Word list descriptions

  • TWL - Official Tournament and Club Word List or Tournament Word List, referred to as OTaCWL, OWL, or TWL, is the official word authority for tournament Scrabble in the USA, Canada[1], Thailand and Israel[2]. It is based on the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (OSPD) with modifications to make it more suitable for tournament play. Its international counterpart is SOWPODS. See the wikipedia TWL page for further information.
  • SOWPODS - SOWPODS is a term used to refer to the word list used in tournament Scrabble in most countries[1] except the USA, Thailand and Canada. See the wikipedia SOWPODS page for further information.
  • NI2 -The two NI2 word lists are known as “web2” and “web2a”, and have both been widely available for a long time. They are collectively known as the “Air Force” lists. further details on NI2.
  • OSPD - The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary or OSPD is a dictionary developed for use in the game Scrabble, by speakers of United States English. Please see the wikipedia OSPD page for further information.
  • Enable - The Enhanced North American Benchmark LEexicon package provides a 173,000+ word standardized tournament-level master list, more carefully researched than "official" and proprietary lists.
  • Custom - These are words that are either entered manually or imported via a URL.
  • Million Word List - The Million Word List is a combination of all of the above lists (except custom) and many other public word and word phrase lists. It does not contain complete foreign language word lists, although some foreign language words are present.

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