• The 6th edition of “The Official Scrabble Players Dictionariy” includes 300 new words.
  • Words like “twerk” and “Sriracha” made the cut.
  • Here are more of the wildest new words that are officially Scrabble approved.
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The 6th edition of “The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary” was released by Merriam-Webster last September and boasts 300 new words. It was last updated in 2014.

We’ve rounded up 21 of the most controversial new words that are officially Scrabble approved. That includes some that you could have sworn were already in there, like “zen” and “ew,” to words you might have never heard of, like “bokeh” or “aquafaba.” Plus, we included their definitions from the online Scrabble Dictionary.

Keep reading to see what words you need to add to your repertoire as soon as possible.


OK

Foto: Thumbs up usually means ok.sourceAP

OK – (adjective) all right


Ew

Foto: Gross.sourceJohn Pratt/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Ew - (interjection) used to express disgust


Sheeple

Foto: Wake up, sheeple.sourceJ. Bicking/Shutterstock

Sheeple - (noun) people likened to sheep


Twerk

Foto: Revelers watch each other twerk to music from a nearby club along Bourbon Street.sourceAdrees Latif/Reuters

Twerk - (verb) to dance by shaking the buttocks while squatting


Yowza

Foto: Total shock.sourceDisney/Lucasfilm

Yowza - (interjection) used to express surprise


Puggle

Foto: Puggles are a mix of pugs and beagles.sourceElizabeth Winterbourne/Shutterstock

Puggle - (noun) a kind of dog


Facepalm

Foto: Unamused.sourceParamount Domestic Television

Facepalm - (verb) to cover the face with the hand


Bizjet

Foto: A pianist tunes a piano near a business jet.sourceAndy Wong/AP Images

Bizjet - (noun) a small airplane used for business


Nubber

Foto: Not going far at all.sourceTom Szczerbowski/Getty Images

Nubber - (noun) a weakly hit ball


Sriracha

Foto: Sriracha hot sauce.sourceSteven Depolo / Flickr

Sriracha - (noun) a spicy pepper sauce


Zomboid

Foto: Zombie costumes.sourceVCG/Getty Images

Zomboid - (adjective) resembling zombies


Emoji

Foto: Emojis.sourceEdoardo Maggio/Business Insider

Emoji - (noun) a small computer symbol used to express emotion


Zen

Foto: It stems from Zen Buddhism.sourceColumbia Pictures

Zen - (noun) a state of calm attentiveness


Macaron

Foto: Macarons are a popular French pastry.sourceMichal Osmenda/Wikimedia Commons

Macaron - (noun) a cookie with filling in the middle


Cotija

Foto: It's named after the town of Cotija in the Mexican state of Michoacán.sourceShutterstock

Cotija - (noun) a Mexican cheese


Arancini

Foto: A plate of arancini.sourceFlickr/kennejima

Arancini - (plural noun) balls of cooked rice


Schneid

Foto: Christian Pulisic of the US Men's National Team reacts to their loss to Trinidad and Tobago during the FIFA World Cup Qualifier match.sourceAshley Allen/Getty Images

Schneid - (noun) a series of losses


Bibimbap

Foto: Bibimbap.sourcesangsoo lee/Shutterstock

Bibimbap - (noun) a dish of cooked rice and vegetables


Aquafaba

Foto: Aquafaba.sourceOlya Detry/Shutterstock

Aquafaba - (noun) the liquid that results when beans are cooked in water


Hivemind

Foto: Like a beehive.sourceJoe Raedle/Getty Images

Hivemind - (noun) the shared ideas of a group


Bokeh

Foto: It's a Japanese word.sourceShutterstock

Bokeh - (noun) the blurred quality of a photograph


Bestie

Foto: Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence are a pair of famous besties.sourceJordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Bestie - (noun) a person who someone likes very much