Revision as of 14:30, 14 March 2015

OSPD4, the fourth edition of the Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary, was edited in tandem with the second edition of the Official Tournament and Club Word List (OTCWL2). It was published in 2005 and edited by Merriam-Webster, based on research conducted by the then National SCRABBLE Association under the chairmanship of then Dictionary Committee chair Jim Pate and committee members John Chew, James Cherry, Joe Edley, Bob Gillis, Peter Huszagh, Bob Lipton and Sally Ricketts.

Errata

Incorrectly Omitted

Some words may have been erroneously omitted from early printings of OSPD4. Thank you to Carl Johnson, Jim Lamerand, Christopher Sykes and others for alerting us to the following.

AQUALUNG AQUALUNGS ARCHEAN BAKELITE BAKELITES BENADRYL BENADRYLS BIALIES BIRO BIROS BOURSIN BOURSINS BRAGGERS BRILLO BRILLOS BUDDHA BUDDHAS CATHOLICS CELOTEX CELOTEXES CENOZOIC COLICKIER COLICKIEST CONCHAS CROCKPOT CROCKPOTS CYCLOPES DACRON DACRONS DEVONIAN DOBRO DOBROS DUMPSTER DUMPSTERS EMMY EMMYS ENUF ENURESISES EOCENE EXAHERTZES FORMICA FORMICAS FORZANDI FRISBEE FRISBEES GRUMMETED GRUMMETING HAFTOROS HERTZES HOLOCENE INIONS JACUZZI JACUZZIS JELLO JELLOS JETWAY JETWAYS JURASSIC KEWPIE KEWPIES KLEENEX KLEENEXES KURTOSISES LAPIDES LATINA LATINAS LEFTMOSTS LEVIS LILO LILOS LUCITE LUCITES LUREX LUREXES LYCRA LYCRAS MAILGRAM MAILGRAMS MASONITE MASONITES MERCES MESOZOIC MIOCENE MIPS MYLAR MYLARS NEOGENE NONGLARES ORLON ORLONS OVIDUCAL OVOIDALS OZALID OZALIDS PARASHIOTH PERMIAN PERNOD PERNODS PERSPEX PERSPEXES PIZZAZZ PIZZAZZES PIZZAZZY PLIOCENE POPSICLE POPSICLES POSTCAVAS PYREX PYREXES REALTOR REALTORS RETIEING REXINE REXINES SAMOYED SAMOYEDS SECONAL SECONALS SILURIAN SORTA SPANSULE SPANSULES SPUTTERY STELLITE STELLITES STETSON STETSONS SURPLUSSES TALEYSIM TALLAISIM TALLITHES TALLITHIM TALLITOTH TANNOY TANNOYS TEFLON TEFLONS TENIASES TERYLENE TERYLENES THERMIT THERMITS TOFUTTI TOFUTTIS TORTA TORTAS TRES TREVALLYS TRIASSIC TROPICALS UPTALKED UPTALKING VASELINE VASELINES VELCRO VELCROS VENUS VENUSES WIMMIN WORKABLY WURTZITE WURTZITES ZUZIM ZLOTE ZLOTIES ZLOTYCH

Incorrectly Included

COMPASES CHIASMUSES EXEDRAS HAFTAROS KOKSAGYZ KOKSAGYZES OVERDYING TENIASISES UMBELULE UMBELULES