Four years after its last update, the official Merriam-Webster Scrabble Dictionary is having around 300 new words added to the ranks.
AsAP reports, 20 of those start with Q, like āQapikā, which is āa monetary unit of Azerbaijan, equal to 1/100 of the Azerbaijani manatā. Also added are some Asian culinary treasures, like ābibimbapā and āsrirachaā, while Italians get āaranciniā.
āZenā is included, notable because itās weird it wasnāt already, which you could also say for āOKā, since I swear Iāve been using that for years.
The internet has predictably played a big part too, with words like ābotnetā, āfacepalmā, āhivemindā, āemojiā and āsheepleā making the cut.
Of all the new words added though, Lexicographer Peter Sokolowski, editor at large at Merriam-Webster, has a favourite: āmacronā, not for its scoring ability, but because āI just like what it means.ā
