Scrabble stays dench with new words for the lolz

Scrabble players can now say, 'That's Quinzhee for 29 points'. Credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire

For the first time since 2011, Scrabble has updated its list of words ... and some people are not going to be happy about it.

In a bid to remain "dench", the Collins Scrabble word list has added a stunning 6,500 new words.

"Lolz", "shizzle", "cakehole" and the obligatory "sexting" are among a host of slang words used on social media, in texts and on the street that are now available to fans of the traditional word game.

Here are just some of the delights that can now be used to outwit your opponents:

  • Augh - interjection expressing frustration (8 points)

  • Bezzy - best friend (18 points)

  • Blech - interjection expressing disgust (12 points)

  • Cakeages - charges in a restaurant for serving cake brought in from outside (15 points)

  • Cakehole - mouth (17 points)

  • Dench - excellent (11 points)

  • Devo - short for devolution (8 points)

  • Eew - exclamation of disgust (6 points)

It could be time to get emotional over emojis while playing. Credit: David Parry/PA Wire

  • Emoji - digital icon used in electronic communication (14 points)

  • Grr - interjection expressing anger or annoyance (4 points)

  • Hacktivist - person who hacks computer systems for political reasons (22 points)

  • Hashtag - a word or phrase preceded by a hashmark on Twitter (14 points)

  • Lolz - laughs, as in laughs out loud lots (13 points)

  • Lotsa - lots of (5 points)

  • Newb - newbie (9 points)

  • Obvs - obviously (9 points)

  • Onesie - one-piece garment (6 points)

  • Quinzhee - shelter made from hollowed-out snow (29 points)

Vape is worth less than cigarette when it comes to points in Scrabble. Credit: John Stillwell/PA Wire

  • Ridic - ridiculous (8 points)

  • Schvitz - to sweat (24 points)

  • Sexting - practice of sending sexually explicit text messages (15 points)

  • Shizzle - a slang term usually for sure (18 points)

  • Tuneage - music (8 points)

  • Twerking - type of dance involving rapid hip movement (16 points)

  • Vape - to inhale nicotine vapour from an electronic cigarette (9 points)

  • Waah - interjection used to express wailing (10 points)

  • Wuz - non-standard spelling of was (15 points)

  • Yeesh - interjection used to express frustration (11 points)

'Schvitz' could help see you beat your Scrabble opponents. Credit: Stephen Pond/EMPICS Sport

Some of the highest-scoring new words are "quinzhee" (29 points - an Inuit snow shelter) and schvitz ("24 points" - to sweat).

Helen Newstead, head of language content at Collins, said: "Dictionaries have always included formal and informal English, but it used to be hard to find printed evidence of the use of slang words.

"Now people use slang in social media posts, tweets, blogs, comments, text messages - you name it - so there's a host of evidence for informal varieties of English that simply didn't exist before."