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- THE MW10ADD WORD LIST\r
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-The Merriam-Webster's Collegiate dictionary, tenth edition, generally\r
-referred to as MW10, is by far the most significant English dictionary for\r
-the American Scrabble (r) player. It is the only source for long words\r
-(more than 8 letters) permitted in tournament Scrabble play. Additionally,\r
-it is one of the source dictionaries from which OSPD (r), the authority for\r
-short words in tournament play, was compiled. It should be noted that,\r
-even though the name MW10 is cited as if it defined a unique reference,\r
-revisions of MW10 are printed regularly, generally with a number of new\r
-words added each printing. But because the OSPD is also published by\r
-Merriam-Webster, OSPD has done a far better job of tracking changes to\r
-MW10 than for any other of the source dictionaries. (We have identified\r
-over 4000 words from the other source dictionaries eligible for but\r
-omitted from OSPD. The ENABLE2K supplement includes the file OSPDADD.LST,\r
-which lists these words, together with eligible words from the Encarta (r)\r
-World English Dictionary, which is not an OSPD source dictionary.)\r
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-Despite the above, we have identified about 250 words listed in or implied\r
-by the 1999 edition of MW10 which are not in OSPD or, as far as we can\r
-tell, in the TWL98 list which governs tournament Scrabble play. These\r
-words have all been added to the ENABLE WORD.LST; additionally, we have\r
-listed them in the file MW10ADD.LST. These words fall into three classes.\r
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-One class is composed of words which have been added to MW10 since\r
-1998. This includes words like "ecoterrorist", "velociraptor" and "tyiyn"\r
-(a currency unit of Kyrgyzstan). We feel safe in predicting that whenever\r
-the official word list for tournament Scrabble is revised, whether via a\r
-revision of OSPD or a TWL200x replacing TWL98, these words will be on it.\r
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-Another class of MW10ADD.LST words is made up of words which have been in\r
-MW10 for some time, but which appear to have been overlooked in the\r
-assembly or maintenance of OSPD. Most of these words are plurals of nouns\r
-which are listed by OSPD as adjectives, such as "gnostics" and "modernes".\r
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-The third class of words is potentially more controversial. This list\r
-consists of plurals implied by MW10, but not listed in OSPD or, as far as\r
-we can tell, in TWL98. Examples of such words are "inions", "archentera"\r
-and "testatrixes". These words were identified as part of a larger\r
-effort to identify plurals omitted from OSPD and TWL98, which is discussed\r
-in excruciating detail in the file PLURALS.DOC in the ENABLE2K supplement.\r
-It is also worth mentioning that very few of these plural forms are\r
-explicitly listed in MW10, and therefore that the validity of some or all\r
-of them is open to debate. This is in contrast to the words in the first\r
-two classes, for which the evidence is unequivocal.\r
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-Because of the importance of MW10 to the serious Scrabble player, we\r
-believe the inclusion of all these words in the ENABLE2K WORD.LST to be\r
-completely justified. However, they are of course not yet considered\r
-acceptable in tournament Scrabble play. Users of ENABLE who would prefer\r
-to exclude these words can easily do so using the MAKELIST utility in the\r
-ENABLE2K supplement, the UNIX comm command, or, in the worst case, a text\r
-editor.\r
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-Scrabble is a trademark of the Milton Bradley Co., Inc.\r
-The OSPD is a trademark of the Milton Bradley Co., Inc.\r
-Encarta is a trademark of the Microsoft Corp.\r
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---Alan Beale\r
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