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Twerking, Emoji, and Newb are now completely valid words to use in your next game of Scrabble

Madison Malone Kircher   

Twerking, Emoji, and Newb are now completely valid words to use in your next game of Scrabble
Thelife2 min read

With the newest additions to the official Scrabble word list, even a total newb can lol their way to a win.

Earlier today, the BBC reported that Collins Dictionary revealed 6,500 new words that will now be permitted for gameplay.

The list, which includes words from multiple English speaking countries, features a number of popular-culture terms and internet slang.

The updated list adds words that have become commonplace in modern vernacular.

For example, Apple's video-chat application "Facetime" will now earn players 15 Scrabble points.

Here's a few of the other new additions and their Scrabble points worth:

Emoji - icon used for digital communication (14 points)

Hacktivist - a person who hacks computers for political activism purposes (22 points)

Geocache - a GPS based treasure hunt (16 points)

Lolz -to laugh out loud at others or at oneself (13 points)

Onesie - a one piece article of clothing (6 points)

Vape - to smoke using an electronic device (9 points)

Tweep - a person who uses Twitter (10 points)

Sexting - sending explicit sexual text messages (15 points)

Newb - someone who is new at something (9 points)

Obvs - slang term for obviously (9 points)

Be forewarned, the official Collins online Scrabble checker will not be updated until September 2015, so twerking (which will earn a respectable 15 points) is still technically off-limits for now.

You can check out even more new words here.

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