...in Texas. We are an association of tournament, club and avid home Scrabble players in North America.
...unding, or in affiliated overseas events. We have estimated another 10,000 players competing in our clubs, where membership and registration is not required,
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# Liaise with the [[WESPA]] Dictionary Committee to coordinate future updates
# Prepare its [[Dictionary Committee 2014 Report|annual report]]
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administered a '''School Scrabble program'''.
Please visit [http://scrabble.hasbro.com/en-us/school/ their website]
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'''Software''' plays a major role in organized Scrabble activities.
NASPA also [[Licensing |licenses]] the [[NASPA Word List]] and [[School SCRABBLE Word List 2018 | NASPA School Word List]] for use by developers. Please
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The '''Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary''' (OSPD) is a popular reference book listing words of 2 to 8 letters and t
...d edited by [[Merriam-Webster]] based on research conducted by the NASPA [[Dictionary Committee]].
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publisher of numerous authoritative reference works and frequent sponsor of SCRABBLE championships.
Of particular current interest to SCRABBLE players are:
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What is '''competitive Scrabble play''' and what draws people to it?
Scrabble [[tournaments]], but let’s see if we can
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...ns: the Oxford College Dictionary, second edition, and the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, second edition, and includes the new two-letter words DA GI PO TE, and man
...new edition this week. Our new word reference is formally called the NASPA Official Tournament and Club Word List (2014 Edition), or for short, OTCWL2014, OWL2
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[[Dictionary Committee]].
...ID (a type of mathematical set) are not in the [[Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary]] (OSPD) nor in the [[NASPA Word List]] (NWL) is that they have not been fo
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...y Collins, and updated in 2012, 2015, 2019, and 2021. NASPA has sanctioned official games played in the CSW lexicon in a separate [[SOWPODS rating system|CSW r
English-language Scrabble as a whole is played to two lexica, depending on country. Currently, approx
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[[Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary]],
took effect as the official tournament lexicon in 1990.
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: All official business of a committee should be posted to the Yahoo! group set up for the
* To promote competitive Scrabble play through NASPA
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This page lists various '''records''' achieved in competitive Scrabble play sanctioned by NASPA and its predecessor, the [[NSA]]. It also includes
...d further based on the environment ([[tournament]] or [[club]]) and by the dictionary used ([[NWL]] or [[CSW]], ignoring the specific edition).
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...ee]], [[Championship Committee]], [[Web Committee]], [[Advisory Board]], [[Dictionary Committee]] and [[Technology Committee]]
**Hasbro now includes NASPA flyers in SCRABBLE sets
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The '''2012 [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]''' took place on August 11-15, 2012 at the Royal Pacific Res
...://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/reglist.pl?event=NSC2012 list of registered players] is also available.
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...small, usually all players are in a single division. While having many top players may be good or bad depending on your point of view, if you are not a top pl
: Some players like the double-challenge rule and feel that it is an essential part of the
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or ''Collins Scrabble Words'')
is defined by [[WESPA]] [http://www.wespa.org/dictionary/ Dictionary Committee] and published in print
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The '''2013 National SCRABBLE Championship''' will take place on July 19-24, 2013 at the Riviera Hotel an
Participants in the 2013 National SCRABBLE Championship are encouraged to complete the [http://www.tinyurl.com/nsc2013
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...he duties as the official arm of Hasbro as the administrator of tournament SCRABBLE play. At that time, there were approximately 2,000 active members.
:“NASPA is a community of tournament, club and avid home Scrabble players. We foster an atmosphere for people of all skill levels to play their favor
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The '''2014 [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]''' took place on August 9-13, 2014 at the Buffalo Niagara Co
...ttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/reglist.pl?event=NSC2014">registered players</a> is available on this website
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...ers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl Word of the Day] ('''WOTD''') helps you build your SCRABBLE® vocabulary one word at a time. Beginners can learn unusual and useful wor
...study [[OSPD]] definitions of words are a small minority among tournament players.
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=== March 11, 2015 New [[School SCRABBLE]] study word lists added to [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/services.pl Member Services
We have added three new School SCRABBLE study word lists to Member Services: 2s and 3s, 3-to-make-4s, and short JQX
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Since once can obviously find much material online by web-searching "
Scrabble", "Collins", etc., we limit the selection to the most useful links for the
<td> <a href="http://www.
scrabble.com">
Scrabble</a></td>
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The following '''announcement''' about the '''[[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]''' was sent out to NASPA members on March 12, 2014.
== SCRABBLE Fans to Choose Newest Playable Word<br>in the SCRABBLE Word Showdown ==
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In the '''2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown''', players will nominate and vote for a new
word to be added to the [[Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary]] and the
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Here is a brief introduction to the '''[[2014 National SCRABBLE Championship]]
...ional SCRABBLE Championship|national championship]]. It features about 500 players and 31 rounds of NASPA- and [[WESPA]]-[[Ratings|rated]] play over five days
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SCRABBLE players not only play their game with their own [[TWL|dictionary]], they have their own language for talking about it. If you don't see your
A shorter glossary is also available at the back of our official [[rules]].
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The '''[[Dictionary Committee]]''' has prepared the following contribution to NASPA's '''[[2014
...e level of coverage in the earlier sources used for compiling our previous official lists.
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The '''Official Tournament and Club Word List (2014 Edition)''' (OTCWL2014) was a major new
the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]] and was the official lexicon governing
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The '''[[Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary]]''', '''5th Edition''' was published by
[[Official Tournament and Club Word List 2014 Edition]] which are shorter than
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...ons: the Oxford College Dictionary, second edition and the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, second edition, and includes the new two-letter words DA GI PO TE, and man
...this week. Our new word reference is formally called the [[OTCWL2014|NASPA Official Tournament and Club Word List (2014 Edition)]], or for short, OTCWL2014, OW
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...c., run at the time by Jim Houle, wondering where there might be organized SCRABBLE clubs and tournaments near Dallas, Texas.
...ssatisfied with the idiosyncrasies of the Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary, had been published two years earlier in 1978 by [[Merriam-Webster]] in a d
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...s plans for the [[National School SCRABBLE Championship]] and the School SCRABBLE program. I will report what I can after the meeting, but we are excited ov
...o Vancouver, British Columbia for the [[Can-Am SCRABBLE Challenge]]. 7 top players from the United States and Canada each play 14 games with the team winning
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== SCRABBLE Word Showdown Announced ==
...n the SCRABBLE Word Showdown Merriam-Webster’s Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary to Be Updated with a Fan-Voted Word ===
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== SCRABBLE Word Showdown Timeline ==
=== NASPA Members Compete Word-for-Word to Name the SCRABBLE Word Showdown Winner Eight Days Remaining! ===
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== SCRABBLE Word Showdown Brackets ==
=== BOOYAH, BESTIE, You Are One Big LUCKBOX if You Win the SCRABBLE Word Showdown<br>Vote for your faves by April 5th! ===
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== SCRABBLE Word Showdown Winner ==
...arring role in the next [[Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary]] and the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]].
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== Enlisting and Maintaining New Players ==
...actively plays tournament SCRABBLE with anomalies on both ends. Tournament Scrabble is an extremely specialized endeavor!
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...orth American SCRABBLE Championship''' (previously known as the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]) will take place on August 1-5, 2015 at the Silver Legacy Re
A list of registered players is available [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/reglist.pl?event=NSC20
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Here is a brief introduction to the '''[[2015 North American SCRABBLE Championship]]
...ly known as the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]). It features about 500 players and 31 rounds of NASPA- and [[WESPA]]-[[Ratings|rated]] play over five days
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In the 1970’s, tournament SCRABBLE players used Funk and Wagnalls Dictionary for adjudication.Someone had to make sure to bring along one of those bulky
...SCRABBLE tournament play. For longer words, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary 8th Edition (MWCD8) was used. This ended all arguments. If it was there, it
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...00 tournaments on the schedule for 2015 including this year’s [[National SCRABBLE Championship]] August 1-5 in Reno, Nevada.
...ertising that NASPA inures to with [[Hasbro]] and [[Merriam-Webster]]. New SCRABBLE sets have an insert with NASPA information. The OSPD5 Introduction page has
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'''OSPD4''', the fourth edition of the [[Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary]], was edited in tandem with
the second edition of the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]] (OTCWL2).
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...isory Board]], see the [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/IContact_20150512 official election announcement]
* their membership has been valid since the beginning of the [[2013 National SCRABBLE Championship]];
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Here is a brief introduction to the '''[[2016 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] for overseas visitors''' considering attending.
...ly known as the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]). It features about 500 players and 31 rounds of NASPA- and [[WESPA]]-[[Ratings|rated]] play over five days
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The '''2017 [[North American SCRABBLE Championship]]''' will take place on July 22-26, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency
...eplayers.org/cgi-bin/register.pl Registration] for the 2017 North American Scrabble Championship is now open.
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Here is a brief introduction to the '''[[2017 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] for overseas visitors''' considering attending.
...ly known as the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]). It features about 500 players and 31 rounds of NASPA- and [[WESPA]]-[[Ratings|rated]] play over five days
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...merican perspective, as this is the dominant community in English language Scrabble that does not use Collins already.
Many of these arguments are well-rehearsed, having been advocated by some players since the 1980s, and after the first World Championships in 1991, played th
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Here is a brief introduction to the '''[[2018 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] for overseas visitors''' considering attending.
...ly known as the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]). It features about 500 players and 31 rounds of NASPA- and [[WESPA]]-[[Ratings|rated]] play over five days
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[[Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary]],
the first edition of the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]] (OTCWL).
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Here is a brief introduction to the '''[[2019 North American SCRABBLE Championship]]
...ly known as the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]). It features about 500 players and 31 rounds of NASPA- and [[WESPA]]-[[Ratings|rated]] play over five days
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...fying. Many of today’s top players started out playing Youth and School SCRABBLE. Here are some tips on how to start a club.''
...ee time each week to run the club, and enthusiasm about working with young players.
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Here is a brief introduction to the '''[[2020 North American SCRABBLE Championship]]
...ly known as the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]). It features about 500 players and 31 rounds of NASPA- and [[WESPA]]-[[Ratings|rated]] play over five days
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...x 29's Daytime at 9 with Kimberly and Esteban] invited Ricky to share some Scrabble tips and tricks.
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...interview NASPA members about the release of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 7th Edition (OSPD7):
** November 30, 2022: [https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/scrabble-dictionary-adds-500-new-words/ KDKA-TV] interviews Pittsburgh (PA) NASPA Club #655 dir
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Here is a brief introduction to the '''[[2022 Scrabble Players Championship]]
...is the 32nd Scrabble Championship in North America. It features about 400 players and 31 rounds of NASPA- and [[WESPA]]-[[Ratings|rated]] play over five days
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