer Peter Sokolowski, editor at large at Merriam-Webster. "Basically two- and three-letter words are the lifeblood of the game."
The word qapik, a unit of currency in Azerbaijan, was added to an arsenal of 20 playable words beginning with q that don’t need a u.
"Every time there’s a word with q and no u, it’s a big deal. Most of these are obscure," the Guardian cited Sokolowski as saying.
Merriam-Webster released the sixth edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary on Monday, four years after the last version.
