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Although OSPD bears the name Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, no country’s competitive organization lists the OSPD as its official dictionary; the NASPA Word List is the official word list for tournament Scrabble in the United States, Canada, Thailand and Israel. [2] Merriam-Webster markets the OSPD as ideal for school and family use.
In 1996, Merriam-Webster launched its first website, which provided free access to an online dictionary and thesaurus. [10] Merriam-Webster has also published dictionaries of synonyms, English usage, geography in its Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, biography, proper names, medical terms, sports terms, slang, Spanish/English, and others.
For example, the 2003 and 2004 lists were determined by online hits to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Online Thesaurus and to Merriam-WebsterCollegiate.com. [5] [6] In 2006 and 2007, Merriam-Webster changed this practice, and the list was determined by an online poll among words that were suggested by visitors to the site. [4]
North American tournament Scrabble currently uses the sixth edition of NWL, officially called NWL2023. The NASPA Games Dictionary Committee created this version in mid-2023 and it took effect on February 29, 2024; [2] it is the third version published autonomously by NASPA rather than by Merriam-Webster under its copyright.
Popular Wordle clone Quordle is now a part of Merriam Webster. The game has been one of the more popular Wordle-like games out there, probably because it offers a slightly tougher challenge than ...
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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary announced the addition of 690 new words to its listings on Wednesday, including sports terms beast mode, bracketology and GOATED. “We’re very excited by this new ...
Merriam-Webster has just unveiled its word of the year for 2024. On Monday (December 9), the publisher known for its American Dictionary announced that “polarization” was the word of the year.