Scrabble adds almost 2,000 words to their dictionary including ‘nibling’ ‘yeet’ and ‘imma’ – so how many do YOU know?

Scrabble has added nearly 2,000 new words to the dictionary, including modern slang words like “sitch” and “noobie.”

Officials have upgraded the popular board game to better reflect current language usage.

In the first major update in four years, the Scrabble dictionary now supports words like “nibling,” which refers to your sibling’s child, and “doncha,” a shorthand for “don’t you.”

The word ‘yeet’ also counts now. It can be used both as a verb to throw something with force, and as an interjection to express excitement or enthusiasm.

Scrabble players can now also score points with “sitch,” short for “situation,” and “noobie,” or newbie, meaning newcomer.

Now words like ‘Imma’ (I’m going), tomoz (tomorrow) and coulda (could have) have also been added.

But it’s not just shortened words that feature on the latest edition of Official Scrabble Words, published by Collins.

Players can now earn points by preparing dishes such as bancham (small Korean dishes) and birria (a Mexican beef stew).

Terms popularized through social media, such as “grammable,” something worth sharing on Instagram, are also included in the list.

‘Floof’, a very hairy animal, is also one of the adjectives that should be added to the existing 279,073 words.

The latest edition of the dictionary, which was publishedapproved by the makers Mattel and WESPA (World English-Language Scrabble Players Association) and will be used in tournaments and club competitions from January 1, 2025.

Mary O’Neill, editor-in-chief of Collins Dictionaries, told the Sun: ‘From three-letter gems like “ack” and “int” to top scorers like “qameez” and “zonkey”, tournament and recreational players alike can now add many new words to their arsenal of potential winners.’

Scrabble has been around for about 91 years and more than 150 million sets have been bought and sold worldwide in 29 languages.

Scrabble is played by members of the royal family, including King Charles and Queen Camilla, former US President Barack Obama, Jennifer Aniston and Oprah

American architect Alfred Mosher Butts invented the game in 1933, when the country was struggling with the Great Depression and massive job losses.

Today, the game is played by members of the royal family, such as King Charles and Queen Camilla, former US President Barack Obama, Jennifer Aniston and Oprah.

It comes after the beloved board game underwent a change for the first time in its 75-year history as part of a new push for “inclusivity” aimed at deterring people who find the word game too “intimidating” from giving up the game.

Scrabble now comes with a simpler version printed on the back of the original board, especially for those with limited knowledge of dictionaries and thesauruses.

The new game from owner Mattel is called Scrabble Together and will have a second side “to make the game more accessible to anyone who finds word games intimidating.”

The decision to give the game a new twist came after research by Scrabble found that 75 percent of people aged 25 to 34 had to look up whether certain words were real while playing the game.

Scrabble has been around for about 91 years and more than 150 million sets have been bought and sold worldwide in 29 languages

A survey of 2,000 adults found that nearly half of Scrabble players have also tried making up words.

In an increasingly digital world, the research showed the importance of switching off, with over half saying board games help them relax.

The new game is designed for children ages eight and up. It is a family-friendly game that can be shorter than the original head scratcher game.

Designed with “inclusivity and collaboration in mind,” Scrabble Together allows players to work as a team to complete “objective cards.” Different difficulty levels are included as options, and a simpler scoring system is used.

This means that participants do not compete with each other for the highest score by placing their tiles in strategically placed spots.

Instead, the winner can be the first to complete 20 “goal” tasks, such as “play a three-letter word” or “play a word that touches the edge of the board.”

They can also use ‘help cards’ with suggestions, but a player loses if he uses up all of his help cards without achieving a goal.