Welcome!

Scrabble® Club No. 21

San Jose, California

Join us at 6:30 pm on the first and third Wednesdays of every month (except December) at Barnes & Noble Bookstore, located at Westgate Mall (1600 Saratoga Ave)in San Jose. We play for about three hours, and you are welcome to stop by at any time (though latecomers may have to wait until the next round starts). We have all levels of players,from beginning players to experts.

Call Barnes & Noble for directions (408) 370-0444.

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2006 Dictionary Changes!

About three thousand new words were added to the Scrabble dictionary on March 1st, 2006!

New Two-Letter Words (5)

FE KI OI QI ZA

New Three-Letter Words (41)

AGS AHI AHS APO APP BES CIG CRU DAN DEF DIF DUH EDS EEK FAB FES GOS IGG KIS KYE MEG MIC MYC NEG OBA ODA ONO PST QIS RAI SOM SUK URP UTE VID VUM YAG ZAS ZEP ZUZ ZZZ

New Four-Letter Words (126)

AHED AHIS APOS APPS BERK BIDI BIOG BIRO BLOG BOHO BORK BRUX BUBU BUNA BURB CAMO CHAI CIGS COKY CORS CRED CRIT DANS DELT DENI DIFF DIFS DINO ECHT EMMY ENUF ESNE EXED FABS FEEB FEST FLIR GITE GLAM GORM GOTH GROK HAKU HIMS IGGS JIVY JUCO JUKU KELT KLIK KOIS KOJI KORA KUFI KUNA KUNE KYES LATU LILO LIPA LIPE LOID LUMA LYCH MARA MASA MEDS MEGA MEGS MEME MERC MICS MIPS MOSH MYCS NAFF NALA NAPA NEGS OAKY OBAS ODAH ODAS ONOS PACY PERE PERP PERV PLEX POMO POXY PTUI PUPU PYRO QADI RAGG RAIS RAKU SHWA SIDH SIKA SOBA SOCA SOMS SPAM STOT SUKS TECH TEGG TOPO TRES TROG TYIN UDON URPS UTES VIDS WHUP YAGS YEPS YOUS YUTZ ZEPS ZINE ZONA ZOUK

See the definitions for the new two- and three-letter words at the NSA Dictionary Committee's website
See all the new words and changes at the NSA Dictionary Committee's website

Upcoming Scrabble Tournaments

2008 Winter Reno (Martin Luther King Jr.) Tournament at John Ascuaga's Nugget, Sparks, Nevada, January 18th to 21st
Tournament Details

2008 Silicon Valley Showdown Tournament at PruneYard Inn, Campbell, Calif., May 24th to 26th
Tournament Details

Other Local Clubs and Tournaments

For complete up-to-date Bay Area club and tournament information, please see the San Francisco Bay Area Scrabble Page.

Other Scrabble Info

If you have more Scrabble questions, you might want to checkSteven Alexander's Scrabble FAQ. You can find the officialrules, lists of other clubs, along with answers to nearly anyScrabble-related questions imaginable.

To play online with other internet opponents, check out theDOoM FAQfor crossword games.

To buy the Hasbro Scrabble CD-ROM, try this link:

Helga Williams maintains a page full of pictures of Scrabbleplayers across the nation. Helga's Rogues' Gallery

For information on the best Scrabble clock in existence, seethe SamTimer home page.

Other Scrabble Clubs and Organizations

Mail Sherrie Saint-John for information about joining Scrabble-related mailing lists.
Mail Stella for information about joining the OSPD-specific Scrabble-related mailing list.
Metagrams has online games using both OSPD and OSW wordlists, as well as a free Windows CE-based study program.
Hasbro Scrabble has word definitions and an online anagram tool--just don't use it _during_ the game.
Wajin's Japanese Scrabble page (requires Japanese fonts)
BrainGamez claims to have an online Scrabble game.

Recommended Books

Word Freak: Tournament player Stefan Fatsis reveals the inside stories on the North American Scrabble scene.
Everything Scrabble

Great Casino Guide

If you're interested in online casino games and Internet poker, I strongly recommend CasinoGuide.com

For more information

If you have Scrabble-related questions, please make sure you'vechecked the Scrabble FAQ first.Other questions, suggestions, and comments can be e-mailed to kablooey@gmail.com.Thanks!

Director: Rick Wong

Recent Change History: -->
S1H: Updated sponsor links, add link to Showdown 2008 event.
RA7: Added sponsor links and link to MLK 2008 event.
R1G: Added link to WCC 2007 event at the Nugget.
Q2S: Added new TWL2 dictionary info. Added links to Showdown and WCC events.