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The '''Official Tournament and Club Word List (2014 Edition)''' (OTCWL2014) is a major new edition of | The '''Official Tournament and Club Word List (2014 Edition)''' (OTCWL2014) is a major new edition of | ||
the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]], and will be the official lexicon governing | the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]], and will be the official lexicon governing | ||
− | competitive play in the United States and Canada | + | competitive play in the United States and Canada early in 2015. |
== Where to Get It == | == Where to Get It == | ||
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== Effective Date == | == Effective Date == | ||
− | OTCWL | + | OTCWL was originally scheduled to take effect on December 1, 2014. At its August 9 meeting, the [[Advisory Board]] ruled that the effective date for the new edition would be delayed until two months after electronic study and word judge software become available. This page will be updated when this is the case. |
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== Electronic Editions == | == Electronic Editions == | ||
− | + | Merriam-Webster offers electronic access to OTCWL2014 to NASPA members through its mobile app and website. There are no plans to license the product to Franklin. | |
− | + | NASPA intends to develop a version of [[Zyzzyva]] that includes a licensed copy of OTCWL2014. |
The Official Tournament and Club Word List (2014 Edition) (OTCWL2014) is a major new edition of the Official Tournament and Club Word List, and will be the official lexicon governing competitive play in the United States and Canada early in 2015.
For licensing reasons, this book is a members-only publication, available only through the NASPA Store.
OTCWL was originally scheduled to take effect on December 1, 2014. At its August 9 meeting, the Advisory Board ruled that the effective date for the new edition would be delayed until two months after electronic study and word judge software become available. This page will be updated when this is the case.
Work began on OTCWL2014 soon after the establishment of NASPA in 2009, with NASPA and Merriam-Webster negotiating the scope of the changes involved, including the new word references to be used. Then lexicographers from both organizations started working in parallel, with the MW team searching for suitable words that had been added to the MW database since the last edition, and the NASPA Dictionary Committee (DC) looking for new words in the Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, and the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd edition.
In early 2014, the DC finished its work, which also became the basis for the Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary's 5th edition, used in school and recreational play.
OTCWL2014 is the third in the OTCWL series, and its working title was OWL3. The name was changed however, due to two concerns. One was that with the inclusion of longer words of 10–15 letters, the nature of the book had fundamentally changed; the other was that the name of the first two volumes had been prefaced by the name of our predecessor organization, the NSA, and that our new book therefore technically had a different name.
This edition sees new words from three sources:
It includes for the first time words of up to 15 letters, which were formally only available separately in the Long List
It includes almost 9,000 words that will be newly acceptable in competitive play. The more widely publicized figure of 5,000 new words refers to those that are being added to the shorter OSPD5. 51% of the new words are coincidentally found in the international CSW2012 lexicon; the rest are not.
No words have been deleted.
The following two-letter words are new to this edition: DA GI PO TE.
The following new three-letter words are back hooks for two-letter words: DAS DEP DOH EMO EST FAH GIF GIS HOM HOO LAH LOR MAM MEH MES MMM MOI MUX NAV NUG OIK OMA OPA ORG OWT PAK POS REZ SHO SIG SOC SOH TEC TES TIX TIZ UMS UNI YAS YER YEZ.
This edition has 66 new three-letter words.
Merriam-Webster offers electronic access to OTCWL2014 to NASPA members through its mobile app and website. There are no plans to license the product to Franklin.
NASPA intends to develop a version of Zyzzyva that includes a licensed copy of OTCWL2014.
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