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The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary will get its first major update in close to a decade. Players can expect more than 5,000 new words, including four new two-letter words and lots of high-scoring neologisms.

The new wordbook introduces many millennial-approved terms, such as texter, hashtag, vlog, selfie, vodcast, and the game's first fan-elected term: geocache.

This fifth edition of the official dictionary will hit store shelves Wednesday. Merriam-Webster will also publish a digital edition for iOS, Android, and Kindle, available later this month.

"With thousands of new words, this edition will boost scores for players of all levels," says聽John Chew, co-president of North American Scrabble Players Association, in the new edition.聽"Tell your opponent how your letters make you feel with AIYEE, MEH, OOF, or YESSIREE, or show off your GAMEPLAY by scoring 401 points for QUINZHEE!"

While it's extremely unlikely that more than a handful of players will ever see "quinzhee" (a聽shelter made by hollowing out a pile of snow), get ready for a bunch of new two-letter words, including da (slang for dad), gi (a martial arts uniform), po (a chamber pot), and te (the seventh note on the musical scale).聽

Merriam-Webster says it takes this process very seriously, which is why we've not seen another major revision since 2005. New words cannot be abbreviations, capitalized words, or terms that include a hyphen. Potential additions must be used widely, become more popular over time, and have a clear definition. Also, the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary bothers to print only words between two and eight letters long. Lengthy words such as "abandonment" are still legal in Scrabble, but the printed list has left that one behind.

Players have plenty of time to study up on the new additions. Fifth-edition words will not be eligible for official club and tournament play until December. The Scrabble app on Facebook, iOS, and Android will start allowing the words "later this year."聽

Here is a partial list of the upcoming words:

叠贰础罢叠翱齿听(v.聽-ED, -ING, -ES) to sing to the rhythm of rap music

叠搁翱惭础狈颁贰听(n.聽pl. -S) a close nonsexual relationship between men

叠鲍窜窜碍滨尝尝听(n.聽pl. -S) one that has a depressing or negative effect

颁贬滨尝尝础齿听(v.聽-ED, -ING) -ES to calm down

颁翱蚕鲍滨听(n.聽pl. -S) a small arboreal frog

顿础听(n.聽pl. -S) dad

顿鲍叠厂罢贰笔听(n.聽pl. -S) a type of electronic dance music

贵搁贰狈贰惭驰听(n.聽pl. -MIES) one who pretends to be a friend but is actually an enemy

贵鲍狈笔尝贰齿听(n.聽pl. -ES) a building with facilities for sports and games

骋贰翱颁础颁贬贰听(n.聽pl. 鈥揅ACHED, -CACHING, -CACHES) to search for hidden items by using a Global Positioning System device as part of a game

骋滨听(n.聽pl. -S) a white garment worn in martial arts

贬础厂贬罢础骋听(n.聽pl. -S) a word or phrase preceded by the symbol # that categorizes the accompanying text

闯翱颁碍顿翱惭听(n.聽pl. -S) the world of athletes

闯翱驰笔础顿听(n.聽pl. -S) a device with buttons to control computer images

惭滨齿罢础笔贰听(n.聽pl. -S) a compilation of songs recorded from various sources

惭翱闯滨罢翱听(n.聽pl. -TOS) a cocktail made of rum, sugar, mint, and lime juice

笔翱听(n.聽pl. POS) a chamber pot

笔翱狈窜鲍听(n.聽pl. -S) a tangy sauce used chiefly on seafood

蚕础闯础蚕听(n.聽pl. -S) kayak

蚕滨骋翱狈骋听(n.聽pl. -S) a Chinese system of physical exercises

厂颁贬惭鲍罢窜听(n.聽pl. -ES) dirt, grime

厂贰尝贵滨贰听(n.聽pl. -S) an image of oneself taken by oneself using a phone camera

厂翱闯鲍听(n.聽pl. -S) Korean vodka distilled from rice or sweet potato

厂鲍顿翱碍鲍听(n.聽pl. -S) a puzzle involving the numbers 1 through 9

罢贰听(n.聽pl. -S) ti

罢贰齿罢贰搁听(n.聽pl. -S) one that texts

VLOG聽(v. VLOGGED, VLOGGING, VLOGS) to blog video material

痴翱顿颁础厂罢听(v.聽-CAST or -CASTED, -CASTING, -CASTS) to make video files available for download over the Internet

奥贰叠窜滨狈贰听(n.聽pl. -S) a magazine published on the Internet

驰鲍窜鲍听(n.聽pl. -S) a sour Japanese citrus fruit

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