From the ABSP website:

Collins Official Tournament and Club Word List

I am pleased to announce that the ABSP will be changing to the new Collins Official Tournament and Club Word List on 15th May 2007.

This date allows a little over two months from the publication of the book on 5th March to its adoption, while ensuring that all regional qualifying events for this year’s National Scrabble Championship (starting on 20th May) are played to the same dictionary.

Continue for a list of the new twos and threes….

FE: A Hebrew letter

*JA: (Afrikaans) yes
KI: The vital force in Chinese thought
ZA: A pizza
AGS: Agriculture
AHI: A marine food fish
*AKA: (Maori) a New Zealand vine
*ALF: (Aust. Slang) an uncultivated Australian
APO: A type of protein
APP: A computer programme
*AUA: The yellow eyed mullet
*AUE: int (Maori) n exclamation of pain
BES: Beth, a Hebrew letter
*BOI: (slang) a boyish lesbian
*BRU: (South African) a friend
*CAA: (Scots) to call
*CAG: a cagoule
*CAZ: (slang) casual
*DEG: (dialect) to water (e.g. a plant)
DIF: Diff, a difference
*DOF: (South African) stupid
*DOY: (dialect) a beloved person
DUH: Used to indicate that something is too obvious
*ECO: contraction - ecology
EDS: Education
*EMO: rock music with emotional lyrics
*EVO: (Australian slang) evening
*EXO: (Australian slang) excellent
*FAA: (Scots) to fail
*FAE: (Scots) from
*FEG: (dialect) a segment of orange
FES: A Hebrew letter
*HOM: an ancient Persian sacred plant
IGG: To ignore
*IWI: (Maori) a tribe
*JAI: (Hindi) victory
*JOL: (South African) to have a good time
*KAK: ( South Africa ) faeces, rubbish
KIS: The vital force in Chinese thought
*LOU: (Scots) to love
*MEE: In Malaysia , a dish containing noodles
MIC: A microphone
MYC: A gene that transforms a normal cell into a cancerous cell
NEG: A photographic negative
ONO: A large mackerel
*ONY: (Scots) any
*OUS: pl, a man, a bloke
*PAV: Contraction of pavlova, a type of dessert
*PLU: a beaver pelt
*REO: (Maori) a New Zealand language
*SAV: a contraction of saveloy, a type of sausage
*SIF: ( South Africa ) syphilitic, nasty
*SIK: (Australian slang) excellent
SOM: A monetary unit of Kyrgzstan
*TEC: a detective
*TIX: (slang) tickets
*UMU: a type of oven
URP: To vomit
*VAG: ( Australia ) to arrest someone for vagrancy
*WAI: (Maori) water
*WOF: ( Australia ) a fool, an idiot
*YAD: a pointer used for reading the Torah
*YAE: (Scots) ae
YAG: A synthetic garnet
ZAS: A pizza
ZEP: A long sandwich
*ZOL: ( South Africa ) a cannabis cigarette
ZZZ: Used to suggest the sound of snoring

PLEASE NOTE: EMF, EMFS, PH and PHS are no longer playable with the adoption of Collins.

Posted on February 18th, 2007 by Barry
Filed under: Words