How many times have you been stuck at the end of a game with just the Z and two blanks? And all those times haven’t you just wished for a word like ZZZ?

Or, when you’re ordering pizza, wished that there could be a word that would make the chore of pronouncing both syllables of the word “pizza” a little less onerous?

Good news. SANSPA has adopted the new American words as from January 1st 2007.

These include 3 new two letter words, namely ZA (short for pizza), KI (Chinese for one’s inner spirit), and FE (a Hebrew letter).

The reason for the adoption of the new American words is that they will be used in the world champs and our players need to prepare. Cape Town has started using them too. In Gauteng, lists of the words will be available at competitions (excluding the nationals) and clubs for the first 6 months of 2007 for social and intermediate players. Advanced players will be able to use the lists for the first two competitions of the year only.

Club chairs should get the lists from commitee members and supply their members. A full printed or printable word list is available from Dylan Early, though players are cautioned that if and when the Collins words are accepted, this word list will be out of date.

New 2- and 3-letter words

FE: A Hebrew letter
KI: The vital force in Chinese thought
ZA: A pizza
AGS: Agriculture
AHI: A marine food fish
APO: A type of protein
APP: A computer programme
BES: Beth, a Hebrew letter
DIF: Diff, a difference
DUH: Used to indicate that something is too obvious
EDS: Education
FES: A Hebrew letter
IGG: To ignore
KIS: The vital force in Chinese thought
MIC: A microphone
MYC: A gene that transforms a normal cell into a cancerous cell
NEG: A photographic negative
ONO: A large mackerel
SOM: A monetary unit of Kyrgzstan
URP: To vomit
YAG: A synthetic garnet
ZAS: A pizza
ZEP: A long sandwich
ZZZ: Used to suggest the sound of snoring

A full list of the new 2-9 letter words is available here.

A list of new 2-4 letter words, with definitions lovingly handwritten by Dylan, is available here. He hasn’t said when we can expect the full list of lovingly handwritten definitions :).

Posted on February 7th, 2007 by Barry
Filed under: News, Words