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The lexicon (1) (i.e. all allowable words) of Competitive Scrabble is made up of over 276,000 words, including inflected forms. It spans the whole range of vocabulary in English, including words from slang, dialect, American English etc., which are not normally found in the dictionaries most commonly used when playing Scrabble.
Below are comprehensive lists of the 2 and 3 letter words. Knowledge of these words is essential to play competitive Scrabble. Players with fewer than fifty games to their name can refer to these lists during games. For a printable list of 2 letter words, please click here. For a printable list of 3 letter words, please click here.
Exploring and mastering the lexicon beyond 2 and 3 letter words is a further step to becoming good at Scrabble. To this end, click here for a list of apps that you can download.
If you want to look up if a word is playable and learn its meaning, click here. You can also unscramble any string of letters that makes a word by clicking here.
Becoming good at Scrabble is not just about learning words. It is also about mastering given playing and strategy skills. Click here for a good guide to how to do this.
36th Malta National Scrabble Championship:
Bingos Words & Meanings
[1] The word source of choice in CS is Collins Scrabble Words, which combines the words in the Collins Dictionary with those in the Chambers Dictionary and with those in the Merriam Webster’s Collegiate. The latest version of CSW was published in 2019. You can find new 2 and 3 letter words marked with an asterisk at the top of the list below. Click here for a complete CSW19 Initation Kit.
| *ze | a gender-neutral 3rd person singular subjective pronoun, used instead of 'they' No -S |
| *bae | (US) a person's sweetheart or lover, often used as an affectionate term of address BAES |
| *bao | (Chinese) a steamed dumpling, usually eaten with a filling BAOS |
| *dox | to publish personal information about (a person) on the internet DOXED, DOXES, DOXING |
| *ume | (Japanese) a fleshy yellow fruit, similar to an apricot UMES |
| *vax | short for vaccine and vaccination VAXES |
| *zen | a state of calm attentiveness ZENS |
| *ew | interjection expressing disgust No -S Also EEW, EEEW |
| *ok | interjection expressing assent No -S Also OKAY |
| eew | an interjection used to express disgust, also EEEW. |
