Collins Scrabble Words, the list for the UK and most of the English-speaking world.
Collins Scrabble Words (formerly SOWPODS) is the word list used in English-language tournament Scrabble in most countries except the USA, Thailand and Canada.
The term SOWPODS is an anagram of the two acronyms OSPD (Official Scrabble Players Dictionary) and OSW (Official Scrabble Words), the two official dictionaries used in different parts of the world at the time. Although both have since changed their titles, tournament players still say SOWPODS for the combination of the two.
No printed list called SOWPODS was ever produced, but today’s Collins Scrabble Words, or CSW, is in effect the full SOWPODS list under a different name. Its North American counterpart is the TWL dictionary.
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The Tournament Word List is the official word list for club and tournament Scrabble in North America. It is based on the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary with words that are allowed in tournaments.
187,532 words of 2-15 letters
SOWPODS - today Collins Scrabble Words - combines the American and British word lists. It is used in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and in most international tournaments.
276,663 words of 2-15 letters
The English set has 100 tiles: 98 letters and 2 blanks, which score nothing but can be any letter.