Scrabble Glossary — Words Only

Definitions for 125 common Scrabble terms, A–Z
125 words
ADJUDICATION (WORD LOOKUP) AEROLITH ALPHAGRAM ANAGRAM ANAMONIC BACK HOOK
BINGO (BONUS / SEVEN) BLANK BLOCKER (BLOCKING MOVE) BLOWOUT BOARD VISION BONUS
BONUS SQUARE BRAILING BURN CARDBOX CASE [LETTER] CENTER STAR (STAR) CHALLENGE
CHANGE CLOCK (TIMER) CLOSED BOARD COFFEE-HOUSING
COLLINS SCRABBLE WORDS (CSW / COLLINS / SOWPODS) CONSOGRAM CONSONANT-HEAVY
COUNTBACK COUNTER CROSS-TABLES CUM (CUMULATIVE SCORE) DEFENDER
DLS (DOUBLE LETTER SCORE) DLS-DLS DOUBLE CHALLENGE DOUBLE-DOUBLE (FOUR-TIMER)
DOUBLE-TRIPLE DUMP DUPLICATE DWS (DOUBLE WORD SCORE) ELO ENDGAME ENTROPY EQUITY
EXCHANGE (CHANGE / "PASSING n") EXTENSION FALSE WORD FLOATER FOUR-TIMER
FRONT HOOK GOING OUT GOING OVER GOODIES HOLD HOOK HOT SPOT KEEP
KITCHEN TABLE PLAYER/PARLOR PLAYER/CASUAL PLAYER)
LADDER (STAIR-STEP / STAIRCASE) LANE LEAVE (KEEP) LEXICON MARGIN (SPREAD)
NASPA (North American Scrabble Players Association) NATURAL (NATURAL BINGO)
NEUTRALIZE (THE CLOCK) NWL (North American Word List / OTaCWL / TWL) OPEN BOARD
OSPD (Official Scrabble Players Dictionary) OTaCWL (TWL) OUTPLAY (PLAY OUT)
OVERDRAW OVERLAP (PARALLEL PLAY / UNDERLAP) OVERTIME PARALLEL PLAY PASS PASS OUT
PHONY (PHONEY / FALSE WORD/ NON-GO) POINT PENALTY CHALLENGE POST-MORTEM
POWER TILES ("GOODIES") PRE-ENDGAME PREMIUM SQUARE PRO-TILES Q STICK QUACKLE
RACK RACK BALANCING (RACK MANAGEMENT) RANKING RATING SET-UP SEVEN SHAPE
SIMPLE PLAY SIMULATE (SIM) SINGLE CHALLENGE SOWPODS SPREAD
STAIR-STEP (STAIRCASE) STEM STICK SYNERGY TAILOR (ONE'S RACK) THROUGH-PLAY
TIME PENALTY TIMER TLS (TRIPLE LETTER SCORE) TOURNAMENT TILES (PRO-TILES)
TRACKING (TILE TRACKING) TRIPLE-TRIPLE TURNOVER TWL TWS (TRIPLE WORD SCORE)
TWS-TWS UNDERLAP UNSEEN (POOL) VOLATILITY VOWEL CONSONANT RATIO VOWEL DUMP
VOWEL-HEAVY VOWELITIS WGPO (Word Game Players Organization) WOOGLES WORD JUDGE
WOW (WGPO Official Words) ZYZZYVA