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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
+\r
+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
+\r
+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
+\r
+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
+\r
+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
+\r
+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
+\r
+\r
+---\r
+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
+\r
+\r
+\r
+--Alan Beale\r