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CURRENT EDITION Currently, North American tournament Scrabble uses the second edition of OWL (variously referred to as OWL2, OTCWL2, TWL2, and TWL06). This version was created by the National Scrabble Association Dictionary Committee in late 2005 and was effective March 1, 2006. OWL2 is based on OSPD 3-OSPD 4 but incorporates "offensive" words. WORD COUNT The list for 2006 (a.k.a. TWL06) contains 178,691 words Internet Scrabble Club word lists of which:
OTHER WORD AUTHORITIES Unlike the '' Official Scrabble Players Dictionary '', OWL is a list and does not include definitions. Print versions of OWL can be purchased only through the NSA. OWL also contains 167 "offensive" words that had been excised from OSPD in OSPD3. OWL is supplemented by the NSA Dictionary Committee's Official Long Words List, which includes all 10-15 letter words not already included in the OWL. The word list was compiled using ''Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary'', 10th edition. SEE ALSO REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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