The Official SCRABBLE ® Players Dictionary, Fourth Edition

GREAT BUY

This book is not just for Scrabble players. This is a great buy if you do crossword puzzles of any sort. Its great because it also doubles as a dictionary. So even if you want to expand on your vocabulary its a great buy. It makes a great gift for a student, a friend or family member who playes the game, and those that want to learn.

7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

Official Scrabble players dictionary is Super

We use it for our nightly games of Scrabble as well as Upwords. We've found that it has many new words than are not in our earlier version. My husband used the word "zep", thinking it referred to a zeppelin. We learned that it is a long sandwich.

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Great for Scrabble Lovers!

My husband and I kept arguing over which words were usable in a scrabble game. Now, we just look them up in the Official Scrabble Dictionary!

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Scrabble

This new Scribble Scrabble Dictionary will settle problems you have while playing Scabble, like deciding if a word is a word or not. It will make sure you play by the rules. Handy Tips:It was made in 2005, so not all that new, ya know? But 1 last thing, Merriam Webster is the BOMB!!! I have the dictionary.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Learn the meaning of the words you use playing Scrabble

We already had a book listing acceptable Scrabble words. But on ocassion we wanted to know the meaning of these often obscure words, especially the 2 letter ones, that are seldom used in polite conversation. Our need for "meaning" reached the threshold for purchase after a long debate over the validity of the recently added 2 letter word "qi", the eastern philosopy term for the essential life force, previously spelled "chi" as in "tai chi". Having now used the book several times, it has been fascinating to learn the accepted meaning of these words.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

The Official Scrabble Dictionary Fourth Edition is of very limited use.

With over 100,000 entries, The Official Scrabble Dictionary Fourth Edition has far too many foreign words. The type is too small for people with even slightly impaired vision to read. It is of very little use to older people wanting to use conventional English-language words and spelling. I would not recommend this dictionary to anyone not wishing to learn the terms for plants and foods in India, Spain, and many other countries, Cajun cooking, and other non-English terminology as well as modern slang and colloquialisms.

I purchased this dictionary to go along with my new Scrabble Diamond Anniversary Edition game, which is an excellent product with storage space for a scrabble dictionary. The Fourth Edition dictionary, however, at one and one-half inches thick, is at least a quarter-inch too thick to fit into the storage compartment.

I will continue to use my several decades old edition.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Scrabble Bible!

When I saw my sister using a dictionary dated 1978, I purchased the Scrabble dictionary for both of us. It's amazing the words included and are usable for this game. There are words I would not have expected and many which could assist with a winning score. The high point letters are a must read as there are a few surprise words. No one should use an outdated dictionary for this game!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary

This book is very useful for avid Scrabble players and for people who don't want much detail in definitions of words. but for those who love words for themselves, this book disappoints. If you ignore the rule that says only words in this dictionary count in a Scrabble game, you'll offend the game's purists but have more fun looking up words in a standard dictionary, or better yet, a number of standard and maybe not so standard dictionaries. If discussing word meanings, origins, and uses is part of the fun of a game of Scrabble for you, this is only a baby dictionary, a list with only thumbnail definitions, not a word treasure horde the way the Websters' Unabridged Dictionaries and Oxford English Dictionary function.

David Isaacson

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

How to have Scrabble success

This dictionary was very unique. I was introduced to words I had never seen before in print. A must for those individuals who are really into words.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Fourth Edition

as a scrabble dictionary I found some actual words missing which some players say invalidate the word. Which is insane since these words are used everyday and would be found in a regular dictionary.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Best Scrabble dictionary

I never knew there were so many words that I did not know. I use it all the time.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

good service

i would order from barnes an noble again. very good service.

Missing words?

I sure hope this edition has the word "privilege" in it - the 3rd edition did not!

AGREE FOR ONCE ON WHAT DICTIONARY TO USE AND END ALL CHALLENGE DEBATES

If your family plays Scrabble, then you are familiar with the Challenge rules and how binding they are. One of the rules is that "everyone" must agree on the dictionary to use in the Challenge. Now that we have the "Official Scrabble Dictionary" to play with, we know what slang is in, what is out, what prefixes are real words, and how do you really spell that word,and on and on and on. Quit arguing! Look it up already! Look up those challenged words and expand your vocabulary when you find out they are real words, but mean something else. I'd much rather expand my vocabulary, than have useless arguments about what is or is not slang.
The book is endorsed by the National Scrabble Association and that makes it even better and is by Meerriam-Webster. How can that get any better. Everyone who buys a dictionary knows Merriam-Webster. So, as I say, end ALL debates.

Excellent Resource for the Scrabble Fan

The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary is a must-have for anyone who plays Scrabble on a regular basis. Handy paperback size (fits in the game box) keeps it accessible. Words are clearly organized in alphabetical order; pronunciations and definitions are included for additional illumination. A great way to figure out how to combine that odd assortment of letters!

just what I needed for my scrabble game with friends

Really enjoying this purchase

Don't play a game without it!

Will end arguments and start them. A great book to have while playing a great game!

Useful for new and experienced scrabble players

very helpful and also gives short definition

Good book to have on hand for Scrabble

We use this every time we play Scrabble. I wish it was a bit larger so that the book could be thin enough to keep in the Scrabble box. I also wish it had larger or bold print. But it does the job.

What happened to...?

I can't tell you how often my husband and I have looked up common words and they aren't in there, which means the word can't be played. One such word is 'carie', which means a tooth cavety. While we can use the Websters dictionary as well we'd hoped to be able to carry just one book when we travel with our game. We are very dissapointed in this dictionary.