What is the Scrabble dictionary based on?

Question

What makes it different from the regular dictionary? How do they decide the content and why is it different from a standard dictionary?

Answer 1

I assume it's based on a regular unabridged dictionary, though I don't know which one. It's published by (or for) the people who make the game Scrabble, so it has all and only the words that are acceptable in Scrabble--essentially it's an addendum to the rules of Scrabble.
It's different from a standard dictionary in that it only includes two- to eight-letter words (although sometimes it's possible to make nine- or more letter words; now I'm wondering if those are acceptable--for example if "accept" was on the board, adding "able" would make "acceptable"), excluding words that are always capitalized and other "illegal" words. I'm pretty sure each form of a word is written out in full, probably in its proper alphabetical order; most dictionaries will do -s, -ed, etc. or even not mention the possible endings if they're regular. (I might be wrong on that point.)
Also, the definitions aren't remotely exhaustive; I don't know if they ever include more than one as long as the endings would be included in the first one. (For example: "project" is of course both a noun and a verb, but since the only possible suffix for the noun ("s") is also a suffix for the verb, they might only list and define the verb. I'm not sure about this.) And there's no pronunciation key or syllablization and no etymology.

Answer 2

Scrabble dictionary is different because:

1)it does not contain pronunciation, parts of speech, definitions, etymology or any other information about the word.


2)it only contains words that are valid in the game scrabble.

3) the words are arranged in lists that are sorted firstly by number of letters, then by alphabetical order.

There is a "home version" with all profanities, vulgarities edited out, and a "tournament" version, that includes them

It also contains specialized word lists (words without vowels, q words without a u etc)

The Scrabble Dictionary for the US is based on the Miriam Chambers dictionary. The one for the UK (and rest of the world) is based on Chambers Dictionary.

Answer 3

Basically the Scrabble Dictionary is just a huge word list. If you see the word you are trying to use in there, then you can use it in the game. We don't care to know the definitions of the words unless you are anal like me :)

Answer 4

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In this board game, there are some rules to follow. At first, you have your own set of tiles, and you must create your own words to play in order for you to have your score.