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<div>'''Tournament''' [[SCRABBLE]]&reg; play in Canada and the United<br />
States is administered by [[NASPA]] and its [[Tournament Committee]].<br />
If you have questions about tournaments that are not answered here,<br />
please email the committee.<br />
<br />
== What is a tournament? ==<br />
<br />
At a tournament, NASPA [[members]] get together to play several rounds<br />
of SCRABBLE according to tournament [[rules]] under the supervision of<br />
a tournament [[director]]. The player who wins the most games usually<br />
wins a prize, and the results of the event are submitted to NASPA to<br />
update everyone&rsquo;s [[rating]]. There are several tournaments<br />
each week somewhere in the United States and Canada, and most [[clubs]]<br />
hold at least one big tournament each year.<br />
<br />
On this website, a tournament as described above is different from a [[casual tournament]].<br />
<br />
== Playing in tournaments ==<br />
<br />
Tournaments are organized by NASPA-sanctioned [[Directors]] and<br />
listed on our [[calendar]]. In order to play in a tournament,<br />
you must:<br />
<br />
# be a NASPA [[Membership|member]] in good standing (US$15 for first-time players)<br />
# be familiar with the tournament [[rules]]<br />
# contact the director listed in the [[calendar]] to register for the event<br />
<br />
If it is your [[First tournament|first time]] playing in a tournament, you should make sure<br />
your tournament director knows this. Ask the director how you should<br />
prepare for your tournament; and do not hesitate to ask the director<br />
for help, if at any time during your tournament you aren&rsquo;t sure<br />
what to do.<br />
<br />
A director may refuse entry to a player for "misconduct by a player that is not specifically defined in other sections of this code, but is clearly abusive, negative, or detrimental to the success of the club, tournament, NASPA, or organized SCRABBLE in general." (See Classification 1.g. of the [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/Code_of_Conduct#g._Unsportsmanlike_Conduct Code of Conduct]). If a player is refused entry, the player may appeal that decision by the director, as detailed in the [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/Code_of_Conduct#Right_to_Appeal_of_On-site_Director_Sanctions Code of Conduct].<br />
<br />
If you have [[special needs]], our tournament directors will do their<br />
best to accommodate you, if they receive enough notice. In particular,<br />
almost all tournament venues are accessible to the physically handicapped,<br />
and players are entitled to use assistive equipment or sit at the most<br />
convenient table to accommodate a handicap.<br />
<br />
Score sheets and other player forms are available for download from the <br />
[[Player Resources]] page.<br />
<br />
== Finding tournament results ==<br />
<br />
If your tournament director is using correctly configured modern tournament<br />
[[software]], you will probably know your new tournament [[rating]] before<br />
you leave at the end of your event. Your tournament director will then <br />
[[Submitting tournament results|submit the results]] to the NASPA website,<br />
where the [[ratings]] and<br />
[[tournament results]] will be updated as soon as the rating officer<br />
reviews the results. (This can take anywhere from a few minutes to <br />
several hours.) Tournament statistics are copied regularly from our<br />
website to our partner site [[cross-tables.com]] on an hourly basis,<br />
and posted to our [[Twitter]] feed within minutes of being created.<br />
<br />
== Scheduling a tournament ==<br />
<br />
Complete the [[Tournament listing request|Tournament Listing Request]] form to request sanctioning of your tournament.<br />
<br />
In order to have a tournament sanctioned (added to the [[calendar]]<br />
of upcoming scheduled events), you must:<br />
<br />
# be a NASPA member in good standing (your membership must be current)<br />
# be [[director certification|certified]] as a [[tournament director]] or [[tournament coordinator]]<br />
# make sure that your tournament complies with the lead time, time and distance from other tournaments, and other guidelines listed below.<br />
# submit the [[Tournament listing request|Tournament Listing Request]] to provide information about your tournament to the [[Tournament Committee]]. If your tournament will use the [[Collins]] (SOWPODS) lexicon, see the page on [[directing SOWPODS tournaments]] for the additional information required. [[Apprentice director|Apprentice directors]] are required to copy their mentoring directors on sanctioning requests, to ensure that there will be adequate coverage at the tournament.<br />
# ensure that a certified [[tournament director]] will be present throughout your event.<br />
<br />
== Modifying a sanctioned tournament ==<br />
Directors may need to update or correct the listing for an already sanctioned tournament. Directors do not need to submit another [[Tournament Listing Request]] but should:<br />
<br />
* Review the form to make sure you are providing all required information. For example:<br />
** Include the challenge penalty that will be in effect if adding a [[Collins]] division<br />
** Make sure that the contact info and handicap accessibility are correct if changing the venue<br />
* Send the request to [mailto:mad4u@sympatico.ca the Tournament Committee]<br />
* Specify all dates for which changes are required <br />
* List the changes you want clearly - for example, use a bulleted list<br />
* Review the changes made to make sure that the changes are complete<br />
* Monitor our partner site, [http://www.cross-tables.com cross-tables], to make sure that the changes propagate there<br />
<br />
== Cancelling a sanctioned tournament or division ==<br />
<br />
Directors may need to cancel an already sanctioned tournament or division in a particular lexicon. Directors should always:<br />
<br />
* Notify [mailto:mad4u@sympatico.ca the Tournament Committee] to remove the tournament from the calendar<br />
* Notify [mailto:seth.lipkin@gmail.com cross-tables] if the listing is not removed automatically<br />
<br><br />
If the cancellation occurs in the same month as the planned event, the director should also:<br />
<br />
* Exercise caution in submitting results for future tournaments if the database entry for the cancelled tournament still appears in the list of pending tournaments - be sure to select the current tournament<br />
<br><br />
If a director applied to have a [[Collins]] event to be WESPA-rated, the director must notify [mailto:mad4u@sympatico.ca the Tournament Committee] if the event does not happen. NASPA needs to notify the WESPA Ratings Officer of the cancellation.<br />
<br />
== Advance Scheduling/Right of First Refusal ==<br />
<br />
With respect to tournaments scheduled on or after July 1, 2018:<br />
<br />
# Tournaments currently on the calendar will have first right of refusal to their traditional date (same weekend of the month, same holiday weekend, etc.). This only applies to tournaments held in the same geographic location as the previous tournament (i.e., moving to a new venue a few miles away is acceptable, but moving to an entirely new city is a new event that does not qualify for the right of first refusal).<br />
# If more than one tournament within a conflicting radius has rights to the same date, and both seek sanctioning more than 12 months in advance of the tournament (or a director timely responds to a 30-day notice as detailed in Item 4 below), the competing directors may each apply to the NASPA Tournament Committee (TC), which will determine which tournament may be held on the conflicting date (brief, but sufficiently detailed, applications are preferred). The TC will consider all factors it deems relevant, including without limitation:<br />
## The history of the respective tournaments (how many years running, average attendance, etc.).<br />
## Other dates traditionally available to the respective directors.<br />
## How far in advance the respective requests are received (subject to Item 3 below).<br />
# Directors who have previously held tournaments may request tournament dates up to 3 years into the future, but such tournaments are subject to being delisted if a director with rights to the same date also requests a tournament and prevails in the TC application process. For that reason, directors are encouraged to communicate with other directors in their region with competing rights to a date, in order to coordinate scheduling.<br />
# If a director wishes to secure a date, and other directors also have first right of refusal to that date, the director may elect to identify the other directors to the TC when requesting sanctioning. The TC will contact those directors specifically identified in the request and give them a 30-day period in which to submit a competing request. If the other directors decline to request the date or fail to respond within the 30-day period, their first right of refusal to the date will lapse.<br />
# Multiday tournaments not previously held can be scheduled no more than 12 months in advance.<br />
# One-day tournaments not previously held can be scheduled no more than 10 months in advance.<br />
# Tournaments that take more than a 2-year hiatus will be considered tournaments not previously scheduled for the purposes of this policy.<br />
# Any rights of first refusal must be exercised more than 12 months prior to the first date of the tournament, after which time all tournament sanctioning shall be on a first come-first served basis.<br />
# Certain tournaments will be accorded special status, as determined from time to time by the NASPA Executive Committee, and may be scheduled without reference to this policy (currently including: NASC; CNSC; Can-Am; WSC Qualifier).<br />
# The TC may remove a director’s first right of refusal if, in the judgment of the committee, such removal is in the best interests of tournament SCRABBLE, considering all relevant factors.<br />
# The TC may grant other exceptions to this policy in exceptional circumstances.<br />
<br />
== Kinds of tournaments ==<br />
<br />
We currently recognize five different kinds of rated tournaments:<br />
<br />
* An ''open rated tournament'' (ORT) is open to anyone and is fully rated.<br />
* A ''capped open rated tournament'' (COT) is open to anyone but has an attendance limit of no more than 10, and is one-third rated.<br />
* A ''local club tournament'' (LCT) is open to anyone but one-third rated.<br />
* A ''team challenge'' is restricted to members of specific clubs or residents of specific regions, and is fully rated.<br />
* A ''championship'' is restricted to members of a specific club or residents of a specific region, and is fully rated.<br />
<br />
Any of these types of tournaments may also be played using the [[Collins]] (SOWPODS) lexicon (see [[directing SOWPODS tournaments]]).<br />
<br />
The following table (excerpted from the [[Directors Manual|Director&rsquo;s<br />
Manual]] and expanded) describes the different kinds of tournaments<br />
in more detail.<br />
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{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"<br />
|- style="font-style:italic; color:green;"<br />
|<br />
| (Capped) Open rated tournament (COT or ORT) <br />
| Team challenges or championships (TCC)<br />
| Local club tournament (LCT)<br />
|-<br />
| Advance notice/ sanctioning<br />
|colspan=2|6 weeks with no exceptions (see note below)<br />
| 10 days with no exceptions (see note below)<br />
|-<br />
| Tournament calendar listing<br />
|colspan=3| All rated events must be listed on [{{SERVER}}/tourneys/calendar.html NASPA calendar]<br />
|-<br />
| Rating method<br />
|colspan=2|fully rated (except for tournaments with a cap on attendees of 10 players or less, which will be 1/3 rated, unless the tournament otherwise qualifies to be fully rated as a Team Challenge/Championship event).<br />
| 1/3 rated<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=4|Geographic restrictions<br />
|colspan=3|'''Multiday tournaments:''' no other multiday event occurring within two weekends and 200 miles of your proposed tournament; no other one-day event on the same day as one of your tournament days.<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=3|'''One-day tournaments:''' no other one-day tournament within 100 miles on the same day as your event (reduced to 50 miles if the other tournament has a cap on attendees of 30 players or less); no other multi-day within 200 miles. Consecutive one-day tournaments with no cap on attendees will be treated as multi-day tournaments for the purpose of this policy.<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=3|'''Scope''': Effective September 23, 2019, the geographic restrictions apply to all tournament types, including Local Club Tournaments.<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=3|'''Exceptions''':<ul><li>If the organizers of conflicting tournaments mutually agree, NASPA will sanction both.</li><li>The [[Executive Committee]] has determined that the [[Can-Am SCRABBLE Challenge]] does not conflict with other events, due to its structure. Therefore, Can-Am can be scheduled at the convenience of the organizers, without regard to proximity to other events.</li><li>Two events that do not share a [[ratings|rating system]] (e.g., an all-[[TWL]] event and an all-[[CSW]] event) are deemed not to conflict with each other.</li></ul><br />
|-<br />
| Frequency restrictions<br />
|colspan=2|None<br />
|Must be sponsored by a NASPA-sanctioned [[club]]. No more than one event per club, per month.<br />
|-<br />
| How many games?<br />
|colspan=2|At least 4 games<br />
|At least 3 games<br />
|-<br />
| How many players?<br />
|colspan=3|At least 4 players in each division, at least 2 rated players in each division<br />
|-<br />
| Membership requirements<br />
|colspan=3|All players must be current NASPA members<br />
|-<br />
| Player restrictions<br />
| None permitted<br />
| Entry restricted by club/region (for team challenge) or club/region/rating (for championship).<br />
| None permitted<br />
|-<br />
| Participation fee<br />
|colspan=3|$.50 per player per game<br />
|-<br />
| Examples<br />
| [[Championships|North American SCRABBLE Championship]], most tournaments<br />
| Portland-Seattle Interclub Challenge, Texas State Championship, Can-Am, Kingston Cup<br />
| One-day tournament that is created on short notice<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
In the above, the phrases &ldquo;50 miles&rdquo;, &ldquo;100 miles&rdquo; and &ldquo;200 miles&rdquo; in tournament<br />
distance calculations shall mean 50 miles, 100 miles and 200 miles, respectively, driving distance from<br />
venue address to venue address, as measured by Google Maps using<br />
the default driving directions. The Tournament Committee may<br />
consider appeals for exception in the event that Google Maps is<br />
shown to be in error, and may select an alternative mileage calculation<br />
tool should Google Maps be deemed unreliable.<br />
<br />
"Cap on attendees" refers to tournaments that limit the number of players who may enter (e.g., "Entry is restricted to the first 16 players who register"). The actual number of players who enter the tournament is not considered, only restrictions on the number of players who may play, due to the size of the venue or other reasons.<br />
<br />
Note: In general, no exceptions will be made to advance notice guidelines. However, in extraordinary cases, the Executive Committee has the right to grant sanction to a tournament that does not meet the guidelines.<br />
<br />
== Game Clock Requirements ==<br />
<br />
Generally, all rated games must be played to a 25-minute per side clock length. However, pursuant to an Advisory Board ruling, effective as of August 12, 2014, Directors may offer sanctioned tournaments that include early bird and/or late bird events with shorter clocks, subject to the following:<br />
<br />
* Clock length of the shorter clock games must be no less than 20 minutes per side.<br />
* Clock length may not be longer than 25 minutes per side (subject only to accommodations granted for additional clock time).<br />
* The shorter clock games must be as part of an early bird or late bird to a main event with regular, 25-minute per side games.<br />
* The number of 25-minute per side rounds at the main event tournament must exceed the number of shorter clock rounds (at all early birds, late birds, night birds, etc.) by at least one.<br />
<br />
== Youth SCRABBLE Tournaments ==<br />
<br />
The NASPA Youth SCRABBLE Program is open to all U.S. and Canadian residents who are 18 years of age or younger as of the beginning of the calendar year and have not yet graduated from high school. This program features a separate rating and achievement points ranking system specifically for these youths, with annual recognition of the most enthusiastic and skilled players.<br />
<br />
Competition may take place solo or in two-player teams, using the [[SSWL]], [[OTCWL]], or [[CSW]] lexicons.<br />
<br />
Directors can list upcoming Youth SCRABBLE tournaments via the [[Tournament Listing Request]] form.<br />
<br />
== Unrated Events and Newcomer Divisions ==<br />
<br />
Many directors wish to have unrated Scrabble tournaments and/or newcomer divisions that run concurrently with the main event. The following information is provided to help directors identify whether or not such an event is permitted under NASPA guidelines.<br />
<br />
The [[Tournament Committee]] will not sanction events that include mirror images of the proposed NASPA-sanctioned event, save only for NASPA sanction. In general, unrated or newcomer events should be of significantly shorter duration than the main event with which they run concurrently. These events are accorded special consideration because they are designed to build interest in competitive play for newcomers, and grow our ranks. After-hours unrated events, tag-team events, etc. are generally fine. <br />
<br />
Because of the large number of sanctioned directors, and the creativity with which they approach crafting events to meet the wishes of their constituencies, it is difficult to define every type of event and declare each as either prohibited or allowed. For that reason, directors who plan to offer unrated events are encouraged to contact the [[Tournament Committee]] at [mailto:naspa-tourney@yahoogroups.com naspa-tourney@yahoogroups.com] with any questions about the suitability of a particular event. <br />
<br />
Directors should always include details about all Scrabble events (whether rated or unrated) to be run in conjunction with any event, when seeking sanction for the event.<br />
<br />
== Fund-raisers ==<br />
<br />
If your event is being held in support of a charitable cause, please review our <br />
separate page about [[fundraising tournaments]].<br />
<br />
== Web coverage ==<br />
<br />
Major events, such as [[Championships|national championships]], are webcast on this website,<br />
and [{{SERVER}}/tourneys/ web coverage] is archived in perpetuity.<br />
<br />
Web coverage typically consists of standings updates continuously throughout<br />
an event, commentary about the event&rsquo;s highlights, photos and interactive<br />
games where you can follow along at the top board in real time.<br />
<br />
== Sponsorship policy ==<br />
<br />
Tournament sponsorship is permitted with the prior approval of the [[Tournament Committee]]. In pursuing sponsors, please remember that we are licensed users of a registered trademark for a board game which is primarily marketed to families, and that sponsors should be appropriate for that demographic.</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15844Slurs2020-10-01T20:01:28Z<p>Poslfit: /* Timeline */ final report submitted</p>
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<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB met by Zoom from 8:00-10:45 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion, defeating it by a vote of 6 to 4.<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: Chew consulted with the Board of Trustees by phone, and agreed to honor his commitment to Hasbro, overturning the Advisory Board's ruling.<br />
; 2020-07-12<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] convenes to review word selection criteria and the tentative list of offensive slurs.<br />
; 2020-08-20<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] submits a [https://scrabbleplayers.org/words/nwl2020/NWL2020-draft-2.pdf draft report] on which words should be categorized as offensive slurs.<br />
; 2020-09-30: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] submits its [https://scrabbleplayers.org/words/nwl2020/NWL2020-final-report.pdf final report] on which words should be categorized as offensive slurs.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive (or an equivalent label), then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[John Chew]], and it has since been revised based on public input, and is as of late July being debated by the [[Dictionary Committee]].''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted. For words that do not appear in MW, a more complicated set of rules will apply.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List. If the word is not listed as offensive in Merriam-Webster, try contacting their Customer Service to express your views.''<br />
; Can you send me an unscrambled list of the words?<br />
: ''We will publish our final draft to NASPA [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/services.pl Member Services], but are not distributing unscrambled copies of earlier drafts such as the one that appears below.''<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
=== Archived Questions ===<br />
<br />
The following questions and answers are preserved for historical interest, <br />
but are not current anymore.<br />
<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words ==<br />
<br />
On 2020-08-20, the Dictionary Committee published a draft list of offensive slurs, substantially revising previous lists. The older list can be found at our page on [[slur history]]. The current version is available to NASPA members through [https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/doc.pl?did=45 NASPA Member Services]. <br />
<br />
Media may obtain copies by emailing [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] and mentioning their affiliation in their request.</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Cecilia_Le&diff=15753Cecilia Le2020-08-30T22:27:42Z<p>Poslfit: + TOC</p>
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<div>{{#naspa:bio|2514}}<br />
<br />
Cecilia was the runner-up at the 2020 [[NASPA Tournament of Champions]].</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Web_Committee_procedures&diff=15675Web Committee procedures2020-08-21T02:38:01Z<p>Poslfit: /* Committee roster updates */ username is case sensitive</p>
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<div>'''Web Committee procedures''' are used by the members of [[Web Committee]] to perform routine tasks.<br />
<br />
This is a ''living document''; the contents are updated as procedures are refined and developed.<br />
<br />
== <a name=cru>Committee roster updates</a> ==<br />
<br />
When any [[NASPA]] [[committees]] invite new members or members retire or change roles, Web Committee updates the committee roster as follows:<br />
<br />
# Verification: all changes in committees, committee leadership and committee memberships may be authorized by [[Executive Committee]]. Changes in committee membership or members&rsquo; roles may also be authorized by the any of the chairpersons of the committee. Committee members may also resign by their own announcement.<br />
# NASPAWiki access: <!-- check if the person needs to edit NASPAWiki in any of his/her current roles and add or remove access as necessary. --> <br />
#* We used to have to manually add NASPA committee users to the NASPAWiki user list.<br />
#* As of 2017-08-02, we made custom code changes that permitted any current NASPA committee member may use their regular NASPA ID and password to sign onto NASPAWiki; they no longer need to keep track of separate authentication information.<br />
#* As of 2020-08-03, we determined that a MediaWiki security update had partially broken this mechanism. New committee members now need to have local MediaWiki accounts created for them manually, but can thereafter log in using their NASPA credentials. This can be done from the command line with: <code>www-data% php5 files/wiki/maintenance/createAndPromote.php AAnnnnnn RANDOM-UNUSED-PASSWORD</code>. Note that the username is case-sensitive.<br />
# Mailing list update: our mailing list administrators ([[Chris Cree]], [[John Chew]] or [[Dallas Johnson]]) shall update the mailing lists as appropriate. When adding a member, follow up with them to make sure they accept the emailed invitation.<br />
# Database update: Use the [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/add-to-committee.pl add-to-committee] or [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/remove-from-committee.pl remove-from-committee] Committee Services to update the database.<br />
# Contact page update: create the contact page if necessary, copying an existing committee member&rsquo;s page to get the database access right, update the contact information as needed (do not publish private contact information without permission).<br />
# Membership number: if the member is not already a committee member, ask if the member prefers a CM-series membership number<br />
# Notifications: update the [[breaking news]] page as appropriate; post to Twitter and Facebook; notify iContact staff for weekly mailing by sending email to [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org].<br />
<br />
== Contact page updates ==<br />
<br />
Our web site shall have a personal contact page for each current and former committee member, person with specific duties (spokespersons, [[NSC]] division leaders, office staff etc.), person of the year, and national champion.<br />
<br />
# Create the contact page when the person is added to the applicable roster (such as [[:Category:Committee_members|committee members]]). List the person&rsquo;s roles on the contact page. Link the pages both ways (person to role and role to person).<br />
# Contact the player to determine what contact information (phone and/or email) should be listed on the page. Do not list any private contact information without the person&rsquo;s permission. (You may list public information, such as the person's name and official roles and the place of residence as listed on the public member search page.)<br />
# Categories: add category tags in this order as appropriate:<br />
## [[:Category:Champions|Champions]]<br />
## [[:Category:Person_of_the_Year|Person of the Year]]<br />
## [[:Category:Committee_members|Committee members]]<br />
## [[:Category:Former_committee_members|Former committee members]]<br />
## [[:Category:Tournament_directors|Tournament Directors]]<br />
<br />
== Creating a Committee ==<br />
<br />
Creating a new Committee should only be done at the request of a member of the [[Executive Committee]], who should provide the name of the new committee, its initial chair, and any other initial members.<br />
<br />
# Use the add-committee, set-committee-email and set-committee-mandate command-line tools to create the committee in the database.<br />
# Follow the <a href="#Committee_roster_updates">Committee Roster Updates</a> procedure to add initial members to the committee.<br />
# Create a NASPAWiki page for the committee by copying an existing committee page.<br />
# Follow the <a href="#Creating_Committee_Yahoo.21_Groups">Creating a Committee Yahoo! Group</a> procedure.<br />
# Ask the committee chair to read the [[Committee rules]] page<br />
<br />
== <a name="ccyg">Creating Committee Yahoo! Groups</a> ==<br />
<br />
Each NASPA committee needs a Yahoo! Group in which to<br />
conduct and archive its official correspondence, and to<br />
offer an email address to which public inquiries may be<br />
directed. We currently use the yahoogroups.com system<br />
for doing so. Requests for new group creation should be<br />
directed to the Web Committee, who should follow these<br />
steps to ensure that the group is correctly configured.<br />
<br />
# Assign the group the category Entertainment &amp; Arts<br />
# Give it a name that starts with &ldquo;naspa-&rdquo;<br />
# Specify English at the group&rsquo;s primary language.<br />
# List the group in the Yahoo! Groups directory.<br />
# Specify the committee NASPAWiki page as the group website.<br />
# Specify that all web tool permissions are member-only, and enable chat.<br />
# Specify that membership is restricted (requires approval, to prevent spammers and other unauthorized joiners), do not allow members to hide their email addresses, and leave the welcome message at the default for the committee chair to edit.<br />
# Specify that anyone may post messages (to receive public inquiries), replies go to all members, moderation is for new members (so that spam does not get posted automatically), attachments are stored in email and not on site (so that people can view attachments offline) spam filtering is on (not that it works), and the archive is accessible only to members.<br />
# Manually add (&ldquo;from an existing list&rdquo;) the following people to the list, grant them all administrator privileges and specify that the receive all admin email notifications: the committee chair (or cochairs), [[Chris Cree]], [[John Chew]], another Web Committee member willing to take responsibility for the group if available, and any committee members whose preferred group email address is known.<br />
# Use the web interface to invite all committee members to join the group, and follow through to make sure that they do so without difficulty. <br />
# Make sure each committee member&rsquo;s individual message posting settings are set to unmoderated, overriding the group default above.<br />
<br />
== Director FTP account creation ==<br />
<br />
Follow these steps to create a director FTP account for use in live coverage of a NASPA sanctioned tournament.<br />
<br />
# % sudo ~poslfit/bin/make-director-user <naspa-id><br />
# % sudo passwd <naspa-id><br />
# communicate login information to new user<br />
<br />
== Problems receiving Yahoo! Groups messages ==<br />
<br />
Follow these steps to help diagnose why a user may not be receiving Yahoo! Groups messages.<br />
<br />
# Go to the group website, click on Management &gt; Manage Members &gt; Bouncing, see if the user is listed. If they are listed as Soft Bouncing, follow the instructions to try to reactivate them. If they are listed as Hard Bouncing, ask the user to resubscribe.<br />
# Go to the group website, click on Members, Members, search for the user, make sure they are set to receive Individual Emails or Daily Digest (not No Email).<br />
# Ask the user if they are receiving other Yahoo! Groups email at their same address. If yes, and if you have administrative access to those other groups, check that the user is in fact ubscribed at the same address. If yes, their mail client software is likely hiding the specific group&rsquo;s messages from them for some reason.<br />
# Ask if they are receiving any other email from other sources.<br />
# Ask if their mail client software is configured to automatically group email into threads or conversations, and if they are aware that it might be hard to see new messages at the end of long ongoing discussions. Some mail software may also automatically put a user&rsquo;s own posts into their Sent Mail folder and not their in-box.<br />
# Ask if they checked all of their spam traps (some users may have separate spam folders at their ISP, company or institution, as well as on their personal machines).<br />
<br />
== NASPAWiki editors ==<br />
<br />
If a NASPA committee member complains about the cryptic login message<br />
<br />
Auto-creation of a local account failed: Automatic account creation is not allowed<br />
<br />
the most common cause is entering their username in using lower-case letters; suggest that they enter it capitalized.<br />
<br />
The rest of these instructions were obsoleted in 2017, when we extended MediaWiki's authentication method to accept NASPA internal authentication from committee members.<br />
<br />
Follow these steps to create a new NASPAWiki login for a person that will be editing web content.<br />
<br />
# [[Special:UserLogin|Create the user]]: current convention assigns each user their preferred email username (e.g., if their email address is jjchew@math.utoronto.ca, their Wiki username is jjchew). Assign a secure random password.<br />
# Create a contact page for the user.<br />
# Create a Wiki user page for the person and redirect it to the contact page. This allows every entry in Wiki page edit history to be linked to the actual person who performed the edit.<br />
<br />
== Yearend Tasks ==<br />
<br />
Perform the following tasks close to the end of the year:<br />
<br />
Perform the following tasks close to the beginning of the year:<br />
<br />
* Update [[Tournament results]], [[Ratings]] and [[SOWPODS rating system]] for the new year.<br />
* Increment the year in the webpage inc/std-bot.html.<br />
* Increment the year in the webpage wiki/LocalSettings.php.<br />
* Increment the year where appropriate in scripts in ~scrab/bin<br />
* Increment the year where appropriate in scripts in http://www.../cgi-bin<br />
<br />
== NASPAWiki password recovery ==<br />
<br />
The following instructions were obsoleted in 2017, when we extended MediaWiki's authentication method to accept NASPA internal authentication from committee members.<br />
<br />
Follow these steps when an authorized <br />
NASPAWiki editor forgets their username<br />
and/or password<br />
<br />
# Find their username in [[Special:ListUsers]]. It should be the username portion of their email address at the time that they became a NASPAWiki editor. It is 'not' their NASPA ID.<br />
# Generate a random password and assign it using [[Special:EditUser]].<br />
# Email them the new password and instruct them to change it right away.<br />
<br />
== Zyzzyva Offline Licence Activation ==<br />
<br />
Follow these steps to respond to a member request for the activation of a Zyzzyva licence on a computer that cannot be connected to the Internet.<br />
<br />
# Check that the member has provided the uuid and a nickname for their Zyzzyva device.<br />
# Verify their membership expiry date.<br />
# Optionally, use the get-zyzzyva-info to get and check the uuid and nickname provided against any previously provided values.<br />
# Go to http://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/check-zzl.pl?naspa=NASPAID&nickname=NICKNAME&uuid=UUID replacing the values of NASPAID, NICKNAME and UUID with the correct ones for the member; this will download an activation certificate.<br />
# Email the member the .ZZA activation certificate file, ask them to open the Licenses dialog, click on Add Licenses..., select the .ZZA file type (the default is .ZZL), and open the emailed file.<br />
<br />
== Zyzzyva Offline Licence Creation ==<br />
<br />
Follow these steps to respond to a member request for the issuance of a Zyzzyva licence on a computer that cannot be connected to the Internet.<br />
<br />
# Verify their NASPA ID and membership expiry date.<br />
# Use the get-zyzzyva-info command-line tool to see if they have a previously issued licence, and increment the serial number if necessary. If they have no previous licence, use 1.<br />
# Use the make-zzl command-line tool with arguments ''--issuance-subject NASPA:NASPAID --issuance-serial SERIAL --issuance-date IDATE --validity-not-after EXPIRY > NASPAID.zzl'' replacing the values of NASPAID, SERIAL, IDATE and EXPIRY with the correct ones for the member<br />
# Email the member the .ZZL licence certificate file<br />
<br />
[[Category:Procedures]]</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Community_Values&diff=15669Community Values2020-08-20T20:46:25Z<p>Poslfit: + idea committee</p>
<hr />
<div>On June 20, 2020, NASPA CEO [[John Chew]] issued a statement on important community values and discusses the issue of removing slurs from the [[NASPA Word List]].<br />
<br />
* [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Statement on Important Community Values and Removing Slurs] - Letter sent to the NASPA mailing list on June 20, 2020.<br />
* [[Slurs | Slurs in the NASPA Word List]] - List of slurs and other offensive words and the process for reviewing their inclusion in the NASPA Word List<br />
*[https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs Survey on Removing Slurs From NASPA Play] - Short survey to offer your opinion on this issue - please respond by Sunday, July 5th.<br />
* [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules Hasbro Press Release] - Announcement of plan to elimate slurs and change game rules.<br />
* [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289955&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Statement on Slurs in the NASPA Word List] - Letter sent to the NASPA Mailing List on July 8, 2020.<br />
* First meeting of NASPA's new Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility [[IDEA Committee]] on July 27, 2020.<br />
* [https://scrabbleplayers.org/words/nwl2020/NWL2020-draft-2.pdf NASPA Dictionary Committee Draft Report on Offensive Slurs] published August 20, 2020.</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Community_Values&diff=15668Community Values2020-08-20T20:44:33Z<p>Poslfit: typo</p>
<hr />
<div>On June 20, 2020, NASPA CEO [[John Chew]] issued a statement on important community values and discusses the issue of removing slurs from the [[NASPA Word List]].<br />
<br />
* [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Statement on Important Community Values and Removing Slurs] - Letter sent to the NASPA mailing list on June 20, 2020.<br />
* [[Slurs | Slurs in the NASPA Word List]] - List of slurs and other offensive words and the process for reviewing their inclusion in the NASPA Word List<br />
*[https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs Survey on Removing Slurs From NASPA Play] - Short survey to offer your opinion on this issue - please respond by Sunday, July 5th.<br />
* [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules Hasbro Press Release] - Announcement of plan to elimate slurs and change game rules.<br />
* [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289955&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Statement on Slurs in the NASPA Word List] - Letter sent to the NASPA Mailing List on July 8, 2020.<br />
* [https://scrabbleplayers.org/words/nwl2020/NWL2020-draft-2.pdf NASPA Dictionary Committee Draft Report on Offensive Slurs] published August 20, 2020.</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Community_Values&diff=15667Community Values2020-08-20T20:44:03Z<p>Poslfit: DC report</p>
<hr />
<div>On June 20, 2020, NASPA CEO [[John Chew]] issued a statement on important community values and discusses the issue of removing slurs from the [[NASPA Word List]].<br />
<br />
* [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Statement on Important Community Values and Removing Slurs] - Letter sent to the NASPA mailing list on June 20, 2020.<br />
* [[Slurs | Slurs in the NASPA Word List]] - List of slurs and other offensive words and the process for reviewing their inclusion in the NASPA Word List<br />
*[https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs Survey on Removing Slurs From NASPA Play] - Short survey to offer your opinion on this issue - please respond by Sunday, July 5th.<br />
* [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules Hasbro Press Release] - Announcement of plan to elimate slurs and change game rules.<br />
* [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289955&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Statement on Slurs in the NASPA Word List] - Letter sent to the NASPA Mailing List on July 8, 2020.<br />
* [https://scrabbleplayers.org/words/nwl2020/NWL2020-draft-2.pdf NASPA Dictionary Committee Draft Report on Offensive Slurs] published August 20, 2020</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15666Slurs2020-08-20T20:42:13Z<p>Poslfit: /* Offensive Words */ typo</p>
<hr />
<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB met by Zoom from 8:00-10:45 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion, defeating it by a vote of 6 to 4.<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: Chew consulted with the Board of Trustees by phone, and agreed to honor his commitment to Hasbro, overturning the Advisory Board's ruling.<br />
; 2020-07-12<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] convenes to review word selection criteria and the tentative list of offensive slurs.<br />
; 2020-08-20<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] submits a [https://scrabbleplayers.org/words/nwl2020/NWL2020-draft-2.pdf draft report] on which words should be categorized as offensive slurs.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive (or an equivalent label), then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[John Chew]], and it has since been revised based on public input, and is as of late July being debated by the [[Dictionary Committee]].''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted. For words that do not appear in MW, a more complicated set of rules will apply.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List. If the word is not listed as offensive in Merriam-Webster, try contacting their Customer Service to express your views.''<br />
; Can you send me an unscrambled list of the words?<br />
: ''We will publish our final draft to NASPA [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/services.pl Member Services], but are not distributing unscrambled copies of earlier drafts such as the one that appears below.''<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
=== Archived Questions ===<br />
<br />
The following questions and answers are preserved for historical interest, <br />
but are not current anymore.<br />
<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words ==<br />
<br />
On 2020-08-20, the Dictionary Committee published a draft list of offensive slurs, substantially revising previous lists. The older list can be found at our page on [[slur history]]. The current version is available to NASPA members through [https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/doc.pl?did=45 NASPA Member Services]. <br />
<br />
Media may obtain copies by emailing [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] and mentioning their affiliation in their request.</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15665Slurs2020-08-20T20:41:01Z<p>Poslfit: /* Offensive Words */ + media</p>
<hr />
<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB met by Zoom from 8:00-10:45 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion, defeating it by a vote of 6 to 4.<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: Chew consulted with the Board of Trustees by phone, and agreed to honor his commitment to Hasbro, overturning the Advisory Board's ruling.<br />
; 2020-07-12<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] convenes to review word selection criteria and the tentative list of offensive slurs.<br />
; 2020-08-20<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] submits a [https://scrabbleplayers.org/words/nwl2020/NWL2020-draft-2.pdf draft report] on which words should be categorized as offensive slurs.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive (or an equivalent label), then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[John Chew]], and it has since been revised based on public input, and is as of late July being debated by the [[Dictionary Committee]].''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted. For words that do not appear in MW, a more complicated set of rules will apply.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List. If the word is not listed as offensive in Merriam-Webster, try contacting their Customer Service to express your views.''<br />
; Can you send me an unscrambled list of the words?<br />
: ''We will publish our final draft to NASPA [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/services.pl Member Services], but are not distributing unscrambled copies of earlier drafts such as the one that appears below.''<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
=== Archived Questions ===<br />
<br />
The following questions and answers are preserved for historical interest, <br />
but are not current anymore.<br />
<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words ==<br />
<br />
On 2020-08-20, the Dictionary Committee published a draft list of offensive slurs, substantially revising previous lists. The older list can be found at our page on [[slur history]]. The current version is available to NASPA members through [https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/doc.pl?did=45 NASPA Member Services]. <br />
<br />
Media may obtain copies by emailing [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org] and mentioning their affiliation in their request.</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15664Slurs2020-08-20T20:39:18Z<p>Poslfit: /* Offensive Words */ list updated</p>
<hr />
<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB met by Zoom from 8:00-10:45 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion, defeating it by a vote of 6 to 4.<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: Chew consulted with the Board of Trustees by phone, and agreed to honor his commitment to Hasbro, overturning the Advisory Board's ruling.<br />
; 2020-07-12<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] convenes to review word selection criteria and the tentative list of offensive slurs.<br />
; 2020-08-20<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] submits a [https://scrabbleplayers.org/words/nwl2020/NWL2020-draft-2.pdf draft report] on which words should be categorized as offensive slurs.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive (or an equivalent label), then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[John Chew]], and it has since been revised based on public input, and is as of late July being debated by the [[Dictionary Committee]].''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted. For words that do not appear in MW, a more complicated set of rules will apply.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List. If the word is not listed as offensive in Merriam-Webster, try contacting their Customer Service to express your views.''<br />
; Can you send me an unscrambled list of the words?<br />
: ''We will publish our final draft to NASPA [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/services.pl Member Services], but are not distributing unscrambled copies of earlier drafts such as the one that appears below.''<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
=== Archived Questions ===<br />
<br />
The following questions and answers are preserved for historical interest, <br />
but are not current anymore.<br />
<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words ==<br />
<br />
On 2020-08-20, the Dictionary Committee published a draft list of offensive slurs, substantially revising previous lists. The older list can be found at our page on [[slur history]]. The current version is available to NASPA members through [https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/doc.pl?did=45 NASPA Member Services].</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15663Slurs2020-08-20T20:37:40Z<p>Poslfit: /* Offensive Words by Category */ archive old content</p>
<hr />
<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB met by Zoom from 8:00-10:45 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion, defeating it by a vote of 6 to 4.<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: Chew consulted with the Board of Trustees by phone, and agreed to honor his commitment to Hasbro, overturning the Advisory Board's ruling.<br />
; 2020-07-12<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] convenes to review word selection criteria and the tentative list of offensive slurs.<br />
; 2020-08-20<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] submits a [https://scrabbleplayers.org/words/nwl2020/NWL2020-draft-2.pdf draft report] on which words should be categorized as offensive slurs.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive (or an equivalent label), then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[John Chew]], and it has since been revised based on public input, and is as of late July being debated by the [[Dictionary Committee]].''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted. For words that do not appear in MW, a more complicated set of rules will apply.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List. If the word is not listed as offensive in Merriam-Webster, try contacting their Customer Service to express your views.''<br />
; Can you send me an unscrambled list of the words?<br />
: ''We will publish our final draft to NASPA [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/services.pl Member Services], but are not distributing unscrambled copies of earlier drafts such as the one that appears below.''<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
=== Archived Questions ===<br />
<br />
The following questions and answers are preserved for historical interest, <br />
but are not current anymore.<br />
<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words ==<br />
<br />
On 2020-08-20, the Dictionary Committee published a draft list of offensive slurs, substantially revising previous lists. The older list can be found at our page on [[slur history]].</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slur_history&diff=15662Slur history2020-08-20T20:37:05Z<p>Poslfit: Added timeline</p>
<hr />
<div>This page archives information about offensive '''[[slurs]]''' in [[NWL2018]]<br />
that is only of '''historical''' interest.<br />
<br />
== Past Lists of Offensive Slurs ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence. <br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
On 2020-07-12 the [[Dictionary Committee]] agreed in reviewing some unusual cases that if a word is listed as offensive in all its senses in a source dictionary, and at least one of those senses was a slur, then the word would be designated as an offensive slur.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader. We welcome media inquiries at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] for a plain list of words.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
=== Offensive Slurs Under Consideration for Deletion as of 2020-07-06 ===<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot gimmnot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeiopprs eoppry hiopps hiloppsy eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu cehilrsu cehilsstu cehilssu cehilsu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
=== Other Categories of Offensive Words ===<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slur_history&diff=15661Slur history2020-08-20T20:34:40Z<p>Poslfit: include intro</p>
<hr />
<div>This page archives information about offensive '''[[slurs]]''' in [[NWL2018]]<br />
that is only of '''historical''' interest.<br />
<br />
== Past Lists of Offensive Slurs ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence. <br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader. We welcome media inquiries at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] for a plain list of words.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
=== Offensive Slurs Under Consideration for Deletion as of 2020-07-06 ===<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot gimmnot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeiopprs eoppry hiopps hiloppsy eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu cehilrsu cehilsstu cehilssu cehilsu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
=== Other Categories of Offensive Words ===<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slur_history&diff=15660Slur history2020-08-20T20:33:22Z<p>Poslfit: Created page with "This page archives information about offensive '''slurs''' in NWL2018 that is only of '''historical''' interest. == Past Lists of Offensive Slurs == Each word in eac..."</p>
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<div>This page archives information about offensive '''[[slurs]]''' in [[NWL2018]]<br />
that is only of '''historical''' interest.<br />
<br />
== Past Lists of Offensive Slurs ==<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader. We welcome media inquiries at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] for a plain list of words.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
=== Offensive Slurs Under Consideration for Deletion as of 2020-07-06 ===<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot gimmnot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeiopprs eoppry hiopps hiloppsy eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu cehilrsu cehilsstu cehilssu cehilsu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
=== Other Categories of Offensive Words ===<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15659Slurs2020-08-20T20:26:23Z<p>Poslfit: /* Timeline */ announced draft report</p>
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<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB met by Zoom from 8:00-10:45 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion, defeating it by a vote of 6 to 4.<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: Chew consulted with the Board of Trustees by phone, and agreed to honor his commitment to Hasbro, overturning the Advisory Board's ruling.<br />
; 2020-07-12<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] convenes to review word selection criteria and the tentative list of offensive slurs.<br />
; 2020-08-20<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] submits a [https://scrabbleplayers.org/words/nwl2020/NWL2020-draft-2.pdf draft report] on which words should be categorized as offensive slurs.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive (or an equivalent label), then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[John Chew]], and it has since been revised based on public input, and is as of late July being debated by the [[Dictionary Committee]].''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted. For words that do not appear in MW, a more complicated set of rules will apply.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List. If the word is not listed as offensive in Merriam-Webster, try contacting their Customer Service to express your views.''<br />
; Can you send me an unscrambled list of the words?<br />
: ''We will publish our final draft to NASPA [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/services.pl Member Services], but are not distributing unscrambled copies of earlier drafts such as the one that appears below.''<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
=== Archived Questions ===<br />
<br />
The following questions and answers are preserved for historical interest, <br />
but are not current anymore.<br />
<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence. <br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
On 2020-07-12 the [[Dictionary Committee]] agreed in reviewing some unusual cases that if a word is listed as offensive in all its senses in a source dictionary, and at least one of those senses was a slur, then the word would be designated as an offensive slur.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader. We welcome media inquiries at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] for a plain list of words.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
=== Offensive Slurs Under Consideration for Deletion as of 2020-07-06 ===<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot gimmnot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeiopprs eoppry hiopps hiloppsy eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu cehilrsu cehilsstu cehilssu cehilsu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
=== Other Categories of Offensive Words ===<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15637Slurs2020-08-16T23:03:51Z<p>Poslfit: /* Offensive Slurs Under Consideration for Deletion as of 2020-07-06 */ recategorized gimmnot</p>
<hr />
<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB met by Zoom from 8:00-10:45 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion, defeating it by a vote of 6 to 4.<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: Chew consulted with the Board of Trustees by phone, and agreed to honor his commitment to Hasbro, overturning the Advisory Board's ruling.<br />
; 2020-07-12<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] convenes to review word selection criteria and the tentative list of offensive slurs.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive (or an equivalent label), then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[John Chew]], and it has since been revised based on public input, and is as of late July being debated by the [[Dictionary Committee]].''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted. For words that do not appear in MW, a more complicated set of rules will apply.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List. If the word is not listed as offensive in Merriam-Webster, try contacting their Customer Service to express your views.''<br />
; Can you send me an unscrambled list of the words?<br />
: ''We will publish our final draft to NASPA [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/services.pl Member Services], but are not distributing unscrambled copies of earlier drafts such as the one that appears below.''<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
=== Archived Questions ===<br />
<br />
The following questions and answers are preserved for historical interest, <br />
but are not current anymore.<br />
<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence. <br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
On 2020-07-12 the [[Dictionary Committee]] agreed in reviewing some unusual cases that if a word is listed as offensive in all its senses in a source dictionary, and at least one of those senses was a slur, then the word would be designated as an offensive slur.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader. We welcome media inquiries at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] for a plain list of words.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
=== Offensive Slurs Under Consideration for Deletion as of 2020-07-06 ===<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot gimmnot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeiopprs eoppry hiopps hiloppsy eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu cehilrsu cehilsstu cehilssu cehilsu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
=== Other Categories of Offensive Words ===<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Robin_Pollock_Daniel&diff=15634Robin Pollock Daniel2020-08-10T20:05:22Z<p>Poslfit: Is no longer official spokesperson for the EC</p>
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<div>{{#naspa:bio|960}}<br />
<br />
<br />
She is also:<br />
<br />
* as of June 2014 the highest-rated female player<br />
<br />
<br />
She lives in Toronto, ON<br />
and can be reached by email at<br />
[mailto:robinpdaniel@gmail.com robinpdaniel@gmail.com].<br />
<br />
[[Category:Former committee members]]</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Web_Committee_procedures&diff=15582Web Committee procedures2020-08-03T21:14:24Z<p>Poslfit: /* Committee roster updates */ typo</p>
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<div>'''Web Committee procedures''' are used by the members of [[Web Committee]] to perform routine tasks.<br />
<br />
This is a ''living document''; the contents are updated as procedures are refined and developed.<br />
<br />
== <a name=cru>Committee roster updates</a> ==<br />
<br />
When any [[NASPA]] [[committees]] invite new members or members retire or change roles, Web Committee updates the committee roster as follows:<br />
<br />
# Verification: all changes in committees, committee leadership and committee memberships may be authorized by [[Executive Committee]]. Changes in committee membership or members&rsquo; roles may also be authorized by the any of the chairpersons of the committee. Committee members may also resign by their own announcement.<br />
# NASPAWiki access: <!-- check if the person needs to edit NASPAWiki in any of his/her current roles and add or remove access as necessary. --> <br />
#* We used to have to manually add NASPA committee users to the NASPAWiki user list.<br />
#* As of 2017-08-02, we made custom code changes that permitted any current NASPA committee member may use their regular NASPA ID and password to sign onto NASPAWiki; they no longer need to keep track of separate authentication information.<br />
#* As of 2020-08-03, we determined that a MediaWiki security update had partially broken this mechanism. New committee members now need to have local MediaWiki accounts created for them manually, but can thereafter log in using their NASPA credentials. This can be done from the command line with: <code>www-data% php5 files/wiki/maintenance/createAndPromote.php AAnnnnnn RANDOM-UNUSED-PASSWORD</code>.<br />
# Mailing list update: our mailing list administrators ([[Chris Cree]], [[John Chew]] or [[Dallas Johnson]]) shall update the mailing lists as appropriate. When adding a member, follow up with them to make sure they accept the emailed invitation.<br />
# Database update: Use the [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/add-to-committee.pl add-to-committee] or [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/remove-from-committee.pl remove-from-committee] Committee Services to update the database.<br />
# Contact page update: create the contact page if necessary, copying an existing committee member&rsquo;s page to get the database access right, update the contact information as needed (do not publish private contact information without permission).<br />
# Membership number: if the member is not already a committee member, ask if the member prefers a CM-series membership number<br />
# Notifications: update the [[breaking news]] page as appropriate; post to Twitter and Facebook; notify iContact staff for weekly mailing by sending email to [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org].<br />
<br />
== Contact page updates ==<br />
<br />
Our web site shall have a personal contact page for each current and former committee member, person with specific duties (spokespersons, [[NSC]] division leaders, office staff etc.), person of the year, and national champion.<br />
<br />
# Create the contact page when the person is added to the applicable roster (such as [[:Category:Committee_members|committee members]]). List the person&rsquo;s roles on the contact page. Link the pages both ways (person to role and role to person).<br />
# Contact the player to determine what contact information (phone and/or email) should be listed on the page. Do not list any private contact information without the person&rsquo;s permission. (You may list public information, such as the person's name and official roles and the place of residence as listed on the public member search page.)<br />
# Categories: add category tags in this order as appropriate:<br />
## [[:Category:Champions|Champions]]<br />
## [[:Category:Person_of_the_Year|Person of the Year]]<br />
## [[:Category:Committee_members|Committee members]]<br />
## [[:Category:Former_committee_members|Former committee members]]<br />
## [[:Category:Tournament_directors|Tournament Directors]]<br />
<br />
== Creating a Committee ==<br />
<br />
Creating a new Committee should only be done at the request of a member of the [[Executive Committee]], who should provide the name of the new committee, its initial chair, and any other initial members.<br />
<br />
# Use the add-committee, set-committee-email and set-committee-mandate command-line tools to create the committee in the database.<br />
# Follow the <a href="#Committee_roster_updates">Committee Roster Updates</a> procedure to add initial members to the committee.<br />
# Create a NASPAWiki page for the committee by copying an existing committee page.<br />
# Follow the <a href="#Creating_Committee_Yahoo.21_Groups">Creating a Committee Yahoo! Group</a> procedure.<br />
# Ask the committee chair to read the [[Committee rules]] page<br />
<br />
== <a name="ccyg">Creating Committee Yahoo! Groups</a> ==<br />
<br />
Each NASPA committee needs a Yahoo! Group in which to<br />
conduct and archive its official correspondence, and to<br />
offer an email address to which public inquiries may be<br />
directed. We currently use the yahoogroups.com system<br />
for doing so. Requests for new group creation should be<br />
directed to the Web Committee, who should follow these<br />
steps to ensure that the group is correctly configured.<br />
<br />
# Assign the group the category Entertainment &amp; Arts<br />
# Give it a name that starts with &ldquo;naspa-&rdquo;<br />
# Specify English at the group&rsquo;s primary language.<br />
# List the group in the Yahoo! Groups directory.<br />
# Specify the committee NASPAWiki page as the group website.<br />
# Specify that all web tool permissions are member-only, and enable chat.<br />
# Specify that membership is restricted (requires approval, to prevent spammers and other unauthorized joiners), do not allow members to hide their email addresses, and leave the welcome message at the default for the committee chair to edit.<br />
# Specify that anyone may post messages (to receive public inquiries), replies go to all members, moderation is for new members (so that spam does not get posted automatically), attachments are stored in email and not on site (so that people can view attachments offline) spam filtering is on (not that it works), and the archive is accessible only to members.<br />
# Manually add (&ldquo;from an existing list&rdquo;) the following people to the list, grant them all administrator privileges and specify that the receive all admin email notifications: the committee chair (or cochairs), [[Chris Cree]], [[John Chew]], another Web Committee member willing to take responsibility for the group if available, and any committee members whose preferred group email address is known.<br />
# Use the web interface to invite all committee members to join the group, and follow through to make sure that they do so without difficulty. <br />
# Make sure each committee member&rsquo;s individual message posting settings are set to unmoderated, overriding the group default above.<br />
<br />
== Director FTP account creation ==<br />
<br />
Follow these steps to create a director FTP account for use in live coverage of a NASPA sanctioned tournament.<br />
<br />
# % sudo ~poslfit/bin/make-director-user <naspa-id><br />
# % sudo passwd <naspa-id><br />
# communicate login information to new user<br />
<br />
== Problems receiving Yahoo! Groups messages ==<br />
<br />
Follow these steps to help diagnose why a user may not be receiving Yahoo! Groups messages.<br />
<br />
# Go to the group website, click on Management &gt; Manage Members &gt; Bouncing, see if the user is listed. If they are listed as Soft Bouncing, follow the instructions to try to reactivate them. If they are listed as Hard Bouncing, ask the user to resubscribe.<br />
# Go to the group website, click on Members, Members, search for the user, make sure they are set to receive Individual Emails or Daily Digest (not No Email).<br />
# Ask the user if they are receiving other Yahoo! Groups email at their same address. If yes, and if you have administrative access to those other groups, check that the user is in fact ubscribed at the same address. If yes, their mail client software is likely hiding the specific group&rsquo;s messages from them for some reason.<br />
# Ask if they are receiving any other email from other sources.<br />
# Ask if their mail client software is configured to automatically group email into threads or conversations, and if they are aware that it might be hard to see new messages at the end of long ongoing discussions. Some mail software may also automatically put a user&rsquo;s own posts into their Sent Mail folder and not their in-box.<br />
# Ask if they checked all of their spam traps (some users may have separate spam folders at their ISP, company or institution, as well as on their personal machines).<br />
<br />
== NASPAWiki editors ==<br />
<br />
If a NASPA committee member complains about the cryptic login message<br />
<br />
Auto-creation of a local account failed: Automatic account creation is not allowed<br />
<br />
the most common cause is entering their username in using lower-case letters; suggest that they enter it capitalized.<br />
<br />
The rest of these instructions were obsoleted in 2017, when we extended MediaWiki's authentication method to accept NASPA internal authentication from committee members.<br />
<br />
Follow these steps to create a new NASPAWiki login for a person that will be editing web content.<br />
<br />
# [[Special:UserLogin|Create the user]]: current convention assigns each user their preferred email username (e.g., if their email address is jjchew@math.utoronto.ca, their Wiki username is jjchew). Assign a secure random password.<br />
# Create a contact page for the user.<br />
# Create a Wiki user page for the person and redirect it to the contact page. This allows every entry in Wiki page edit history to be linked to the actual person who performed the edit.<br />
<br />
== Yearend Tasks ==<br />
<br />
Perform the following tasks close to the end of the year:<br />
<br />
Perform the following tasks close to the beginning of the year:<br />
<br />
* Update [[Tournament results]], [[Ratings]] and [[SOWPODS rating system]] for the new year.<br />
* Increment the year in the webpage inc/std-bot.html.<br />
* Increment the year in the webpage wiki/LocalSettings.php.<br />
* Increment the year where appropriate in scripts in ~scrab/bin<br />
* Increment the year where appropriate in scripts in http://www.../cgi-bin<br />
<br />
== NASPAWiki password recovery ==<br />
<br />
The following instructions were obsoleted in 2017, when we extended MediaWiki's authentication method to accept NASPA internal authentication from committee members.<br />
<br />
Follow these steps when an authorized <br />
NASPAWiki editor forgets their username<br />
and/or password<br />
<br />
# Find their username in [[Special:ListUsers]]. It should be the username portion of their email address at the time that they became a NASPAWiki editor. It is 'not' their NASPA ID.<br />
# Generate a random password and assign it using [[Special:EditUser]].<br />
# Email them the new password and instruct them to change it right away.<br />
<br />
== Zyzzyva Offline Licence Activation ==<br />
<br />
Follow these steps to respond to a member request for the activation of a Zyzzyva licence on a computer that cannot be connected to the Internet.<br />
<br />
# Check that the member has provided the uuid and a nickname for their Zyzzyva device.<br />
# Verify their membership expiry date.<br />
# Optionally, use the get-zyzzyva-info to get and check the uuid and nickname provided against any previously provided values.<br />
# Go to http://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/check-zzl.pl?naspa=NASPAID&nickname=NICKNAME&uuid=UUID replacing the values of NASPAID, NICKNAME and UUID with the correct ones for the member; this will download an activation certificate.<br />
# Email the member the .ZZA activation certificate file, ask them to open the Licenses dialog, click on Add Licenses..., select the .ZZA file type (the default is .ZZL), and open the emailed file.<br />
<br />
== Zyzzyva Offline Licence Creation ==<br />
<br />
Follow these steps to respond to a member request for the issuance of a Zyzzyva licence on a computer that cannot be connected to the Internet.<br />
<br />
# Verify their NASPA ID and membership expiry date.<br />
# Use the get-zyzzyva-info command-line tool to see if they have a previously issued licence, and increment the serial number if necessary. If they have no previous licence, use 1.<br />
# Use the make-zzl command-line tool with arguments ''--issuance-subject NASPA:NASPAID --issuance-serial SERIAL --issuance-date IDATE --validity-not-after EXPIRY > NASPAID.zzl'' replacing the values of NASPAID, SERIAL, IDATE and EXPIRY with the correct ones for the member<br />
# Email the member the .ZZL licence certificate file<br />
<br />
[[Category:Procedures]]</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Web_Committee_procedures&diff=15581Web Committee procedures2020-08-03T21:09:07Z<p>Poslfit: /* Committee roster updates */ figured out workaround for committee Wiki access</p>
<hr />
<div>'''Web Committee procedures''' are used by the members of [[Web Committee]] to perform routine tasks.<br />
<br />
This is a ''living document''; the contents are updated as procedures are refined and developed.<br />
<br />
== <a name=cru>Committee roster updates</a> ==<br />
<br />
When any [[NASPA]] [[committees]] invite new members or members retire or change roles, Web Committee updates the committee roster as follows:<br />
<br />
# Verification: all changes in committees, committee leadership and committee memberships may be authorized by [[Executive Committee]]. Changes in committee membership or members&rsquo; roles may also be authorized by the any of the chairpersons of the committee. Committee members may also resign by their own announcement.<br />
# NASPAWiki access: <!-- check if the person needs to edit NASPAWiki in any of his/her current roles and add or remove access as necessary. --> <br />
#* We used to have to manually add NASPA committee users to the NASPAWiki user list.<br />
#* As of 2017-08-02, we made custom code changes that permitted any current NASPA committee member may use their regular NASPA ID and password to sign onto NASPAWiki; they no longer need to keep track of separate authentication information.<br />
#* As of 2020-08-03, we determined that a MediaWiki security update had partially broken this mechanism. New committee members now need to have local MediaWiki accounts created for them manually, but can thereafter log in using their NASPA credentials. This can be done from the command line with: <code>www-data% php5 files/wiki/maintenance/createAndPromote.php AAnnnnnn RANDOM-UNUSED-PASSWORD.<br />
# Mailing list update: our mailing list administrators ([[Chris Cree]], [[John Chew]] or [[Dallas Johnson]]) shall update the mailing lists as appropriate. When adding a member, follow up with them to make sure they accept the emailed invitation.<br />
# Database update: Use the [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/add-to-committee.pl add-to-committee] or [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/remove-from-committee.pl remove-from-committee] Committee Services to update the database.<br />
# Contact page update: create the contact page if necessary, copying an existing committee member&rsquo;s page to get the database access right, update the contact information as needed (do not publish private contact information without permission).<br />
# Membership number: if the member is not already a committee member, ask if the member prefers a CM-series membership number<br />
# Notifications: update the [[breaking news]] page as appropriate; post to Twitter and Facebook; notify iContact staff for weekly mailing by sending email to [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org].<br />
<br />
== Contact page updates ==<br />
<br />
Our web site shall have a personal contact page for each current and former committee member, person with specific duties (spokespersons, [[NSC]] division leaders, office staff etc.), person of the year, and national champion.<br />
<br />
# Create the contact page when the person is added to the applicable roster (such as [[:Category:Committee_members|committee members]]). List the person&rsquo;s roles on the contact page. Link the pages both ways (person to role and role to person).<br />
# Contact the player to determine what contact information (phone and/or email) should be listed on the page. Do not list any private contact information without the person&rsquo;s permission. (You may list public information, such as the person's name and official roles and the place of residence as listed on the public member search page.)<br />
# Categories: add category tags in this order as appropriate:<br />
## [[:Category:Champions|Champions]]<br />
## [[:Category:Person_of_the_Year|Person of the Year]]<br />
## [[:Category:Committee_members|Committee members]]<br />
## [[:Category:Former_committee_members|Former committee members]]<br />
## [[:Category:Tournament_directors|Tournament Directors]]<br />
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== Creating a Committee ==<br />
<br />
Creating a new Committee should only be done at the request of a member of the [[Executive Committee]], who should provide the name of the new committee, its initial chair, and any other initial members.<br />
<br />
# Use the add-committee, set-committee-email and set-committee-mandate command-line tools to create the committee in the database.<br />
# Follow the <a href="#Committee_roster_updates">Committee Roster Updates</a> procedure to add initial members to the committee.<br />
# Create a NASPAWiki page for the committee by copying an existing committee page.<br />
# Follow the <a href="#Creating_Committee_Yahoo.21_Groups">Creating a Committee Yahoo! Group</a> procedure.<br />
# Ask the committee chair to read the [[Committee rules]] page<br />
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== <a name="ccyg">Creating Committee Yahoo! Groups</a> ==<br />
<br />
Each NASPA committee needs a Yahoo! Group in which to<br />
conduct and archive its official correspondence, and to<br />
offer an email address to which public inquiries may be<br />
directed. We currently use the yahoogroups.com system<br />
for doing so. Requests for new group creation should be<br />
directed to the Web Committee, who should follow these<br />
steps to ensure that the group is correctly configured.<br />
<br />
# Assign the group the category Entertainment &amp; Arts<br />
# Give it a name that starts with &ldquo;naspa-&rdquo;<br />
# Specify English at the group&rsquo;s primary language.<br />
# List the group in the Yahoo! Groups directory.<br />
# Specify the committee NASPAWiki page as the group website.<br />
# Specify that all web tool permissions are member-only, and enable chat.<br />
# Specify that membership is restricted (requires approval, to prevent spammers and other unauthorized joiners), do not allow members to hide their email addresses, and leave the welcome message at the default for the committee chair to edit.<br />
# Specify that anyone may post messages (to receive public inquiries), replies go to all members, moderation is for new members (so that spam does not get posted automatically), attachments are stored in email and not on site (so that people can view attachments offline) spam filtering is on (not that it works), and the archive is accessible only to members.<br />
# Manually add (&ldquo;from an existing list&rdquo;) the following people to the list, grant them all administrator privileges and specify that the receive all admin email notifications: the committee chair (or cochairs), [[Chris Cree]], [[John Chew]], another Web Committee member willing to take responsibility for the group if available, and any committee members whose preferred group email address is known.<br />
# Use the web interface to invite all committee members to join the group, and follow through to make sure that they do so without difficulty. <br />
# Make sure each committee member&rsquo;s individual message posting settings are set to unmoderated, overriding the group default above.<br />
<br />
== Director FTP account creation ==<br />
<br />
Follow these steps to create a director FTP account for use in live coverage of a NASPA sanctioned tournament.<br />
<br />
# % sudo ~poslfit/bin/make-director-user <naspa-id><br />
# % sudo passwd <naspa-id><br />
# communicate login information to new user<br />
<br />
== Problems receiving Yahoo! Groups messages ==<br />
<br />
Follow these steps to help diagnose why a user may not be receiving Yahoo! Groups messages.<br />
<br />
# Go to the group website, click on Management &gt; Manage Members &gt; Bouncing, see if the user is listed. If they are listed as Soft Bouncing, follow the instructions to try to reactivate them. If they are listed as Hard Bouncing, ask the user to resubscribe.<br />
# Go to the group website, click on Members, Members, search for the user, make sure they are set to receive Individual Emails or Daily Digest (not No Email).<br />
# Ask the user if they are receiving other Yahoo! Groups email at their same address. If yes, and if you have administrative access to those other groups, check that the user is in fact ubscribed at the same address. If yes, their mail client software is likely hiding the specific group&rsquo;s messages from them for some reason.<br />
# Ask if they are receiving any other email from other sources.<br />
# Ask if their mail client software is configured to automatically group email into threads or conversations, and if they are aware that it might be hard to see new messages at the end of long ongoing discussions. Some mail software may also automatically put a user&rsquo;s own posts into their Sent Mail folder and not their in-box.<br />
# Ask if they checked all of their spam traps (some users may have separate spam folders at their ISP, company or institution, as well as on their personal machines).<br />
<br />
== NASPAWiki editors ==<br />
<br />
If a NASPA committee member complains about the cryptic login message<br />
<br />
Auto-creation of a local account failed: Automatic account creation is not allowed<br />
<br />
the most common cause is entering their username in using lower-case letters; suggest that they enter it capitalized.<br />
<br />
The rest of these instructions were obsoleted in 2017, when we extended MediaWiki's authentication method to accept NASPA internal authentication from committee members.<br />
<br />
Follow these steps to create a new NASPAWiki login for a person that will be editing web content.<br />
<br />
# [[Special:UserLogin|Create the user]]: current convention assigns each user their preferred email username (e.g., if their email address is jjchew@math.utoronto.ca, their Wiki username is jjchew). Assign a secure random password.<br />
# Create a contact page for the user.<br />
# Create a Wiki user page for the person and redirect it to the contact page. This allows every entry in Wiki page edit history to be linked to the actual person who performed the edit.<br />
<br />
== Yearend Tasks ==<br />
<br />
Perform the following tasks close to the end of the year:<br />
<br />
Perform the following tasks close to the beginning of the year:<br />
<br />
* Update [[Tournament results]], [[Ratings]] and [[SOWPODS rating system]] for the new year.<br />
* Increment the year in the webpage inc/std-bot.html.<br />
* Increment the year in the webpage wiki/LocalSettings.php.<br />
* Increment the year where appropriate in scripts in ~scrab/bin<br />
* Increment the year where appropriate in scripts in http://www.../cgi-bin<br />
<br />
== NASPAWiki password recovery ==<br />
<br />
The following instructions were obsoleted in 2017, when we extended MediaWiki's authentication method to accept NASPA internal authentication from committee members.<br />
<br />
Follow these steps when an authorized <br />
NASPAWiki editor forgets their username<br />
and/or password<br />
<br />
# Find their username in [[Special:ListUsers]]. It should be the username portion of their email address at the time that they became a NASPAWiki editor. It is 'not' their NASPA ID.<br />
# Generate a random password and assign it using [[Special:EditUser]].<br />
# Email them the new password and instruct them to change it right away.<br />
<br />
== Zyzzyva Offline Licence Activation ==<br />
<br />
Follow these steps to respond to a member request for the activation of a Zyzzyva licence on a computer that cannot be connected to the Internet.<br />
<br />
# Check that the member has provided the uuid and a nickname for their Zyzzyva device.<br />
# Verify their membership expiry date.<br />
# Optionally, use the get-zyzzyva-info to get and check the uuid and nickname provided against any previously provided values.<br />
# Go to http://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/check-zzl.pl?naspa=NASPAID&nickname=NICKNAME&uuid=UUID replacing the values of NASPAID, NICKNAME and UUID with the correct ones for the member; this will download an activation certificate.<br />
# Email the member the .ZZA activation certificate file, ask them to open the Licenses dialog, click on Add Licenses..., select the .ZZA file type (the default is .ZZL), and open the emailed file.<br />
<br />
== Zyzzyva Offline Licence Creation ==<br />
<br />
Follow these steps to respond to a member request for the issuance of a Zyzzyva licence on a computer that cannot be connected to the Internet.<br />
<br />
# Verify their NASPA ID and membership expiry date.<br />
# Use the get-zyzzyva-info command-line tool to see if they have a previously issued licence, and increment the serial number if necessary. If they have no previous licence, use 1.<br />
# Use the make-zzl command-line tool with arguments ''--issuance-subject NASPA:NASPAID --issuance-serial SERIAL --issuance-date IDATE --validity-not-after EXPIRY > NASPAID.zzl'' replacing the values of NASPAID, SERIAL, IDATE and EXPIRY with the correct ones for the member<br />
# Email the member the .ZZL licence certificate file<br />
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[[Category:Procedures]]</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Media_relations&diff=15578Media relations2020-07-31T23:52:56Z<p>Poslfit: /* Older Mention */ + 2016 article about Shediac</p>
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<div>== Recent Mention ==<br />
* July 29, 2020: The [https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/coronavirus/pandemic-presses-pause-on-over-decade-of-scrabble-play-for-attleboro-competitor/article_af53c9e6-bf94-57ef-abc3-59f57e4fafc5.html Sun Chronicle] interviews expert player [[Bradley Whitmarsh]].<br />
* July 18, 2020: [https://www.sportsdestinations.com/sports/individual-sports/inside-events-north-american-scrabble-players-asso-18949 Sports Destination Management] interviews [[John Chew]] about NASPA and our championship.<br />
* July 6, 2020: [https://www.yorktonthisweek.com/opinion/columnists/association-promotes-scrabble-1.24165523 Yorkton (SK) This Week] interviews [[John Chew]] about the organization of tournament SCRABBLE.<br />
* The inclusion of slurs in the lexicon<br />
** July 16, 2020: [https://open.spotify.com/episode/03BjDHrNxQohxvIydtme4V?fbclid=IwAR0Y33amK8kFsgJXnqt5pgY5iVmQPRTIyMcx7H8NbrbV3ViN2008YB1Yspk Openly] interviewer Oscar Lopez speaks to [[John Chew]] about the decision to remove slurs. Interview begins at 23:50.<br />
** July 16, 2020: [http://www.mandatory.com/culture/1550975-scrabble-bans-racial-and-ethnic-slurs#1 Mandatory] discusses the decision to remove slurs.<br />
** July 16, 2020: [https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/examining-taboo-words-as-scrabble-tournaments-ban-racial-slurs/ The Great Courses Daily] examines what makes words taboo in light of the decision to remove offensive slurs.<br />
** July 16, 2020: [https://associationsnow.com/2020/07/scrabble-players-group-removes-racial-ethnic-slurs-from-tournament-word-list/ Associations Now] interviews [[John Chew]] about the decision to remove slurs.<br />
** July 16, 2020: Julie Rose interviews Arkansas player [[Josephine Flowers]] on [https://www.byuradio.org/episode/bc6f788a-43fc-4138-83a4-e8c3478d8184/top-of-mind-with-julie-rose-coronavirus-update-microaggressions-migration Top of Mind] on BYUradio. The interview occurs about 1 3/4 hours into the episode.<br />
** July 14, 2020: [https://www.kkoh.com/news/scrabble-players-are-taking-racial-and-ethnic-slurs-out-of-the-game/ News Talk 780 KOH] announces the decision.<br />
** July 14, 2020: [https://www.languagemagazine.com/2020/07/14/scrabble-removes-racial-ethnic-slurs-from-official-word-list/ Language] reports on the decision to remove slurs.<br />
** July 14, 2020: [https://www.masslive.com/entertainment/2020/07/scrabble-removes-236-slurs-derogatory-language-from-official-word-list.html Mass Live] recaps the issue.<br />
** July 12, 2020: [https://clicklancashire.com/2020/07/12/scrabble-to-ban-slurs-other-offensive-words-from-official.html Click Lancashire] reports on the decision.<br />
** July 12, 2020: [https://www.thegamer.com/scrabble-racial-offensive-words-ban-competitive-play/ The Gamer] covers the issue.<br />
** July 12, 2020: [https://www.irishpost.com/news/irish-term-culchie-may-be-banned-from-scrabble-for-being-offensive-or-derogatory-188935 The Irish Post] discusses the possible removal of CULCHIE.<br />
** July 11, 2020: [https://kildare-nationalist.ie/2020/07/11/culchie-gives-way-to-gobshite/#.Xw4BUecpBPY Kildare Nationalist] comments on CULCHIE as one of the offensive words.<br />
** July 10, 2020: [https://slate.com/culture/2020/07/scrabble-offensive-words-ban-player-reaction.html Stefan Fatsis] reports on the drama following the decision in Slate.<br />
** July 10, 2020: [https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/scrabble-is-for-psychos Miles Klee] writes an essay about the decision in Mel.<br />
** July 10, 2020: [https://mix931fm.com/scrabble-has-banned-236-offensive-words-that-are-racially-insensitive/ Mix 93.1] covers the decision.<br />
** July 10, 2020: [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-race-lgbt-trfn/war-over-words-us-scrabble-leader-overrules-panel-to-ban-slurs-idUSKBN24B1NT Reuters] reports on the decision.<br />
** July 10, 2020: [https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irish-word-culchie-banned-scrabble Irish Central] summarizes the NEWSTALK interview about CULCHIE.]<br />
** July 10, 2020: [https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-moncrieff/scrabble-updates-rules Newstalk FM] host Sean Moncrieff talks with [[John Chew]] about the offensiveness of CULCHIE.<br />
** July 9, 2020: [https://unherd.com/2020/07/why-the-woke-are-coming-for-scrabble/?fbclid=IwAR2yu3oHSJqBYZj9j3lUyOjTarmaWoNtZEu0KYWUmMMg4Bgv1JgDfqNGDOQ Sam Leith] offers his opinion in Unherd.<br />
** July 9, 2020: [https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2020/7/9/21318572/scrabble-official-word-list-ban-racial-ethnic-slurs Deseret News] outlines the issue.<br />
** July 9, 2020: [https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/scrabble-association-bans-racial-ethnic-slurs-official-word-list/MGSSH33PFBFXRNUPZCAGP5CPNE/ Cox Media Group] outlets report on the decision.<br />
** July 9, 2020: [https://www.express.co.uk/comment/columnists/virginia-blackburn/1307315/race-debate-scrabble-black-lives-matter-white-house Express] columnist Virginia Blackburn offers her opinion.<br />
** July 9, 2020: [https://www.nova.ie/pejorative-derogatory-term-culchie-facing-scrabble-ban-180704/ Nova] reports that CULCHIE might be removed.<br />
** July 9, 2020: [https://www.prdaily.com/hasbro-and-scrabble-association-ban-slurs-united-airlines-might-lay-off-up-to-36000-employees-and-51-of-pr-pros-are-burned-out/ PR Daily] wrapup quotes Hasbro press release and [[John Chew]]'s letter to members.<br />
** July 9, 2020: [https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/us/scrabble-slurs-ban-trnd/index.html CNN] interviews [[John Chew]] about the decision to remove slurs.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/08/baldie-jew-fatso-among-words-set-banned-us-scrabble-competitions/ The Telegraph] reports on the issue. An edited version of this article appeared in Canada the following day in the [https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/scrabble-association-prepared-to-remove-offensive-words-from-board-game National Post].<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2020/07/08/scrabble-tournaments-ban-racial-ethnic-slurs/5396727002/ USA Today] recaps the New York Times article.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://wild949.iheart.com/featured/crystal-rosas/content/2020-07-08-scrabble-is-getting-rid-of-racial-slurs-and-offensive-words/ WiLD 94.9] reports on the issue.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [http://abcnewsradioonline.com/national-news/scrabble-to-ban-slurs-other-offensive-words-from-official-to.html ABC News Radio] interviews [[John Chew]] about the issue.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/08/889246690/scrabble-association-bans-racial-ethnic-slurs-from-its-official-word-list NPR] reports on the decision to eliminate slurs.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53339659 BBC News] reports on the debate.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8504117/Everyday-Ageism-FEMAIL-columnist-CHRISTA-DSOUZA.html Daily Mail] columnist Christa D'Souza frets that WRINKLIES may be removed.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://wingedexpress.com/scrabble-will-ban-racial-and-ethnic-slurs-from-tournaments-and-match-principles/ Winged Nation] summarizes the debate.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://gaynation.co/scrabble-looking-to-ban-lgbtphobic-words/ Gay Nation] looks at the issue from the LQBT perspective.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/scrabble-players-association-considers-banning-slurs-from-official-tournaments-174248621.html Yahoo! Sports] reviews the issue.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://mashable.com/article/scrabble-slur-naspa-racism-hasbro/ Mashable] discusses the debate.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/07/scrabble-bans-hundreds-of-offensive-words-from-competitive-play Kotaku] reports on the decision to remove slurs.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://globalnews.ca/toronto/program/the-john-oakley-show The John Oakley Show] interviewed [[John Chew]] from 15:35 to 15:45.<br />
** July 7, 2020: [https://www.out.com/news/2020/7/07/scrabble-may-remove-racist-homophobic-slurs-dictionary Out] reports on the issue.<br />
** July 7, 2020: [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/sports/scrabble-racial-slurs-tournaments.html The New York Times] interviews [[John Chew]] and NASPA members about the inclusion of slurs. Hasbro announces that NASPA has agreed to remove all slurs.<br />
** July 6, 2020: [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-entertainment-lgbt-racism-trfn/no-more-n-word-scrabble-players-look-to-bar-racist-or-homophobic-slurs-idUSKBN2472D2 Reuters] reports on the debate.<br />
** July 6, 2020: [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/scrabble-censorship-dispute-over-banning-offensive-terms-hj9jnr5ks The Times] interviews [[John Chew]] and WESPA Chair [[Chris Lipe]] about the removal of slurs.<br />
** July 5, 2020: The [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8492639/Scrabble-community-discusses-banning-racial-slurs-game-amid-Black-Lives-Matter-protests.html Daily Mail] recaps the debate on removing slurs.<br />
** June 29, 2020: [https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-5-calgary-eyeopener Calgary Eyeopener] host Rob Brown interviewed [[John Chew]] about removing slurs from the NWL.<br />
** June 25, 2020: Article about [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/the-n-word-has-no-place-in-our-game-competitive-scrabble-player-wants-slurs-removed-from-play-1.5626891 CBC As It Happens] interview includes additional comments from NASPA member [[Frank Tangredi]].<br />
** June 24, 2020: [[John Chew]] appears on [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.5625419 As It Happens] on CBC. Interview begins at about the 28-minute mark.<br />
** June 24, 2020: [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-terrible-word-play-should-slurs-swearing-and-offensive-terms-be/ The Globe and Mail] interviews NASPA CEO [[John Chew]].<br />
** June 18, 2020: [[Stefan Fatsis]] discusses the debate on the inclusion of slurs in the lexicon in [https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/06/scrabble-players-debate-slurs.html Slate].<br />
<br />
== Older Mention ==<br />
* June 2, 2020: The [https://www.gazettenet.com/Scrabble-HG-060320-34576562 Daily Hampshire Gazette] interviews NASPA Member and Youth Player Jack Carpenter who placed 2nd in last weekend's online School SCRABBLE Championship (OQuaSSA). <br />
* May 11, 2020: [https://themontclarion.org/entertainment/montclair-surgeon-mina-le-takes-a-stab-at-jeopardy/ The Montclarion] recaps the appearance of NASA member [[Mina Le]] on Jeopardy!<br />
* April 26, 2020: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouZTO4tUrnM The Saige Jones podcast] interviews [[Joe Edley]] about his life (and SCRABBLE career) and the impact of meditation.<br />
* COVID-19 Coronavirus<br />
** March 18, 2020: The [https://calgarysun.com/news/local-news/on-a-cruise-to-nowhere-during-covid-19-scrabble-skills-and-humour-go-a-long-way/wcm/9f6788ec-1b9a-4514-a2b3-fc954c5559f2 Calgary Sun] reports that [[Siri Tillekeratne]] and [[Albert Hahn]] continue to play SCRABBLE while on a cruise ship unable to dock anywhere because of COVID-19.<br />
** March 14, 2020: [[Stefan Fatsis]] discusses the impact of COVID-19 on organized SCRABBLE activity in [https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/playing-scrabble-coronavirus-pandemic.html?fbclid=IwAR09AKSKilIm7el46-a4QCB8bceiiLawGGRd-5Pzr2B7d9iFkFLmvX1oDv4 Slate].<br />
* March 7, 2020: [https://getpocket.com/explore/item/does-scrabble-need-to-be-fixed?utm_source=pocket-newtab&fbclid=IwAR0U2Nv-xOuMBSKslYAukBXcigzRWCNu7wTeI_lyCe9fqaRaDLWvniqE3kU Nautilus] reports on the role of tile values and luck in SCRABBLE - including quotes from [[John Chew]], [[Stefan Fatsis]], and Lynda Woods Cleary.<br />
* February 5, 2020: The [https://www.standard-freeholder.com/news/local-news/cornwall-hosts-the-annual-ottawa-montreal-scrabble-challenge Cornwall Standard-Freeholder] reports on the Montreal vs. Ottawa tournament held on February 1.<br />
* January 29, 2020: [https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/seattles-scrabble-club-is-definitely-not-words-with-friends-but-there-are-words-and-friends-and-some-supersmart-competitions/ Pacific NW Magazine] visits Seattle (WA) NASPA Club #253.<br />
* December 11, 2019: [https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg-scrabble-club-a-community-of-competitive-word-lovers-seeking-their-next-highest-score-1.4725115 CTV News] visits Winnipeg (MB) NASPA Club #498.<br />
* Ricky Rodriguez attended the WESPA Youth Cup.<br />
** November 28, 2019: The [https://www.expressnews.com/news/education/amp/San-Antonio-boy-10-to-compete-in-Scrabble-world-14867781.php?fbclid=IwAR1sn-4aYr5u7CO_c6UMVv9u2XuUWwGzFzXcF2ccDJgGneK-jZDxqGS9y74 San Antonio Express-News] profiles Ricky Rodriguez before the WESPA Youth Cup.<br />
** December 2, 2019: San Antonio Express-News published a [https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/V-I-C-T-O-R-Y-seven-times-for-young-San-Antonio-14874426.php follow-up article] after the tournament.<br />
** December 31, 2019: [https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2019/12/31/whats-up-south-texas-boy-on-autism-spectrum-dominates-the-game-of-scrabble/ KSAT] profiles Ricky.<br />
* [[Dean Saldanha]] and Dielle Pinto will be on Team Canada at the [[2019 WESPA Championship |WESPA Championships]] in Goa, India, in mid-October.<br />
** October 12, 2019: [https://www.princegeorgematters.com/local-news/scrabble-challenge-takes-these-bc-siblings-to-india-1731707 Prince George Matters] article.<br />
** October 6, 2019: [https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-scrabble-champions-to-represent-canada-at-goa-championships-oct-16-20 Vancouver Sun] article.<br />
** September 30, 2019: [https://www.richmond-news.com/news/scrabble-challenge-takes-siblings-to-india-1.23962165 Richmond (BC) News] article.<br />
* September 11, 2019: [https://smile.amazon.com/Your-Move-Board-Games-Teach/dp/1999439546/ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_g3905707922?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0&ie=UTF8 Your Move: What Board Games Teach Us About Life], a book written by Jonathan Kay and Joan Moriarity, features [[John Chew]] in its chapter on SCRABBLE.<br />
* August 14, 2019: [https://www.barrietoday.com/whats-up-wednesday/whats-in-a-word-could-be-lots-of-points-at-the-barrie-scrabble-club-1639985 Barrie Today] spotlights the recently formed recreational club in Barrie (ON). <br />
* August 13, 2019: [https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2019/08/13/orlando-scrabble-club-art-moore?fbclid=IwAR3u7Yg_i2BHhwyboN9GmIzR5EVhvq5bN01I1VTjnLl5JCJwefgxtdceHSE# Spectrum News 13] visits Casselberry-Orlando NASPA Club #438 and talks to director [[Arthur Moore |Art Moore]].<br />
* 2019 North American SCRABBLE Championship in Reno (NV)<br />
** July 26, 2019: [https://lynnwoodtoday.com/lynnwood-man-becomes-youngest-north-american-scrabble-champion Lynnwood Today] reports on Lynnwood resident and North American SCRABBLE Champion [[Alec Sjoholm]].<br />
** July 24, 2019: [https://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Top-scrabble-players-compete-for-national-title--513135661.html KOLO 8 ABC] interviews [[Joshua Sokol]] and [[John Chew]].<br />
** July 24, 2019: [https://www.ktvn.com/story/40833013/intense-wordplay-in-reno-the-north-american-scrabble-championships KTVN 2] interviews Deborah Komatsu, Cheryl Kagan, [[Andy Hoang]], and [[John Chew]].<br />
* July 24, 2019: The Angry Grammarian at the [https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/scrabble-dictionary-tournament-words-language-20190724.html Philadelphia Inquirer] interviews 2017 North American SCRABBLE Champion [[Will Anderson]] and [[John Chew]] about why slurs are allowed in tournament and club play.<br />
* [[Cornelia Guest]] ran a SCRABBLE tournament in conjunction with the Newtown (CT) Bridge Club's 3rd annual Longest Day fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association on June 19th.<br />
** July 1, 2019: The [https://www.newtownbee.com/bridge-fans-scrabblers-converge-%E2%80%98longest-day%E2%80%99-fundraiser/07012019 Newtown Bee] covers the event.<br />
** May 24, 2019: The [https://www.newtownbee.com/longest-day-fundraiser-support-alzheimer%E2%80%99s-association/05242019 Newtown Bee] announces the event.<br />
* May 8, 2019: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJuLtETpzms&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2KvBEaWrcHDabwapCNRYvsiME9rL6ld83s5Dbj56IJVlRAr5w-Fbnr9ho WGBY] profiles Northampton (MA) NASPA Club #667 - including interviews with director Brett Constantine, NASC 2018 Div 4 champion Evan Yurko, and 2019 North American School SCRABBLE Championship director Ben Greenwood.<br />
* May 2, 2019: The [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/arts/scrabble-new-words.html New York Times] interviews NASPA co-president [[John Chew]] about the release of the Collins 2019 lexicon.<br />
* Youth player Ricky Rodriguez is interviewed by local San Antonio (TX) media.<br />
** May 7, 2019: [https://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/kid-scrabble-champ-gains-national-attention Fox29] in San Antonio interviews Ricky after his return from the North American School SCRABBLE Championship where his team placed 3rd in the Challenge Division.<br />
** April 26, 2019: The [https://therivardreport.com/after-finding-success-in-scrabble-san-antonio-kid-heads-to-national-championships/?fbclid=IwAR1ZGlsm2q2PvQW2qZ5Rx3PEQHqXQogwHV2UXLK2zVp6_MxKwXlGlkMh5ZU Rivard Report] profiles Ricky as he heads to the North American School SCRABBLE Championship.<br />
** February 1, 2019: [https://www.kens5.com/video/news/young-scrabble-genius-from-sa-competes-all-over-the-country/273-61b7870f-bbe7-46f7-9a4c-eb24f40e11a5?fbclid=IwAR3829p0wxdmbMnAQqrtoUK7XO4eTFzrQ040Sq5bb3v8SlfLLK6PEk8z9MA CBS KENS-TV] interviews Ricky and his mother, Erin, at Austin (TX) NASPA Club #234.<br />
** December 30, 2018: [https://www.ksat.com/news/whats-up-south-texas-boy-on-autism-spectrum-dominates-the-game-of-scrabble?fbclid=IwAR0Poo0aBIddRkuNAdGbYqy9EwIRvflym7vWd_mI-3BEWLLOv2AY4LnaeB0 ABC KSAT12] interviewed Ricky on the "What's Up South Texas" segment.<br />
** November 22, 2018: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IysIy-jqpqc Fox 29's Daytime at 9 with Kimberly and Esteban] invited Ricky to share some SCRABBLE tips and tricks.<br />
* April 1, 2019: [https://www.pressreader.com/usa/readers-digest/20190401/textview Reader's Digest] profiles [[2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship | 2018 NASC]] champion [[Joel Sherman]] in its I Won! series.<br />
* Business Insider reporter and NASPA member Mark Abadi offers SCRABBLE tips to readers:<br />
** February 10, 2019: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-vs-words-with-friends-differences-2019-2 Play SCRABBLE rather than Words With Friends]<br />
** February 2, 2019: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-tips-biggest-mistakes-2019-2 Avoid these mistakes]<br />
** January 27, 2019: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-strategy-tips-hotspots-2019-1 Look out for hotspots]<br />
** December 29, 2018: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-improve-skills-anagrams-bingos-2018-12 Learn the 2-letter words]<br />
* March 21, 2019: [http://www.connecticutmag.com/the-connecticut-story/scrabble-queen-cornelia-guest-is-training-child-champions-of-the/article_9793643e-4697-11e9-9f6f-0ffbdd3ea6d2.html?fbclid=IwAR28fPWeRR9_Ozy1Mn7rc9FRPCtLmfJKWVB0lRNuGg_Qg1KVu7nQWJQNqKk Connecticut Magazine] profiles NASPA Person of the Year [[Cornelia Guest]] with a focus on her Youth SCRABBLE coaching.<br />
* March 8, 2019: An [https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local/words-words-words-a-reporter-challenges-a-scrabble-fanatic/article_e4458f70-3fba-11e9-83bc-53fc38b6d282.html East Oregonian] reporter takes on NASPA member John Lauck.<br />
* January 7, 2019: [[Stefan Fatsis]] discusses ties in tournament SCRABBLE on the [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hang-up-and-listen/id327595087?mt=2 Hang Up and Listen] podcast. Jeffrey Jacobson had 3 ties in a 7-game tournament in [https://www.cross-tables.com/tourney.php?tourneyid=10546 Levittown (PA)] on January 5, 2019.<br />
* December 22, 2018: The [https://nypost.com/2018/12/22/scrabble-savant-campaigning-against-adding-ok-to-official-list/ New York Post] reports on [[Joel Sherman]]'s campaign against the inclusion of OK.<br />
* December 13, 2018: [http://nautil.us/issue/67/reboot/does-scrabble-need-to-be-fixed?fbclid=IwAR3atsOQ10cM0Thl2jBsM_G3M6oHHQUx9FOR876tsnqCdTB2Wak5Ju_A4BY Nautilus] article on SCRABBLE tile distribution includes interviews with NASPA members Lynda Woods Cleary and [[Stefan Fatsis]].<br />
* November 1, 2018: [https://www.awslife.com/filerepository/archives/11-18awsl/index.html Altamonte-Wekiva Springs Life] puts Casselberry/Orlando NASPA Club #438 on the cover.<br />
* Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary 6th Edition (OSPD6)<br />
** October 4, 2018: The [https://www.wsj.com/articles/scrabble-is-a-lousy-game-1538667637 Wall Street Journal] comments on the release of OSPD6 and SCRABBLE as a game. Author Jonathan Kay mentions NASC champions [[Adam Logan]], [[Nigel Richards]], and [[James Leong]] and recalls tournaments he attended with [[John Chew]].<br />
** September 27, 2018: [[John Chew]] and [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] conducted 22 interviews with Canadian media, including the [https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1330770499966 Calgary Eyeopener].<br />
** September 24, 2018: The [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/arts/new-scrabble-words.html New York Times] interviews [[John Chew]] about the release of the OSPD6.<br />
** September 24, 2018: [https://www.businessinsider.com/ok-added-to-scrabble-dictionary-2018-9 Business Insider] reporter and NASPA player Mark Abadi discusses the addition of OK with [[Jackson Smylie]], [[Judy Cole]], and Ben Schoenbrun.<br />
** September 24, 2018: Associated Press release, as seen in the [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-scrabble-adds-300-new-words-ok-20180924-story.html?outputType=amp New York Daily News] and other publications, mentions Merriam-Webster's consultation with NASPA on new words.<br />
* August 31, 2018: The [http://www.centraljersey.com/news/the_princeton_packet/stories/local-club-celebrates-two-decades-of-scrabble-games-tournaments/article_5941ad7b-5ebd-5875-9c4a-153d524f4016.html Princeton Packet] reports on the 20th anniversary of Princeton (NJ) NASPA Club #513.<br />
* Nigerian asylum seeker Olakunle Azeez Omopariola joins Cote St Luc (QC) NASPA Club #83.<br />
** September 11, 2018: [https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/nigerian-asylum-seeker-finding-solace-through-scrabble-1.4089963 CTV News]<br />
**August 29, 2018: [https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/nigerian-scrabble-champion-seeks-asylum-in-montreal Montreal Gazette]<br />
* August 25, 2018: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-improve-score-two-letter-words-2018-8 Business Insider] reporter and NASPA member Mark Abadi advises readers to learn the 2-letter words.<br />
* August 16, 2018: The [https://www.theridgefieldpress.com/2018/08/16/scrabble-coach-named-person-of-the-year/ Ridgefield Press] reports on [[Cornelia Guest]] being named NASPA Person of the Year.<br />
* 4th Niagara Falls International Open<br />
** July 29, 2018: [https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/8768788-niagara-to-host-international-scrabble-tourney/ The Niagara Falls Review]<br />
* 2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship<br />
** August 22, 2018: [http://dailytimes.com/promotions/article_f0908c22-a60d-11e8-beba-e73f90798560.html Kerrville Daily Times] - Interviews [[Deborah Gaudier]] on the NASC and Niagara Open.<br />
** August 19, 2018: [https://www.gazettenet.com/Editorial-Monday-mix-on-potato-kings-Scrabble-champ-young-bakers-19538057 Daily Hampshire Gazette] - Congratulates Evan Yurko on his Division 4 win.<br />
** August 14, 2018: [https://www.gazettenet.com/Evan-Yurko-Scrabble-champ-19400455 Daily Hampshire Gazette] - Includes interviews with NASC Division 4 winner Evan Yurko, Brett Constantine, and Ben Greenwood.<br />
** August 10, 2018: [https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-scrabble-champions-spellbinding-comeback-1533898800 Wall Street Journal]<br />
** August 10, 2018: [https://buffalonews.com/2018/08/10/wordsmiths-of-the-gaming-world-unite-in-buffalo/ Buffalo News]<br />
** August 8, 2018: [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2018/nsc/build/nasc-winner-release.pdf NASPA Press Release]<br />
** August 8, 2018: [http://news.wbfo.org/post/scrabble-lovers-buffalo-north-american-tournament WBFO NPR 88.7] - Includes interviews with Evan Berofsky, NASPA co-president [[John Chew]], and NASC division leader [[ Jason Idalski]].<br />
** August 7, 2018: [https://www.wkbw.com/news/2018-north-american-scrabble-championship-spells-its-way-into-buffalo WKBW ABC 7] - Includes interviews with Brett Constantine, Karen Richards, [[Sue Tremblay]], and [[Jason Broersma]]<br />
** August 7, 2018: [https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/scrabble-players-compete-for-title-in-buffalo/71-581463622 WGRZ NBC 2] - Includes interview with NASC director [[Arthur Moore]].<br />
* 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] throws out first pitch as part of Jacksonville (FL) Jumbo Shrimp team's celebration of SCRABBLE's 70th anniversary.<br />
** July 19, 2018: [https://www.milb.com/milb/news/jacksonville-jumbo-shrimp-stage-a-scrabble-celebration/c-286300622 MiLB.com]<br />
** July 19, 2018: [https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/sports/back-to-the-minors-exploring-america-through-minor-league-baseball/77-575569218 First Coast News]<br />
** July 11, 2018: [http://news.sportslogos.net/2018/07/11/jumbo-shrimp-target-world-record-on-words-with-fans-day/ SportsLogos.net]<br />
** July 11, 2018: [http://arizonasports.com/story/1594715/double-a-baseball-team-wear-scrabble-inspired-jerseys/ Arizona Sports 98.7 FM]<br />
** March 20, 2018: [https://frntofficesport.com/why-the-jacksonville-jumbo-shrimp-are-celebrating-the-anniversary-of-a-board-game/ Front Office Sports]<br />
* 2018 [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** June 19, 2018: [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/canadian-national-scrabble-championship-eric-tran-winner-1.4712256 CBC News] reports about [[Eric Tran]] winning the CNSC, based on an earlier interview on CBC Radio's Calgary Eyeopener program<br />
** June 18, 2018: [https://www.bttoronto.ca/videos/the-10th-annual-canadian-scrabble-championship/ Breakfast Television] interviews NASPA co-president [[John Chew]] about the 2018 [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
* June 19, 2018: [https://www.wdel.com/features/wordless-wilmington-scrabble-club-gets-a-visit-from-national-scrabble/article_36da33aa-7426-11e8-b9cf-f76e9e04eba2.html WDEL 101.7 FM] reports on a visit by 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] to [https://sites.google.com/site/delawarescrabble/home Wilmington (DE) NASPA Club #599].<br />
* May 23, 2018: [https://www.ozy.com/provocateurs/could-he-be-the-youngest-scrabble-champ-ever/86265 OZY] profiles SCRABBLE Grandmaster [[Mack Meller]].<br />
* May 22, 2018: [http://newton.wickedlocal.com/news/20180522/newton-scrabble-champion-has-game-plan-for-success Newton Wicked Local] interviews Lexington (MA) NASPA Club #108 member Marvin Kraus about his division win at the annual BAT (Boston Area Tournament).<br />
* May 13, 2018: The [http://www.philly.com/philly/news/scrabble-champ-will-anderson-lancaster-strategy-20180513.html Philadelphia Inquirer] interviews NASC champion [[Will Anderson]].<br />
* May 13, 2018: The [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2018/05/13/scrabble-with-the-stars-spells-success-for-pal-toronto-charity.html Toronto Star] profiles jazz artist/composer and NASPA member [[Fern Lindzon]] who will serve as one of the experts at this year's SCRABBLE With the Stars fundraiser.<br />
* April 12, 2018: [http://www.rhodes.edu/stories/can-scrabble-help-teach-writing-one-rhodes-professor-thinks-so Rhodes College] professor (and SCRABBLE Expert) Scott Garner works SCRABBLE into the curriculum. <br />
* February 17, 2018: [http://shep.ca/waffles/audio/Josh-and-Shan-Interview.mp3 CFRC-FM] interviews [[Shan Abbasi]] and [[Josh Greenway]] about the Kingston (ON) Open.<br />
* Northampton (MA) NASPA Club #667 organized a charity tournament to benefit 3 local charities.<br />
** February 19, 2018: The [http://www.gazettenet.com/Editorial-Monday-mix-on-dyslexia-podcast-Scrabble-for-charity-Jewish-Book-Award-15596411 Daily Hampshire Gazette] commends the club for its efforts.<br />
** February 11, 2018: The [http://www.gazettenet.com/Charity-Scrabble-event-benefits-three-local-charities-15469507 Daily Hampshire Gazette] reports that over 50 people attended the event, which raised over $1700. <br />
** February 7, 2018: [http://www.masslive.com/living/index.ssf/2018/02/northampton_scrabble_club_plans_charity_tournament.html MassLive] previews the event.<br />
* January 14, 2018: The [http://www.heraldsun.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article194659899.html Herald-Sun] covers the 8th annual SCRABBLE tournament to benefit the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center took place this weekend in Durham (NC).<br />
* [[2017 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] winner [[Will Anderson]] played SCRABBLE with ITRI's IVS robot at CES 2018 on January 9, 2018.<br />
** April 7, 2018: Paul Gallen of [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ The Times] analyzes Will's games with the robot in his weekly SCRABBLE column.<br />
** January 12, 2018: NASPA co-president [[John Chew]] offers his account of [[CES 2018]].<br />
** January 12, 2018: [http://www.wdtv.com/content/news/Robots-walking-talking-and-barking-at-CES-469038173.html WDTV] covers the robots at CES 2018 with a quote from Will.<br />
** January 9, 2018: [https://www.cnet.com/au/videos/scrabble-playing-robot-at-ces-2018/ CNET] interviews Will about the experience.<br />
** January 3, 2018: The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)of Taiwan [https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180103005456/en/ITRI%E2%80%99s-Intelligent-Vision-Based-Robot-Play-SCRABBLE%C2%AE-North announces] the match.<br />
* December 12, 2017: The [http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/philadelphia/hip-hop-grandpop-matt-hopkins-holiday-dance-moves-we-the-people-20171213.html?mobi=true Philadelphia Inquirer] profiles 2004 [[Person of the Year]] [[Matt Hopkins]].<br />
* Winter, 2017: [http://magazine.columbia.edu/features/winter-2017/letter-head?page=0%2C0#undefined.gbpl Columbia Magazine] profiles freshman [[Mack Meller]] who placed 2nd in this year's [[North American SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
* December 6, 2017: [http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/December-2017/Wordplay/ Honolulu Magazine] profiles NASPA's recreational club organized by Darren Seu and Claire Dunham. <br />
* [[Marty Gabriel]] and Scott Garner set a Guiness record for the highest SCRABBLE score in 24 hours.<br />
** January 15, 2018: The [http://www.illinoishomepage.net/ciliving/charleston-scrabble-enthusiasts-spell-way-to-a-guinness-world-record/917393513 Illinois Home Page] interviews Marty and Scott about their achievement.<br />
** January 8, 2018: The [http://www.purplepawn.com/2018/01/scoreboard-51/ Purple Pawn] includes the record in its list of monthly gaming news.<br />
** November 17, 2017: The [http://jg-tc.com/news/local/local-man-gets-confirmation-of-setting-scrabble-world-record/article_69472800-b7f5-5704-98a6-a56fa3fb1f70.html/ Journal Gazette and Times-Courier] reports on the achievement.<br />
* November 27, 2017: [http://news.hamlethub.com/fairfield/places/46310-pequot-library-has-scored-a-specialist-for-its-new-scrabble-sessions Fairfield's Hamlet Hub] reports that Dustin Brown will be coaching the Pequot (CT) Library's SCRABBLE Club for children.<br />
* November 17, 2017: The [http://www.vnews.com/Vermont-Scrabble-Catamount-Cup-tournament-at-Norwich-Public-Library-13733092 Valley News] covers the annual Catamount Cup where players from Northern Vermont face off against a team from Southern Vermont.<br />
* November 16, 2017: The [http://video.newyorker.com/watch/professional-scrabble-champions-replay-their-greatest-moves New Yorker] interviews [[Will Anderson]], [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]], [[Kate Fukawa-Connelly]], [[Jesse Day]], [[Debbie Stegman]], and [[Joe Edley]] about their favorite, most improbable, worst, most patient, most regretful, and most humbling plays.<br />
* November 5, 2017: [http://wlos.com/news/local/annual-autumn-leaves-scrabble-tournament-is-full-contact-mind-sport/ WLOS] covers the Asheville (NC) tournament directed by Bill Snoddy.<br />
* October 6, 2017: Per the [https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-baseball-manager-who-cant-get-enough-scrabble-1507293022/the Wall Street Journal], Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona is an avid SCRABBLE player on his iPad. NASPA co-president [[Chris Cree]] issues a challenge to Terry.<br />
* September 25, 2017: [http://www.skidmore.edu/news/2017/0925_oconnor_matthew.php/ Skidmore College] interviews Junior World SCRABBLE champion Matthew O'Connor '20.<br />
* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/2017_North_American_SCRABBLE_Championship 2017 North American SCRABBLE Championship]<br />
** September 2, 2017: Division 3 player Mark Abadi reports on the words played at the NASC in [http://www.businessinsider.com/crazy-scrabble-words-2017-8/#atemoya-1/ Business Insider].<br />
** September 2, 2017: The [http://alumni.dailytarheel.com/qa-with-scrabble-king-mark-abadi/ Daily Tarheel] interviews Division 3 player and University of North Carolina alum Mark Abadi.<br />
** August 25, 2017: The [http://concord.wickedlocal.com/news/20170825/concord-is-home-to-national-scrabble-champion Concord (MA) Journal] profiles NASC Division 3 winner Jack Peters.<br />
** August 20, 2017: Division 3 player Mark Abadi provides an account of the NASC in [http://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-tournament-championship-2017-8/ Business Insider]. <br />
** August 14, 2017: [http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2017/august/scrabble-peters-profile.html/ Brandeis Now] interviews Division 3 champion and Brandeis student Jack Peters.<br />
** August 5, 2017: [http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/lititz-man-s-love-of-words-pays-off-with-top/article_15aa3b8a-795e-11e7-ac8d-5335315cf685.html Lancaster (PA) Online] reports on local resident [[Will Anderson]]'s win at NASC.<br />
** August 1, 2017: Word Freak author [[Stefan Fatsis]] interviews 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] and runner-up [[Mack Meller]] about NASC and reviews one of their matches on [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2017/08/a_breakdown_of_the_best_game_at_the_north_american_scrabble_championship.html Slate].<br />
** July 31, 2017: Word Freak author [[Stefan Fatsis]] interviews 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] on the Slate podcast [http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/hang_up_and_listen/2017/07/girls_in_baseball_sneakers_and_scrabble_on_hang_up_and_listen.html Hang Up and Listen].<br />
* Youth SCRABBLE - Coverage of Ian Whitehurst and Kevin Zeng being named as the top Elementary School team.<br />
** August 28, 2017: [http://www.theridgefieldpress.com/93427/farmingville-student-becomes-scrabble-champion/ Ridgefield Press]<br />
** August 12, 2017: [http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Ridgefield-10-year-old-is-North-America-s-top-11746165.php/ Danbury News Times] <br />
** August 7, 2017: [http://news.hamlethub.com/ridgefield/neighbors/57032-10-year-old-ridgefield-boy-wins-national-scrabble-championship/ Ridgefield Hamlet Hub]<br />
** August 4, 2017: [http://www.theridgefieldpress.com/92531/ridgefield-student-named-nations-top-elementary-school-scrabble-player/ Ridgefield Press]<br />
* July 7, 2017: Joshua Zinn from the radio program [http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2017/07/07/220425/inside-the-world-of-competitive-scrabble-playing-in-houston/ Houston Matters] interviews Robin Lewis of Houston (TX) NASPA Club #359.<br />
* July 1, 2017: The [http://jg-tc.com/two-seek-to-break-scrabble-guinness-world-record/article_f4fc6abf-5931-57b6-a392-93d085bb1689.html Journal-Gazette & Times Courier] reports on the attempt by Scott Garner and [[Marty Gabriel]] to set a Guinness record for the highest SCRABBLE score in 24 hours.<br />
* June 14, 2017: The [https://www.theet.com/westonnews/news/kaia-does-more-than-check-out-books-as-a-librarian/article_e74742c2-ebe9-562f-b480-25a1b70d798e.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share/ Weston (WV) News] profiles Kaia - Peace Corps volunteer, librarian, and SCRABBLE player.<br />
* May 21, 2017: The [http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2017/05/21/a-war-of-words-at-niagara-tournament/ Welland Tribune] interviews [[Chris Lipe]], youth player Tyler Lee, and director [[Sue Tremblay]] at the 3rd Niagara Falls (ON) International Open.<br />
* March 29, 2017: The [http://www.commercial-news.com/news/local_news/scrabble-event-to-benefit-dacc-program/article_dd7a60b0-d1ca-5b75-9f92-254cec39da40.html/ Commercial-News] previews the 12th annual SCRABBLE for Literacy tournament in Danville (IL).<br />
* March 23, 2017: The [http://tinyurl.com/orlando20/ Orlando Sentinel] profiles [http://www.orlandoscrabble.com/ Casselberry/Orlando (FL) NASPA Club #438] on its 20th anniversary.<br />
* Toronto (ON) School SCRABBLE Championship<br />
**March 26, 2017: [http://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/how-a-canadian-crossword-game-may-have-inspired-the-invention-of-scrabble-1.3341636/ CTV News] covers the Toronto Championship as well as a School SCRABBLE competition in Edmonton (AB).<br />
**March 23, 2017: [http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1085297/ CTV Toronto] covers the 9th annual Toronto (ON)School SCRABBLE Championship. <br />
* January 30, 2017: The [http://www.philly.com/philly/living/412007105.html Philadelphia Inquirer] reveals the impact that a Marian Anderson concert had on Philly SCRABBLE legend [[Matt Hopkins]] as a child.<br />
* January 22, 2017: [http://www.standard-freeholder.com/2017/01/22/cornwall-scrabble-tourney-where-words-are-a-weapon/ Coverage of the 7th annual Ottawa-Montreal Scrabble Challenge]<br />
* September 30, 2016: [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/serious-scrabble-weekend-1.3785783/ CBC] covers Shediac (NB) tournament.<br />
* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/2016_North_American_SCRABBLE_Championship 2016 North American SCRABBLE Championship]<br />
** August 12, 2016: [http://www.goupstate.com/article/20160812/ARTICLES/160819902/ Spartanburg Herald Journal] interviews [[David Gibson]].<br />
** August 11, 2016: Spartanburg (SC) CBS affiliate [http://wspa.com/2016/08/11/spartanburg-man-wins-2nd-north-american-scrabble-championship-title/ WSPA] and Myrtle Beach (SC) CBS affiliate [http://wbtw.com/2016/08/11/sc-math-professor-wins-second-north-american-scrabble-championship-title/ WBTW] cover the victory of local resident [[David Gibson]].<br />
** August 11, 2016: Local NPR affiliate [http://wboi.org/post/fort-wayne-hosts-scrabble-fans-around-world#stream/0 WBOI] interviews [[David Gibson]], Mack Meller, and Heather McCall at the NASC.<br />
** August 10, 2016: Hasbro [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160810006218/en/Gibson-Spells-V-I-C-T-O-R-Y-Board-2016-North-American/ press release] wraps up the event.<br />
** August 10, 2016: [http://nepr.net/news/2016/08/10/western-massachusetts-teacher-wins-in-national-scrabble-tournament/ New England Public Radio] interviews Division 3 winner Ben Greenwood.<br />
** August 8, 2016: Fort Wayne Fox affiliate [http://www.fortwaynehomepage.net/news/local-news/scrabble-championship-comes-to-the-fort/ WFFT] interviews [[Jesse Matthews]].<br />
** August 7, 2016: Fort Wayne ABC affiliate [http://www.21alive.com/news/local/North-American-SCRABBLE-Championship-makes-moves-to-Fort-Wayne-for-first-time-389425661.html/ 21Alive] and [http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Scrabble-tourney-participants--Playing--chess-with-tiles--14524804/ The Journal Gazette] interview [[Dallas Johnson]] and [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] who describes SCRABBLE as "chess with tiles."<br />
** August 6, 2016: [https://vimeo.com/177828426/ The Journal Gazette] interviews NASC director [[Dallas Johnson]] amid play on Day 1.<br />
** August 6, 2016: Local news channel [http://wane.com/2016/08/06/north-american-scrabble-championship-held-in-fort-wayne/ WANE-TV] covers the NASC on Day 1.<br />
** August 5, 2016: [http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local/Local-Scrabble-players-look-forward-to-taking-part-in-national-championship-in-Fort-Wayne News-Sentinel] profiles local players Kathleen Long, Timothy Long, and Dan Wenger.<br />
** August 5, 2016: [http://www.tribstar.com/news/indiana_news/north-american-scrabble-championship-comes-to-fort-wayne/article_9c0bd463-3e84-5e5f-8898-f184cc7dd450.html Terre Haute Tribune Star] previews NASC in Fort Wayne.<br />
* July 24, 2016: [https://www.google.com/amp/www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/amp/Scrabble-players-compete-in-Stamford-8406032.php# Stamford Advocate] covered weekend tournament held in Stamford (CT).<br />
* July 21, 2016: [http://www.vicnews.com/news/387813641.html Victoria News] interviews Victoria (BC) NASPA members Tim Thielmann and Rhonda Reece.<br />
* July 17, 2016: [http://www.wral.com/love-scrabble-all-ages-experiences-invited-to-durham-tournament/15850988/ KRAL] interviewed tournament director David Klionsky about the Robb Griffith Memorial tournament scheduled for July 23rd in Durham (NC).<br />
* July 1, 2016: [http://jg-tc.com/two-seek-to-break-scrabble-guinness-world-record/article_f4fc6abf-5931-57b6-a392-93d085bb1689.html/ JG-TC] reports on attempt of [[Marty Gabriel]] and Scott Garner to break Guiness SCRABBLE record.<br />
* June 8, 2016: [http://globalnews.ca/news/2749684/shediac-to-host-1st-atlantic-international-scrabble-tournament/ Global News] reports on Shediac (NB) tournament scheduled to celebrate 90th anniversary of 1st crossword game invented by local resident Edward MacDonald.<br />
* June 9, 2016: [[John Chew]] interviewed in the Moncton Times &amp; Transcript in an article by James Foster entitled &ldquo;Shediac stakes its claim as Canada&rsquo;s Scrabble capital&rdquo; about the history of the Scrabble game and the first tournament to be held in Atlantic Canada in the fall.<br />
* June 6, 2016: [[John Robertson]] and [[Andy Saunders]], authors of ''A's Bad As It Gets'', cited in [http://www.si.com/ Sports Illustrated] article on 1916 Philadelphia Athletics.<br />
* June 2, 2016: [http://omahamagazine.com/2016/06/thats-a-word-bingo/ Omaha Magazine] coverage of Omaha NASPA Club #582.<br />
* May 21, 2016: [http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local/Scrabble-players-compete-for-the-last-word-in-Fort-Wayne-regional/ News-Sentinel] and [http://www.wowo.com/fort-wayne-hosts-north-american-scrabble-qualifying-tournament/ WOWO] coverage of Fort Wayne (IN) tournament.<br />
* May 19, 2016: [http://www.wsj.com/articles/for-nigerian-scrabble-stars-short-tops-shorter-1463669734/ Wall Street Journal] interviews 2015 world champion Wellington Jighere. Features photos of [[2015 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] and [[Chris Lipe]] who is quoted along with [[Stefan Fatsis]].<br />
** May 23, 2016: [[Stefan Fatsis]] and Oliver Roeder respond to the article in [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2016/05/have_nigerian_players_developed_an_amazing_new_scrabble_strategy_don_t_believe.html/ Slate]. [[Chris Lipe]], [[Jesse Day]], and [[Evans Clinchy]] are quoted.<br />
* [[2016 Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** May 27, 2016: [[Adam Logan]] interviewed by [http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=877769&binId=1.1164511&playlistPageNum=1/ CTV Morning Live]<br />
** May 22, 2016: [[Adam Logan]] interviewed by [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/adam-logan-canadian-scrabble-champ-1.3587427/ CBC News]<br />
** May 16, 2016: Oklahoma's [http://www.newson6.com/story/31992630/adam-logan-racks-up-high-score-to-become-2016-canadian-national-scrabble-champion NewsOn6] and other sources quote from the event final press release.<br />
** May 16, 2016: [[Adam Logan]] interviewed on [http://www.1310news.com/ 1310 News] talk radio.<br />
** May 16, 2016: Lengthy interview with [[John Chew]] at [http://torontoist.com/2016/05/players-go-word-for-word-at-the-2016-canadian-national-scrabble-championship/ Torontoist].<br />
** May 15, 2016: News segment on CityNews evening programme.<br />
** May 13, 2016: Two-minute segment on [http://globalnews.ca/video/2700941/a-scrabble-master-takes-on-the-beat-middle-school-players-in-the-gta-ten-teams-at-once Global News] evening programme, featuring [[Matthew Tunnicliffe]] and several School SCRABBLE participants.<br />
* [[2016 North American School SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** June 21, 2016: [http://www.hbo.com/real-sports-with-bryant-gumbel/episodes/0/231-episode/video/ep-231-trailer-head-games.html?autoplay=true/ HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (Episode 231)] profiles champions and shows NASSC in feature on youth mental athletes.<br />
** May 23, 2016: [http://www.abc15.com/news/spelling-bee/scrabble-champ-seeks-national-spelling-bee-win ABC15 Arizona] interviewed [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2016/nassc/build/ 2016 North American School SCRABBLE] champion Cooper Komatsu who tied for 7th place in 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee.<br />
** April 24, 2016: [http://wavenewspapers.com/culver-city-student-adds-scrabble-title-to-trophy-shelf/ Los Angeles Wave] reports on final results<br />
** April 13, 2016: [http://patch.com/new-york/westhampton-hamptonbays/hampton-bays-students-take-talent-next-level-scrabble-tournament Westhampton-Hampton Bays Patch] reports on local students participating in the NASSC.<br />
** April 10, 2016: [http://www.thesunchronicle.com/devices/news/local_news/gillette-hosts-north-american-school-scrabble-championship/article_17718cdc-ff72-11e5-9ec7-2beebad523ad.html The Sun Chronicle] reports on the NASSC as a local news item.<br />
* February 3, 2016: [http://newsok.com/article/5476306 The Oklahoman] interviews members of the Oklahoma City club for a lengthy feature article.<br />
* January 21, 2016: [http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/view-finders/90234-funs-the-word-at-kids-scrabble-tournament-photos Newsworks] interview John Green about the ASAP School SCRABBLE Program in Philadelphia.<br />
* January 14, 2016: [http://www.omaha.com/living/nebraska-s-top-scrabble-player-works-to-be-one-of/article_10727ec7-76b7-5bf7-a8a5-372226b554ce.html Omaha.com] reports on [[George Asaka]] and the Omaha Scrabble Club.<br />
* November 22, 2015: [http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article45955330.html The Lexington Herald Leader] reports on the Bluegrass Scrabble Fall Classic, interviewing [[Lindsey Dimmick]], [[Steve Bush]], [[Jeff Clark]], [[Joey Krafchick]] and others.<br />
* September 30, 2015: [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/scrabble-brain-university-of-calgary-1.3249149 CBC] reports on research led by [[Peter Sargious]] into the brains of SCRABBLE players.<br />
* [[2015 North American SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** August 6, 2015: [http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/08/06/ottawa-man-wins-north-american-scrabble-championship Ottawa Sun] interviews Matthew Tunnicliffe.<br />
** August 6, 2015: [http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/kanatas-scrabble-champ-knows-his-querns-and-bantengs Ottawa Citizen] interviews Matthew Tunnicliffe, mentions [[Adam Logan]], quotes [[John Chew]].<br />
** August 5, 2015: [http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Scrabble-Champion-Crowned-in-Reno-320843221.html KOLO-TV] reports on [[Matthew Tunnicliffe]] beating [[Jesse Day]] for the win.<br />
** August 4, 2015: [http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2015/08/04/world-scrabble-champs-competing-now-reno/31117563/ Reno Gazette-Journal] interviews [[John Chew]] and [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]]<br />
* July 23, 2015: [[Chris Cree]] talks about [[Nigel Richards]] winning the French WSC on [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/23/how-a-kiwi-beat-the-french-at-their-own-game-of-scrabble.html The Daily Beast].<br />
* May 25, 2015: [[John Chew]] interviewed by CTV News Channel about the new words in the [[Collins]] word list.<br />
* May 21, 2015: [[John Chew]] interviewed by NPR and Reuters about the new words in the [[Collins]] word list.<br />
* May 17, 2015: [[Noah Kalus]] and [[Zach Ansel]]'s win at the [[2015 North American School SCRABBLE Championship]] and subsequent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel reported on by the Times Herald-Record (of Middletown, NY), the Poughkeepsie Journal, Oneida Dispatch, Ridgefield Press, Toy News, and others.<br />
* April 21, 2015: 2014 National SCRABBLE Champion [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]] and others mentioned in an article entitled &ldquo;Winning SCRABBLE and the Nature of Expertise&rdquo; in [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/winning-scrabble-and-the-nature-of-expertise/?print=true Scientific American].<br />
* [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** December 9, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] interviewed in [http://romesentinel.com/county/local-scrabble-player-places-second-in-world/QBqnlh!8bJmTlrrvCgSyy7qVVVG3Q/ Rome Sentinel].<br />
** November 24, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] mentioned in [http://www.businessinsider.com/these-are-the-words-that-just-won-this-years-scrabble-world-championship-2014-11?IR=T Business Insider].<br />
** November 23, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] mentioned in [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11248965/Craig-Beevers-becomes-second-ever-English-world-Scrabble-champion.html The Telegraph].<br />
** November 23, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] mentioned in [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/britain-gets-its-first-scrabble-world-champion-for-21-years-9878661.html# The Independent].<br />
** November 22, 2014: [[John Chew]] leads off a [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30157695 BBC News story] about the [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
** November 21, 2014: [[Jesse Matthews]], [[John Chew]], [[Adam Logan]] and others featured in a [http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2014/11/war-words-at-scrabble-contest-20141121202349147100.html story about the 2014 World SCRABBLE Championship] on AlJazeera.com.<br />
** November 21, 2014: [[John Chew]] quotes briefly in a [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-30139374 BBC News story] about the [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
** November 20, 2014: [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]] gives SCRABBLE tips to [http://www.opb.org/news/article/national-scrabble-champ-gives-tips-for-winning/ OPB] leading up to the [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
** November 10, 2014: [[Evan Berofsky]] featured in an article in the [http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20141110/scrabble-brought-more-than-expected-to-oxford-based-competitive-player-headed-to-london-tournament Oakland Press].<br />
* [[2014 National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** August 10, 2014: Several players interviewed in a feature article about the [[2014 National SCRABBLE Championship]] in the [http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/buffalo/hundreds-of-word-enthusiasts-gather-in-buffalo-for-the-25th-national-scrabble-championships-20140809 Buffalo news].<br />
** August 8, 2014: [[Oliver Roeder]] reports on the [[Nigel Richards]] phenomenon on [http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-makes-nigel-richards-the-best-scrabble-player-on-earth/ fivethirtyeight.com].<br />
* 2015 Changes to [[OSPD]] and [[OTCWL]]<br />
** August 27, 2014: [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] quoted about the new words on the [http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/8ye61k/scrabble-s-updated-dictionary Colbert Report].<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[Chris Cree]] and [[John Chew]] help [http://mentalfloss.com/article/58236/14-fun-scrabble-facts MentalFloss] with some fun facts about our game. <br />
** August 5, 2014: [[John Chew]] gives the Canadian perspective on the new words in the [http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/08/05/canadian-sourced-words-such-as-qajaq-and-quinzhee-some-of-powerhouse-game-changers-added-to-scrabble-dictionary National Post]<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] quoted at length in an article about the new words in the [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/scrabble-players-rejoice-5000-new-words-added-to-official-dictionary/article19912902/?cmpid=rss1 Globe and Mail]<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[John Chew]] quoted in an article about the new words at [http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremygreenfield/2014/08/05/trying-to-chillax-about-my-bromance-with-scrabble-and-5000-other-new-words/ Forbes].<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[Chris Cree]] quoted in a [http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/05/us-usa-games-scrabble-idUSKBN0G51ML20140805 Reuters article] about the new words.<br />
** August 5, 2014: 18-minute interview with Simi Sara on [http://www.cknw.com/the-simi-sara-show/ CKNW 980] with [[John Chew]] about the new words.<br />
** August 5, 2014: [http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/scrabble-dictionary-5000-words-24846936 ABC News] talks about our new words.<br />
** August 4, 2014: [[John Chew]] quoted briefly in the [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/selfie-frenemy-playable-scrabble-article-1.1891614 New York Daily News] on the new edition of [[OSPD]].<br />
** August 4, 2014: [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] quoted in an [http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_26273635/scrabblers-rejoice-5-000-new-words-are-way AP story] about new words coming into [[OSPD]].<br />
** August 4, 2014: [[Chris Cree]] and [[John Chew]] quoted by [http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/04/news/scrabble-dictionary/ CNN] ([http://mexico.cnn.com/entretenimiento/2014/08/05/diccionario-scrabble-suma-5000-palabras-incluyendo-selfie-y-hashtag Spanish translation]) on the new words.<br />
* March 16, 2014: [[John Chew]] mentioned in the Wall Street Journal article &ldquo;[http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304914204579392930054227164 This Scrabble-Playing Robot Is a Sore Loser]&rdquo;<br />
* [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
** April 22, 2014: [[John Chew]] on [http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=328738 CTV National News] with members of the [http://torontoscrabbleclub.com Toronto SCRABBLE Club] talking about GEOCACHE.<br />
** April 10, 2014: [[Stefan Fatsis]] quotes [[John Chew]] and [[Chris Cree]] at Slate in [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2014/04/geocache_in_scrabble_the_word_that_won_hasbro_s_new_word_contest_is_useless.html The Word That Won Scrabble&rsquo;s New-Word Contest Is Totally Useless in Scrabble]<br />
** March 14, 2014: [[Stefan Fatsis]] writes on [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2014/03/new_scrabble_word_should_it_be_bestie_ew_slumdog_inside_the_contest_to_add.single.html Slate.com] about the [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
** March 14, 2014: [[John Chew]] on [http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=307524 CTV News Channel] talking about the [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
** March 13, 2014: [[John Chew]] on NPR&rsquo;s [http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/03/13/scrabble-new-dictionary Here and Now] to talk about the [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
* [[2010 National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** [http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/08/06/1560104/top-scrabble-players-gather-for.html Bellingham Herald]<br />
** [http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/06/2942767/top-scrabble-players-gather-for.html Sacramento Bee]<br />
** [http://topics.dallasnews.com/article/073m0ck0i8bkw?q=ESPN Dallas News]<br />
** [http://www.dfw.com/2010/08/04/315091/ladies-and-gentlemen-of-the-board.html DFW.com]<br />
** [http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-payne-national-scrabble-20100805,0,6621539.story Sun-Sentinel]<br />
** [http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/aug/04/mount-pleasant-scrabble-ace-to-vie-for-3000/ Post and Courier]<br />
** [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/080710dnmetscrabble.26c27d4.html Dallas News]<br />
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== Older Press Releases ==<br />
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* [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2018/nsc/build/nasc-winner-release.pdf 2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship Results]<br />
* [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150805006883/en/Matthew-Tunnicliffe-Racks-High-Score-2015-North#.VcfJZTBViko 2015 NASC Results]<br />
* [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown Announcement]]<br />
* [[2014 NSSC Hasbro Press Release]]<br />
* [[Media:20100727-nsc.pdf|2010 NSC Master Press Release (revised)]]<br />
* [[Media:20100714-nsc.pdf|2010 NSC Master Press Release (preliminary)]]<br />
* [[Media:20100702-guzman.pdf|San Francisco Man's 771-Point SCRABBLE Game a New Official Record]]</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Media_relations&diff=15577Media relations2020-07-31T20:21:45Z<p>Poslfit: /* Recent Mention */ Added National Post copy of Telegraph article</p>
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<div>== Recent Mention ==<br />
* July 29, 2020: The [https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/coronavirus/pandemic-presses-pause-on-over-decade-of-scrabble-play-for-attleboro-competitor/article_af53c9e6-bf94-57ef-abc3-59f57e4fafc5.html Sun Chronicle] interviews expert player [[Bradley Whitmarsh]].<br />
* July 18, 2020: [https://www.sportsdestinations.com/sports/individual-sports/inside-events-north-american-scrabble-players-asso-18949 Sports Destination Management] interviews [[John Chew]] about NASPA and our championship.<br />
* July 6, 2020: [https://www.yorktonthisweek.com/opinion/columnists/association-promotes-scrabble-1.24165523 Yorkton (SK) This Week] interviews [[John Chew]] about the organization of tournament SCRABBLE.<br />
* The inclusion of slurs in the lexicon<br />
** July 16, 2020: [https://open.spotify.com/episode/03BjDHrNxQohxvIydtme4V?fbclid=IwAR0Y33amK8kFsgJXnqt5pgY5iVmQPRTIyMcx7H8NbrbV3ViN2008YB1Yspk Openly] interviewer Oscar Lopez speaks to [[John Chew]] about the decision to remove slurs. Interview begins at 23:50.<br />
** July 16, 2020: [http://www.mandatory.com/culture/1550975-scrabble-bans-racial-and-ethnic-slurs#1 Mandatory] discusses the decision to remove slurs.<br />
** July 16, 2020: [https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/examining-taboo-words-as-scrabble-tournaments-ban-racial-slurs/ The Great Courses Daily] examines what makes words taboo in light of the decision to remove offensive slurs.<br />
** July 16, 2020: [https://associationsnow.com/2020/07/scrabble-players-group-removes-racial-ethnic-slurs-from-tournament-word-list/ Associations Now] interviews [[John Chew]] about the decision to remove slurs.<br />
** July 16, 2020: Julie Rose interviews Arkansas player [[Josephine Flowers]] on [https://www.byuradio.org/episode/bc6f788a-43fc-4138-83a4-e8c3478d8184/top-of-mind-with-julie-rose-coronavirus-update-microaggressions-migration Top of Mind] on BYUradio. The interview occurs about 1 3/4 hours into the episode.<br />
** July 14, 2020: [https://www.kkoh.com/news/scrabble-players-are-taking-racial-and-ethnic-slurs-out-of-the-game/ News Talk 780 KOH] announces the decision.<br />
** July 14, 2020: [https://www.languagemagazine.com/2020/07/14/scrabble-removes-racial-ethnic-slurs-from-official-word-list/ Language] reports on the decision to remove slurs.<br />
** July 14, 2020: [https://www.masslive.com/entertainment/2020/07/scrabble-removes-236-slurs-derogatory-language-from-official-word-list.html Mass Live] recaps the issue.<br />
** July 12, 2020: [https://clicklancashire.com/2020/07/12/scrabble-to-ban-slurs-other-offensive-words-from-official.html Click Lancashire] reports on the decision.<br />
** July 12, 2020: [https://www.thegamer.com/scrabble-racial-offensive-words-ban-competitive-play/ The Gamer] covers the issue.<br />
** July 12, 2020: [https://www.irishpost.com/news/irish-term-culchie-may-be-banned-from-scrabble-for-being-offensive-or-derogatory-188935 The Irish Post] discusses the possible removal of CULCHIE.<br />
** July 11, 2020: [https://kildare-nationalist.ie/2020/07/11/culchie-gives-way-to-gobshite/#.Xw4BUecpBPY Kildare Nationalist] comments on CULCHIE as one of the offensive words.<br />
** July 10, 2020: [https://slate.com/culture/2020/07/scrabble-offensive-words-ban-player-reaction.html Stefan Fatsis] reports on the drama following the decision in Slate.<br />
** July 10, 2020: [https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/scrabble-is-for-psychos Miles Klee] writes an essay about the decision in Mel.<br />
** July 10, 2020: [https://mix931fm.com/scrabble-has-banned-236-offensive-words-that-are-racially-insensitive/ Mix 93.1] covers the decision.<br />
** July 10, 2020: [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-race-lgbt-trfn/war-over-words-us-scrabble-leader-overrules-panel-to-ban-slurs-idUSKBN24B1NT Reuters] reports on the decision.<br />
** July 10, 2020: [https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irish-word-culchie-banned-scrabble Irish Central] summarizes the NEWSTALK interview about CULCHIE.]<br />
** July 10, 2020: [https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-moncrieff/scrabble-updates-rules Newstalk FM] host Sean Moncrieff talks with [[John Chew]] about the offensiveness of CULCHIE.<br />
** July 9, 2020: [https://unherd.com/2020/07/why-the-woke-are-coming-for-scrabble/?fbclid=IwAR2yu3oHSJqBYZj9j3lUyOjTarmaWoNtZEu0KYWUmMMg4Bgv1JgDfqNGDOQ Sam Leith] offers his opinion in Unherd.<br />
** July 9, 2020: [https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2020/7/9/21318572/scrabble-official-word-list-ban-racial-ethnic-slurs Deseret News] outlines the issue.<br />
** July 9, 2020: [https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/scrabble-association-bans-racial-ethnic-slurs-official-word-list/MGSSH33PFBFXRNUPZCAGP5CPNE/ Cox Media Group] outlets report on the decision.<br />
** July 9, 2020: [https://www.express.co.uk/comment/columnists/virginia-blackburn/1307315/race-debate-scrabble-black-lives-matter-white-house Express] columnist Virginia Blackburn offers her opinion.<br />
** July 9, 2020: [https://www.nova.ie/pejorative-derogatory-term-culchie-facing-scrabble-ban-180704/ Nova] reports that CULCHIE might be removed.<br />
** July 9, 2020: [https://www.prdaily.com/hasbro-and-scrabble-association-ban-slurs-united-airlines-might-lay-off-up-to-36000-employees-and-51-of-pr-pros-are-burned-out/ PR Daily] wrapup quotes Hasbro press release and [[John Chew]]'s letter to members.<br />
** July 9, 2020: [https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/us/scrabble-slurs-ban-trnd/index.html CNN] interviews [[John Chew]] about the decision to remove slurs.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/08/baldie-jew-fatso-among-words-set-banned-us-scrabble-competitions/ The Telegraph] reports on the issue. An edited version of this article appeared in Canada the following day in the [https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/scrabble-association-prepared-to-remove-offensive-words-from-board-game National Post].<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2020/07/08/scrabble-tournaments-ban-racial-ethnic-slurs/5396727002/ USA Today] recaps the New York Times article.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://wild949.iheart.com/featured/crystal-rosas/content/2020-07-08-scrabble-is-getting-rid-of-racial-slurs-and-offensive-words/ WiLD 94.9] reports on the issue.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [http://abcnewsradioonline.com/national-news/scrabble-to-ban-slurs-other-offensive-words-from-official-to.html ABC News Radio] interviews [[John Chew]] about the issue.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/08/889246690/scrabble-association-bans-racial-ethnic-slurs-from-its-official-word-list NPR] reports on the decision to eliminate slurs.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53339659 BBC News] reports on the debate.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8504117/Everyday-Ageism-FEMAIL-columnist-CHRISTA-DSOUZA.html Daily Mail] columnist Christa D'Souza frets that WRINKLIES may be removed.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://wingedexpress.com/scrabble-will-ban-racial-and-ethnic-slurs-from-tournaments-and-match-principles/ Winged Nation] summarizes the debate.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://gaynation.co/scrabble-looking-to-ban-lgbtphobic-words/ Gay Nation] looks at the issue from the LQBT perspective.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/scrabble-players-association-considers-banning-slurs-from-official-tournaments-174248621.html Yahoo! Sports] reviews the issue.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://mashable.com/article/scrabble-slur-naspa-racism-hasbro/ Mashable] discusses the debate.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/07/scrabble-bans-hundreds-of-offensive-words-from-competitive-play Kotaku] reports on the decision to remove slurs.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://globalnews.ca/toronto/program/the-john-oakley-show The John Oakley Show] interviewed [[John Chew]] from 15:35 to 15:45.<br />
** July 7, 2020: [https://www.out.com/news/2020/7/07/scrabble-may-remove-racist-homophobic-slurs-dictionary Out] reports on the issue.<br />
** July 7, 2020: [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/sports/scrabble-racial-slurs-tournaments.html The New York Times] interviews [[John Chew]] and NASPA members about the inclusion of slurs. Hasbro announces that NASPA has agreed to remove all slurs.<br />
** July 6, 2020: [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-entertainment-lgbt-racism-trfn/no-more-n-word-scrabble-players-look-to-bar-racist-or-homophobic-slurs-idUSKBN2472D2 Reuters] reports on the debate.<br />
** July 6, 2020: [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/scrabble-censorship-dispute-over-banning-offensive-terms-hj9jnr5ks The Times] interviews [[John Chew]] and WESPA Chair [[Chris Lipe]] about the removal of slurs.<br />
** July 5, 2020: The [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8492639/Scrabble-community-discusses-banning-racial-slurs-game-amid-Black-Lives-Matter-protests.html Daily Mail] recaps the debate on removing slurs.<br />
** June 29, 2020: [https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-5-calgary-eyeopener Calgary Eyeopener] host Rob Brown interviewed [[John Chew]] about removing slurs from the NWL.<br />
** June 25, 2020: Article about [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/the-n-word-has-no-place-in-our-game-competitive-scrabble-player-wants-slurs-removed-from-play-1.5626891 CBC As It Happens] interview includes additional comments from NASPA member [[Frank Tangredi]].<br />
** June 24, 2020: [[John Chew]] appears on [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.5625419 As It Happens] on CBC. Interview begins at about the 28-minute mark.<br />
** June 24, 2020: [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-terrible-word-play-should-slurs-swearing-and-offensive-terms-be/ The Globe and Mail] interviews NASPA CEO [[John Chew]].<br />
** June 18, 2020: [[Stefan Fatsis]] discusses the debate on the inclusion of slurs in the lexicon in [https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/06/scrabble-players-debate-slurs.html Slate].<br />
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== Older Mention ==<br />
* June 2, 2020: The [https://www.gazettenet.com/Scrabble-HG-060320-34576562 Daily Hampshire Gazette] interviews NASPA Member and Youth Player Jack Carpenter who placed 2nd in last weekend's online School SCRABBLE Championship (OQuaSSA). <br />
* May 11, 2020: [https://themontclarion.org/entertainment/montclair-surgeon-mina-le-takes-a-stab-at-jeopardy/ The Montclarion] recaps the appearance of NASA member [[Mina Le]] on Jeopardy!<br />
* April 26, 2020: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouZTO4tUrnM The Saige Jones podcast] interviews [[Joe Edley]] about his life (and SCRABBLE career) and the impact of meditation.<br />
* COVID-19 Coronavirus<br />
** March 18, 2020: The [https://calgarysun.com/news/local-news/on-a-cruise-to-nowhere-during-covid-19-scrabble-skills-and-humour-go-a-long-way/wcm/9f6788ec-1b9a-4514-a2b3-fc954c5559f2 Calgary Sun] reports that [[Siri Tillekeratne]] and [[Albert Hahn]] continue to play SCRABBLE while on a cruise ship unable to dock anywhere because of COVID-19.<br />
** March 14, 2020: [[Stefan Fatsis]] discusses the impact of COVID-19 on organized SCRABBLE activity in [https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/playing-scrabble-coronavirus-pandemic.html?fbclid=IwAR09AKSKilIm7el46-a4QCB8bceiiLawGGRd-5Pzr2B7d9iFkFLmvX1oDv4 Slate].<br />
* March 7, 2020: [https://getpocket.com/explore/item/does-scrabble-need-to-be-fixed?utm_source=pocket-newtab&fbclid=IwAR0U2Nv-xOuMBSKslYAukBXcigzRWCNu7wTeI_lyCe9fqaRaDLWvniqE3kU Nautilus] reports on the role of tile values and luck in SCRABBLE - including quotes from [[John Chew]], [[Stefan Fatsis]], and Lynda Woods Cleary.<br />
* February 5, 2020: The [https://www.standard-freeholder.com/news/local-news/cornwall-hosts-the-annual-ottawa-montreal-scrabble-challenge Cornwall Standard-Freeholder] reports on the Montreal vs. Ottawa tournament held on February 1.<br />
* January 29, 2020: [https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/seattles-scrabble-club-is-definitely-not-words-with-friends-but-there-are-words-and-friends-and-some-supersmart-competitions/ Pacific NW Magazine] visits Seattle (WA) NASPA Club #253.<br />
* December 11, 2019: [https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg-scrabble-club-a-community-of-competitive-word-lovers-seeking-their-next-highest-score-1.4725115 CTV News] visits Winnipeg (MB) NASPA Club #498.<br />
* Ricky Rodriguez attended the WESPA Youth Cup.<br />
** November 28, 2019: The [https://www.expressnews.com/news/education/amp/San-Antonio-boy-10-to-compete-in-Scrabble-world-14867781.php?fbclid=IwAR1sn-4aYr5u7CO_c6UMVv9u2XuUWwGzFzXcF2ccDJgGneK-jZDxqGS9y74 San Antonio Express-News] profiles Ricky Rodriguez before the WESPA Youth Cup.<br />
** December 2, 2019: San Antonio Express-News published a [https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/V-I-C-T-O-R-Y-seven-times-for-young-San-Antonio-14874426.php follow-up article] after the tournament.<br />
** December 31, 2019: [https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2019/12/31/whats-up-south-texas-boy-on-autism-spectrum-dominates-the-game-of-scrabble/ KSAT] profiles Ricky.<br />
* [[Dean Saldanha]] and Dielle Pinto will be on Team Canada at the [[2019 WESPA Championship |WESPA Championships]] in Goa, India, in mid-October.<br />
** October 12, 2019: [https://www.princegeorgematters.com/local-news/scrabble-challenge-takes-these-bc-siblings-to-india-1731707 Prince George Matters] article.<br />
** October 6, 2019: [https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-scrabble-champions-to-represent-canada-at-goa-championships-oct-16-20 Vancouver Sun] article.<br />
** September 30, 2019: [https://www.richmond-news.com/news/scrabble-challenge-takes-siblings-to-india-1.23962165 Richmond (BC) News] article.<br />
* September 11, 2019: [https://smile.amazon.com/Your-Move-Board-Games-Teach/dp/1999439546/ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_g3905707922?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0&ie=UTF8 Your Move: What Board Games Teach Us About Life], a book written by Jonathan Kay and Joan Moriarity, features [[John Chew]] in its chapter on SCRABBLE.<br />
* August 14, 2019: [https://www.barrietoday.com/whats-up-wednesday/whats-in-a-word-could-be-lots-of-points-at-the-barrie-scrabble-club-1639985 Barrie Today] spotlights the recently formed recreational club in Barrie (ON). <br />
* August 13, 2019: [https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2019/08/13/orlando-scrabble-club-art-moore?fbclid=IwAR3u7Yg_i2BHhwyboN9GmIzR5EVhvq5bN01I1VTjnLl5JCJwefgxtdceHSE# Spectrum News 13] visits Casselberry-Orlando NASPA Club #438 and talks to director [[Arthur Moore |Art Moore]].<br />
* 2019 North American SCRABBLE Championship in Reno (NV)<br />
** July 26, 2019: [https://lynnwoodtoday.com/lynnwood-man-becomes-youngest-north-american-scrabble-champion Lynnwood Today] reports on Lynnwood resident and North American SCRABBLE Champion [[Alec Sjoholm]].<br />
** July 24, 2019: [https://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Top-scrabble-players-compete-for-national-title--513135661.html KOLO 8 ABC] interviews [[Joshua Sokol]] and [[John Chew]].<br />
** July 24, 2019: [https://www.ktvn.com/story/40833013/intense-wordplay-in-reno-the-north-american-scrabble-championships KTVN 2] interviews Deborah Komatsu, Cheryl Kagan, [[Andy Hoang]], and [[John Chew]].<br />
* July 24, 2019: The Angry Grammarian at the [https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/scrabble-dictionary-tournament-words-language-20190724.html Philadelphia Inquirer] interviews 2017 North American SCRABBLE Champion [[Will Anderson]] and [[John Chew]] about why slurs are allowed in tournament and club play.<br />
* [[Cornelia Guest]] ran a SCRABBLE tournament in conjunction with the Newtown (CT) Bridge Club's 3rd annual Longest Day fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association on June 19th.<br />
** July 1, 2019: The [https://www.newtownbee.com/bridge-fans-scrabblers-converge-%E2%80%98longest-day%E2%80%99-fundraiser/07012019 Newtown Bee] covers the event.<br />
** May 24, 2019: The [https://www.newtownbee.com/longest-day-fundraiser-support-alzheimer%E2%80%99s-association/05242019 Newtown Bee] announces the event.<br />
* May 8, 2019: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJuLtETpzms&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2KvBEaWrcHDabwapCNRYvsiME9rL6ld83s5Dbj56IJVlRAr5w-Fbnr9ho WGBY] profiles Northampton (MA) NASPA Club #667 - including interviews with director Brett Constantine, NASC 2018 Div 4 champion Evan Yurko, and 2019 North American School SCRABBLE Championship director Ben Greenwood.<br />
* May 2, 2019: The [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/arts/scrabble-new-words.html New York Times] interviews NASPA co-president [[John Chew]] about the release of the Collins 2019 lexicon.<br />
* Youth player Ricky Rodriguez is interviewed by local San Antonio (TX) media.<br />
** May 7, 2019: [https://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/kid-scrabble-champ-gains-national-attention Fox29] in San Antonio interviews Ricky after his return from the North American School SCRABBLE Championship where his team placed 3rd in the Challenge Division.<br />
** April 26, 2019: The [https://therivardreport.com/after-finding-success-in-scrabble-san-antonio-kid-heads-to-national-championships/?fbclid=IwAR1ZGlsm2q2PvQW2qZ5Rx3PEQHqXQogwHV2UXLK2zVp6_MxKwXlGlkMh5ZU Rivard Report] profiles Ricky as he heads to the North American School SCRABBLE Championship.<br />
** February 1, 2019: [https://www.kens5.com/video/news/young-scrabble-genius-from-sa-competes-all-over-the-country/273-61b7870f-bbe7-46f7-9a4c-eb24f40e11a5?fbclid=IwAR3829p0wxdmbMnAQqrtoUK7XO4eTFzrQ040Sq5bb3v8SlfLLK6PEk8z9MA CBS KENS-TV] interviews Ricky and his mother, Erin, at Austin (TX) NASPA Club #234.<br />
** December 30, 2018: [https://www.ksat.com/news/whats-up-south-texas-boy-on-autism-spectrum-dominates-the-game-of-scrabble?fbclid=IwAR0Poo0aBIddRkuNAdGbYqy9EwIRvflym7vWd_mI-3BEWLLOv2AY4LnaeB0 ABC KSAT12] interviewed Ricky on the "What's Up South Texas" segment.<br />
** November 22, 2018: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IysIy-jqpqc Fox 29's Daytime at 9 with Kimberly and Esteban] invited Ricky to share some SCRABBLE tips and tricks.<br />
* April 1, 2019: [https://www.pressreader.com/usa/readers-digest/20190401/textview Reader's Digest] profiles [[2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship | 2018 NASC]] champion [[Joel Sherman]] in its I Won! series.<br />
* Business Insider reporter and NASPA member Mark Abadi offers SCRABBLE tips to readers:<br />
** February 10, 2019: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-vs-words-with-friends-differences-2019-2 Play SCRABBLE rather than Words With Friends]<br />
** February 2, 2019: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-tips-biggest-mistakes-2019-2 Avoid these mistakes]<br />
** January 27, 2019: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-strategy-tips-hotspots-2019-1 Look out for hotspots]<br />
** December 29, 2018: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-improve-skills-anagrams-bingos-2018-12 Learn the 2-letter words]<br />
* March 21, 2019: [http://www.connecticutmag.com/the-connecticut-story/scrabble-queen-cornelia-guest-is-training-child-champions-of-the/article_9793643e-4697-11e9-9f6f-0ffbdd3ea6d2.html?fbclid=IwAR28fPWeRR9_Ozy1Mn7rc9FRPCtLmfJKWVB0lRNuGg_Qg1KVu7nQWJQNqKk Connecticut Magazine] profiles NASPA Person of the Year [[Cornelia Guest]] with a focus on her Youth SCRABBLE coaching.<br />
* March 8, 2019: An [https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local/words-words-words-a-reporter-challenges-a-scrabble-fanatic/article_e4458f70-3fba-11e9-83bc-53fc38b6d282.html East Oregonian] reporter takes on NASPA member John Lauck.<br />
* January 7, 2019: [[Stefan Fatsis]] discusses ties in tournament SCRABBLE on the [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hang-up-and-listen/id327595087?mt=2 Hang Up and Listen] podcast. Jeffrey Jacobson had 3 ties in a 7-game tournament in [https://www.cross-tables.com/tourney.php?tourneyid=10546 Levittown (PA)] on January 5, 2019.<br />
* December 22, 2018: The [https://nypost.com/2018/12/22/scrabble-savant-campaigning-against-adding-ok-to-official-list/ New York Post] reports on [[Joel Sherman]]'s campaign against the inclusion of OK.<br />
* December 13, 2018: [http://nautil.us/issue/67/reboot/does-scrabble-need-to-be-fixed?fbclid=IwAR3atsOQ10cM0Thl2jBsM_G3M6oHHQUx9FOR876tsnqCdTB2Wak5Ju_A4BY Nautilus] article on SCRABBLE tile distribution includes interviews with NASPA members Lynda Woods Cleary and [[Stefan Fatsis]].<br />
* November 1, 2018: [https://www.awslife.com/filerepository/archives/11-18awsl/index.html Altamonte-Wekiva Springs Life] puts Casselberry/Orlando NASPA Club #438 on the cover.<br />
* Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary 6th Edition (OSPD6)<br />
** October 4, 2018: The [https://www.wsj.com/articles/scrabble-is-a-lousy-game-1538667637 Wall Street Journal] comments on the release of OSPD6 and SCRABBLE as a game. Author Jonathan Kay mentions NASC champions [[Adam Logan]], [[Nigel Richards]], and [[James Leong]] and recalls tournaments he attended with [[John Chew]].<br />
** September 27, 2018: [[John Chew]] and [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] conducted 22 interviews with Canadian media, including the [https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1330770499966 Calgary Eyeopener].<br />
** September 24, 2018: The [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/arts/new-scrabble-words.html New York Times] interviews [[John Chew]] about the release of the OSPD6.<br />
** September 24, 2018: [https://www.businessinsider.com/ok-added-to-scrabble-dictionary-2018-9 Business Insider] reporter and NASPA player Mark Abadi discusses the addition of OK with [[Jackson Smylie]], [[Judy Cole]], and Ben Schoenbrun.<br />
** September 24, 2018: Associated Press release, as seen in the [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-scrabble-adds-300-new-words-ok-20180924-story.html?outputType=amp New York Daily News] and other publications, mentions Merriam-Webster's consultation with NASPA on new words.<br />
* August 31, 2018: The [http://www.centraljersey.com/news/the_princeton_packet/stories/local-club-celebrates-two-decades-of-scrabble-games-tournaments/article_5941ad7b-5ebd-5875-9c4a-153d524f4016.html Princeton Packet] reports on the 20th anniversary of Princeton (NJ) NASPA Club #513.<br />
* Nigerian asylum seeker Olakunle Azeez Omopariola joins Cote St Luc (QC) NASPA Club #83.<br />
** September 11, 2018: [https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/nigerian-asylum-seeker-finding-solace-through-scrabble-1.4089963 CTV News]<br />
**August 29, 2018: [https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/nigerian-scrabble-champion-seeks-asylum-in-montreal Montreal Gazette]<br />
* August 25, 2018: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-improve-score-two-letter-words-2018-8 Business Insider] reporter and NASPA member Mark Abadi advises readers to learn the 2-letter words.<br />
* August 16, 2018: The [https://www.theridgefieldpress.com/2018/08/16/scrabble-coach-named-person-of-the-year/ Ridgefield Press] reports on [[Cornelia Guest]] being named NASPA Person of the Year.<br />
* 4th Niagara Falls International Open<br />
** July 29, 2018: [https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/8768788-niagara-to-host-international-scrabble-tourney/ The Niagara Falls Review]<br />
* 2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship<br />
** August 22, 2018: [http://dailytimes.com/promotions/article_f0908c22-a60d-11e8-beba-e73f90798560.html Kerrville Daily Times] - Interviews [[Deborah Gaudier]] on the NASC and Niagara Open.<br />
** August 19, 2018: [https://www.gazettenet.com/Editorial-Monday-mix-on-potato-kings-Scrabble-champ-young-bakers-19538057 Daily Hampshire Gazette] - Congratulates Evan Yurko on his Division 4 win.<br />
** August 14, 2018: [https://www.gazettenet.com/Evan-Yurko-Scrabble-champ-19400455 Daily Hampshire Gazette] - Includes interviews with NASC Division 4 winner Evan Yurko, Brett Constantine, and Ben Greenwood.<br />
** August 10, 2018: [https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-scrabble-champions-spellbinding-comeback-1533898800 Wall Street Journal]<br />
** August 10, 2018: [https://buffalonews.com/2018/08/10/wordsmiths-of-the-gaming-world-unite-in-buffalo/ Buffalo News]<br />
** August 8, 2018: [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2018/nsc/build/nasc-winner-release.pdf NASPA Press Release]<br />
** August 8, 2018: [http://news.wbfo.org/post/scrabble-lovers-buffalo-north-american-tournament WBFO NPR 88.7] - Includes interviews with Evan Berofsky, NASPA co-president [[John Chew]], and NASC division leader [[ Jason Idalski]].<br />
** August 7, 2018: [https://www.wkbw.com/news/2018-north-american-scrabble-championship-spells-its-way-into-buffalo WKBW ABC 7] - Includes interviews with Brett Constantine, Karen Richards, [[Sue Tremblay]], and [[Jason Broersma]]<br />
** August 7, 2018: [https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/scrabble-players-compete-for-title-in-buffalo/71-581463622 WGRZ NBC 2] - Includes interview with NASC director [[Arthur Moore]].<br />
* 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] throws out first pitch as part of Jacksonville (FL) Jumbo Shrimp team's celebration of SCRABBLE's 70th anniversary.<br />
** July 19, 2018: [https://www.milb.com/milb/news/jacksonville-jumbo-shrimp-stage-a-scrabble-celebration/c-286300622 MiLB.com]<br />
** July 19, 2018: [https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/sports/back-to-the-minors-exploring-america-through-minor-league-baseball/77-575569218 First Coast News]<br />
** July 11, 2018: [http://news.sportslogos.net/2018/07/11/jumbo-shrimp-target-world-record-on-words-with-fans-day/ SportsLogos.net]<br />
** July 11, 2018: [http://arizonasports.com/story/1594715/double-a-baseball-team-wear-scrabble-inspired-jerseys/ Arizona Sports 98.7 FM]<br />
** March 20, 2018: [https://frntofficesport.com/why-the-jacksonville-jumbo-shrimp-are-celebrating-the-anniversary-of-a-board-game/ Front Office Sports]<br />
* 2018 [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** June 19, 2018: [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/canadian-national-scrabble-championship-eric-tran-winner-1.4712256 CBC News] reports about [[Eric Tran]] winning the CNSC, based on an earlier interview on CBC Radio's Calgary Eyeopener program<br />
** June 18, 2018: [https://www.bttoronto.ca/videos/the-10th-annual-canadian-scrabble-championship/ Breakfast Television] interviews NASPA co-president [[John Chew]] about the 2018 [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
* June 19, 2018: [https://www.wdel.com/features/wordless-wilmington-scrabble-club-gets-a-visit-from-national-scrabble/article_36da33aa-7426-11e8-b9cf-f76e9e04eba2.html WDEL 101.7 FM] reports on a visit by 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] to [https://sites.google.com/site/delawarescrabble/home Wilmington (DE) NASPA Club #599].<br />
* May 23, 2018: [https://www.ozy.com/provocateurs/could-he-be-the-youngest-scrabble-champ-ever/86265 OZY] profiles SCRABBLE Grandmaster [[Mack Meller]].<br />
* May 22, 2018: [http://newton.wickedlocal.com/news/20180522/newton-scrabble-champion-has-game-plan-for-success Newton Wicked Local] interviews Lexington (MA) NASPA Club #108 member Marvin Kraus about his division win at the annual BAT (Boston Area Tournament).<br />
* May 13, 2018: The [http://www.philly.com/philly/news/scrabble-champ-will-anderson-lancaster-strategy-20180513.html Philadelphia Inquirer] interviews NASC champion [[Will Anderson]].<br />
* May 13, 2018: The [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2018/05/13/scrabble-with-the-stars-spells-success-for-pal-toronto-charity.html Toronto Star] profiles jazz artist/composer and NASPA member [[Fern Lindzon]] who will serve as one of the experts at this year's SCRABBLE With the Stars fundraiser.<br />
* April 12, 2018: [http://www.rhodes.edu/stories/can-scrabble-help-teach-writing-one-rhodes-professor-thinks-so Rhodes College] professor (and SCRABBLE Expert) Scott Garner works SCRABBLE into the curriculum. <br />
* February 17, 2018: [http://shep.ca/waffles/audio/Josh-and-Shan-Interview.mp3 CFRC-FM] interviews [[Shan Abbasi]] and [[Josh Greenway]] about the Kingston (ON) Open.<br />
* Northampton (MA) NASPA Club #667 organized a charity tournament to benefit 3 local charities.<br />
** February 19, 2018: The [http://www.gazettenet.com/Editorial-Monday-mix-on-dyslexia-podcast-Scrabble-for-charity-Jewish-Book-Award-15596411 Daily Hampshire Gazette] commends the club for its efforts.<br />
** February 11, 2018: The [http://www.gazettenet.com/Charity-Scrabble-event-benefits-three-local-charities-15469507 Daily Hampshire Gazette] reports that over 50 people attended the event, which raised over $1700. <br />
** February 7, 2018: [http://www.masslive.com/living/index.ssf/2018/02/northampton_scrabble_club_plans_charity_tournament.html MassLive] previews the event.<br />
* January 14, 2018: The [http://www.heraldsun.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article194659899.html Herald-Sun] covers the 8th annual SCRABBLE tournament to benefit the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center took place this weekend in Durham (NC).<br />
* [[2017 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] winner [[Will Anderson]] played SCRABBLE with ITRI's IVS robot at CES 2018 on January 9, 2018.<br />
** April 7, 2018: Paul Gallen of [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ The Times] analyzes Will's games with the robot in his weekly SCRABBLE column.<br />
** January 12, 2018: NASPA co-president [[John Chew]] offers his account of [[CES 2018]].<br />
** January 12, 2018: [http://www.wdtv.com/content/news/Robots-walking-talking-and-barking-at-CES-469038173.html WDTV] covers the robots at CES 2018 with a quote from Will.<br />
** January 9, 2018: [https://www.cnet.com/au/videos/scrabble-playing-robot-at-ces-2018/ CNET] interviews Will about the experience.<br />
** January 3, 2018: The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)of Taiwan [https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180103005456/en/ITRI%E2%80%99s-Intelligent-Vision-Based-Robot-Play-SCRABBLE%C2%AE-North announces] the match.<br />
* December 12, 2017: The [http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/philadelphia/hip-hop-grandpop-matt-hopkins-holiday-dance-moves-we-the-people-20171213.html?mobi=true Philadelphia Inquirer] profiles 2004 [[Person of the Year]] [[Matt Hopkins]].<br />
* Winter, 2017: [http://magazine.columbia.edu/features/winter-2017/letter-head?page=0%2C0#undefined.gbpl Columbia Magazine] profiles freshman [[Mack Meller]] who placed 2nd in this year's [[North American SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
* December 6, 2017: [http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/December-2017/Wordplay/ Honolulu Magazine] profiles NASPA's recreational club organized by Darren Seu and Claire Dunham. <br />
* [[Marty Gabriel]] and Scott Garner set a Guiness record for the highest SCRABBLE score in 24 hours.<br />
** January 15, 2018: The [http://www.illinoishomepage.net/ciliving/charleston-scrabble-enthusiasts-spell-way-to-a-guinness-world-record/917393513 Illinois Home Page] interviews Marty and Scott about their achievement.<br />
** January 8, 2018: The [http://www.purplepawn.com/2018/01/scoreboard-51/ Purple Pawn] includes the record in its list of monthly gaming news.<br />
** November 17, 2017: The [http://jg-tc.com/news/local/local-man-gets-confirmation-of-setting-scrabble-world-record/article_69472800-b7f5-5704-98a6-a56fa3fb1f70.html/ Journal Gazette and Times-Courier] reports on the achievement.<br />
* November 27, 2017: [http://news.hamlethub.com/fairfield/places/46310-pequot-library-has-scored-a-specialist-for-its-new-scrabble-sessions Fairfield's Hamlet Hub] reports that Dustin Brown will be coaching the Pequot (CT) Library's SCRABBLE Club for children.<br />
* November 17, 2017: The [http://www.vnews.com/Vermont-Scrabble-Catamount-Cup-tournament-at-Norwich-Public-Library-13733092 Valley News] covers the annual Catamount Cup where players from Northern Vermont face off against a team from Southern Vermont.<br />
* November 16, 2017: The [http://video.newyorker.com/watch/professional-scrabble-champions-replay-their-greatest-moves New Yorker] interviews [[Will Anderson]], [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]], [[Kate Fukawa-Connelly]], [[Jesse Day]], [[Debbie Stegman]], and [[Joe Edley]] about their favorite, most improbable, worst, most patient, most regretful, and most humbling plays.<br />
* November 5, 2017: [http://wlos.com/news/local/annual-autumn-leaves-scrabble-tournament-is-full-contact-mind-sport/ WLOS] covers the Asheville (NC) tournament directed by Bill Snoddy.<br />
* October 6, 2017: Per the [https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-baseball-manager-who-cant-get-enough-scrabble-1507293022/the Wall Street Journal], Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona is an avid SCRABBLE player on his iPad. NASPA co-president [[Chris Cree]] issues a challenge to Terry.<br />
* September 25, 2017: [http://www.skidmore.edu/news/2017/0925_oconnor_matthew.php/ Skidmore College] interviews Junior World SCRABBLE champion Matthew O'Connor '20.<br />
* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/2017_North_American_SCRABBLE_Championship 2017 North American SCRABBLE Championship]<br />
** September 2, 2017: Division 3 player Mark Abadi reports on the words played at the NASC in [http://www.businessinsider.com/crazy-scrabble-words-2017-8/#atemoya-1/ Business Insider].<br />
** September 2, 2017: The [http://alumni.dailytarheel.com/qa-with-scrabble-king-mark-abadi/ Daily Tarheel] interviews Division 3 player and University of North Carolina alum Mark Abadi.<br />
** August 25, 2017: The [http://concord.wickedlocal.com/news/20170825/concord-is-home-to-national-scrabble-champion Concord (MA) Journal] profiles NASC Division 3 winner Jack Peters.<br />
** August 20, 2017: Division 3 player Mark Abadi provides an account of the NASC in [http://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-tournament-championship-2017-8/ Business Insider]. <br />
** August 14, 2017: [http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2017/august/scrabble-peters-profile.html/ Brandeis Now] interviews Division 3 champion and Brandeis student Jack Peters.<br />
** August 5, 2017: [http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/lititz-man-s-love-of-words-pays-off-with-top/article_15aa3b8a-795e-11e7-ac8d-5335315cf685.html Lancaster (PA) Online] reports on local resident [[Will Anderson]]'s win at NASC.<br />
** August 1, 2017: Word Freak author [[Stefan Fatsis]] interviews 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] and runner-up [[Mack Meller]] about NASC and reviews one of their matches on [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2017/08/a_breakdown_of_the_best_game_at_the_north_american_scrabble_championship.html Slate].<br />
** July 31, 2017: Word Freak author [[Stefan Fatsis]] interviews 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] on the Slate podcast [http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/hang_up_and_listen/2017/07/girls_in_baseball_sneakers_and_scrabble_on_hang_up_and_listen.html Hang Up and Listen].<br />
* Youth SCRABBLE - Coverage of Ian Whitehurst and Kevin Zeng being named as the top Elementary School team.<br />
** August 28, 2017: [http://www.theridgefieldpress.com/93427/farmingville-student-becomes-scrabble-champion/ Ridgefield Press]<br />
** August 12, 2017: [http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Ridgefield-10-year-old-is-North-America-s-top-11746165.php/ Danbury News Times] <br />
** August 7, 2017: [http://news.hamlethub.com/ridgefield/neighbors/57032-10-year-old-ridgefield-boy-wins-national-scrabble-championship/ Ridgefield Hamlet Hub]<br />
** August 4, 2017: [http://www.theridgefieldpress.com/92531/ridgefield-student-named-nations-top-elementary-school-scrabble-player/ Ridgefield Press]<br />
* July 7, 2017: Joshua Zinn from the radio program [http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2017/07/07/220425/inside-the-world-of-competitive-scrabble-playing-in-houston/ Houston Matters] interviews Robin Lewis of Houston (TX) NASPA Club #359.<br />
* July 1, 2017: The [http://jg-tc.com/two-seek-to-break-scrabble-guinness-world-record/article_f4fc6abf-5931-57b6-a392-93d085bb1689.html Journal-Gazette & Times Courier] reports on the attempt by Scott Garner and [[Marty Gabriel]] to set a Guinness record for the highest SCRABBLE score in 24 hours.<br />
* June 14, 2017: The [https://www.theet.com/westonnews/news/kaia-does-more-than-check-out-books-as-a-librarian/article_e74742c2-ebe9-562f-b480-25a1b70d798e.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share/ Weston (WV) News] profiles Kaia - Peace Corps volunteer, librarian, and SCRABBLE player.<br />
* May 21, 2017: The [http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2017/05/21/a-war-of-words-at-niagara-tournament/ Welland Tribune] interviews [[Chris Lipe]], youth player Tyler Lee, and director [[Sue Tremblay]] at the 3rd Niagara Falls (ON) International Open.<br />
* March 29, 2017: The [http://www.commercial-news.com/news/local_news/scrabble-event-to-benefit-dacc-program/article_dd7a60b0-d1ca-5b75-9f92-254cec39da40.html/ Commercial-News] previews the 12th annual SCRABBLE for Literacy tournament in Danville (IL).<br />
* March 23, 2017: The [http://tinyurl.com/orlando20/ Orlando Sentinel] profiles [http://www.orlandoscrabble.com/ Casselberry/Orlando (FL) NASPA Club #438] on its 20th anniversary.<br />
* Toronto (ON) School SCRABBLE Championship<br />
**March 26, 2017: [http://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/how-a-canadian-crossword-game-may-have-inspired-the-invention-of-scrabble-1.3341636/ CTV News] covers the Toronto Championship as well as a School SCRABBLE competition in Edmonton (AB).<br />
**March 23, 2017: [http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1085297/ CTV Toronto] covers the 9th annual Toronto (ON)School SCRABBLE Championship. <br />
* January 30, 2017: The [http://www.philly.com/philly/living/412007105.html Philadelphia Inquirer] reveals the impact that a Marian Anderson concert had on Philly SCRABBLE legend [[Matt Hopkins]] as a child.<br />
* January 22, 2017: [http://www.standard-freeholder.com/2017/01/22/cornwall-scrabble-tourney-where-words-are-a-weapon/ Coverage of the 7th annual Ottawa-Montreal Scrabble Challenge]<br />
* September 30, 2016: [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/serious-scrabble-weekend-1.3785783/ CBC] covers Shediac (NB) tournament.<br />
* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/2016_North_American_SCRABBLE_Championship 2016 North American SCRABBLE Championship]<br />
** August 12, 2016: [http://www.goupstate.com/article/20160812/ARTICLES/160819902/ Spartanburg Herald Journal] interviews [[David Gibson]].<br />
** August 11, 2016: Spartanburg (SC) CBS affiliate [http://wspa.com/2016/08/11/spartanburg-man-wins-2nd-north-american-scrabble-championship-title/ WSPA] and Myrtle Beach (SC) CBS affiliate [http://wbtw.com/2016/08/11/sc-math-professor-wins-second-north-american-scrabble-championship-title/ WBTW] cover the victory of local resident [[David Gibson]].<br />
** August 11, 2016: Local NPR affiliate [http://wboi.org/post/fort-wayne-hosts-scrabble-fans-around-world#stream/0 WBOI] interviews [[David Gibson]], Mack Meller, and Heather McCall at the NASC.<br />
** August 10, 2016: Hasbro [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160810006218/en/Gibson-Spells-V-I-C-T-O-R-Y-Board-2016-North-American/ press release] wraps up the event.<br />
** August 10, 2016: [http://nepr.net/news/2016/08/10/western-massachusetts-teacher-wins-in-national-scrabble-tournament/ New England Public Radio] interviews Division 3 winner Ben Greenwood.<br />
** August 8, 2016: Fort Wayne Fox affiliate [http://www.fortwaynehomepage.net/news/local-news/scrabble-championship-comes-to-the-fort/ WFFT] interviews [[Jesse Matthews]].<br />
** August 7, 2016: Fort Wayne ABC affiliate [http://www.21alive.com/news/local/North-American-SCRABBLE-Championship-makes-moves-to-Fort-Wayne-for-first-time-389425661.html/ 21Alive] and [http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Scrabble-tourney-participants--Playing--chess-with-tiles--14524804/ The Journal Gazette] interview [[Dallas Johnson]] and [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] who describes SCRABBLE as "chess with tiles."<br />
** August 6, 2016: [https://vimeo.com/177828426/ The Journal Gazette] interviews NASC director [[Dallas Johnson]] amid play on Day 1.<br />
** August 6, 2016: Local news channel [http://wane.com/2016/08/06/north-american-scrabble-championship-held-in-fort-wayne/ WANE-TV] covers the NASC on Day 1.<br />
** August 5, 2016: [http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local/Local-Scrabble-players-look-forward-to-taking-part-in-national-championship-in-Fort-Wayne News-Sentinel] profiles local players Kathleen Long, Timothy Long, and Dan Wenger.<br />
** August 5, 2016: [http://www.tribstar.com/news/indiana_news/north-american-scrabble-championship-comes-to-fort-wayne/article_9c0bd463-3e84-5e5f-8898-f184cc7dd450.html Terre Haute Tribune Star] previews NASC in Fort Wayne.<br />
* July 24, 2016: [https://www.google.com/amp/www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/amp/Scrabble-players-compete-in-Stamford-8406032.php# Stamford Advocate] covered weekend tournament held in Stamford (CT).<br />
* July 21, 2016: [http://www.vicnews.com/news/387813641.html Victoria News] interviews Victoria (BC) NASPA members Tim Thielmann and Rhonda Reece.<br />
* July 17, 2016: [http://www.wral.com/love-scrabble-all-ages-experiences-invited-to-durham-tournament/15850988/ KRAL] interviewed tournament director David Klionsky about the Robb Griffith Memorial tournament scheduled for July 23rd in Durham (NC).<br />
* July 1, 2016: [http://jg-tc.com/two-seek-to-break-scrabble-guinness-world-record/article_f4fc6abf-5931-57b6-a392-93d085bb1689.html/ JG-TC] reports on attempt of [[Marty Gabriel]] and Scott Garner to break Guiness SCRABBLE record.<br />
* June 8, 2016: [http://globalnews.ca/news/2749684/shediac-to-host-1st-atlantic-international-scrabble-tournament/ Global News] reports on Shediac (NB) tournament scheduled to celebrate 90th anniversary of 1st crossword game invented by local resident Edward MacDonald.<br />
* June 6, 2016: [[John Robertson]] and [[Andy Saunders]], authors of ''A's Bad As It Gets'', cited in [http://www.si.com/ Sports Illustrated] article on 1916 Philadelphia Athletics.<br />
* June 2, 2016: [http://omahamagazine.com/2016/06/thats-a-word-bingo/ Omaha Magazine] coverage of Omaha NASPA Club #582.<br />
* May 21, 2016: [http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local/Scrabble-players-compete-for-the-last-word-in-Fort-Wayne-regional/ News-Sentinel] and [http://www.wowo.com/fort-wayne-hosts-north-american-scrabble-qualifying-tournament/ WOWO] coverage of Fort Wayne (IN) tournament.<br />
* May 19, 2016: [http://www.wsj.com/articles/for-nigerian-scrabble-stars-short-tops-shorter-1463669734/ Wall Street Journal] interviews 2015 world champion Wellington Jighere. Features photos of [[2015 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] and [[Chris Lipe]] who is quoted along with [[Stefan Fatsis]].<br />
** May 23, 2016: [[Stefan Fatsis]] and Oliver Roeder respond to the article in [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2016/05/have_nigerian_players_developed_an_amazing_new_scrabble_strategy_don_t_believe.html/ Slate]. [[Chris Lipe]], [[Jesse Day]], and [[Evans Clinchy]] are quoted.<br />
* [[2016 Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** May 27, 2016: [[Adam Logan]] interviewed by [http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=877769&binId=1.1164511&playlistPageNum=1/ CTV Morning Live]<br />
** May 22, 2016: [[Adam Logan]] interviewed by [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/adam-logan-canadian-scrabble-champ-1.3587427/ CBC News]<br />
** May 16, 2016: Oklahoma's [http://www.newson6.com/story/31992630/adam-logan-racks-up-high-score-to-become-2016-canadian-national-scrabble-champion NewsOn6] and other sources quote from the event final press release.<br />
** May 16, 2016: [[Adam Logan]] interviewed on [http://www.1310news.com/ 1310 News] talk radio.<br />
** May 16, 2016: Lengthy interview with [[John Chew]] at [http://torontoist.com/2016/05/players-go-word-for-word-at-the-2016-canadian-national-scrabble-championship/ Torontoist].<br />
** May 15, 2016: News segment on CityNews evening programme.<br />
** May 13, 2016: Two-minute segment on [http://globalnews.ca/video/2700941/a-scrabble-master-takes-on-the-beat-middle-school-players-in-the-gta-ten-teams-at-once Global News] evening programme, featuring [[Matthew Tunnicliffe]] and several School SCRABBLE participants.<br />
* [[2016 North American School SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** June 21, 2016: [http://www.hbo.com/real-sports-with-bryant-gumbel/episodes/0/231-episode/video/ep-231-trailer-head-games.html?autoplay=true/ HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (Episode 231)] profiles champions and shows NASSC in feature on youth mental athletes.<br />
** May 23, 2016: [http://www.abc15.com/news/spelling-bee/scrabble-champ-seeks-national-spelling-bee-win ABC15 Arizona] interviewed [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2016/nassc/build/ 2016 North American School SCRABBLE] champion Cooper Komatsu who tied for 7th place in 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee.<br />
** April 24, 2016: [http://wavenewspapers.com/culver-city-student-adds-scrabble-title-to-trophy-shelf/ Los Angeles Wave] reports on final results<br />
** April 13, 2016: [http://patch.com/new-york/westhampton-hamptonbays/hampton-bays-students-take-talent-next-level-scrabble-tournament Westhampton-Hampton Bays Patch] reports on local students participating in the NASSC.<br />
** April 10, 2016: [http://www.thesunchronicle.com/devices/news/local_news/gillette-hosts-north-american-school-scrabble-championship/article_17718cdc-ff72-11e5-9ec7-2beebad523ad.html The Sun Chronicle] reports on the NASSC as a local news item.<br />
* February 3, 2016: [http://newsok.com/article/5476306 The Oklahoman] interviews members of the Oklahoma City club for a lengthy feature article.<br />
* January 21, 2016: [http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/view-finders/90234-funs-the-word-at-kids-scrabble-tournament-photos Newsworks] interview John Green about the ASAP School SCRABBLE Program in Philadelphia.<br />
* January 14, 2016: [http://www.omaha.com/living/nebraska-s-top-scrabble-player-works-to-be-one-of/article_10727ec7-76b7-5bf7-a8a5-372226b554ce.html Omaha.com] reports on [[George Asaka]] and the Omaha Scrabble Club.<br />
* November 22, 2015: [http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article45955330.html The Lexington Herald Leader] reports on the Bluegrass Scrabble Fall Classic, interviewing [[Lindsey Dimmick]], [[Steve Bush]], [[Jeff Clark]], [[Joey Krafchick]] and others.<br />
* September 30, 2015: [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/scrabble-brain-university-of-calgary-1.3249149 CBC] reports on research led by [[Peter Sargious]] into the brains of SCRABBLE players.<br />
* [[2015 North American SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** August 6, 2015: [http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/08/06/ottawa-man-wins-north-american-scrabble-championship Ottawa Sun] interviews Matthew Tunnicliffe.<br />
** August 6, 2015: [http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/kanatas-scrabble-champ-knows-his-querns-and-bantengs Ottawa Citizen] interviews Matthew Tunnicliffe, mentions [[Adam Logan]], quotes [[John Chew]].<br />
** August 5, 2015: [http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Scrabble-Champion-Crowned-in-Reno-320843221.html KOLO-TV] reports on [[Matthew Tunnicliffe]] beating [[Jesse Day]] for the win.<br />
** August 4, 2015: [http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2015/08/04/world-scrabble-champs-competing-now-reno/31117563/ Reno Gazette-Journal] interviews [[John Chew]] and [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]]<br />
* July 23, 2015: [[Chris Cree]] talks about [[Nigel Richards]] winning the French WSC on [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/23/how-a-kiwi-beat-the-french-at-their-own-game-of-scrabble.html The Daily Beast].<br />
* May 25, 2015: [[John Chew]] interviewed by CTV News Channel about the new words in the [[Collins]] word list.<br />
* May 21, 2015: [[John Chew]] interviewed by NPR and Reuters about the new words in the [[Collins]] word list.<br />
* May 17, 2015: [[Noah Kalus]] and [[Zach Ansel]]'s win at the [[2015 North American School SCRABBLE Championship]] and subsequent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel reported on by the Times Herald-Record (of Middletown, NY), the Poughkeepsie Journal, Oneida Dispatch, Ridgefield Press, Toy News, and others.<br />
* April 21, 2015: 2014 National SCRABBLE Champion [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]] and others mentioned in an article entitled &ldquo;Winning SCRABBLE and the Nature of Expertise&rdquo; in [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/winning-scrabble-and-the-nature-of-expertise/?print=true Scientific American].<br />
* [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** December 9, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] interviewed in [http://romesentinel.com/county/local-scrabble-player-places-second-in-world/QBqnlh!8bJmTlrrvCgSyy7qVVVG3Q/ Rome Sentinel].<br />
** November 24, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] mentioned in [http://www.businessinsider.com/these-are-the-words-that-just-won-this-years-scrabble-world-championship-2014-11?IR=T Business Insider].<br />
** November 23, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] mentioned in [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11248965/Craig-Beevers-becomes-second-ever-English-world-Scrabble-champion.html The Telegraph].<br />
** November 23, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] mentioned in [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/britain-gets-its-first-scrabble-world-champion-for-21-years-9878661.html# The Independent].<br />
** November 22, 2014: [[John Chew]] leads off a [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30157695 BBC News story] about the [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
** November 21, 2014: [[Jesse Matthews]], [[John Chew]], [[Adam Logan]] and others featured in a [http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2014/11/war-words-at-scrabble-contest-20141121202349147100.html story about the 2014 World SCRABBLE Championship] on AlJazeera.com.<br />
** November 21, 2014: [[John Chew]] quotes briefly in a [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-30139374 BBC News story] about the [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
** November 20, 2014: [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]] gives SCRABBLE tips to [http://www.opb.org/news/article/national-scrabble-champ-gives-tips-for-winning/ OPB] leading up to the [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
** November 10, 2014: [[Evan Berofsky]] featured in an article in the [http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20141110/scrabble-brought-more-than-expected-to-oxford-based-competitive-player-headed-to-london-tournament Oakland Press].<br />
* [[2014 National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** August 10, 2014: Several players interviewed in a feature article about the [[2014 National SCRABBLE Championship]] in the [http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/buffalo/hundreds-of-word-enthusiasts-gather-in-buffalo-for-the-25th-national-scrabble-championships-20140809 Buffalo news].<br />
** August 8, 2014: [[Oliver Roeder]] reports on the [[Nigel Richards]] phenomenon on [http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-makes-nigel-richards-the-best-scrabble-player-on-earth/ fivethirtyeight.com].<br />
* 2015 Changes to [[OSPD]] and [[OTCWL]]<br />
** August 27, 2014: [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] quoted about the new words on the [http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/8ye61k/scrabble-s-updated-dictionary Colbert Report].<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[Chris Cree]] and [[John Chew]] help [http://mentalfloss.com/article/58236/14-fun-scrabble-facts MentalFloss] with some fun facts about our game. <br />
** August 5, 2014: [[John Chew]] gives the Canadian perspective on the new words in the [http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/08/05/canadian-sourced-words-such-as-qajaq-and-quinzhee-some-of-powerhouse-game-changers-added-to-scrabble-dictionary National Post]<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] quoted at length in an article about the new words in the [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/scrabble-players-rejoice-5000-new-words-added-to-official-dictionary/article19912902/?cmpid=rss1 Globe and Mail]<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[John Chew]] quoted in an article about the new words at [http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremygreenfield/2014/08/05/trying-to-chillax-about-my-bromance-with-scrabble-and-5000-other-new-words/ Forbes].<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[Chris Cree]] quoted in a [http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/05/us-usa-games-scrabble-idUSKBN0G51ML20140805 Reuters article] about the new words.<br />
** August 5, 2014: 18-minute interview with Simi Sara on [http://www.cknw.com/the-simi-sara-show/ CKNW 980] with [[John Chew]] about the new words.<br />
** August 5, 2014: [http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/scrabble-dictionary-5000-words-24846936 ABC News] talks about our new words.<br />
** August 4, 2014: [[John Chew]] quoted briefly in the [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/selfie-frenemy-playable-scrabble-article-1.1891614 New York Daily News] on the new edition of [[OSPD]].<br />
** August 4, 2014: [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] quoted in an [http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_26273635/scrabblers-rejoice-5-000-new-words-are-way AP story] about new words coming into [[OSPD]].<br />
** August 4, 2014: [[Chris Cree]] and [[John Chew]] quoted by [http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/04/news/scrabble-dictionary/ CNN] ([http://mexico.cnn.com/entretenimiento/2014/08/05/diccionario-scrabble-suma-5000-palabras-incluyendo-selfie-y-hashtag Spanish translation]) on the new words.<br />
* March 16, 2014: [[John Chew]] mentioned in the Wall Street Journal article &ldquo;[http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304914204579392930054227164 This Scrabble-Playing Robot Is a Sore Loser]&rdquo;<br />
* [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
** April 22, 2014: [[John Chew]] on [http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=328738 CTV National News] with members of the [http://torontoscrabbleclub.com Toronto SCRABBLE Club] talking about GEOCACHE.<br />
** April 10, 2014: [[Stefan Fatsis]] quotes [[John Chew]] and [[Chris Cree]] at Slate in [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2014/04/geocache_in_scrabble_the_word_that_won_hasbro_s_new_word_contest_is_useless.html The Word That Won Scrabble&rsquo;s New-Word Contest Is Totally Useless in Scrabble]<br />
** March 14, 2014: [[Stefan Fatsis]] writes on [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2014/03/new_scrabble_word_should_it_be_bestie_ew_slumdog_inside_the_contest_to_add.single.html Slate.com] about the [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
** March 14, 2014: [[John Chew]] on [http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=307524 CTV News Channel] talking about the [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
** March 13, 2014: [[John Chew]] on NPR&rsquo;s [http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/03/13/scrabble-new-dictionary Here and Now] to talk about the [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
* [[2010 National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** [http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/08/06/1560104/top-scrabble-players-gather-for.html Bellingham Herald]<br />
** [http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/06/2942767/top-scrabble-players-gather-for.html Sacramento Bee]<br />
** [http://topics.dallasnews.com/article/073m0ck0i8bkw?q=ESPN Dallas News]<br />
** [http://www.dfw.com/2010/08/04/315091/ladies-and-gentlemen-of-the-board.html DFW.com]<br />
** [http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-payne-national-scrabble-20100805,0,6621539.story Sun-Sentinel]<br />
** [http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/aug/04/mount-pleasant-scrabble-ace-to-vie-for-3000/ Post and Courier]<br />
** [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/080710dnmetscrabble.26c27d4.html Dallas News]<br />
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== Older Press Releases ==<br />
<br />
* [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2018/nsc/build/nasc-winner-release.pdf 2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship Results]<br />
* [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150805006883/en/Matthew-Tunnicliffe-Racks-High-Score-2015-North#.VcfJZTBViko 2015 NASC Results]<br />
* [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown Announcement]]<br />
* [[2014 NSSC Hasbro Press Release]]<br />
* [[Media:20100727-nsc.pdf|2010 NSC Master Press Release (revised)]]<br />
* [[Media:20100714-nsc.pdf|2010 NSC Master Press Release (preliminary)]]<br />
* [[Media:20100702-guzman.pdf|San Francisco Man's 771-Point SCRABBLE Game a New Official Record]]</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Tapani_Lindgren&diff=15563Tapani Lindgren2020-07-20T20:06:25Z<p>Poslfit: removed email of former committee member</p>
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[[Category:Former committee members]]</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15560Slurs2020-07-20T16:41:41Z<p>Poslfit: /* FAQ */ style</p>
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<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB met by Zoom from 8:00-10:45 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion, defeating it by a vote of 6 to 4.<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: Chew consulted with the Board of Trustees by phone, and agreed to honor his commitment to Hasbro, overturning the Advisory Board's ruling.<br />
; 2020-07-12<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] convenes to review word selection criteria and the tentative list of offensive slurs.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive (or an equivalent label), then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[John Chew]], and it has since been revised based on public input, and is as of late July being debated by the [[Dictionary Committee]].''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted. For words that do not appear in MW, a more complicated set of rules will apply.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List. If the word is not listed as offensive in Merriam-Webster, try contacting their Customer Service to express your views.''<br />
; Can you send me an unscrambled list of the words?<br />
: ''We will publish our final draft to NASPA [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/services.pl Member Services], but are not distributing unscrambled copies of earlier drafts such as the one that appears below.''<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
=== Archived Questions ===<br />
<br />
The following questions and answers are preserved for historical interest, <br />
but are not current anymore.<br />
<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence. <br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
On 2020-07-12 the [[Dictionary Committee]] agreed in reviewing some unusual cases that if a word is listed as offensive in all its senses in a source dictionary, and at least one of those senses was a slur, then the word would be designated as an offensive slur.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader. We welcome media inquiries at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] for a plain list of words.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
=== Offensive Slurs Under Consideration for Deletion as of 2020-07-06 ===<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeiopprs eoppry hiopps hiloppsy eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu cehilrsu cehilsstu cehilssu cehilsu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
=== Other Categories of Offensive Words ===<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15559Slurs2020-07-20T16:41:24Z<p>Poslfit: /* FAQ */ archived some questions, added some new</p>
<hr />
<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB met by Zoom from 8:00-10:45 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion, defeating it by a vote of 6 to 4.<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: Chew consulted with the Board of Trustees by phone, and agreed to honor his commitment to Hasbro, overturning the Advisory Board's ruling.<br />
; 2020-07-12<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] convenes to review word selection criteria and the tentative list of offensive slurs.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive (or an equivalent label), then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[John Chew]], and it has since been revised based on public input, and is as of late July being debated by the [[Dictionary Committee]].''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted. For words that do not appear in MW, a more complicated set of rules will apply.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List. If the word is not listed as offensive in Merriam-Webster, try contacting their Customer Service to express your views.''<br />
; Can you send me an unscrambled list of the words?<br />
: We will publish our final draft to NASPA [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/services.pl Member Services], but are not distributing unscrambled copies of earlier drafts such as the one that appears below.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
=== Archived Questions ===<br />
<br />
The following questions and answers are preserved for historical interest, <br />
but are not current anymore.<br />
<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence. <br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
On 2020-07-12 the [[Dictionary Committee]] agreed in reviewing some unusual cases that if a word is listed as offensive in all its senses in a source dictionary, and at least one of those senses was a slur, then the word would be designated as an offensive slur.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader. We welcome media inquiries at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] for a plain list of words.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
=== Offensive Slurs Under Consideration for Deletion as of 2020-07-06 ===<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeiopprs eoppry hiopps hiloppsy eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu cehilrsu cehilsstu cehilssu cehilsu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
=== Other Categories of Offensive Words ===<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15558Slurs2020-07-20T16:35:20Z<p>Poslfit: /* Offensive Words by Category */ slurs separated from rest for clarity</p>
<hr />
<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB met by Zoom from 8:00-10:45 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion, defeating it by a vote of 6 to 4.<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: Chew consulted with the Board of Trustees by phone, and agreed to honor his commitment to Hasbro, overturning the Advisory Board's ruling.<br />
; 2020-07-12<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] convenes to review word selection criteria and the tentative list of offensive slurs.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[John Chew]], and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence. <br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
On 2020-07-12 the [[Dictionary Committee]] agreed in reviewing some unusual cases that if a word is listed as offensive in all its senses in a source dictionary, and at least one of those senses was a slur, then the word would be designated as an offensive slur.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader. We welcome media inquiries at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] for a plain list of words.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
=== Offensive Slurs Under Consideration for Deletion as of 2020-07-06 ===<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeiopprs eoppry hiopps hiloppsy eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu cehilrsu cehilsstu cehilssu cehilsu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
=== Other Categories of Offensive Words ===<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=NASPA_Foundation&diff=15555NASPA Foundation2020-07-18T05:12:58Z<p>Poslfit: typo corrected</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''NASPA Foundation''' for Youth Literacy is a 501(c)(3) private nonprofit organization started by Chris and Carla Cree in 2013.<br />
<br />
As of 2018, its board of directors are:<br />
<br />
* [[Chris Cree]]<br />
* [[Elizabeth Phifer]]<br />
* [[Mary Rhoades]]<br />
* [[John Chew]]<br />
<br />
For more information, please visit the [http://naspafoundationforyouthliteracy.org foundation website].</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15538Slurs2020-07-13T02:24:52Z<p>Poslfit: /* Timeline */ added DC meeting</p>
<hr />
<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB met by Zoom from 8:00-10:45 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion, defeating it by a vote of 6 to 4.<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: Chew consulted with the Board of Trustees by phone, and agreed to honor his commitment to Hasbro, overturning the Advisory Board's ruling.<br />
; 2020-07-12<br />
: The NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]] convenes to review word selection criteria and the tentative list of offensive slurs.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[John Chew]], and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence. <br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
On 2020-07-12 the [[Dictionary Committee]] agreed in reviewing some unusual cases that if a word is listed as offensive in all its senses in a source dictionary, and at least one of those senses was a slur, then the word would be designated as an offensive slur.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader. We welcome media inquiries at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] for a plain list of words.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15537Slurs2020-07-13T02:16:04Z<p>Poslfit: /* Offensive Words by Category */ clarification</p>
<hr />
<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 Original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB met by Zoom from 8:00-10:45 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion, defeating it by a vote of 6 to 4.<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: Chew consulted with the Board of Trustees by phone, and agreed to honor his commitment to Hasbro, overturning the Advisory Board's ruling.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[John Chew]], and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence. <br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
On 2020-07-12 the [[Dictionary Committee]] agreed in reviewing some unusual cases that if a word is listed as offensive in all its senses in a source dictionary, and at least one of those senses was a slur, then the word would be designated as an offensive slur.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader. We welcome media inquiries at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] for a plain list of words.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Media_relations&diff=15532Media relations2020-07-10T18:51:48Z<p>Poslfit: /* Recent Mention */ + newstalk</p>
<hr />
<div>We welcome inquiries from the '''media''' concerning our association, its [[clubs]] and [[tournaments]]<br />
and its [[players]]. <br />
<br />
For further information, please contact the [[NASPA]] Chief Executive Officer <br />
[[John Chew]] in Toronto, ON.<br />
<br />
== Recent Mention ==<br />
* July 6, 2020: [https://www.yorktonthisweek.com/opinion/columnists/association-promotes-scrabble-1.24165523 Yorkton (SK) This Week] interviews [[John Chew]] about the organization of tournament SCRABBLE.<br />
* The inclusion of slurs in the lexicon<br />
** July 10, 2020: [https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-moncrieff/scrabble-updates-rules Newstalk FM] host Sean Moncrieff talks with [[John Chew]] about how offensive the word CULCHIE is.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/07/scrabble-bans-hundreds-of-offensive-words-from-competitive-play Kotaku] reports on the decision to remove slurs.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://globalnews.ca/toronto/program/the-john-oakley-show The John Oakley Show] interviewed [[John Chew]] from 15:35 to 15:45.<br />
** July 7, 2020: [https://www.out.com/news/2020/7/07/scrabble-may-remove-racist-homophobic-slurs-dictionary Out] reports on the issue.<br />
** July 7, 2020: [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/sports/scrabble-racial-slurs-tournaments.html The New York Times] interviews [[John Chew]] and NASPA members about the inclusion of slurs. Hasbro announces that NASPA has agreed to remove all slurs.<br />
** July 6, 2020: [https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/scrabble-fans-press-ban-racist-transphobic-words-200706175545737.html Al Jazeera] reports on the debate.<br />
** July 6, 2020: [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/scrabble-censorship-dispute-over-banning-offensive-terms-hj9jnr5ks The Times] interviews [[John Chew]] and WESPA Chair [[Chris Lipe]] about the removal of slurs.<br />
** July 5, 2020: The [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8492639/Scrabble-community-discusses-banning-racial-slurs-game-amid-Black-Lives-Matter-protests.html Daily Mail] recaps the debate on removing slurs.<br />
** June 29, 2020: [https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-5-calgary-eyeopener Calgary Eyeopener] host Rob Brown interviewed [[John Chew]] about removing slurs from the NWL.<br />
** June 25, 2020: Article about [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/the-n-word-has-no-place-in-our-game-competitive-scrabble-player-wants-slurs-removed-from-play-1.5626891 CBC As It Happens] interview includes additional comments from NASPA member [[Frank Tangredi]].<br />
** June 24, 2020: [[John Chew]] appears on [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.5625419 As It Happens] on CBC. Interview begins at about the 28-minute mark.<br />
** June 24, 2020: [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-terrible-word-play-should-slurs-swearing-and-offensive-terms-be/ The Globe and Mail] interviews NASPA CEO [[John Chew]].<br />
** June 18, 2020: [[Stefan Fatsis]] discusses the debate on the inclusion of slurs in the lexicon in [https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/06/scrabble-players-debate-slurs.html Slate].<br />
* June 2, 2020: The [https://www.gazettenet.com/Scrabble-HG-060320-34576562 Daily Hampshire Gazette] interviews NASPA Member and Youth Player Jack Carpenter who placed 2nd in last weekend's online School SCRABBLE Championship (OQuaSSA). <br />
* May 11, 2020: [https://themontclarion.org/entertainment/montclair-surgeon-mina-le-takes-a-stab-at-jeopardy/ The Montclarion] recaps the appearance of NASA member [[Mina Le]] on Jeopardy!<br />
* April 26, 2020: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouZTO4tUrnM The Saige Jones podcast] interviews [[Joe Edley]] about his life (and SCRABBLE career) and the impact of meditation.<br />
* COVID-19 Coronavirus<br />
** March 18, 2020: The [https://calgarysun.com/news/local-news/on-a-cruise-to-nowhere-during-covid-19-scrabble-skills-and-humour-go-a-long-way/wcm/9f6788ec-1b9a-4514-a2b3-fc954c5559f2 Calgary Sun] reports that [[Siri Tillekeratne]] and [[Albert Hahn]] continue to play SCRABBLE while on a cruise ship unable to dock anywhere because of COVID-19.<br />
** March 14, 2020: [[Stefan Fatsis]] discusses the impact of COVID-19 on organized SCRABBLE activity in [https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/playing-scrabble-coronavirus-pandemic.html?fbclid=IwAR09AKSKilIm7el46-a4QCB8bceiiLawGGRd-5Pzr2B7d9iFkFLmvX1oDv4 Slate].<br />
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== Older Mention ==<br />
* March 7, 2020: [https://getpocket.com/explore/item/does-scrabble-need-to-be-fixed?utm_source=pocket-newtab&fbclid=IwAR0U2Nv-xOuMBSKslYAukBXcigzRWCNu7wTeI_lyCe9fqaRaDLWvniqE3kU Nautilus] reports on the role of tile values and luck in SCRABBLE - including quotes from [[John Chew]], [[Stefan Fatsis]], and Lynda Woods Cleary.<br />
* February 5, 2020: The [https://www.standard-freeholder.com/news/local-news/cornwall-hosts-the-annual-ottawa-montreal-scrabble-challenge Cornwall Standard-Freeholder] reports on the Montreal vs. Ottawa tournament held on February 1.<br />
* January 29, 2020: [https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/seattles-scrabble-club-is-definitely-not-words-with-friends-but-there-are-words-and-friends-and-some-supersmart-competitions/ Pacific NW Magazine] visits Seattle (WA) NASPA Club #253.<br />
* December 11, 2019: [https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg-scrabble-club-a-community-of-competitive-word-lovers-seeking-their-next-highest-score-1.4725115 CTV News] visits Winnipeg (MB) NASPA Club #498.<br />
* Ricky Rodriguez attended the WESPA Youth Cup.<br />
** November 28, 2019: The [https://www.expressnews.com/news/education/amp/San-Antonio-boy-10-to-compete-in-Scrabble-world-14867781.php?fbclid=IwAR1sn-4aYr5u7CO_c6UMVv9u2XuUWwGzFzXcF2ccDJgGneK-jZDxqGS9y74 San Antonio Express-News] profiles Ricky Rodriguez before the WESPA Youth Cup.<br />
** December 2, 2019: San Antonio Express-News published a [https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/V-I-C-T-O-R-Y-seven-times-for-young-San-Antonio-14874426.php follow-up article] after the tournament.<br />
** December 31, 2019: [https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2019/12/31/whats-up-south-texas-boy-on-autism-spectrum-dominates-the-game-of-scrabble/ KSAT] profiles Ricky.<br />
* [[Dean Saldanha]] and Dielle Pinto will be on Team Canada at the [[2019 WESPA Championship |WESPA Championships]] in Goa, India, in mid-October.<br />
** October 12, 2019: [https://www.princegeorgematters.com/local-news/scrabble-challenge-takes-these-bc-siblings-to-india-1731707 Prince George Matters] article.<br />
** October 6, 2019: [https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-scrabble-champions-to-represent-canada-at-goa-championships-oct-16-20 Vancouver Sun] article.<br />
** September 30, 2019: [https://www.richmond-news.com/news/scrabble-challenge-takes-siblings-to-india-1.23962165 Richmond (BC) News] article.<br />
* September 11, 2019: [https://smile.amazon.com/Your-Move-Board-Games-Teach/dp/1999439546/ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_g3905707922?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0&ie=UTF8 Your Move: What Board Games Teach Us About Life], a book written by Jonathan Kay and Joan Moriarity, features [[John Chew]] in its chapter on SCRABBLE.<br />
* August 14, 2019: [https://www.barrietoday.com/whats-up-wednesday/whats-in-a-word-could-be-lots-of-points-at-the-barrie-scrabble-club-1639985 Barrie Today] spotlights the recently formed recreational club in Barrie (ON). <br />
* August 13, 2019: [https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2019/08/13/orlando-scrabble-club-art-moore?fbclid=IwAR3u7Yg_i2BHhwyboN9GmIzR5EVhvq5bN01I1VTjnLl5JCJwefgxtdceHSE# Spectrum News 13] visits Casselberry-Orlando NASPA Club #438 and talks to director [[Arthur Moore |Art Moore]].<br />
* 2019 North American SCRABBLE Championship in Reno (NV)<br />
** July 26, 2019: [https://lynnwoodtoday.com/lynnwood-man-becomes-youngest-north-american-scrabble-champion Lynnwood Today] reports on Lynnwood resident and North American SCRABBLE Champion [[Alec Sjoholm]].<br />
** July 24, 2019: [https://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Top-scrabble-players-compete-for-national-title--513135661.html KOLO 8 ABC] interviews [[Joshua Sokol]] and [[John Chew]].<br />
** July 24, 2019: [https://www.ktvn.com/story/40833013/intense-wordplay-in-reno-the-north-american-scrabble-championships KTVN 2] interviews Deborah Komatsu, Cheryl Kagan, [[Andy Hoang]], and [[John Chew]].<br />
* July 24, 2019: The Angry Grammarian at the [https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/scrabble-dictionary-tournament-words-language-20190724.html Philadelphia Inquirer] interviews 2017 North American SCRABBLE Champion [[Will Anderson]] and [[John Chew]] about why slurs are allowed in tournament and club play.<br />
* [[Cornelia Guest]] ran a SCRABBLE tournament in conjunction with the Newtown (CT) Bridge Club's 3rd annual Longest Day fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association on June 19th.<br />
** July 1, 2019: The [https://www.newtownbee.com/bridge-fans-scrabblers-converge-%E2%80%98longest-day%E2%80%99-fundraiser/07012019 Newtown Bee] covers the event.<br />
** May 24, 2019: The [https://www.newtownbee.com/longest-day-fundraiser-support-alzheimer%E2%80%99s-association/05242019 Newtown Bee] announces the event.<br />
* May 8, 2019: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJuLtETpzms&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2KvBEaWrcHDabwapCNRYvsiME9rL6ld83s5Dbj56IJVlRAr5w-Fbnr9ho WGBY] profiles Northampton (MA) NASPA Club #667 - including interviews with director Brett Constantine, NASC 2018 Div 4 champion Evan Yurko, and 2019 North American School SCRABBLE Championship director Ben Greenwood.<br />
* May 2, 2019: The [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/arts/scrabble-new-words.html New York Times] interviews NASPA co-president [[John Chew]] about the release of the Collins 2019 lexicon.<br />
* Youth player Ricky Rodriguez is interviewed by local San Antonio (TX) media.<br />
** May 7, 2019: [https://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/kid-scrabble-champ-gains-national-attention Fox29] in San Antonio interviews Ricky after his return from the North American School SCRABBLE Championship where his team placed 3rd in the Challenge Division.<br />
** April 26, 2019: The [https://therivardreport.com/after-finding-success-in-scrabble-san-antonio-kid-heads-to-national-championships/?fbclid=IwAR1ZGlsm2q2PvQW2qZ5Rx3PEQHqXQogwHV2UXLK2zVp6_MxKwXlGlkMh5ZU Rivard Report] profiles Ricky as he heads to the North American School SCRABBLE Championship.<br />
** February 1, 2019: [https://www.kens5.com/video/news/young-scrabble-genius-from-sa-competes-all-over-the-country/273-61b7870f-bbe7-46f7-9a4c-eb24f40e11a5?fbclid=IwAR3829p0wxdmbMnAQqrtoUK7XO4eTFzrQ040Sq5bb3v8SlfLLK6PEk8z9MA CBS KENS-TV] interviews Ricky and his mother, Erin, at Austin (TX) NASPA Club #234.<br />
** December 30, 2018: [https://www.ksat.com/news/whats-up-south-texas-boy-on-autism-spectrum-dominates-the-game-of-scrabble?fbclid=IwAR0Poo0aBIddRkuNAdGbYqy9EwIRvflym7vWd_mI-3BEWLLOv2AY4LnaeB0 ABC KSAT12] interviewed Ricky on the "What's Up South Texas" segment.<br />
** November 22, 2018: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IysIy-jqpqc Fox 29's Daytime at 9 with Kimberly and Esteban] invited Ricky to share some SCRABBLE tips and tricks.<br />
* April 1, 2019: [https://www.pressreader.com/usa/readers-digest/20190401/textview Reader's Digest] profiles [[2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship | 2018 NASC]] champion [[Joel Sherman]] in its I Won! series.<br />
* Business Insider reporter and NASPA member Mark Abadi offers SCRABBLE tips to readers:<br />
** February 10, 2019: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-vs-words-with-friends-differences-2019-2 Play SCRABBLE rather than Words With Friends]<br />
** February 2, 2019: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-tips-biggest-mistakes-2019-2 Avoid these mistakes]<br />
** January 27, 2019: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-strategy-tips-hotspots-2019-1 Look out for hotspots]<br />
** December 29, 2018: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-improve-skills-anagrams-bingos-2018-12 Learn the 2-letter words]<br />
* March 21, 2019: [http://www.connecticutmag.com/the-connecticut-story/scrabble-queen-cornelia-guest-is-training-child-champions-of-the/article_9793643e-4697-11e9-9f6f-0ffbdd3ea6d2.html?fbclid=IwAR28fPWeRR9_Ozy1Mn7rc9FRPCtLmfJKWVB0lRNuGg_Qg1KVu7nQWJQNqKk Connecticut Magazine] profiles NASPA Person of the Year [[Cornelia Guest]] with a focus on her Youth SCRABBLE coaching.<br />
* March 8, 2019: An [https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local/words-words-words-a-reporter-challenges-a-scrabble-fanatic/article_e4458f70-3fba-11e9-83bc-53fc38b6d282.html East Oregonian] reporter takes on NASPA member John Lauck.<br />
* January 7, 2019: [[Stefan Fatsis]] discusses ties in tournament SCRABBLE on the [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hang-up-and-listen/id327595087?mt=2 Hang Up and Listen] podcast. Jeffrey Jacobson had 3 ties in a 7-game tournament in [https://www.cross-tables.com/tourney.php?tourneyid=10546 Levittown (PA)] on January 5, 2019.<br />
* December 22, 2018: The [https://nypost.com/2018/12/22/scrabble-savant-campaigning-against-adding-ok-to-official-list/ New York Post] reports on [[Joel Sherman]]'s campaign against the inclusion of OK.<br />
* December 13, 2018: [http://nautil.us/issue/67/reboot/does-scrabble-need-to-be-fixed?fbclid=IwAR3atsOQ10cM0Thl2jBsM_G3M6oHHQUx9FOR876tsnqCdTB2Wak5Ju_A4BY Nautilus] article on SCRABBLE tile distribution includes interviews with NASPA members Lynda Woods Cleary and [[Stefan Fatsis]].<br />
* November 1, 2018: [https://www.awslife.com/filerepository/archives/11-18awsl/index.html Altamonte-Wekiva Springs Life] puts Casselberry/Orlando NASPA Club #438 on the cover.<br />
* Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary 6th Edition (OSPD6)<br />
** October 4, 2018: The [https://www.wsj.com/articles/scrabble-is-a-lousy-game-1538667637 Wall Street Journal] comments on the release of OSPD6 and SCRABBLE as a game. Author Jonathan Kay mentions NASC champions [[Adam Logan]], [[Nigel Richards]], and [[James Leong]] and recalls tournaments he attended with [[John Chew]].<br />
** September 27, 2018: [[John Chew]] and [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] conducted 22 interviews with Canadian media, including the [https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1330770499966 Calgary Eyeopener].<br />
** September 24, 2018: The [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/arts/new-scrabble-words.html New York Times] interviews [[John Chew]] about the release of the OSPD6.<br />
** September 24, 2018: [https://www.businessinsider.com/ok-added-to-scrabble-dictionary-2018-9 Business Insider] reporter and NASPA player Mark Abadi discusses the addition of OK with [[Jackson Smylie]], [[Judy Cole]], and Ben Schoenbrun.<br />
** September 24, 2018: Associated Press release, as seen in the [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-scrabble-adds-300-new-words-ok-20180924-story.html?outputType=amp New York Daily News] and other publications, mentions Merriam-Webster's consultation with NASPA on new words.<br />
* August 31, 2018: The [http://www.centraljersey.com/news/the_princeton_packet/stories/local-club-celebrates-two-decades-of-scrabble-games-tournaments/article_5941ad7b-5ebd-5875-9c4a-153d524f4016.html Princeton Packet] reports on the 20th anniversary of Princeton (NJ) NASPA Club #513.<br />
* Nigerian asylum seeker Olakunle Azeez Omopariola joins Cote St Luc (QC) NASPA Club #83.<br />
** September 11, 2018: [https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/nigerian-asylum-seeker-finding-solace-through-scrabble-1.4089963 CTV News]<br />
**August 29, 2018: [https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/nigerian-scrabble-champion-seeks-asylum-in-montreal Montreal Gazette]<br />
* August 25, 2018: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-improve-score-two-letter-words-2018-8 Business Insider] reporter and NASPA member Mark Abadi advises readers to learn the 2-letter words.<br />
* August 16, 2018: The [https://www.theridgefieldpress.com/2018/08/16/scrabble-coach-named-person-of-the-year/ Ridgefield Press] reports on [[Cornelia Guest]] being named NASPA Person of the Year.<br />
* 4th Niagara Falls International Open<br />
** July 29, 2018: [https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/8768788-niagara-to-host-international-scrabble-tourney/ The Niagara Falls Review]<br />
* 2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship<br />
** August 22, 2018: [http://dailytimes.com/promotions/article_f0908c22-a60d-11e8-beba-e73f90798560.html Kerrville Daily Times] - Interviews [[Deborah Gaudier]] on the NASC and Niagara Open.<br />
** August 19, 2018: [https://www.gazettenet.com/Editorial-Monday-mix-on-potato-kings-Scrabble-champ-young-bakers-19538057 Daily Hampshire Gazette] - Congratulates Evan Yurko on his Division 4 win.<br />
** August 14, 2018: [https://www.gazettenet.com/Evan-Yurko-Scrabble-champ-19400455 Daily Hampshire Gazette] - Includes interviews with NASC Division 4 winner Evan Yurko, Brett Constantine, and Ben Greenwood.<br />
** August 10, 2018: [https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-scrabble-champions-spellbinding-comeback-1533898800 Wall Street Journal]<br />
** August 10, 2018: [https://buffalonews.com/2018/08/10/wordsmiths-of-the-gaming-world-unite-in-buffalo/ Buffalo News]<br />
** August 8, 2018: [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2018/nsc/build/nasc-winner-release.pdf NASPA Press Release]<br />
** August 8, 2018: [http://news.wbfo.org/post/scrabble-lovers-buffalo-north-american-tournament WBFO NPR 88.7] - Includes interviews with Evan Berofsky, NASPA co-president [[John Chew]], and NASC division leader [[ Jason Idalski]].<br />
** August 7, 2018: [https://www.wkbw.com/news/2018-north-american-scrabble-championship-spells-its-way-into-buffalo WKBW ABC 7] - Includes interviews with Brett Constantine, Karen Richards, [[Sue Tremblay]], and [[Jason Broersma]]<br />
** August 7, 2018: [https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/scrabble-players-compete-for-title-in-buffalo/71-581463622 WGRZ NBC 2] - Includes interview with NASC director [[Arthur Moore]].<br />
* 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] throws out first pitch as part of Jacksonville (FL) Jumbo Shrimp team's celebration of SCRABBLE's 70th anniversary.<br />
** July 19, 2018: [https://www.milb.com/milb/news/jacksonville-jumbo-shrimp-stage-a-scrabble-celebration/c-286300622 MiLB.com]<br />
** July 19, 2018: [https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/sports/back-to-the-minors-exploring-america-through-minor-league-baseball/77-575569218 First Coast News]<br />
** July 11, 2018: [http://news.sportslogos.net/2018/07/11/jumbo-shrimp-target-world-record-on-words-with-fans-day/ SportsLogos.net]<br />
** July 11, 2018: [http://arizonasports.com/story/1594715/double-a-baseball-team-wear-scrabble-inspired-jerseys/ Arizona Sports 98.7 FM]<br />
** March 20, 2018: [https://frntofficesport.com/why-the-jacksonville-jumbo-shrimp-are-celebrating-the-anniversary-of-a-board-game/ Front Office Sports]<br />
* 2018 [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** June 19, 2018: [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/canadian-national-scrabble-championship-eric-tran-winner-1.4712256 CBC News] reports about [[Eric Tran]] winning the CNSC, based on an earlier interview on CBC Radio's Calgary Eyeopener program<br />
** June 18, 2018: [https://www.bttoronto.ca/videos/the-10th-annual-canadian-scrabble-championship/ Breakfast Television] interviews NASPA co-president [[John Chew]] about the 2018 [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
* June 19, 2018: [https://www.wdel.com/features/wordless-wilmington-scrabble-club-gets-a-visit-from-national-scrabble/article_36da33aa-7426-11e8-b9cf-f76e9e04eba2.html WDEL 101.7 FM] reports on a visit by 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] to [https://sites.google.com/site/delawarescrabble/home Wilmington (DE) NASPA Club #599].<br />
* May 23, 2018: [https://www.ozy.com/provocateurs/could-he-be-the-youngest-scrabble-champ-ever/86265 OZY] profiles SCRABBLE Grandmaster [[Mack Meller]].<br />
* May 22, 2018: [http://newton.wickedlocal.com/news/20180522/newton-scrabble-champion-has-game-plan-for-success Newton Wicked Local] interviews Lexington (MA) NASPA Club #108 member Marvin Kraus about his division win at the annual BAT (Boston Area Tournament).<br />
* May 13, 2018: The [http://www.philly.com/philly/news/scrabble-champ-will-anderson-lancaster-strategy-20180513.html Philadelphia Inquirer] interviews NASC champion [[Will Anderson]].<br />
* May 13, 2018: The [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2018/05/13/scrabble-with-the-stars-spells-success-for-pal-toronto-charity.html Toronto Star] profiles jazz artist/composer and NASPA member [[Fern Lindzon]] who will serve as one of the experts at this year's SCRABBLE With the Stars fundraiser.<br />
* April 12, 2018: [http://www.rhodes.edu/stories/can-scrabble-help-teach-writing-one-rhodes-professor-thinks-so Rhodes College] professor (and SCRABBLE Expert) Scott Garner works SCRABBLE into the curriculum. <br />
* February 17, 2018: [http://shep.ca/waffles/audio/Josh-and-Shan-Interview.mp3 CFRC-FM] interviews [[Shan Abbasi]] and [[Josh Greenway]] about the Kingston (ON) Open.<br />
* Northampton (MA) NASPA Club #667 organized a charity tournament to benefit 3 local charities.<br />
** February 19, 2018: The [http://www.gazettenet.com/Editorial-Monday-mix-on-dyslexia-podcast-Scrabble-for-charity-Jewish-Book-Award-15596411 Daily Hampshire Gazette] commends the club for its efforts.<br />
** February 11, 2018: The [http://www.gazettenet.com/Charity-Scrabble-event-benefits-three-local-charities-15469507 Daily Hampshire Gazette] reports that over 50 people attended the event, which raised over $1700. <br />
** February 7, 2018: [http://www.masslive.com/living/index.ssf/2018/02/northampton_scrabble_club_plans_charity_tournament.html MassLive] previews the event.<br />
* January 14, 2018: The [http://www.heraldsun.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article194659899.html Herald-Sun] covers the 8th annual SCRABBLE tournament to benefit the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center took place this weekend in Durham (NC).<br />
* [[2017 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] winner [[Will Anderson]] played SCRABBLE with ITRI's IVS robot at CES 2018 on January 9, 2018.<br />
** April 7, 2018: Paul Gallen of [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ The Times] analyzes Will's games with the robot in his weekly SCRABBLE column.<br />
** January 12, 2018: NASPA co-president [[John Chew]] offers his account of [[CES 2018]].<br />
** January 12, 2018: [http://www.wdtv.com/content/news/Robots-walking-talking-and-barking-at-CES-469038173.html WDTV] covers the robots at CES 2018 with a quote from Will.<br />
** January 9, 2018: [https://www.cnet.com/au/videos/scrabble-playing-robot-at-ces-2018/ CNET] interviews Will about the experience.<br />
** January 3, 2018: The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)of Taiwan [https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180103005456/en/ITRI%E2%80%99s-Intelligent-Vision-Based-Robot-Play-SCRABBLE%C2%AE-North announces] the match.<br />
* December 12, 2017: The [http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/philadelphia/hip-hop-grandpop-matt-hopkins-holiday-dance-moves-we-the-people-20171213.html?mobi=true Philadelphia Inquirer] profiles 2004 [[Person of the Year]] [[Matt Hopkins]].<br />
* Winter, 2017: [http://magazine.columbia.edu/features/winter-2017/letter-head?page=0%2C0#undefined.gbpl Columbia Magazine] profiles freshman [[Mack Meller]] who placed 2nd in this year's [[North American SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
* December 6, 2017: [http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/December-2017/Wordplay/ Honolulu Magazine] profiles NASPA's recreational club organized by Darren Seu and Claire Dunham. <br />
* [[Marty Gabriel]] and Scott Garner set a Guiness record for the highest SCRABBLE score in 24 hours.<br />
** January 15, 2018: The [http://www.illinoishomepage.net/ciliving/charleston-scrabble-enthusiasts-spell-way-to-a-guinness-world-record/917393513 Illinois Home Page] interviews Marty and Scott about their achievement.<br />
** January 8, 2018: The [http://www.purplepawn.com/2018/01/scoreboard-51/ Purple Pawn] includes the record in its list of monthly gaming news.<br />
** November 17, 2017: The [http://jg-tc.com/news/local/local-man-gets-confirmation-of-setting-scrabble-world-record/article_69472800-b7f5-5704-98a6-a56fa3fb1f70.html/ Journal Gazette and Times-Courier] reports on the achievement.<br />
* November 27, 2017: [http://news.hamlethub.com/fairfield/places/46310-pequot-library-has-scored-a-specialist-for-its-new-scrabble-sessions Fairfield's Hamlet Hub] reports that Dustin Brown will be coaching the Pequot (CT) Library's SCRABBLE Club for children.<br />
* November 17, 2017: The [http://www.vnews.com/Vermont-Scrabble-Catamount-Cup-tournament-at-Norwich-Public-Library-13733092 Valley News] covers the annual Catamount Cup where players from Northern Vermont face off against a team from Southern Vermont.<br />
* November 16, 2017: The [http://video.newyorker.com/watch/professional-scrabble-champions-replay-their-greatest-moves New Yorker] interviews [[Will Anderson]], [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]], [[Kate Fukawa-Connelly]], [[Jesse Day]], [[Debbie Stegman]], and [[Joe Edley]] about their favorite, most improbable, worst, most patient, most regretful, and most humbling plays.<br />
* November 5, 2017: [http://wlos.com/news/local/annual-autumn-leaves-scrabble-tournament-is-full-contact-mind-sport/ WLOS] covers the Asheville (NC) tournament directed by Bill Snoddy.<br />
* October 6, 2017: Per the [https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-baseball-manager-who-cant-get-enough-scrabble-1507293022/the Wall Street Journal], Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona is an avid SCRABBLE player on his iPad. NASPA co-president [[Chris Cree]] issues a challenge to Terry.<br />
* September 25, 2017: [http://www.skidmore.edu/news/2017/0925_oconnor_matthew.php/ Skidmore College] interviews Junior World SCRABBLE champion Matthew O'Connor '20.<br />
* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/2017_North_American_SCRABBLE_Championship 2017 North American SCRABBLE Championship]<br />
** September 2, 2017: Division 3 player Mark Abadi reports on the words played at the NASC in [http://www.businessinsider.com/crazy-scrabble-words-2017-8/#atemoya-1/ Business Insider].<br />
** September 2, 2017: The [http://alumni.dailytarheel.com/qa-with-scrabble-king-mark-abadi/ Daily Tarheel] interviews Division 3 player and University of North Carolina alum Mark Abadi.<br />
** August 25, 2017: The [http://concord.wickedlocal.com/news/20170825/concord-is-home-to-national-scrabble-champion Concord (MA) Journal] profiles NASC Division 3 winner Jack Peters.<br />
** August 20, 2017: Division 3 player Mark Abadi provides an account of the NASC in [http://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-tournament-championship-2017-8/ Business Insider]. <br />
** August 14, 2017: [http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2017/august/scrabble-peters-profile.html/ Brandeis Now] interviews Division 3 champion and Brandeis student Jack Peters.<br />
** August 5, 2017: [http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/lititz-man-s-love-of-words-pays-off-with-top/article_15aa3b8a-795e-11e7-ac8d-5335315cf685.html Lancaster (PA) Online] reports on local resident [[Will Anderson]]'s win at NASC.<br />
** August 1, 2017: Word Freak author [[Stefan Fatsis]] interviews 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] and runner-up [[Mack Meller]] about NASC and reviews one of their matches on [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2017/08/a_breakdown_of_the_best_game_at_the_north_american_scrabble_championship.html Slate].<br />
** July 31, 2017: Word Freak author [[Stefan Fatsis]] interviews 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] on the Slate podcast [http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/hang_up_and_listen/2017/07/girls_in_baseball_sneakers_and_scrabble_on_hang_up_and_listen.html Hang Up and Listen].<br />
* Youth SCRABBLE - Coverage of Ian Whitehurst and Kevin Zeng being named as the top Elementary School team.<br />
** August 28, 2017: [http://www.theridgefieldpress.com/93427/farmingville-student-becomes-scrabble-champion/ Ridgefield Press]<br />
** August 12, 2017: [http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Ridgefield-10-year-old-is-North-America-s-top-11746165.php/ Danbury News Times] <br />
** August 7, 2017: [http://news.hamlethub.com/ridgefield/neighbors/57032-10-year-old-ridgefield-boy-wins-national-scrabble-championship/ Ridgefield Hamlet Hub]<br />
** August 4, 2017: [http://www.theridgefieldpress.com/92531/ridgefield-student-named-nations-top-elementary-school-scrabble-player/ Ridgefield Press]<br />
* July 7, 2017: Joshua Zinn from the radio program [http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2017/07/07/220425/inside-the-world-of-competitive-scrabble-playing-in-houston/ Houston Matters] interviews Robin Lewis of Houston (TX) NASPA Club #359.<br />
* July 1, 2017: The [http://jg-tc.com/two-seek-to-break-scrabble-guinness-world-record/article_f4fc6abf-5931-57b6-a392-93d085bb1689.html Journal-Gazette & Times Courier] reports on the attempt by Scott Garner and [[Marty Gabriel]] to set a Guinness record for the highest SCRABBLE score in 24 hours.<br />
* June 14, 2017: The [https://www.theet.com/westonnews/news/kaia-does-more-than-check-out-books-as-a-librarian/article_e74742c2-ebe9-562f-b480-25a1b70d798e.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share/ Weston (WV) News] profiles Kaia - Peace Corps volunteer, librarian, and SCRABBLE player.<br />
* May 21, 2017: The [http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2017/05/21/a-war-of-words-at-niagara-tournament/ Welland Tribune] interviews [[Chris Lipe]], youth player Tyler Lee, and director [[Sue Tremblay]] at the 3rd Niagara Falls (ON) International Open.<br />
* March 29, 2017: The [http://www.commercial-news.com/news/local_news/scrabble-event-to-benefit-dacc-program/article_dd7a60b0-d1ca-5b75-9f92-254cec39da40.html/ Commercial-News] previews the 12th annual SCRABBLE for Literacy tournament in Danville (IL).<br />
* March 23, 2017: The [http://tinyurl.com/orlando20/ Orlando Sentinel] profiles [http://www.orlandoscrabble.com/ Casselberry/Orlando (FL) NASPA Club #438] on its 20th anniversary.<br />
* Toronto (ON) School SCRABBLE Championship<br />
**March 26, 2017: [http://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/how-a-canadian-crossword-game-may-have-inspired-the-invention-of-scrabble-1.3341636/ CTV News] covers the Toronto Championship as well as a School SCRABBLE competition in Edmonton (AB).<br />
**March 23, 2017: [http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1085297/ CTV Toronto] covers the 9th annual Toronto (ON)School SCRABBLE Championship. <br />
* January 30, 2017: The [http://www.philly.com/philly/living/412007105.html Philadelphia Inquirer] reveals the impact that a Marian Anderson concert had on Philly SCRABBLE legend [[Matt Hopkins]] as a child.<br />
* January 22, 2017: [http://www.standard-freeholder.com/2017/01/22/cornwall-scrabble-tourney-where-words-are-a-weapon/ Coverage of the 7th annual Ottawa-Montreal Scrabble Challenge]<br />
* September 30, 2016: [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/serious-scrabble-weekend-1.3785783/ CBC] covers Shediac (NB) tournament.<br />
* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/2016_North_American_SCRABBLE_Championship 2016 North American SCRABBLE Championship]<br />
** August 12, 2016: [http://www.goupstate.com/article/20160812/ARTICLES/160819902/ Spartanburg Herald Journal] interviews [[David Gibson]].<br />
** August 11, 2016: Spartanburg (SC) CBS affiliate [http://wspa.com/2016/08/11/spartanburg-man-wins-2nd-north-american-scrabble-championship-title/ WSPA] and Myrtle Beach (SC) CBS affiliate [http://wbtw.com/2016/08/11/sc-math-professor-wins-second-north-american-scrabble-championship-title/ WBTW] cover the victory of local resident [[David Gibson]].<br />
** August 11, 2016: Local NPR affiliate [http://wboi.org/post/fort-wayne-hosts-scrabble-fans-around-world#stream/0 WBOI] interviews [[David Gibson]], Mack Meller, and Heather McCall at the NASC.<br />
** August 10, 2016: Hasbro [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160810006218/en/Gibson-Spells-V-I-C-T-O-R-Y-Board-2016-North-American/ press release] wraps up the event.<br />
** August 10, 2016: [http://nepr.net/news/2016/08/10/western-massachusetts-teacher-wins-in-national-scrabble-tournament/ New England Public Radio] interviews Division 3 winner Ben Greenwood.<br />
** August 8, 2016: Fort Wayne Fox affiliate [http://www.fortwaynehomepage.net/news/local-news/scrabble-championship-comes-to-the-fort/ WFFT] interviews [[Jesse Matthews]].<br />
** August 7, 2016: Fort Wayne ABC affiliate [http://www.21alive.com/news/local/North-American-SCRABBLE-Championship-makes-moves-to-Fort-Wayne-for-first-time-389425661.html/ 21Alive] and [http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Scrabble-tourney-participants--Playing--chess-with-tiles--14524804/ The Journal Gazette] interview [[Dallas Johnson]] and [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] who describes SCRABBLE as "chess with tiles."<br />
** August 6, 2016: [https://vimeo.com/177828426/ The Journal Gazette] interviews NASC director [[Dallas Johnson]] amid play on Day 1.<br />
** August 6, 2016: Local news channel [http://wane.com/2016/08/06/north-american-scrabble-championship-held-in-fort-wayne/ WANE-TV] covers the NASC on Day 1.<br />
** August 5, 2016: [http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local/Local-Scrabble-players-look-forward-to-taking-part-in-national-championship-in-Fort-Wayne News-Sentinel] profiles local players Kathleen Long, Timothy Long, and Dan Wenger.<br />
** August 5, 2016: [http://www.tribstar.com/news/indiana_news/north-american-scrabble-championship-comes-to-fort-wayne/article_9c0bd463-3e84-5e5f-8898-f184cc7dd450.html Terre Haute Tribune Star] previews NASC in Fort Wayne.<br />
* July 24, 2016: [https://www.google.com/amp/www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/amp/Scrabble-players-compete-in-Stamford-8406032.php# Stamford Advocate] covered weekend tournament held in Stamford (CT).<br />
* July 21, 2016: [http://www.vicnews.com/news/387813641.html Victoria News] interviews Victoria (BC) NASPA members Tim Thielmann and Rhonda Reece.<br />
* July 17, 2016: [http://www.wral.com/love-scrabble-all-ages-experiences-invited-to-durham-tournament/15850988/ KRAL] interviewed tournament director David Klionsky about the Robb Griffith Memorial tournament scheduled for July 23rd in Durham (NC).<br />
* July 1, 2016: [http://jg-tc.com/two-seek-to-break-scrabble-guinness-world-record/article_f4fc6abf-5931-57b6-a392-93d085bb1689.html/ JG-TC] reports on attempt of [[Marty Gabriel]] and Scott Garner to break Guiness SCRABBLE record.<br />
* June 8, 2016: [http://globalnews.ca/news/2749684/shediac-to-host-1st-atlantic-international-scrabble-tournament/ Global News] reports on Shediac (NB) tournament scheduled to celebrate 90th anniversary of 1st crossword game invented by local resident Edward MacDonald.<br />
* June 6, 2016: [[John Robertson]] and [[Andy Saunders]], authors of ''A's Bad As It Gets'', cited in [http://www.si.com/ Sports Illustrated] article on 1916 Philadelphia Athletics.<br />
* June 2, 2016: [http://omahamagazine.com/2016/06/thats-a-word-bingo/ Omaha Magazine] coverage of Omaha NASPA Club #582.<br />
* May 21, 2016: [http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local/Scrabble-players-compete-for-the-last-word-in-Fort-Wayne-regional/ News-Sentinel] and [http://www.wowo.com/fort-wayne-hosts-north-american-scrabble-qualifying-tournament/ WOWO] coverage of Fort Wayne (IN) tournament.<br />
* May 19, 2016: [http://www.wsj.com/articles/for-nigerian-scrabble-stars-short-tops-shorter-1463669734/ Wall Street Journal] interviews 2015 world champion Wellington Jighere. Features photos of [[2015 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] and [[Chris Lipe]] who is quoted along with [[Stefan Fatsis]].<br />
** May 23, 2016: [[Stefan Fatsis]] and Oliver Roeder respond to the article in [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2016/05/have_nigerian_players_developed_an_amazing_new_scrabble_strategy_don_t_believe.html/ Slate]. [[Chris Lipe]], [[Jesse Day]], and [[Evans Clinchy]] are quoted.<br />
* [[2016 Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** May 27, 2016: [[Adam Logan]] interviewed by [http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=877769&binId=1.1164511&playlistPageNum=1/ CTV Morning Live]<br />
** May 22, 2016: [[Adam Logan]] interviewed by [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/adam-logan-canadian-scrabble-champ-1.3587427/ CBC News]<br />
** May 16, 2016: Oklahoma's [http://www.newson6.com/story/31992630/adam-logan-racks-up-high-score-to-become-2016-canadian-national-scrabble-champion NewsOn6] and other sources quote from the event final press release.<br />
** May 16, 2016: [[Adam Logan]] interviewed on [http://www.1310news.com/ 1310 News] talk radio.<br />
** May 16, 2016: Lengthy interview with [[John Chew]] at [http://torontoist.com/2016/05/players-go-word-for-word-at-the-2016-canadian-national-scrabble-championship/ Torontoist].<br />
** May 15, 2016: News segment on CityNews evening programme.<br />
** May 13, 2016: Two-minute segment on [http://globalnews.ca/video/2700941/a-scrabble-master-takes-on-the-beat-middle-school-players-in-the-gta-ten-teams-at-once Global News] evening programme, featuring [[Matthew Tunnicliffe]] and several School SCRABBLE participants.<br />
* [[2016 North American School SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** June 21, 2016: [http://www.hbo.com/real-sports-with-bryant-gumbel/episodes/0/231-episode/video/ep-231-trailer-head-games.html?autoplay=true/ HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (Episode 231)] profiles champions and shows NASSC in feature on youth mental athletes.<br />
** May 23, 2016: [http://www.abc15.com/news/spelling-bee/scrabble-champ-seeks-national-spelling-bee-win ABC15 Arizona] interviewed [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2016/nassc/build/ 2016 North American School SCRABBLE] champion Cooper Komatsu who tied for 7th place in 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee.<br />
** April 24, 2016: [http://wavenewspapers.com/culver-city-student-adds-scrabble-title-to-trophy-shelf/ Los Angeles Wave] reports on final results<br />
** April 13, 2016: [http://patch.com/new-york/westhampton-hamptonbays/hampton-bays-students-take-talent-next-level-scrabble-tournament Westhampton-Hampton Bays Patch] reports on local students participating in the NASSC.<br />
** April 10, 2016: [http://www.thesunchronicle.com/devices/news/local_news/gillette-hosts-north-american-school-scrabble-championship/article_17718cdc-ff72-11e5-9ec7-2beebad523ad.html The Sun Chronicle] reports on the NASSC as a local news item.<br />
* February 3, 2016: [http://newsok.com/article/5476306 The Oklahoman] interviews members of the Oklahoma City club for a lengthy feature article.<br />
* January 21, 2016: [http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/view-finders/90234-funs-the-word-at-kids-scrabble-tournament-photos Newsworks] interview John Green about the ASAP School SCRABBLE Program in Philadelphia.<br />
* January 14, 2016: [http://www.omaha.com/living/nebraska-s-top-scrabble-player-works-to-be-one-of/article_10727ec7-76b7-5bf7-a8a5-372226b554ce.html Omaha.com] reports on [[George Asaka]] and the Omaha Scrabble Club.<br />
* November 22, 2015: [http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article45955330.html The Lexington Herald Leader] reports on the Bluegrass Scrabble Fall Classic, interviewing [[Lindsey Dimmick]], [[Steve Bush]], [[Jeff Clark]], [[Joey Krafchick]] and others.<br />
* September 30, 2015: [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/scrabble-brain-university-of-calgary-1.3249149 CBC] reports on research led by [[Peter Sargious]] into the brains of SCRABBLE players.<br />
* [[2015 North American SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** August 6, 2015: [http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/08/06/ottawa-man-wins-north-american-scrabble-championship Ottawa Sun] interviews Matthew Tunnicliffe.<br />
** August 6, 2015: [http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/kanatas-scrabble-champ-knows-his-querns-and-bantengs Ottawa Citizen] interviews Matthew Tunnicliffe, mentions [[Adam Logan]], quotes [[John Chew]].<br />
** August 5, 2015: [http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Scrabble-Champion-Crowned-in-Reno-320843221.html KOLO-TV] reports on [[Matthew Tunnicliffe]] beating [[Jesse Day]] for the win.<br />
** August 4, 2015: [http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2015/08/04/world-scrabble-champs-competing-now-reno/31117563/ Reno Gazette-Journal] interviews [[John Chew]] and [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]]<br />
* July 23, 2015: [[Chris Cree]] talks about [[Nigel Richards]] winning the French WSC on [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/23/how-a-kiwi-beat-the-french-at-their-own-game-of-scrabble.html The Daily Beast].<br />
* May 25, 2015: [[John Chew]] interviewed by CTV News Channel about the new words in the [[Collins]] word list.<br />
* May 21, 2015: [[John Chew]] interviewed by NPR and Reuters about the new words in the [[Collins]] word list.<br />
* May 17, 2015: [[Noah Kalus]] and [[Zach Ansel]]'s win at the [[2015 North American School SCRABBLE Championship]] and subsequent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel reported on by the Times Herald-Record (of Middletown, NY), the Poughkeepsie Journal, Oneida Dispatch, Ridgefield Press, Toy News, and others.<br />
* April 21, 2015: 2014 National SCRABBLE Champion [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]] and others mentioned in an article entitled &ldquo;Winning SCRABBLE and the Nature of Expertise&rdquo; in [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/winning-scrabble-and-the-nature-of-expertise/?print=true Scientific American].<br />
* [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** December 9, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] interviewed in [http://romesentinel.com/county/local-scrabble-player-places-second-in-world/QBqnlh!8bJmTlrrvCgSyy7qVVVG3Q/ Rome Sentinel].<br />
** November 24, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] mentioned in [http://www.businessinsider.com/these-are-the-words-that-just-won-this-years-scrabble-world-championship-2014-11?IR=T Business Insider].<br />
** November 23, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] mentioned in [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11248965/Craig-Beevers-becomes-second-ever-English-world-Scrabble-champion.html The Telegraph].<br />
** November 23, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] mentioned in [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/britain-gets-its-first-scrabble-world-champion-for-21-years-9878661.html# The Independent].<br />
** November 22, 2014: [[John Chew]] leads off a [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30157695 BBC News story] about the [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
** November 21, 2014: [[Jesse Matthews]], [[John Chew]], [[Adam Logan]] and others featured in a [http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2014/11/war-words-at-scrabble-contest-20141121202349147100.html story about the 2014 World SCRABBLE Championship] on AlJazeera.com.<br />
** November 21, 2014: [[John Chew]] quotes briefly in a [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-30139374 BBC News story] about the [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
** November 20, 2014: [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]] gives SCRABBLE tips to [http://www.opb.org/news/article/national-scrabble-champ-gives-tips-for-winning/ OPB] leading up to the [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
** November 10, 2014: [[Evan Berofsky]] featured in an article in the [http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20141110/scrabble-brought-more-than-expected-to-oxford-based-competitive-player-headed-to-london-tournament Oakland Press].<br />
* [[2014 National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** August 10, 2014: Several players interviewed in a feature article about the [[2014 National SCRABBLE Championship]] in the [http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/buffalo/hundreds-of-word-enthusiasts-gather-in-buffalo-for-the-25th-national-scrabble-championships-20140809 Buffalo news].<br />
** August 8, 2014: [[Oliver Roeder]] reports on the [[Nigel Richards]] phenomenon on [http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-makes-nigel-richards-the-best-scrabble-player-on-earth/ fivethirtyeight.com].<br />
* 2015 Changes to [[OSPD]] and [[OTCWL]]<br />
** August 27, 2014: [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] quoted about the new words on the [http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/8ye61k/scrabble-s-updated-dictionary Colbert Report].<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[Chris Cree]] and [[John Chew]] help [http://mentalfloss.com/article/58236/14-fun-scrabble-facts MentalFloss] with some fun facts about our game. <br />
** August 5, 2014: [[John Chew]] gives the Canadian perspective on the new words in the [http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/08/05/canadian-sourced-words-such-as-qajaq-and-quinzhee-some-of-powerhouse-game-changers-added-to-scrabble-dictionary National Post]<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] quoted at length in an article about the new words in the [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/scrabble-players-rejoice-5000-new-words-added-to-official-dictionary/article19912902/?cmpid=rss1 Globe and Mail]<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[John Chew]] quoted in an article about the new words at [http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremygreenfield/2014/08/05/trying-to-chillax-about-my-bromance-with-scrabble-and-5000-other-new-words/ Forbes].<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[Chris Cree]] quoted in a [http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/05/us-usa-games-scrabble-idUSKBN0G51ML20140805 Reuters article] about the new words.<br />
** August 5, 2014: 18-minute interview with Simi Sara on [http://www.cknw.com/the-simi-sara-show/ CKNW 980] with [[John Chew]] about the new words.<br />
** August 5, 2014: [http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/scrabble-dictionary-5000-words-24846936 ABC News] talks about our new words.<br />
** August 4, 2014: [[John Chew]] quoted briefly in the [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/selfie-frenemy-playable-scrabble-article-1.1891614 New York Daily News] on the new edition of [[OSPD]].<br />
** August 4, 2014: [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] quoted in an [http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_26273635/scrabblers-rejoice-5-000-new-words-are-way AP story] about new words coming into [[OSPD]].<br />
** August 4, 2014: [[Chris Cree]] and [[John Chew]] quoted by [http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/04/news/scrabble-dictionary/ CNN] ([http://mexico.cnn.com/entretenimiento/2014/08/05/diccionario-scrabble-suma-5000-palabras-incluyendo-selfie-y-hashtag Spanish translation]) on the new words.<br />
* March 16, 2014: [[John Chew]] mentioned in the Wall Street Journal article &ldquo;[http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304914204579392930054227164 This Scrabble-Playing Robot Is a Sore Loser]&rdquo;<br />
* [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
** April 22, 2014: [[John Chew]] on [http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=328738 CTV National News] with members of the [http://torontoscrabbleclub.com Toronto SCRABBLE Club] talking about GEOCACHE.<br />
** April 10, 2014: [[Stefan Fatsis]] quotes [[John Chew]] and [[Chris Cree]] at Slate in [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2014/04/geocache_in_scrabble_the_word_that_won_hasbro_s_new_word_contest_is_useless.html The Word That Won Scrabble&rsquo;s New-Word Contest Is Totally Useless in Scrabble]<br />
** March 14, 2014: [[Stefan Fatsis]] writes on [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2014/03/new_scrabble_word_should_it_be_bestie_ew_slumdog_inside_the_contest_to_add.single.html Slate.com] about the [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
** March 14, 2014: [[John Chew]] on [http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=307524 CTV News Channel] talking about the [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
** March 13, 2014: [[John Chew]] on NPR&rsquo;s [http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/03/13/scrabble-new-dictionary Here and Now] to talk about the [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
* [[2010 National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** [http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/08/06/1560104/top-scrabble-players-gather-for.html Bellingham Herald]<br />
** [http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/06/2942767/top-scrabble-players-gather-for.html Sacramento Bee]<br />
** [http://topics.dallasnews.com/article/073m0ck0i8bkw?q=ESPN Dallas News]<br />
** [http://www.dfw.com/2010/08/04/315091/ladies-and-gentlemen-of-the-board.html DFW.com]<br />
** [http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-payne-national-scrabble-20100805,0,6621539.story Sun-Sentinel]<br />
** [http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/aug/04/mount-pleasant-scrabble-ace-to-vie-for-3000/ Post and Courier]<br />
** [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/080710dnmetscrabble.26c27d4.html Dallas News]<br />
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== Older Press Releases ==<br />
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* [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2018/nsc/build/nasc-winner-release.pdf 2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship Results]<br />
* [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150805006883/en/Matthew-Tunnicliffe-Racks-High-Score-2015-North#.VcfJZTBViko 2015 NASC Results]<br />
* [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown Announcement]]<br />
* [[2014 NSSC Hasbro Press Release]]<br />
* [[Media:20100727-nsc.pdf|2010 NSC Master Press Release (revised)]]<br />
* [[Media:20100714-nsc.pdf|2010 NSC Master Press Release (preliminary)]]<br />
* [[Media:20100702-guzman.pdf|San Francisco Man's 771-Point SCRABBLE Game a New Official Record]]</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15529Slurs2020-07-10T15:27:49Z<p>Poslfit: /* Timeline */ typo</p>
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<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
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To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
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See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
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== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB met by Zoom from 8:00-10:45 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion, defeating it by a vote of 6 to 4.<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: Chew consulted with the Board of Trustees by phone, and agreed to honor his commitment to Hasbro, overturning the Advisory Board's ruling.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence. <br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader. We welcome media inquiries at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] for a plain list of words.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15528Slurs2020-07-10T04:25:04Z<p>Poslfit: /* Timeline */ clarification</p>
<hr />
<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [[http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB met by Zoom from 8:00-10:45 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion, defeating it by a vote of 6 to 4.<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: Chew consulted with the Board of Trustees by phone, and agreed to honor his commitment to Hasbro, overturning the Advisory Board's ruling.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence. <br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader. We welcome media inquiries at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] for a plain list of words.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15527Slurs2020-07-10T04:24:37Z<p>Poslfit: /* Timeline */ updated for July 9</p>
<hr />
<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [[http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB met by Zoom from 8:00-10:45 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion, defeating it by a vote of 6 to 4.<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: Chew consulted with the Board of Trustees by phone, and agreed to honor his commitment to Hasbro.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence. <br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader. We welcome media inquiries at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] for a plain list of words.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15526Slurs2020-07-09T18:59:01Z<p>Poslfit: Added media ref</p>
<hr />
<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
See also our [[Media relations]] page for mention about this story in the media, and for our contact information.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [[http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB to meet by Zoom from 8:00-10:00 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence. <br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader. We welcome media inquiries at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] for a plain list of words.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15525Slurs2020-07-09T18:57:43Z<p>Poslfit: /* Offensive Words by Category */ Media may ask for word list</p>
<hr />
<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [[http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB to meet by Zoom from 8:00-10:00 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence. <br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader. We welcome media inquiries at [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org info@scrabbleplayers.org] for a plain list of words.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15524Slurs2020-07-09T18:56:34Z<p>Poslfit: /* FAQ */ updated FAQ</p>
<hr />
<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [[http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB to meet by Zoom from 8:00-10:00 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The words in the proposed list will be individually checked against [[Merriam-Webster]]'s current online word list to confirm that they are labelled in all lower-case senses as at least sometimes disparaging, offensive, obscene or vulgar. All that meet these criteria will be deleted.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB (this happened on 2020-07-05); the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence.<br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15523Slurs2020-07-09T18:52:41Z<p>Poslfit: cleaned up intro</p>
<hr />
<div>A '''slur''' is a word that is used to degrade what it describes. Beginning in June 2020, NASPA had a discussion about why and whether slurs should be part of the official lexicon, the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [[http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] is sent out inviting people to participate in [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online polling].<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB to meet by Zoom from 8:00-10:00 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The Advisory Board will decide what criteria will be used to decide which words will be deleted, if any. If there is ambiguity as to which words the criteria specify, the Dictionary Committee will research as needed.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB; the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence.<br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15521Slurs2020-07-09T18:48:19Z<p>Poslfit: /* Timeline */ number of responses</p>
<hr />
<div>On 2020-06-13, [[John Chew]] asked on behalf of the NASPA [[Executive Committee]] that the NASPA [[Advisory Board]] (AB) consider removing words that he described as '''slurs''' from the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
The AB discussed the matter by email over subsequent days, and then in a Zoom call on 2020-06-18, concluded that further public input was called for. A special [[iContact]] mailing went out, quoting the [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] and inviting comment through an . On 2020-07-05, we stopped gathering data from that form, and the AB will spend the week discussing the survey results before reaching its decision.<br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs Polling] open online.<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated from over 1,000 responses are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB to meet by Zoom from 8:00-10:00 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The Advisory Board will decide what criteria will be used to decide which words will be deleted, if any. If there is ambiguity as to which words the criteria specify, the Dictionary Committee will research as needed.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB; the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence.<br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15520Slurs2020-07-09T18:47:40Z<p>Poslfit: added timeline</p>
<hr />
<div>On 2020-06-13, [[John Chew]] asked on behalf of the NASPA [[Executive Committee]] that the NASPA [[Advisory Board]] (AB) consider removing words that he described as '''slurs''' from the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
The AB discussed the matter by email over subsequent days, and then in a Zoom call on 2020-06-18, concluded that further public input was called for. A special [[iContact]] mailing went out, quoting the [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] and inviting comment through an . On 2020-07-05, we stopped gathering data from that form, and the AB will spend the week discussing the survey results before reaching its decision.<br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
<br />
; 2020-06-11<br />
: [[Jim Hughes]] asks if NASPA can remove the N word from the playing lexicon.<br />
; 2020-06-13<br />
: [[John Chew]] asks [[Advisory Board]] to vote on removing all offensive slurs by 2020-09-01.<br />
; 2020-06-18<br />
: After deliberating by email, the AB convened by Zoom to discuss the issue further, deciding to solicit more public feedback in the form of a poll.<br />
; 2020-06-20 <br />
: [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs Polling] open online.<br />
; 2020-07-05<br />
: Poll remains open, but statistical results are tabulated.<br />
; 2020-07-07 <br />
: Chew [https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrbblplyrs/permalink/10159833643428368/ announces] that he had had a meeting with Hasbro, and reported &ldquo;I personally agreed with them that all the slurs should come out of our lexicon. It&rsquo;s the right thing to do, and I will make sure that it happens. I have asked the Advisory Board to vote their consciences, because I think this is an important moment in the history of our association. Everyone should know how their board represented them on this weighty issue.&rdquo;<br />
; 2020-07-08<br />
: [[Hasbro]] [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/hasbro_update_on_scrabble_rules announces] that slurs will no longer be permitted in any SCRABBLE play, and that NASPA has agreed to remove them from [[NWL2018]]<br />
; 2020-07-09<br />
: AB to meet by Zoom from 8:00-10:00 PM ET to vote on Chew's original motion.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The Advisory Board will decide what criteria will be used to decide which words will be deleted, if any. If there is ambiguity as to which words the criteria specify, the Dictionary Committee will research as needed.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB; the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence.<br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
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'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Media_relations&diff=15517Media relations2020-07-08T19:57:10Z<p>Poslfit: /* Recent Mention */ added The John Oakley Show</p>
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<div>We welcome inquiries from the '''media''' concerning our association, its [[clubs]] and [[tournaments]]<br />
and its [[players]]. <br />
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For further information, please contact the [[NASPA]] Chief Executive Officer <br />
[[John Chew]] in Toronto, ON.<br />
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== Recent Mention ==<br />
* July 6, 2020: [https://www.yorktonthisweek.com/opinion/columnists/association-promotes-scrabble-1.24165523 Yorkton (SK) This Week] interviews [[John Chew]] about the organization of tournament SCRABBLE.<br />
* The inclusion of slurs in the lexicon<br />
** July 9, 2020: [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/sports/scrabble-racial-slurs-tournaments.html The New York Times] interviews [[John Chew]] and NASPA members about the inclusion of slurs. Hasbro announces that NASPA has agreed to remove all slurs.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/07/scrabble-bans-hundreds-of-offensive-words-from-competitive-play Kotaku] reports on the decision to remove slurs.<br />
** July 8, 2020: [https://globalnews.ca/toronto/program/the-john-oakley-show The John Oakley Show] interviewed [[John Chew]] from 15:35 to 15:45.<br />
** July 7, 2020: [https://www.out.com/news/2020/7/07/scrabble-may-remove-racist-homophobic-slurs-dictionary Out] reports on the issue.<br />
** July 6, 2020: [https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/scrabble-fans-press-ban-racist-transphobic-words-200706175545737.html Al Jazeera] reports on the debate.<br />
** July 6, 2020: [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/scrabble-censorship-dispute-over-banning-offensive-terms-hj9jnr5ks The Times] interviews [[John Chew]] and WESPA Chair [[Chris Lipe]] about the removal of slurs.<br />
** July 5, 2020: The [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8492639/Scrabble-community-discusses-banning-racial-slurs-game-amid-Black-Lives-Matter-protests.html Daily Mail] recaps the debate on removing slurs.<br />
** June 29, 2020: [https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-5-calgary-eyeopener Calgary Eyeopener] host Rob Brown interviewed [[John Chew]] about removing slurs from the NWL.<br />
** June 25, 2020: Article about [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/the-n-word-has-no-place-in-our-game-competitive-scrabble-player-wants-slurs-removed-from-play-1.5626891 CBC As It Happens] interview includes additional comments from NASPA member [[Frank Tangredi]].<br />
** June 24, 2020: [[John Chew]] appears on [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.5625419 As It Happens] on CBC. Interview begins at about the 28-minute mark.<br />
** June 24, 2020: [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-terrible-word-play-should-slurs-swearing-and-offensive-terms-be/ The Globe and Mail] interviews NASPA CEO [[John Chew]].<br />
** June 18, 2020: [[Stefan Fatsis]] discusses the debate on the inclusion of slurs in the lexicon in [https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/06/scrabble-players-debate-slurs.html Slate].<br />
* June 2, 2020: The [https://www.gazettenet.com/Scrabble-HG-060320-34576562 Daily Hampshire Gazette] interviews NASPA Member and Youth Player Jack Carpenter who placed 2nd in last weekend's online School SCRABBLE Championship (OQuaSSA). <br />
* May 11, 2020: [https://themontclarion.org/entertainment/montclair-surgeon-mina-le-takes-a-stab-at-jeopardy/ The Montclarion] recaps the appearance of NASA member [[Mina Le]] on Jeopardy!<br />
* April 26, 2020: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouZTO4tUrnM The Saige Jones podcast] interviews [[Joe Edley]] about his life (and SCRABBLE career) and the impact of meditation.<br />
* COVID-19 Coronavirus<br />
** March 18, 2020: The [https://calgarysun.com/news/local-news/on-a-cruise-to-nowhere-during-covid-19-scrabble-skills-and-humour-go-a-long-way/wcm/9f6788ec-1b9a-4514-a2b3-fc954c5559f2 Calgary Sun] reports that [[Siri Tillekeratne]] and [[Albert Hahn]] continue to play SCRABBLE while on a cruise ship unable to dock anywhere because of COVID-19.<br />
** March 14, 2020: [[Stefan Fatsis]] discusses the impact of COVID-19 on organized SCRABBLE activity in [https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/playing-scrabble-coronavirus-pandemic.html?fbclid=IwAR09AKSKilIm7el46-a4QCB8bceiiLawGGRd-5Pzr2B7d9iFkFLmvX1oDv4 Slate].<br />
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== Older Mention ==<br />
* March 7, 2020: [https://getpocket.com/explore/item/does-scrabble-need-to-be-fixed?utm_source=pocket-newtab&fbclid=IwAR0U2Nv-xOuMBSKslYAukBXcigzRWCNu7wTeI_lyCe9fqaRaDLWvniqE3kU Nautilus] reports on the role of tile values and luck in SCRABBLE - including quotes from [[John Chew]], [[Stefan Fatsis]], and Lynda Woods Cleary.<br />
* February 5, 2020: The [https://www.standard-freeholder.com/news/local-news/cornwall-hosts-the-annual-ottawa-montreal-scrabble-challenge Cornwall Standard-Freeholder] reports on the Montreal vs. Ottawa tournament held on February 1.<br />
* January 29, 2020: [https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/seattles-scrabble-club-is-definitely-not-words-with-friends-but-there-are-words-and-friends-and-some-supersmart-competitions/ Pacific NW Magazine] visits Seattle (WA) NASPA Club #253.<br />
* December 11, 2019: [https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg-scrabble-club-a-community-of-competitive-word-lovers-seeking-their-next-highest-score-1.4725115 CTV News] visits Winnipeg (MB) NASPA Club #498.<br />
* Ricky Rodriguez attended the WESPA Youth Cup.<br />
** November 28, 2019: The [https://www.expressnews.com/news/education/amp/San-Antonio-boy-10-to-compete-in-Scrabble-world-14867781.php?fbclid=IwAR1sn-4aYr5u7CO_c6UMVv9u2XuUWwGzFzXcF2ccDJgGneK-jZDxqGS9y74 San Antonio Express-News] profiles Ricky Rodriguez before the WESPA Youth Cup.<br />
** December 2, 2019: San Antonio Express-News published a [https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/V-I-C-T-O-R-Y-seven-times-for-young-San-Antonio-14874426.php follow-up article] after the tournament.<br />
** December 31, 2019: [https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2019/12/31/whats-up-south-texas-boy-on-autism-spectrum-dominates-the-game-of-scrabble/ KSAT] profiles Ricky.<br />
* [[Dean Saldanha]] and Dielle Pinto will be on Team Canada at the [[2019 WESPA Championship |WESPA Championships]] in Goa, India, in mid-October.<br />
** October 12, 2019: [https://www.princegeorgematters.com/local-news/scrabble-challenge-takes-these-bc-siblings-to-india-1731707 Prince George Matters] article.<br />
** October 6, 2019: [https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-scrabble-champions-to-represent-canada-at-goa-championships-oct-16-20 Vancouver Sun] article.<br />
** September 30, 2019: [https://www.richmond-news.com/news/scrabble-challenge-takes-siblings-to-india-1.23962165 Richmond (BC) News] article.<br />
* September 11, 2019: [https://smile.amazon.com/Your-Move-Board-Games-Teach/dp/1999439546/ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_g3905707922?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0&ie=UTF8 Your Move: What Board Games Teach Us About Life], a book written by Jonathan Kay and Joan Moriarity, features [[John Chew]] in its chapter on SCRABBLE.<br />
* August 14, 2019: [https://www.barrietoday.com/whats-up-wednesday/whats-in-a-word-could-be-lots-of-points-at-the-barrie-scrabble-club-1639985 Barrie Today] spotlights the recently formed recreational club in Barrie (ON). <br />
* August 13, 2019: [https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2019/08/13/orlando-scrabble-club-art-moore?fbclid=IwAR3u7Yg_i2BHhwyboN9GmIzR5EVhvq5bN01I1VTjnLl5JCJwefgxtdceHSE# Spectrum News 13] visits Casselberry-Orlando NASPA Club #438 and talks to director [[Arthur Moore |Art Moore]].<br />
* 2019 North American SCRABBLE Championship in Reno (NV)<br />
** July 26, 2019: [https://lynnwoodtoday.com/lynnwood-man-becomes-youngest-north-american-scrabble-champion Lynnwood Today] reports on Lynnwood resident and North American SCRABBLE Champion [[Alec Sjoholm]].<br />
** July 24, 2019: [https://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Top-scrabble-players-compete-for-national-title--513135661.html KOLO 8 ABC] interviews [[Joshua Sokol]] and [[John Chew]].<br />
** July 24, 2019: [https://www.ktvn.com/story/40833013/intense-wordplay-in-reno-the-north-american-scrabble-championships KTVN 2] interviews Deborah Komatsu, Cheryl Kagan, [[Andy Hoang]], and [[John Chew]].<br />
* July 24, 2019: The Angry Grammarian at the [https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/scrabble-dictionary-tournament-words-language-20190724.html Philadelphia Inquirer] interviews 2017 North American SCRABBLE Champion [[Will Anderson]] and [[John Chew]] about why slurs are allowed in tournament and club play.<br />
* [[Cornelia Guest]] ran a SCRABBLE tournament in conjunction with the Newtown (CT) Bridge Club's 3rd annual Longest Day fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association on June 19th.<br />
** July 1, 2019: The [https://www.newtownbee.com/bridge-fans-scrabblers-converge-%E2%80%98longest-day%E2%80%99-fundraiser/07012019 Newtown Bee] covers the event.<br />
** May 24, 2019: The [https://www.newtownbee.com/longest-day-fundraiser-support-alzheimer%E2%80%99s-association/05242019 Newtown Bee] announces the event.<br />
* May 8, 2019: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJuLtETpzms&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2KvBEaWrcHDabwapCNRYvsiME9rL6ld83s5Dbj56IJVlRAr5w-Fbnr9ho WGBY] profiles Northampton (MA) NASPA Club #667 - including interviews with director Brett Constantine, NASC 2018 Div 4 champion Evan Yurko, and 2019 North American School SCRABBLE Championship director Ben Greenwood.<br />
* May 2, 2019: The [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/arts/scrabble-new-words.html New York Times] interviews NASPA co-president [[John Chew]] about the release of the Collins 2019 lexicon.<br />
* Youth player Ricky Rodriguez is interviewed by local San Antonio (TX) media.<br />
** May 7, 2019: [https://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/kid-scrabble-champ-gains-national-attention Fox29] in San Antonio interviews Ricky after his return from the North American School SCRABBLE Championship where his team placed 3rd in the Challenge Division.<br />
** April 26, 2019: The [https://therivardreport.com/after-finding-success-in-scrabble-san-antonio-kid-heads-to-national-championships/?fbclid=IwAR1ZGlsm2q2PvQW2qZ5Rx3PEQHqXQogwHV2UXLK2zVp6_MxKwXlGlkMh5ZU Rivard Report] profiles Ricky as he heads to the North American School SCRABBLE Championship.<br />
** February 1, 2019: [https://www.kens5.com/video/news/young-scrabble-genius-from-sa-competes-all-over-the-country/273-61b7870f-bbe7-46f7-9a4c-eb24f40e11a5?fbclid=IwAR3829p0wxdmbMnAQqrtoUK7XO4eTFzrQ040Sq5bb3v8SlfLLK6PEk8z9MA CBS KENS-TV] interviews Ricky and his mother, Erin, at Austin (TX) NASPA Club #234.<br />
** December 30, 2018: [https://www.ksat.com/news/whats-up-south-texas-boy-on-autism-spectrum-dominates-the-game-of-scrabble?fbclid=IwAR0Poo0aBIddRkuNAdGbYqy9EwIRvflym7vWd_mI-3BEWLLOv2AY4LnaeB0 ABC KSAT12] interviewed Ricky on the "What's Up South Texas" segment.<br />
** November 22, 2018: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IysIy-jqpqc Fox 29's Daytime at 9 with Kimberly and Esteban] invited Ricky to share some SCRABBLE tips and tricks.<br />
* April 1, 2019: [https://www.pressreader.com/usa/readers-digest/20190401/textview Reader's Digest] profiles [[2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship | 2018 NASC]] champion [[Joel Sherman]] in its I Won! series.<br />
* Business Insider reporter and NASPA member Mark Abadi offers SCRABBLE tips to readers:<br />
** February 10, 2019: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-vs-words-with-friends-differences-2019-2 Play SCRABBLE rather than Words With Friends]<br />
** February 2, 2019: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-tips-biggest-mistakes-2019-2 Avoid these mistakes]<br />
** January 27, 2019: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-strategy-tips-hotspots-2019-1 Look out for hotspots]<br />
** December 29, 2018: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-improve-skills-anagrams-bingos-2018-12 Learn the 2-letter words]<br />
* March 21, 2019: [http://www.connecticutmag.com/the-connecticut-story/scrabble-queen-cornelia-guest-is-training-child-champions-of-the/article_9793643e-4697-11e9-9f6f-0ffbdd3ea6d2.html?fbclid=IwAR28fPWeRR9_Ozy1Mn7rc9FRPCtLmfJKWVB0lRNuGg_Qg1KVu7nQWJQNqKk Connecticut Magazine] profiles NASPA Person of the Year [[Cornelia Guest]] with a focus on her Youth SCRABBLE coaching.<br />
* March 8, 2019: An [https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local/words-words-words-a-reporter-challenges-a-scrabble-fanatic/article_e4458f70-3fba-11e9-83bc-53fc38b6d282.html East Oregonian] reporter takes on NASPA member John Lauck.<br />
* January 7, 2019: [[Stefan Fatsis]] discusses ties in tournament SCRABBLE on the [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hang-up-and-listen/id327595087?mt=2 Hang Up and Listen] podcast. Jeffrey Jacobson had 3 ties in a 7-game tournament in [https://www.cross-tables.com/tourney.php?tourneyid=10546 Levittown (PA)] on January 5, 2019.<br />
* December 22, 2018: The [https://nypost.com/2018/12/22/scrabble-savant-campaigning-against-adding-ok-to-official-list/ New York Post] reports on [[Joel Sherman]]'s campaign against the inclusion of OK.<br />
* December 13, 2018: [http://nautil.us/issue/67/reboot/does-scrabble-need-to-be-fixed?fbclid=IwAR3atsOQ10cM0Thl2jBsM_G3M6oHHQUx9FOR876tsnqCdTB2Wak5Ju_A4BY Nautilus] article on SCRABBLE tile distribution includes interviews with NASPA members Lynda Woods Cleary and [[Stefan Fatsis]].<br />
* November 1, 2018: [https://www.awslife.com/filerepository/archives/11-18awsl/index.html Altamonte-Wekiva Springs Life] puts Casselberry/Orlando NASPA Club #438 on the cover.<br />
* Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary 6th Edition (OSPD6)<br />
** October 4, 2018: The [https://www.wsj.com/articles/scrabble-is-a-lousy-game-1538667637 Wall Street Journal] comments on the release of OSPD6 and SCRABBLE as a game. Author Jonathan Kay mentions NASC champions [[Adam Logan]], [[Nigel Richards]], and [[James Leong]] and recalls tournaments he attended with [[John Chew]].<br />
** September 27, 2018: [[John Chew]] and [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] conducted 22 interviews with Canadian media, including the [https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1330770499966 Calgary Eyeopener].<br />
** September 24, 2018: The [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/arts/new-scrabble-words.html New York Times] interviews [[John Chew]] about the release of the OSPD6.<br />
** September 24, 2018: [https://www.businessinsider.com/ok-added-to-scrabble-dictionary-2018-9 Business Insider] reporter and NASPA player Mark Abadi discusses the addition of OK with [[Jackson Smylie]], [[Judy Cole]], and Ben Schoenbrun.<br />
** September 24, 2018: Associated Press release, as seen in the [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-scrabble-adds-300-new-words-ok-20180924-story.html?outputType=amp New York Daily News] and other publications, mentions Merriam-Webster's consultation with NASPA on new words.<br />
* August 31, 2018: The [http://www.centraljersey.com/news/the_princeton_packet/stories/local-club-celebrates-two-decades-of-scrabble-games-tournaments/article_5941ad7b-5ebd-5875-9c4a-153d524f4016.html Princeton Packet] reports on the 20th anniversary of Princeton (NJ) NASPA Club #513.<br />
* Nigerian asylum seeker Olakunle Azeez Omopariola joins Cote St Luc (QC) NASPA Club #83.<br />
** September 11, 2018: [https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/nigerian-asylum-seeker-finding-solace-through-scrabble-1.4089963 CTV News]<br />
**August 29, 2018: [https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/nigerian-scrabble-champion-seeks-asylum-in-montreal Montreal Gazette]<br />
* August 25, 2018: [https://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-improve-score-two-letter-words-2018-8 Business Insider] reporter and NASPA member Mark Abadi advises readers to learn the 2-letter words.<br />
* August 16, 2018: The [https://www.theridgefieldpress.com/2018/08/16/scrabble-coach-named-person-of-the-year/ Ridgefield Press] reports on [[Cornelia Guest]] being named NASPA Person of the Year.<br />
* 4th Niagara Falls International Open<br />
** July 29, 2018: [https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/8768788-niagara-to-host-international-scrabble-tourney/ The Niagara Falls Review]<br />
* 2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship<br />
** August 22, 2018: [http://dailytimes.com/promotions/article_f0908c22-a60d-11e8-beba-e73f90798560.html Kerrville Daily Times] - Interviews [[Deborah Gaudier]] on the NASC and Niagara Open.<br />
** August 19, 2018: [https://www.gazettenet.com/Editorial-Monday-mix-on-potato-kings-Scrabble-champ-young-bakers-19538057 Daily Hampshire Gazette] - Congratulates Evan Yurko on his Division 4 win.<br />
** August 14, 2018: [https://www.gazettenet.com/Evan-Yurko-Scrabble-champ-19400455 Daily Hampshire Gazette] - Includes interviews with NASC Division 4 winner Evan Yurko, Brett Constantine, and Ben Greenwood.<br />
** August 10, 2018: [https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-scrabble-champions-spellbinding-comeback-1533898800 Wall Street Journal]<br />
** August 10, 2018: [https://buffalonews.com/2018/08/10/wordsmiths-of-the-gaming-world-unite-in-buffalo/ Buffalo News]<br />
** August 8, 2018: [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2018/nsc/build/nasc-winner-release.pdf NASPA Press Release]<br />
** August 8, 2018: [http://news.wbfo.org/post/scrabble-lovers-buffalo-north-american-tournament WBFO NPR 88.7] - Includes interviews with Evan Berofsky, NASPA co-president [[John Chew]], and NASC division leader [[ Jason Idalski]].<br />
** August 7, 2018: [https://www.wkbw.com/news/2018-north-american-scrabble-championship-spells-its-way-into-buffalo WKBW ABC 7] - Includes interviews with Brett Constantine, Karen Richards, [[Sue Tremblay]], and [[Jason Broersma]]<br />
** August 7, 2018: [https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/scrabble-players-compete-for-title-in-buffalo/71-581463622 WGRZ NBC 2] - Includes interview with NASC director [[Arthur Moore]].<br />
* 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] throws out first pitch as part of Jacksonville (FL) Jumbo Shrimp team's celebration of SCRABBLE's 70th anniversary.<br />
** July 19, 2018: [https://www.milb.com/milb/news/jacksonville-jumbo-shrimp-stage-a-scrabble-celebration/c-286300622 MiLB.com]<br />
** July 19, 2018: [https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/sports/back-to-the-minors-exploring-america-through-minor-league-baseball/77-575569218 First Coast News]<br />
** July 11, 2018: [http://news.sportslogos.net/2018/07/11/jumbo-shrimp-target-world-record-on-words-with-fans-day/ SportsLogos.net]<br />
** July 11, 2018: [http://arizonasports.com/story/1594715/double-a-baseball-team-wear-scrabble-inspired-jerseys/ Arizona Sports 98.7 FM]<br />
** March 20, 2018: [https://frntofficesport.com/why-the-jacksonville-jumbo-shrimp-are-celebrating-the-anniversary-of-a-board-game/ Front Office Sports]<br />
* 2018 [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** June 19, 2018: [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/canadian-national-scrabble-championship-eric-tran-winner-1.4712256 CBC News] reports about [[Eric Tran]] winning the CNSC, based on an earlier interview on CBC Radio's Calgary Eyeopener program<br />
** June 18, 2018: [https://www.bttoronto.ca/videos/the-10th-annual-canadian-scrabble-championship/ Breakfast Television] interviews NASPA co-president [[John Chew]] about the 2018 [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
* June 19, 2018: [https://www.wdel.com/features/wordless-wilmington-scrabble-club-gets-a-visit-from-national-scrabble/article_36da33aa-7426-11e8-b9cf-f76e9e04eba2.html WDEL 101.7 FM] reports on a visit by 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] to [https://sites.google.com/site/delawarescrabble/home Wilmington (DE) NASPA Club #599].<br />
* May 23, 2018: [https://www.ozy.com/provocateurs/could-he-be-the-youngest-scrabble-champ-ever/86265 OZY] profiles SCRABBLE Grandmaster [[Mack Meller]].<br />
* May 22, 2018: [http://newton.wickedlocal.com/news/20180522/newton-scrabble-champion-has-game-plan-for-success Newton Wicked Local] interviews Lexington (MA) NASPA Club #108 member Marvin Kraus about his division win at the annual BAT (Boston Area Tournament).<br />
* May 13, 2018: The [http://www.philly.com/philly/news/scrabble-champ-will-anderson-lancaster-strategy-20180513.html Philadelphia Inquirer] interviews NASC champion [[Will Anderson]].<br />
* May 13, 2018: The [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2018/05/13/scrabble-with-the-stars-spells-success-for-pal-toronto-charity.html Toronto Star] profiles jazz artist/composer and NASPA member [[Fern Lindzon]] who will serve as one of the experts at this year's SCRABBLE With the Stars fundraiser.<br />
* April 12, 2018: [http://www.rhodes.edu/stories/can-scrabble-help-teach-writing-one-rhodes-professor-thinks-so Rhodes College] professor (and SCRABBLE Expert) Scott Garner works SCRABBLE into the curriculum. <br />
* February 17, 2018: [http://shep.ca/waffles/audio/Josh-and-Shan-Interview.mp3 CFRC-FM] interviews [[Shan Abbasi]] and [[Josh Greenway]] about the Kingston (ON) Open.<br />
* Northampton (MA) NASPA Club #667 organized a charity tournament to benefit 3 local charities.<br />
** February 19, 2018: The [http://www.gazettenet.com/Editorial-Monday-mix-on-dyslexia-podcast-Scrabble-for-charity-Jewish-Book-Award-15596411 Daily Hampshire Gazette] commends the club for its efforts.<br />
** February 11, 2018: The [http://www.gazettenet.com/Charity-Scrabble-event-benefits-three-local-charities-15469507 Daily Hampshire Gazette] reports that over 50 people attended the event, which raised over $1700. <br />
** February 7, 2018: [http://www.masslive.com/living/index.ssf/2018/02/northampton_scrabble_club_plans_charity_tournament.html MassLive] previews the event.<br />
* January 14, 2018: The [http://www.heraldsun.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article194659899.html Herald-Sun] covers the 8th annual SCRABBLE tournament to benefit the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center took place this weekend in Durham (NC).<br />
* [[2017 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] winner [[Will Anderson]] played SCRABBLE with ITRI's IVS robot at CES 2018 on January 9, 2018.<br />
** April 7, 2018: Paul Gallen of [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ The Times] analyzes Will's games with the robot in his weekly SCRABBLE column.<br />
** January 12, 2018: NASPA co-president [[John Chew]] offers his account of [[CES 2018]].<br />
** January 12, 2018: [http://www.wdtv.com/content/news/Robots-walking-talking-and-barking-at-CES-469038173.html WDTV] covers the robots at CES 2018 with a quote from Will.<br />
** January 9, 2018: [https://www.cnet.com/au/videos/scrabble-playing-robot-at-ces-2018/ CNET] interviews Will about the experience.<br />
** January 3, 2018: The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)of Taiwan [https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180103005456/en/ITRI%E2%80%99s-Intelligent-Vision-Based-Robot-Play-SCRABBLE%C2%AE-North announces] the match.<br />
* December 12, 2017: The [http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/philadelphia/hip-hop-grandpop-matt-hopkins-holiday-dance-moves-we-the-people-20171213.html?mobi=true Philadelphia Inquirer] profiles 2004 [[Person of the Year]] [[Matt Hopkins]].<br />
* Winter, 2017: [http://magazine.columbia.edu/features/winter-2017/letter-head?page=0%2C0#undefined.gbpl Columbia Magazine] profiles freshman [[Mack Meller]] who placed 2nd in this year's [[North American SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
* December 6, 2017: [http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/December-2017/Wordplay/ Honolulu Magazine] profiles NASPA's recreational club organized by Darren Seu and Claire Dunham. <br />
* [[Marty Gabriel]] and Scott Garner set a Guiness record for the highest SCRABBLE score in 24 hours.<br />
** January 15, 2018: The [http://www.illinoishomepage.net/ciliving/charleston-scrabble-enthusiasts-spell-way-to-a-guinness-world-record/917393513 Illinois Home Page] interviews Marty and Scott about their achievement.<br />
** January 8, 2018: The [http://www.purplepawn.com/2018/01/scoreboard-51/ Purple Pawn] includes the record in its list of monthly gaming news.<br />
** November 17, 2017: The [http://jg-tc.com/news/local/local-man-gets-confirmation-of-setting-scrabble-world-record/article_69472800-b7f5-5704-98a6-a56fa3fb1f70.html/ Journal Gazette and Times-Courier] reports on the achievement.<br />
* November 27, 2017: [http://news.hamlethub.com/fairfield/places/46310-pequot-library-has-scored-a-specialist-for-its-new-scrabble-sessions Fairfield's Hamlet Hub] reports that Dustin Brown will be coaching the Pequot (CT) Library's SCRABBLE Club for children.<br />
* November 17, 2017: The [http://www.vnews.com/Vermont-Scrabble-Catamount-Cup-tournament-at-Norwich-Public-Library-13733092 Valley News] covers the annual Catamount Cup where players from Northern Vermont face off against a team from Southern Vermont.<br />
* November 16, 2017: The [http://video.newyorker.com/watch/professional-scrabble-champions-replay-their-greatest-moves New Yorker] interviews [[Will Anderson]], [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]], [[Kate Fukawa-Connelly]], [[Jesse Day]], [[Debbie Stegman]], and [[Joe Edley]] about their favorite, most improbable, worst, most patient, most regretful, and most humbling plays.<br />
* November 5, 2017: [http://wlos.com/news/local/annual-autumn-leaves-scrabble-tournament-is-full-contact-mind-sport/ WLOS] covers the Asheville (NC) tournament directed by Bill Snoddy.<br />
* October 6, 2017: Per the [https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-baseball-manager-who-cant-get-enough-scrabble-1507293022/the Wall Street Journal], Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona is an avid SCRABBLE player on his iPad. NASPA co-president [[Chris Cree]] issues a challenge to Terry.<br />
* September 25, 2017: [http://www.skidmore.edu/news/2017/0925_oconnor_matthew.php/ Skidmore College] interviews Junior World SCRABBLE champion Matthew O'Connor '20.<br />
* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/2017_North_American_SCRABBLE_Championship 2017 North American SCRABBLE Championship]<br />
** September 2, 2017: Division 3 player Mark Abadi reports on the words played at the NASC in [http://www.businessinsider.com/crazy-scrabble-words-2017-8/#atemoya-1/ Business Insider].<br />
** September 2, 2017: The [http://alumni.dailytarheel.com/qa-with-scrabble-king-mark-abadi/ Daily Tarheel] interviews Division 3 player and University of North Carolina alum Mark Abadi.<br />
** August 25, 2017: The [http://concord.wickedlocal.com/news/20170825/concord-is-home-to-national-scrabble-champion Concord (MA) Journal] profiles NASC Division 3 winner Jack Peters.<br />
** August 20, 2017: Division 3 player Mark Abadi provides an account of the NASC in [http://www.businessinsider.com/scrabble-tournament-championship-2017-8/ Business Insider]. <br />
** August 14, 2017: [http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2017/august/scrabble-peters-profile.html/ Brandeis Now] interviews Division 3 champion and Brandeis student Jack Peters.<br />
** August 5, 2017: [http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/lititz-man-s-love-of-words-pays-off-with-top/article_15aa3b8a-795e-11e7-ac8d-5335315cf685.html Lancaster (PA) Online] reports on local resident [[Will Anderson]]'s win at NASC.<br />
** August 1, 2017: Word Freak author [[Stefan Fatsis]] interviews 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] and runner-up [[Mack Meller]] about NASC and reviews one of their matches on [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2017/08/a_breakdown_of_the_best_game_at_the_north_american_scrabble_championship.html Slate].<br />
** July 31, 2017: Word Freak author [[Stefan Fatsis]] interviews 2017 NASC champion [[Will Anderson]] on the Slate podcast [http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/hang_up_and_listen/2017/07/girls_in_baseball_sneakers_and_scrabble_on_hang_up_and_listen.html Hang Up and Listen].<br />
* Youth SCRABBLE - Coverage of Ian Whitehurst and Kevin Zeng being named as the top Elementary School team.<br />
** August 28, 2017: [http://www.theridgefieldpress.com/93427/farmingville-student-becomes-scrabble-champion/ Ridgefield Press]<br />
** August 12, 2017: [http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Ridgefield-10-year-old-is-North-America-s-top-11746165.php/ Danbury News Times] <br />
** August 7, 2017: [http://news.hamlethub.com/ridgefield/neighbors/57032-10-year-old-ridgefield-boy-wins-national-scrabble-championship/ Ridgefield Hamlet Hub]<br />
** August 4, 2017: [http://www.theridgefieldpress.com/92531/ridgefield-student-named-nations-top-elementary-school-scrabble-player/ Ridgefield Press]<br />
* July 7, 2017: Joshua Zinn from the radio program [http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2017/07/07/220425/inside-the-world-of-competitive-scrabble-playing-in-houston/ Houston Matters] interviews Robin Lewis of Houston (TX) NASPA Club #359.<br />
* July 1, 2017: The [http://jg-tc.com/two-seek-to-break-scrabble-guinness-world-record/article_f4fc6abf-5931-57b6-a392-93d085bb1689.html Journal-Gazette & Times Courier] reports on the attempt by Scott Garner and [[Marty Gabriel]] to set a Guinness record for the highest SCRABBLE score in 24 hours.<br />
* June 14, 2017: The [https://www.theet.com/westonnews/news/kaia-does-more-than-check-out-books-as-a-librarian/article_e74742c2-ebe9-562f-b480-25a1b70d798e.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share/ Weston (WV) News] profiles Kaia - Peace Corps volunteer, librarian, and SCRABBLE player.<br />
* May 21, 2017: The [http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2017/05/21/a-war-of-words-at-niagara-tournament/ Welland Tribune] interviews [[Chris Lipe]], youth player Tyler Lee, and director [[Sue Tremblay]] at the 3rd Niagara Falls (ON) International Open.<br />
* March 29, 2017: The [http://www.commercial-news.com/news/local_news/scrabble-event-to-benefit-dacc-program/article_dd7a60b0-d1ca-5b75-9f92-254cec39da40.html/ Commercial-News] previews the 12th annual SCRABBLE for Literacy tournament in Danville (IL).<br />
* March 23, 2017: The [http://tinyurl.com/orlando20/ Orlando Sentinel] profiles [http://www.orlandoscrabble.com/ Casselberry/Orlando (FL) NASPA Club #438] on its 20th anniversary.<br />
* Toronto (ON) School SCRABBLE Championship<br />
**March 26, 2017: [http://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/how-a-canadian-crossword-game-may-have-inspired-the-invention-of-scrabble-1.3341636/ CTV News] covers the Toronto Championship as well as a School SCRABBLE competition in Edmonton (AB).<br />
**March 23, 2017: [http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1085297/ CTV Toronto] covers the 9th annual Toronto (ON)School SCRABBLE Championship. <br />
* January 30, 2017: The [http://www.philly.com/philly/living/412007105.html Philadelphia Inquirer] reveals the impact that a Marian Anderson concert had on Philly SCRABBLE legend [[Matt Hopkins]] as a child.<br />
* January 22, 2017: [http://www.standard-freeholder.com/2017/01/22/cornwall-scrabble-tourney-where-words-are-a-weapon/ Coverage of the 7th annual Ottawa-Montreal Scrabble Challenge]<br />
* September 30, 2016: [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/serious-scrabble-weekend-1.3785783/ CBC] covers Shediac (NB) tournament.<br />
* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/2016_North_American_SCRABBLE_Championship 2016 North American SCRABBLE Championship]<br />
** August 12, 2016: [http://www.goupstate.com/article/20160812/ARTICLES/160819902/ Spartanburg Herald Journal] interviews [[David Gibson]].<br />
** August 11, 2016: Spartanburg (SC) CBS affiliate [http://wspa.com/2016/08/11/spartanburg-man-wins-2nd-north-american-scrabble-championship-title/ WSPA] and Myrtle Beach (SC) CBS affiliate [http://wbtw.com/2016/08/11/sc-math-professor-wins-second-north-american-scrabble-championship-title/ WBTW] cover the victory of local resident [[David Gibson]].<br />
** August 11, 2016: Local NPR affiliate [http://wboi.org/post/fort-wayne-hosts-scrabble-fans-around-world#stream/0 WBOI] interviews [[David Gibson]], Mack Meller, and Heather McCall at the NASC.<br />
** August 10, 2016: Hasbro [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160810006218/en/Gibson-Spells-V-I-C-T-O-R-Y-Board-2016-North-American/ press release] wraps up the event.<br />
** August 10, 2016: [http://nepr.net/news/2016/08/10/western-massachusetts-teacher-wins-in-national-scrabble-tournament/ New England Public Radio] interviews Division 3 winner Ben Greenwood.<br />
** August 8, 2016: Fort Wayne Fox affiliate [http://www.fortwaynehomepage.net/news/local-news/scrabble-championship-comes-to-the-fort/ WFFT] interviews [[Jesse Matthews]].<br />
** August 7, 2016: Fort Wayne ABC affiliate [http://www.21alive.com/news/local/North-American-SCRABBLE-Championship-makes-moves-to-Fort-Wayne-for-first-time-389425661.html/ 21Alive] and [http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Scrabble-tourney-participants--Playing--chess-with-tiles--14524804/ The Journal Gazette] interview [[Dallas Johnson]] and [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] who describes SCRABBLE as "chess with tiles."<br />
** August 6, 2016: [https://vimeo.com/177828426/ The Journal Gazette] interviews NASC director [[Dallas Johnson]] amid play on Day 1.<br />
** August 6, 2016: Local news channel [http://wane.com/2016/08/06/north-american-scrabble-championship-held-in-fort-wayne/ WANE-TV] covers the NASC on Day 1.<br />
** August 5, 2016: [http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local/Local-Scrabble-players-look-forward-to-taking-part-in-national-championship-in-Fort-Wayne News-Sentinel] profiles local players Kathleen Long, Timothy Long, and Dan Wenger.<br />
** August 5, 2016: [http://www.tribstar.com/news/indiana_news/north-american-scrabble-championship-comes-to-fort-wayne/article_9c0bd463-3e84-5e5f-8898-f184cc7dd450.html Terre Haute Tribune Star] previews NASC in Fort Wayne.<br />
* July 24, 2016: [https://www.google.com/amp/www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/amp/Scrabble-players-compete-in-Stamford-8406032.php# Stamford Advocate] covered weekend tournament held in Stamford (CT).<br />
* July 21, 2016: [http://www.vicnews.com/news/387813641.html Victoria News] interviews Victoria (BC) NASPA members Tim Thielmann and Rhonda Reece.<br />
* July 17, 2016: [http://www.wral.com/love-scrabble-all-ages-experiences-invited-to-durham-tournament/15850988/ KRAL] interviewed tournament director David Klionsky about the Robb Griffith Memorial tournament scheduled for July 23rd in Durham (NC).<br />
* July 1, 2016: [http://jg-tc.com/two-seek-to-break-scrabble-guinness-world-record/article_f4fc6abf-5931-57b6-a392-93d085bb1689.html/ JG-TC] reports on attempt of [[Marty Gabriel]] and Scott Garner to break Guiness SCRABBLE record.<br />
* June 8, 2016: [http://globalnews.ca/news/2749684/shediac-to-host-1st-atlantic-international-scrabble-tournament/ Global News] reports on Shediac (NB) tournament scheduled to celebrate 90th anniversary of 1st crossword game invented by local resident Edward MacDonald.<br />
* June 6, 2016: [[John Robertson]] and [[Andy Saunders]], authors of ''A's Bad As It Gets'', cited in [http://www.si.com/ Sports Illustrated] article on 1916 Philadelphia Athletics.<br />
* June 2, 2016: [http://omahamagazine.com/2016/06/thats-a-word-bingo/ Omaha Magazine] coverage of Omaha NASPA Club #582.<br />
* May 21, 2016: [http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local/Scrabble-players-compete-for-the-last-word-in-Fort-Wayne-regional/ News-Sentinel] and [http://www.wowo.com/fort-wayne-hosts-north-american-scrabble-qualifying-tournament/ WOWO] coverage of Fort Wayne (IN) tournament.<br />
* May 19, 2016: [http://www.wsj.com/articles/for-nigerian-scrabble-stars-short-tops-shorter-1463669734/ Wall Street Journal] interviews 2015 world champion Wellington Jighere. Features photos of [[2015 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] and [[Chris Lipe]] who is quoted along with [[Stefan Fatsis]].<br />
** May 23, 2016: [[Stefan Fatsis]] and Oliver Roeder respond to the article in [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2016/05/have_nigerian_players_developed_an_amazing_new_scrabble_strategy_don_t_believe.html/ Slate]. [[Chris Lipe]], [[Jesse Day]], and [[Evans Clinchy]] are quoted.<br />
* [[2016 Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** May 27, 2016: [[Adam Logan]] interviewed by [http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=877769&binId=1.1164511&playlistPageNum=1/ CTV Morning Live]<br />
** May 22, 2016: [[Adam Logan]] interviewed by [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/adam-logan-canadian-scrabble-champ-1.3587427/ CBC News]<br />
** May 16, 2016: Oklahoma's [http://www.newson6.com/story/31992630/adam-logan-racks-up-high-score-to-become-2016-canadian-national-scrabble-champion NewsOn6] and other sources quote from the event final press release.<br />
** May 16, 2016: [[Adam Logan]] interviewed on [http://www.1310news.com/ 1310 News] talk radio.<br />
** May 16, 2016: Lengthy interview with [[John Chew]] at [http://torontoist.com/2016/05/players-go-word-for-word-at-the-2016-canadian-national-scrabble-championship/ Torontoist].<br />
** May 15, 2016: News segment on CityNews evening programme.<br />
** May 13, 2016: Two-minute segment on [http://globalnews.ca/video/2700941/a-scrabble-master-takes-on-the-beat-middle-school-players-in-the-gta-ten-teams-at-once Global News] evening programme, featuring [[Matthew Tunnicliffe]] and several School SCRABBLE participants.<br />
* [[2016 North American School SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** June 21, 2016: [http://www.hbo.com/real-sports-with-bryant-gumbel/episodes/0/231-episode/video/ep-231-trailer-head-games.html?autoplay=true/ HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (Episode 231)] profiles champions and shows NASSC in feature on youth mental athletes.<br />
** May 23, 2016: [http://www.abc15.com/news/spelling-bee/scrabble-champ-seeks-national-spelling-bee-win ABC15 Arizona] interviewed [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2016/nassc/build/ 2016 North American School SCRABBLE] champion Cooper Komatsu who tied for 7th place in 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee.<br />
** April 24, 2016: [http://wavenewspapers.com/culver-city-student-adds-scrabble-title-to-trophy-shelf/ Los Angeles Wave] reports on final results<br />
** April 13, 2016: [http://patch.com/new-york/westhampton-hamptonbays/hampton-bays-students-take-talent-next-level-scrabble-tournament Westhampton-Hampton Bays Patch] reports on local students participating in the NASSC.<br />
** April 10, 2016: [http://www.thesunchronicle.com/devices/news/local_news/gillette-hosts-north-american-school-scrabble-championship/article_17718cdc-ff72-11e5-9ec7-2beebad523ad.html The Sun Chronicle] reports on the NASSC as a local news item.<br />
* February 3, 2016: [http://newsok.com/article/5476306 The Oklahoman] interviews members of the Oklahoma City club for a lengthy feature article.<br />
* January 21, 2016: [http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/view-finders/90234-funs-the-word-at-kids-scrabble-tournament-photos Newsworks] interview John Green about the ASAP School SCRABBLE Program in Philadelphia.<br />
* January 14, 2016: [http://www.omaha.com/living/nebraska-s-top-scrabble-player-works-to-be-one-of/article_10727ec7-76b7-5bf7-a8a5-372226b554ce.html Omaha.com] reports on [[George Asaka]] and the Omaha Scrabble Club.<br />
* November 22, 2015: [http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article45955330.html The Lexington Herald Leader] reports on the Bluegrass Scrabble Fall Classic, interviewing [[Lindsey Dimmick]], [[Steve Bush]], [[Jeff Clark]], [[Joey Krafchick]] and others.<br />
* September 30, 2015: [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/scrabble-brain-university-of-calgary-1.3249149 CBC] reports on research led by [[Peter Sargious]] into the brains of SCRABBLE players.<br />
* [[2015 North American SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** August 6, 2015: [http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/08/06/ottawa-man-wins-north-american-scrabble-championship Ottawa Sun] interviews Matthew Tunnicliffe.<br />
** August 6, 2015: [http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/kanatas-scrabble-champ-knows-his-querns-and-bantengs Ottawa Citizen] interviews Matthew Tunnicliffe, mentions [[Adam Logan]], quotes [[John Chew]].<br />
** August 5, 2015: [http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Scrabble-Champion-Crowned-in-Reno-320843221.html KOLO-TV] reports on [[Matthew Tunnicliffe]] beating [[Jesse Day]] for the win.<br />
** August 4, 2015: [http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2015/08/04/world-scrabble-champs-competing-now-reno/31117563/ Reno Gazette-Journal] interviews [[John Chew]] and [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]]<br />
* July 23, 2015: [[Chris Cree]] talks about [[Nigel Richards]] winning the French WSC on [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/23/how-a-kiwi-beat-the-french-at-their-own-game-of-scrabble.html The Daily Beast].<br />
* May 25, 2015: [[John Chew]] interviewed by CTV News Channel about the new words in the [[Collins]] word list.<br />
* May 21, 2015: [[John Chew]] interviewed by NPR and Reuters about the new words in the [[Collins]] word list.<br />
* May 17, 2015: [[Noah Kalus]] and [[Zach Ansel]]'s win at the [[2015 North American School SCRABBLE Championship]] and subsequent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel reported on by the Times Herald-Record (of Middletown, NY), the Poughkeepsie Journal, Oneida Dispatch, Ridgefield Press, Toy News, and others.<br />
* April 21, 2015: 2014 National SCRABBLE Champion [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]] and others mentioned in an article entitled &ldquo;Winning SCRABBLE and the Nature of Expertise&rdquo; in [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/winning-scrabble-and-the-nature-of-expertise/?print=true Scientific American].<br />
* [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** December 9, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] interviewed in [http://romesentinel.com/county/local-scrabble-player-places-second-in-world/QBqnlh!8bJmTlrrvCgSyy7qVVVG3Q/ Rome Sentinel].<br />
** November 24, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] mentioned in [http://www.businessinsider.com/these-are-the-words-that-just-won-this-years-scrabble-world-championship-2014-11?IR=T Business Insider].<br />
** November 23, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] mentioned in [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11248965/Craig-Beevers-becomes-second-ever-English-world-Scrabble-champion.html The Telegraph].<br />
** November 23, 2014: [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] runner-up [[Chris Lipe]] mentioned in [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/britain-gets-its-first-scrabble-world-champion-for-21-years-9878661.html# The Independent].<br />
** November 22, 2014: [[John Chew]] leads off a [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30157695 BBC News story] about the [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
** November 21, 2014: [[Jesse Matthews]], [[John Chew]], [[Adam Logan]] and others featured in a [http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2014/11/war-words-at-scrabble-contest-20141121202349147100.html story about the 2014 World SCRABBLE Championship] on AlJazeera.com.<br />
** November 21, 2014: [[John Chew]] quotes briefly in a [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-30139374 BBC News story] about the [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
** November 20, 2014: [[Conrad Bassett-Bouchard]] gives SCRABBLE tips to [http://www.opb.org/news/article/national-scrabble-champ-gives-tips-for-winning/ OPB] leading up to the [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]].<br />
** November 10, 2014: [[Evan Berofsky]] featured in an article in the [http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20141110/scrabble-brought-more-than-expected-to-oxford-based-competitive-player-headed-to-london-tournament Oakland Press].<br />
* [[2014 National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** August 10, 2014: Several players interviewed in a feature article about the [[2014 National SCRABBLE Championship]] in the [http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/buffalo/hundreds-of-word-enthusiasts-gather-in-buffalo-for-the-25th-national-scrabble-championships-20140809 Buffalo news].<br />
** August 8, 2014: [[Oliver Roeder]] reports on the [[Nigel Richards]] phenomenon on [http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-makes-nigel-richards-the-best-scrabble-player-on-earth/ fivethirtyeight.com].<br />
* 2015 Changes to [[OSPD]] and [[OTCWL]]<br />
** August 27, 2014: [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] quoted about the new words on the [http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/8ye61k/scrabble-s-updated-dictionary Colbert Report].<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[Chris Cree]] and [[John Chew]] help [http://mentalfloss.com/article/58236/14-fun-scrabble-facts MentalFloss] with some fun facts about our game. <br />
** August 5, 2014: [[John Chew]] gives the Canadian perspective on the new words in the [http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/08/05/canadian-sourced-words-such-as-qajaq-and-quinzhee-some-of-powerhouse-game-changers-added-to-scrabble-dictionary National Post]<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] quoted at length in an article about the new words in the [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/scrabble-players-rejoice-5000-new-words-added-to-official-dictionary/article19912902/?cmpid=rss1 Globe and Mail]<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[John Chew]] quoted in an article about the new words at [http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremygreenfield/2014/08/05/trying-to-chillax-about-my-bromance-with-scrabble-and-5000-other-new-words/ Forbes].<br />
** August 5, 2014: [[Chris Cree]] quoted in a [http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/05/us-usa-games-scrabble-idUSKBN0G51ML20140805 Reuters article] about the new words.<br />
** August 5, 2014: 18-minute interview with Simi Sara on [http://www.cknw.com/the-simi-sara-show/ CKNW 980] with [[John Chew]] about the new words.<br />
** August 5, 2014: [http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/scrabble-dictionary-5000-words-24846936 ABC News] talks about our new words.<br />
** August 4, 2014: [[John Chew]] quoted briefly in the [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/selfie-frenemy-playable-scrabble-article-1.1891614 New York Daily News] on the new edition of [[OSPD]].<br />
** August 4, 2014: [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] quoted in an [http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_26273635/scrabblers-rejoice-5-000-new-words-are-way AP story] about new words coming into [[OSPD]].<br />
** August 4, 2014: [[Chris Cree]] and [[John Chew]] quoted by [http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/04/news/scrabble-dictionary/ CNN] ([http://mexico.cnn.com/entretenimiento/2014/08/05/diccionario-scrabble-suma-5000-palabras-incluyendo-selfie-y-hashtag Spanish translation]) on the new words.<br />
* March 16, 2014: [[John Chew]] mentioned in the Wall Street Journal article &ldquo;[http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304914204579392930054227164 This Scrabble-Playing Robot Is a Sore Loser]&rdquo;<br />
* [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
** April 22, 2014: [[John Chew]] on [http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=328738 CTV National News] with members of the [http://torontoscrabbleclub.com Toronto SCRABBLE Club] talking about GEOCACHE.<br />
** April 10, 2014: [[Stefan Fatsis]] quotes [[John Chew]] and [[Chris Cree]] at Slate in [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2014/04/geocache_in_scrabble_the_word_that_won_hasbro_s_new_word_contest_is_useless.html The Word That Won Scrabble&rsquo;s New-Word Contest Is Totally Useless in Scrabble]<br />
** March 14, 2014: [[Stefan Fatsis]] writes on [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2014/03/new_scrabble_word_should_it_be_bestie_ew_slumdog_inside_the_contest_to_add.single.html Slate.com] about the [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
** March 14, 2014: [[John Chew]] on [http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=307524 CTV News Channel] talking about the [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
** March 13, 2014: [[John Chew]] on NPR&rsquo;s [http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/03/13/scrabble-new-dictionary Here and Now] to talk about the [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]<br />
* [[2010 National SCRABBLE Championship]]<br />
** [http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/08/06/1560104/top-scrabble-players-gather-for.html Bellingham Herald]<br />
** [http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/06/2942767/top-scrabble-players-gather-for.html Sacramento Bee]<br />
** [http://topics.dallasnews.com/article/073m0ck0i8bkw?q=ESPN Dallas News]<br />
** [http://www.dfw.com/2010/08/04/315091/ladies-and-gentlemen-of-the-board.html DFW.com]<br />
** [http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-payne-national-scrabble-20100805,0,6621539.story Sun-Sentinel]<br />
** [http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/aug/04/mount-pleasant-scrabble-ace-to-vie-for-3000/ Post and Courier]<br />
** [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/080710dnmetscrabble.26c27d4.html Dallas News]<br />
<br />
== Older Press Releases ==<br />
<br />
* [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2018/nsc/build/nasc-winner-release.pdf 2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship Results]<br />
* [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150805006883/en/Matthew-Tunnicliffe-Racks-High-Score-2015-North#.VcfJZTBViko 2015 NASC Results]<br />
* [[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown Announcement]]<br />
* [[2014 NSSC Hasbro Press Release]]<br />
* [[Media:20100727-nsc.pdf|2010 NSC Master Press Release (revised)]]<br />
* [[Media:20100714-nsc.pdf|2010 NSC Master Press Release (preliminary)]]<br />
* [[Media:20100702-guzman.pdf|San Francisco Man's 771-Point SCRABBLE Game a New Official Record]]</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Proposed_Rule_Changes&diff=15508Proposed Rule Changes2020-07-08T05:26:40Z<p>Poslfit: /* New Rules */ copyedit</p>
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<div>This page lists all proposed '''[[Rules|rule]] changes''' under consideration for future adoption. <br />
<br />
== Rewritten Rules ==<br />
<br />
=== II.E. Right to a Second Opinion ===<br />
<br />
If a player feels that a Director has made an incorrect ruling, she or he has the right to request a second opinion from another Director, if one is available. If the two rulings differ, a third opinion may be requested. In any case, the first Director has the final say, but is encouraged to reconsider an initial ruling if it differs from subsequent ones.<br />
<br />
=== IV.I.1. When to Hold or Challenge ===<br />
<br />
After your opponent places a word and ends his/her turn, you have an opportunity to challenge the play. <br />
<br />
You may not challenge the play after your opponent draws a tile, except under the terms of any of the following rules:<br />
* Rule IV.G.2.a. Failing to Start Opponent’s Clock<br />
* Rule IV.G.2.c. Not Allowing Sufficient Time for Holds or Challenges<br />
* Rule IV.I.2.a Courtesy Rule<br />
<br />
<br />
When challenging the final play of the game, see Rule V.E. Neutralizing the Clock on the Out Play. Otherwise, when there are no more tiles left to be drawn in the bag, your opportunity to challenge does not expire. <br />
<br />
You may record your opponent’s score before challenging.<br />
<br />
You may extend the time you have to challenge a play by holding the play: preventing your opponent from drawing replacement tiles as described in Rule IV.I.2. Holding the Play. You may hold a play whenever it would be legal for you to challenge a play.<br />
<br />
=== IV.I.2. Holding The Play ===<br />
<br />
To reserve the right to challenge a play, say &ldquo;hold&rdquo; or otherwise ask your opponent not to draw tiles. Your opponent may then not draw tiles until the held play is<br />
released, or challenged and adjudicated, except per Rule IV.I.2.a. Courtesy Rule. Your clock continues to run.<br />
<br />
For the sake of clarity, it is strongly recommended that you take possession of the bag when you hold a play, and offer it back to your opponent if you subsequently accept the play.<br />
<br />
To release a held play, say &ldquo;OK&rdquo;, &ldquo;Accept&rdquo;, give the bag back to your opponent, or otherwise indicate that the play is no longer held. Adjudicating the challenge or ending your turn also release a held play. <br />
After you release a held play, you may not hold that play again, or challenge that play.<br />
There is no limit on how long you can hold a play. <br />
<br />
IV.I.2.a Courtesy Rule<br />
<br />
After you have held your opponent’s play for 15 seconds, your opponent may draw provisional replacement (&ldquo;courtesy&rdquo;) tiles without denying your right to challenge the play. To draw provisional replacement tiles, your opponent must clearly state an intention to do so, then keep any such tiles separate (not on the same rack) from any unplayed tiles for as long as the play is held.<br />
<br />
If you make a successful challenge, your opponent shows the drawn tiles to you and returns them to the bag before removing the challenged play from the board. If any new tiles have been combined (see “Glossary” on page 38) with unplayed tiles,<br />
you place facedown the original unplayed tiles and all newly drawn tiles and apply Rule IV.B.5. Overdraws to them, counting the illegally played tiles as tiles in possession not mixed with newly drawn tiles. After the overdraw procedure is complete, the illegally played tiles will be returned to the offender’s rack.<br />
<br />
If your opponent returns the drawn tiles to the bag without showing them to you, you have the right to view X+2 tiles from the bag, where X is the number of tiles returned, or all of the tiles in the bag, whichever is fewer.<br />
<br />
If you make an unsuccessful challenge, your opponent simply moves the drawn tiles to his/her rack.<br />
<br />
=== IV.K.4. Requesting a Second Opinion ===<br />
<br />
Either player may request a review of a manual adjudication from another Word Judge, and may obtain a third opinion if the first two differ. In any case, the first Word Judge has the final say, but is encouraged to reconsider an initial ruling if it differs from subsequent ones.<br />
<br />
== New Rules ==<br />
<br />
* It was proposed by [[Steven Alexander]] on 2020-07-07 that the appendix should formally specify the values and numbers of tiles, the dimensions of the board and the positions and colours of the bonus squares thereon.</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Proposed_Rule_Changes&diff=15507Proposed Rule Changes2020-07-08T05:26:23Z<p>Poslfit: /* New Rules */ specify board design</p>
<hr />
<div>This page lists all proposed '''[[Rules|rule]] changes''' under consideration for future adoption. <br />
<br />
== Rewritten Rules ==<br />
<br />
=== II.E. Right to a Second Opinion ===<br />
<br />
If a player feels that a Director has made an incorrect ruling, she or he has the right to request a second opinion from another Director, if one is available. If the two rulings differ, a third opinion may be requested. In any case, the first Director has the final say, but is encouraged to reconsider an initial ruling if it differs from subsequent ones.<br />
<br />
=== IV.I.1. When to Hold or Challenge ===<br />
<br />
After your opponent places a word and ends his/her turn, you have an opportunity to challenge the play. <br />
<br />
You may not challenge the play after your opponent draws a tile, except under the terms of any of the following rules:<br />
* Rule IV.G.2.a. Failing to Start Opponent’s Clock<br />
* Rule IV.G.2.c. Not Allowing Sufficient Time for Holds or Challenges<br />
* Rule IV.I.2.a Courtesy Rule<br />
<br />
<br />
When challenging the final play of the game, see Rule V.E. Neutralizing the Clock on the Out Play. Otherwise, when there are no more tiles left to be drawn in the bag, your opportunity to challenge does not expire. <br />
<br />
You may record your opponent’s score before challenging.<br />
<br />
You may extend the time you have to challenge a play by holding the play: preventing your opponent from drawing replacement tiles as described in Rule IV.I.2. Holding the Play. You may hold a play whenever it would be legal for you to challenge a play.<br />
<br />
=== IV.I.2. Holding The Play ===<br />
<br />
To reserve the right to challenge a play, say &ldquo;hold&rdquo; or otherwise ask your opponent not to draw tiles. Your opponent may then not draw tiles until the held play is<br />
released, or challenged and adjudicated, except per Rule IV.I.2.a. Courtesy Rule. Your clock continues to run.<br />
<br />
For the sake of clarity, it is strongly recommended that you take possession of the bag when you hold a play, and offer it back to your opponent if you subsequently accept the play.<br />
<br />
To release a held play, say &ldquo;OK&rdquo;, &ldquo;Accept&rdquo;, give the bag back to your opponent, or otherwise indicate that the play is no longer held. Adjudicating the challenge or ending your turn also release a held play. <br />
After you release a held play, you may not hold that play again, or challenge that play.<br />
There is no limit on how long you can hold a play. <br />
<br />
IV.I.2.a Courtesy Rule<br />
<br />
After you have held your opponent’s play for 15 seconds, your opponent may draw provisional replacement (&ldquo;courtesy&rdquo;) tiles without denying your right to challenge the play. To draw provisional replacement tiles, your opponent must clearly state an intention to do so, then keep any such tiles separate (not on the same rack) from any unplayed tiles for as long as the play is held.<br />
<br />
If you make a successful challenge, your opponent shows the drawn tiles to you and returns them to the bag before removing the challenged play from the board. If any new tiles have been combined (see “Glossary” on page 38) with unplayed tiles,<br />
you place facedown the original unplayed tiles and all newly drawn tiles and apply Rule IV.B.5. Overdraws to them, counting the illegally played tiles as tiles in possession not mixed with newly drawn tiles. After the overdraw procedure is complete, the illegally played tiles will be returned to the offender’s rack.<br />
<br />
If your opponent returns the drawn tiles to the bag without showing them to you, you have the right to view X+2 tiles from the bag, where X is the number of tiles returned, or all of the tiles in the bag, whichever is fewer.<br />
<br />
If you make an unsuccessful challenge, your opponent simply moves the drawn tiles to his/her rack.<br />
<br />
=== IV.K.4. Requesting a Second Opinion ===<br />
<br />
Either player may request a review of a manual adjudication from another Word Judge, and may obtain a third opinion if the first two differ. In any case, the first Word Judge has the final say, but is encouraged to reconsider an initial ruling if it differs from subsequent ones.<br />
<br />
== New Rules ==<br />
<br />
* It has been proposed by [[Steven Alexander]] on 2020-07-07 that the appendix should formally specify the values and numbers of tiles, the dimensions of the board and the positions and colours of the bonus squares thereon.</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15501Slurs2020-07-06T16:23:32Z<p>Poslfit: timeline update</p>
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<div>On 2020-06-13, [[John Chew]] asked on behalf of the NASPA [[Executive Committee]] that the NASPA [[Advisory Board]] (AB) consider removing words that he described as '''slurs''' from the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
The AB discussed the matter by email over subsequent days, and then in a Zoom call on 2020-06-18, concluded that further public input was called for. A special [[iContact]] mailing went out, quoting the [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] and inviting comment through an [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online form]. On 2020-07-05, we stopped gathering data from that form, and the AB will spend the week discussing the survey results before reaching its decision.<br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The Advisory Board will decide what criteria will be used to decide which words will be deleted, if any. If there is ambiguity as to which words the criteria specify, the Dictionary Committee will research as needed.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB; the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence.<br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
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'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
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'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
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'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15499Slurs2020-07-05T16:39:07Z<p>Poslfit: moved demmot to race or colour</p>
<hr />
<div>On 2020-06-13, [[John Chew]] asked on behalf of the NASPA [[Executive Committee]] that the NASPA [[Advisory Board]] (AB) consider removing words that he described as '''slurs''' from the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
The AB discussed the matter by email over subsequent days, and then in a Zoom call on 2020-06-18, concluded that further public input was called for. A special [[iContact]] mailing went out, quoting the [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] and inviting comment through an [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online form].<br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The Advisory Board will decide what criteria will be used to decide which words will be deleted, if any. If there is ambiguity as to which words the criteria specify, the Dictionary Committee will research as needed.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB; the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence.<br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw demmot ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15447Slurs2020-06-24T18:23:44Z<p>Poslfit: /* FAQ */ credit Jim Hughes properly</p>
<hr />
<div>On 2020-06-13, [[John Chew]] asked on behalf of the NASPA [[Executive Committee]] that the NASPA [[Advisory Board]] (AB) consider removing words that he described as '''slurs''' from the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
The AB discussed the matter by email over subsequent days, and then in a Zoom call on 2020-06-18, concluded that further public input was called for. A special [[iContact]] mailing went out, quoting the [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] and inviting comment through an [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online form].<br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The Advisory Board will decide what criteria will be used to decide which words will be deleted, if any. If there is ambiguity as to which words the criteria specify, the Dictionary Committee will research as needed.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB; the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
; Why did you start talking about this now?<br />
: ''[[Cesar Del Solar]] asked on the NASPA Member Concerns Facebook group what were doing as an association about Black Lives Matter. [[Jim Hughes]] suggested that we could show solidarity with BLM by removing the N word, Cesar agreed, and a spirited discussion ensued.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence.<br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz demmot gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15444Slurs2020-06-23T20:02:01Z<p>Poslfit: /* FAQ */ corrected criteria for offensiveness</p>
<hr />
<div>On 2020-06-13, [[John Chew]] asked on behalf of the NASPA [[Executive Committee]] that the NASPA [[Advisory Board]] (AB) consider removing words that he described as '''slurs''' from the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
The AB discussed the matter by email over subsequent days, and then in a Zoom call on 2020-06-18, concluded that further public input was called for. A special [[iContact]] mailing went out, quoting the [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] and inviting comment through an [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online form].<br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If the word appears in our source dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The Advisory Board will decide what criteria will be used to decide which words will be deleted, if any. If there is ambiguity as to which words the criteria specify, the Dictionary Committee will research as needed.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB; the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that should have been deemed offensive according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence.<br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz demmot gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15443Slurs2020-06-23T19:57:53Z<p>Poslfit: /* FAQ */ adding offensive words</p>
<hr />
<div>On 2020-06-13, [[John Chew]] asked on behalf of the NASPA [[Executive Committee]] that the NASPA [[Advisory Board]] (AB) consider removing words that he described as '''slurs''' from the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
The AB discussed the matter by email over subsequent days, and then in a Zoom call on 2020-06-18, concluded that further public input was called for. A special [[iContact]] mailing went out, quoting the [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] and inviting comment through an [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online form].<br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If any source dictionary lists a word as being only offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The Advisory Board will decide what criteria will be used to decide which words will be deleted, if any. If there is ambiguity as to which words the criteria specify, the Dictionary Committee will research as needed.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB; the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?<br />
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that is tagged as exclusively offensive (no inoffensive senses), please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence.<br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz demmot gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15442Slurs2020-06-23T19:53:25Z<p>Poslfit: /* FAQ */ clarification re: AB decision</p>
<hr />
<div>On 2020-06-13, [[John Chew]] asked on behalf of the NASPA [[Executive Committee]] that the NASPA [[Advisory Board]] (AB) consider removing words that he described as '''slurs''' from the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
The AB discussed the matter by email over subsequent days, and then in a Zoom call on 2020-06-18, concluded that further public input was called for. A special [[iContact]] mailing went out, quoting the [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] and inviting comment through an [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online form].<br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If any source dictionary lists a word as being only offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The Advisory Board will decide what criteria will be used to decide which words will be deleted, if any. If there is ambiguity as to which words the criteria specify, the Dictionary Committee will research as needed.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB; the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence.<br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz demmot gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15437Slurs2020-06-23T18:40:27Z<p>Poslfit: /* FAQ */ added FAQ</p>
<hr />
<div>On 2020-06-13, [[John Chew]] asked on behalf of the NASPA [[Executive Committee]] that the NASPA [[Advisory Board]] (AB) consider removing words that he described as '''slurs''' from the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
The AB discussed the matter by email over subsequent days, and then in a Zoom call on 2020-06-18, concluded that further public input was called for. A special [[iContact]] mailing went out, quoting the [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] and inviting comment through an [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online form].<br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If any source dictionary lists a word as being only offensive, then we consider it offensive.''<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: ''The Advisory Board may do so.''<br />
; How long will the poll run?<br />
: ''When the rate of responses drops down enough to suggest that most interested parties have responded, a statistical summary will be presented to the AB; the poll will continue indefinitely.''<br />
; Are the poll results a binding vote?<br />
: ''No, the poll is just to solicit public input into the process.''<br />
; Can I respond to the poll twice?<br />
: ''Yes. We can usually tell when you have done so, and will combine your responses.''<br />
; Do I have to be a NASPA member to take the poll?<br />
: ''No, we are interested in everyone's opinion on this subject.''<br />
; Does it matter what race I am as a poll respondent?<br />
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence.<br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz demmot gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15436Slurs2020-06-23T18:36:20Z<p>Poslfit: added FAQ</p>
<hr />
<div>On 2020-06-13, [[John Chew]] asked on behalf of the NASPA [[Executive Committee]] that the NASPA [[Advisory Board]] (AB) consider removing words that he described as '''slurs''' from the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
The AB discussed the matter by email over subsequent days, and then in a Zoom call on 2020-06-18, concluded that further public input was called for. A special [[iContact]] mailing went out, quoting the [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] and inviting comment through an [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online form].<br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
== FAQ ==<br />
<br />
; Who decides which words are offensive?<br />
: Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If any source dictionary lists a word as being only offensive, then we consider it offensive.<br />
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?<br />
: The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.<br />
; Who decides which words will be deleted?<br />
: The Advisory Board may do so.<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence.<br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz demmot gimmnot diy disy<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
<br />
'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
<br />
'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfithttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Slurs&diff=15435Slurs2020-06-23T00:43:55Z<p>Poslfit: updated characterization</p>
<hr />
<div>On 2020-06-13, [[John Chew]] asked on behalf of the NASPA [[Executive Committee]] that the NASPA [[Advisory Board]] (AB) consider removing words that he described as '''slurs''' from the [[NWL2018|NASPA Word List (2018) Edition]]. <br />
<br />
The AB discussed the matter by email over subsequent days, and then in a Zoom call on 2020-06-18, concluded that further public input was called for. A special [[iContact]] mailing went out, quoting the [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=289409&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 original letter] and inviting comment through an [https://scrabble.formstack.com/forms/removing_slurs online form].<br />
<br />
To avoid repeating contextually offensive language, the public communications did not list the words in question, identifying one of them only as the N word.<br />
<br />
== Offensive Words by Category ==<br />
<br />
In response to requests from our community, we list all the words in our lexicon that have been labelled as offensive (and with no inoffensive senses) by our lexicographical colleagues, divided into '''draft''' categories according to the nature of their offence.<br />
<br />
On 2020-06-22, this categorization was refined, with slurs being subdivided according to which [[Code of Conduct]] category(-ies) pertained to the slur; some offensive words were also reassigned categories.<br />
<br />
Each word in each category is then listed alphabetically, but with its letters rearranged into alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order in order to obfuscate it from the casual reader.<br />
<br />
If the Advisory Board decides to remove slurs (and/or any other category of offensive words), the category assignments will be reviewed.<br />
<br />
'''ANATOMICAL''': aers aeehlors aeehlorss aehloss aehlosss aabdss aabddess aabdesss abbellrstu abbellrsstu abckllos abeillrs abeillsst abeillnsss abeeillnssss abllsy abmooz abmoosz bcklloos bbeioo bdeioos bdooy bbbuy cilt cilst cejnoos cntu cnstu cddeik acddehik acddehiks cdgiikn agooz agoosz egiilrs egiloo egiloos glooy aadhrss aadehrsss aeijssv hjnnoos hjnnooss bmnnstuu bemnnsstuu acdeeehkpr acdeeehkprs ehilopss ehilopsss cghlnos cghlnoss ghlnos ghlnoss effiist effiisst ffisty attw asttw aoowz aooswz eiillw agginnyy agginnsyy<br />
<br />
'''POLITICAL''': aabeiorrstu aaborrtuy cmmopsy cmmopssy aefiimnz aefiimnsz bbeilr bbeilrs aaehmrstu aaehmrsstu<br />
<br />
'''PROFANE''': addegmnost addgmo adddegmmo addggimmno addgmno adddegmnost adddegmno adddeegmnost addggimnno addgmnos addgmos<br />
<br />
'''PRURIENT''': bbjloow bbjloosw bdeffo bffgino bikno bdeikno bgiiknno biknos acckmnos ccekmnos acceekorst acceekorsst cgimmnu cmsu effgin fgiinsst abfru cfku cdefku cefkru cefkrsu acceffku acceffksu acdefhku acdefhksu cfgiknu cfffkou cfffkosu cfksu cfkpuu cfkpsuu cfiktuw cfikstuw aabiijlt aabiijlst ijms ijmss ijzz eijszz cdfikmnu cdefikmnru cdefikmnrsu cdfikmnsu fmoo fmoos ceefhkmorrtu ceefhkmorrstu cefghikmnortu ahmtu ahmstu eiknoo eiknoos knooy agnnoopt agnnoopst chpstu cdehppstu cghinppstu chpsstu aegghrs aegghrss hpstu dehppstu ghinppstu hpsstu acefkrrstu acefkrrsstu cehklosu cdehklosu cehklossu cghiklnosu aknw adeknw aeknrw aeknrsw agiknnw aknsw<br />
<br />
'''SCATOLOGICAL''': abhistt abhllstu bhillstu bhillsstu bdehillsttu behillrsttu behillrssttu bghiillnsttu abdmuw abdmsuw ccehhiiknst ccehhiiknsst chinoost chinoosst acepprr acepprrs dhiipst dhiipsst afrt adefrt afginrt afrst beghiost beghiosst ehhiorsst ehhiorssst deemr deemrs deep eeginp ipss deipss eiprss eiprsss eipsss eiiprss eiipssst giinpss ipssy ahst hist abghist abghisst achinst acdehinnst acghiinnnst achinsst ehist ehisst acefhist acdefhist acefhisst adehhist addeehhist adehhisst eehhilst eehhilsst ehhilost ehhilosst ehhiosstu ehhiossstu cehiikkrst cehiikkrsst ehilssst hiilsstt hiilssstt adhilost adhilosst hisst himorsstt himorssstt dehistt ehirstt ehirsstt ehiirstt ehiissttt ehiinssstt eehiinsssstt ghiinstt histty hikorstw hikorsstw drtu drstu<br />
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'''SLUR''' (race or color): oba soba abckru abckrsu cdeloors cdeloorsu chinoost chinoosst adekry adekrsy adeikr adeikrs adkry agginr agginrs gginor gginors aehlo aehlos beeh beehs ehknoy ehknosy ehikno ehiknos hknoy ehknuy ehknsuy ehiknu ehiknsu abgijoo abgijoos almottu aelmosttu almosttu egginr egginrs cehiint cehiinst afoy afosy aceiiinnnps aciinnnpy acceiiinnnps acciinnnpy aceiiiknnnps aciiknnnpy ceiknpy ceiknpsy acehrstvz acehrsstvz acehrstwz acehrsstwz aehrstvz aehrsstvz ikmos ikmoss aqsuw aqssuw ehistwy ehiistw gow gghiosw gosw<br />
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'''SLUR''' (creed or religion): adgno adgnos yog gimoy ghiosy eghiosy gosy eijstu ceiijstu aceiijlstu aceiijllstuy eiijmsstu eiijmssstu eeiijrsstu eijrstuy eijsstu ejw deejw egijnw ejsw ainnoppst ainnoppsst aimpps aimppss aippst aciippst aeiipprsst aipprsty aippsst eeehnsy eeehnssy eeehins eeehinss eeghstz achikss achiksss ahikss ahiksss ehikss ehhikss ehhiksss ehiksss hikmostz demmot gimmnot diy disy<br />
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'''SLUR''' (sex or gender): cntu cnstu soh agnnoopt agnnoopst<br />
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'''SLUR''' (sexual orientation): bdeikllu bdeikllsu bdeklluy bdekllsuy bbmouy bbmosuy cccekkorsu cccekkorssu deiky dekyy aefggir aefggist aefggiorst afggorty afggoty afggy els belos beloss eelss elz eelszz eeilzz eeilszz elyzz acenn acenns aceinnr aceinns aceinnst acnny efioopr efioopst foops afhoopt afhoopst efooprt efooprst foopy eoopv eoopsv<br />
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'''SLUR''' (gender identity): bcehstu<br />
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'''SLUR''' (national origin): bceho bcehos begoorrttt begoorrsttt bhknou bhknosu achlo achlos chloo chloos ccehilu ccehilru ccehilsu ccehilstu adgo adegos adgos ginoz eginosz aaakkn aaakkns eikk eikks cikm cikms eipps eippss acklop acklops eimmop eimmops mmopy aadeghr aadeghrs cips cikps cikpss cipss ikps ikpss denuv densuv abcektw abcekstw opw opsw<br />
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'''SLUR''' (age): bceilmrsu aabdegrry aabdegrrsy abdeegrry abdeegrrsy eiiklnrw eiiklnrsw<br />
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'''SLUR''' (disability): cipr ciprs apsz apszz aepsszz<br />
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'''SLUR''' (gender conformity): cenopy ceinopr ceinopst cnopy aeehlms aeehlmss<br />
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'''SLUR''' (physical characteristics): abdeil afost aefosst afosst<br />
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'''SLUR''' (not in a Code of Conduct category): abopwy abopswy abbbu abbbsu adegj adgjo cehiikllsv cehiikllssv cdeeknr cdeeknrs<br />
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'''VULGAR''': ainpsst ainpssst bchimstu bcehimsstu</div>Poslfit