Anime Just Changed Scrabble Forever

[@maglev0789]

Today I learned that even Scrabble has powercreep.

[@jofx4051]

Oh god 😂

[@pronoobtrix]

Wow i was not expecting to see you here maglev

[@andy02q]

Qi is still a more powerful addition than uwu is, but sometimes powercreep happens by adding more good things instead of one new most powerful thing.

[@CandidCat-Sunflowa]

epic gosha fan

[@doublex85]

But does the Scrabble dictionary have the word "powercreep"?

[@SjefDriscoll]

It's so wild that scrabble gets balance updates just by people saying words...

[@adam_sandler]

I assure you anything related to language is a phenomenal field, I major in linguistics and the whiplash between academia and "what does 'fuck' imply", "how widespread is 'goblin mode'" etc is so amazing

[@mertaliyigit3288]

​@@adam_sandler hi, can i ask is there a resource/website where i can learn about stuff like that?

[@featherofajay4667]

Replying cause I'd love to know that too, if there is something like that

[@adam_sandler]

@@mertaliyigit3288 couldn't really tell you, this stuff mostly comes up in lectures as part of a derailed conversation. if you want meanings, look into semantics; and if you want usages, look into syntax. anyone who works w/ language probably has anecdotes about funny topics that they came across. if you want to see people talk really formally about swearing, look into "expletive infixation": it's the way to call putting a swear in the middle of a word for emphasis (e.g. "will fucking anderson") and there is a LOT of writing on when you can and can't do it.

[@Theonethatjusthere]

​@@adam_sandlerCan you please tell me where I can learn more about stuff like this?It sounds super interesting

[@Jimmy_Jim_Jimmy]

I can’t wait for Nigel to Bingo with “Chungus”

[@KM-fl5jq]

Just to open a hook for "Shart" x.x

[@HappilyMundane]

"AND THE CHUNGUS OUT OF NOWHERE, NOBODY COULD HAVE SEEN IT COMING, THE STADIUM IS IN UPROAR, WHAT A HUGE UPSET!"

[@loganhinrichs5493]

Dude I scrolled down halfway through the video and though "oh that's a funny joke" but NO THEY ACTUALLY ADDED CHUNGUS

[@mattcanik]

kzbin.infoUgkx0CmOHH1AbaJm5RcynPU_W-qv1vEBpH8H?si=pZfW8d7W3AxjHpwC my favorite headset moment so far, but chungus will take the cake

[@Tryh4rd3rr]

それは面白いね！

[@Q_z_]

Unbelievably, this is not a shitpost, which is also now a legal word.

[@banana9494]

Of course "Laggy" was lagging behind in getting added

[@gwentarinokripperinolkjdsf683]

Out of context laggy sounds like an obscure old english word

[@JorWat25]

​@@gwentarinokripperinolkjdsf683The OED has usage for 'laggy' meaning 'sluggish' going back to 1860. "He appears perfectly incapable of strong fighting. Gribbin was slow, laggy and pointless; while his adversary was active and stubborn."

[@TheKFB]

Just think, in a year you can go over all the games played with "waifu" and do your own waifu tierlist

[@wanderer15]

Fantastic idea

[@SheckoEWOW]

Ranking Scrabble waifus

[@DouePls]

the fact that “uwu” is going to change the scrabble meta is very funny to me

[@yusheitslv100]

The fact that scrabble has a meta is funny in of itself

[@notcyfhr]

@@yusheitslv100ikr I never took it seriously until I learned there are national and international scrabble tournaments. Then I was like dam some people make a living off of it. I also knew that uwu would be meta because the rule of thumb is the more common a letter with an uncommon letter in a small amount of letters is always good. Smaller usually means better in this game at least that’s what I’ve heard

[@LivingRacoon]

Guys, you're missing the best part: "YEET" is now a valid word, and we can live out that one classic scrabble Vine in a game now.

[@dudono1744]

Well, YET was already an option so it's not that crazy.

[@flirora]

And with the CSW-only YOTE# as well!

[@alexpotts6520]

@@flirora Oh, YOTE is definitely an archaic past tense of YEET. I think God yote a few people in Leviticus.

[@InvalidOS]

a particularly surprising addition is that apparently "headbutt" wasn't added until now? i was really surprised by that

[@Scienceboy0]

My guess is it was just used as two separate words "head butt" for the majority of its existence.

[@InvalidOS]

@@Scienceboy0 probably. i think headbutt's probably been around longer than most of the words on here though

[@alexpotts6520]

That's wild. Like, what the hell? Fortunately, "butthead" is in there! So most of the time you could still get your bingo down.

[@augustgremaud2738]

I’d never have guessed, ‘cause growing up the only time I remember reading it was as a Pokémon move…where it’s written “Headbutt”.

[@wanderer15]

HEADBUTT is one of the craziest long-time omissions, but BUTTHEAD has somehow been good for quite a while!

[@levih.2158]

Devastating my opponent by making the winning play: ASSHAT

[@thatoneguy9582]

staring em right in the eye as i drop the word on the board

[@half_real]

for a butthead, an asshat is just a regular hat

[@SirGryflet]

So it was you who had the last two S's

[@lisatroiani6119]

POWER WORD: *ASSHAT*

[@hansle170]

Oof, the end note at the end showing that h*ntai is valid too lmao

[@Ikxi]

I didn't even catch that......

[@PhoenixFlight94]

A word is a word even if it has a vulgar definition

[@sorenmine7765]

Porn has probably been valid for a while though.

[@SF3L]

@@PhoenixFlight94it’s still funny to see or imagine someone playing “hentai” in a game of scrabble

[@PhoenixFlight94]

@@SF3L it's kind of happened already kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnqYiWuBbLllZqMsi=KdQ6SLW9oFvNCtS8

[@alexpotts6520]

I can't tell you how often I've seen WAIF hit the board and think, "why can't I U-hook that". Move over QUIP(U), there's a new U-hook in town.

[@ssgohan296]

I can't wait for Will to cover a match where waif gets turned into waifu with uwu.

[@wanderer15]

Gotta take all the U-hooks we can get!

[@rachelblaquiere9134]

The triumvirate of words that shaped Scrabble: - the circulating life force whose existence and properties are the basis of much Chinese philosophy and medicine - US slang for pizza - uwu

[@TheMNZGrandeRio]

What's the second one?

[@Nbgfghfd]

@@TheMNZGrandeRio za

[@3345dbshockwave]

Qi, Za and Uwu lol

[@cicalinarrot]

"Za" is actually just the italian translation of "Qi", trust me, I'm italian.

[@rachelblaquiere9134]

@@cicalinarrot I've had some pizzas that were good enough to warrant being called a life force so that's fair

[@DuncanEllis]

There is a famous quote about how adding regexes to solve a problem now means you have two problems, but I'm unreasonably excited about "regex" being added. It's a useful word for a useful programming tool.

[@youre_mom1]

no regexp is unfortunate though

[@joeljude9180]

Regex should definitely be in there and is commonly used and fun to say. As a Python tutor I'm excited too XD

[@joegurt9053]

I feel like there's nothing nerdier than getting excited about regex being added to Scrabble but I'm right there with you lol

[@nocakewalk]

Everybody stand back I know regex Also, how wild would it be if xkcd was a scrabble word.

[@kepstin]

An interesting thing about regex is that it has an alternate, less used, spelling "regexp". Would be neat to have that available as well.

[@silentstorm731]

i’m excited for the extremely rare o hook on husband.

[@HazhMcMoor]

@@silentstorm731 unfortunately gender inequality strikes here

[@affegpus4195]

You got himbo thou

[@jakepfrag]

Wildest patchnotes video I've ever seen. The meta shakeup is insane.

[@DearIey]

cant wait for the amazing bingo of gooning to hit the board one day, the day scrabble players start gooning on the board will be remembered for sure!

[@DeviousHands]

might be useful for defensive plays or setting up late bingos but "ongoing" takes ths same tileset for now

[@thekindestfeeling]

A titan of a play would be to play jelq though

[@prodtheontar]

i love scrabble so much that ive already been doing this

[@hiimemily]

@@thekindestfeeling opening with "jelqing" for 114 and immediately being thrown out of the tournament

[@nathanielreichert4638]

And also rizzlord

[@irakyl]

Will, I don't say this lightly, but you truly are the big chungus of Genshin Impact.

[@wanderer15]

if I had a nickel for every time I've heard that I'd be rich

[@jkid1134]

Hi! A "waifu pillow" is called a dakimakura. (It is not Scrabble legal.)

[@バカ-l9o]

Yet.

smug smug

[@J7Handle]

That’s probably too obscure to count. However, if it’s not in already, I can imagine some of the dere terms like tsundere making their way in. Maybe even the genres or demographics like isekai and shonen.

@@J7Handle yandere , tsundere, kuudere , deredere , ...

[@Katt1n]

I want one for christmas

[@DubYuhGChoppa]

If someone plays "Waifu" the only acceptable response is to play "Bruh"

[@RealFluidWRLD]

My response is hanging me if that happens

[@WhyIsJupiterInTheFridge]

My response would be “im out”

[@Kanbei11]

At least now we also have BRUV in case you pulled the V

[@AkashG23]

It still has a nice s hook

[@doommarauder3532]

Cuck also made it in the dictionary fyi.

[@dotcom137]

Ah yes, OWO, UWU, WAIFU, FAP and HENTAI were added. We have made it, boys.

[@jellomochas]

FAP was already valid (as a Shakespearean adjective); FAPPED, FAPPING, and FAPS were added.

[@Zoogleas]

FAP was already acceptable, but it took no hooks. It's meaning has been updated, and thus it's now a verb.

[@HopUpOutDaBed]

looks like all the fapping to hentai paid off!

[@sinfinite7516]

The anime community truly has hit mainstream

[@tsukiiiiiii]

I have been waiting for the day HENTAI was added since I learned about the SHEITAN anagrams

[@drspa44]

Still missing from my personal list are: AIMBOT, MEDKIT, VOD, HITSCAN, HITBOX, CHIPTUNE, KEYGEN, DEPLATFORM, DEBANK. But to their credit they did add most of the ones I've been complaining about.

[@turkeycooktime458]

I feel like vod doesn't really make sense since it's an abbreviation and most people I've seen still capitalize it VoD or VOD, so it hasn't really become a word in its own right. I'm honestly surprised hitbox & chiptune haven't been added yet.

[@drspa44]

@@turkeycooktime458 both modem and radar are valid. I reckon if an abbreviation is spoken so frequently and often written in lower case, it is considered a new word.

[@turkeycooktime458]

@@drspa44 That's the thing. I have rarely ever seen VOD written in lower case.

[@Xnoob545]

​@@turkeycooktime458 I didn't even realize vod stood for something... I thought it was just a word for streams reuploaded as videos

[@Xnoob545]

Hitbox not being valid is insane

[@pc31754]

*blocks your bingo* uwu

[@rainierdanredondo1278]

Notices double letter tile under a u *UWU what's this*

[@llkurofoxll1013]

more scrabble than you can handle

[@fesh]

hi pc i like your art

[@nocakewalk]

@pc31754 congratulations, I cry-laughed at this comment

[@mdqz1-j5i]

smolfeesh?? ​@@fesh

[@bigchungus-dg8ee]

Seeing Mona in a Will Anderson vid is crazy

[@wanderer15]

Did you enjoy seeing CHUNGUS in the video as well, bigchungus?

[@IPutFishInAWashingMachine]

WHY DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE WAIFUS YOU GOONER💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳💀😳💀😳💀😳💀😳😳💀😳💀😳💀😳💀😳💀😳💀😳💀😳😳💀💀

[@SchemingGoldberg]

It's only natural he would pick the best waifu.

[@midnighttea0]

@@IPutFishInAWashingMachinenah I mean if you’ve played genshin for like a month you’ll recognize the characters (I recognize every single anime/genshin character in this vid I’m sorry)

[@midnighttea0]

@@SchemingGoldbergMona is top tier we love witchy witches

[@person8064]

"Waifu", like other words such as "anime" and "onahole", are the result of a loanword back and forth between English and Japanese. "Wife" entered Japanese, but due to phonetic contraints, had its pronunciation changed. That was then picked up in English again to create a word that sounds similar but not really.

[@joeljude9180]

wait what are the pure english versions of anime and onahole?

[@icedo1013]

@@joeljude9180 My guess is that anime is just a tattered version of animation, especially given that they call the graphic novels of the exact same productions manga, a totally different label. I have zero clue about onahole however.

[@frostyclouded]

@@joeljude9180 anime = clipping of animation onahole = onanism (masturbation) + hole

[@joeljude9180]

@@icedo1013 oh wait yeah that makes sense thanks. i don't even know the other word in any form lol

[@user_2837]

@@joeljude9180 Etymology of Onahole (from Wiktionary): "Borrowed from Japanese オナホール (onahōru), a portmanteau of オナニー (onanī, “masturbation”, from German Onanie) and ホール (hōru, “hole”, from English hole)." So, the *_ona_* part originates from Onan, a character in the bible put to death by Yahweh for "spilling his seed on the ground" (from which comes Onanism etc.). And of course *_hole_* is just from english *_hole_* .

[@box-o-rocks5264]

Spat out my tea seeing the fine british insult "bellend" now being playable!

[@dotcom137]

I hope INNIT is valid so some British lad can play INNIT BRUV in consecutive turns.

[@koipen]

that'd be p PENG ngl

[@Kanbei11]

INNIT is valid (at least in Collins)

[@Bespo]

If there’s a word that scrabble players wish was a word we could all start saying it and it’ll become a slang term and then get in the dictionaries

[@xaf15001]

Let's normalize AAA

[@Kanbei11]

QE, a variant spelling of QI

[@Luigiman-rc9fi]

Never knew how to spell zhuzh, I'm so glad I've learnt that now.

[@eliteal2188]

can you imagine being the one voice actor for azumanga daioh who said wife like that knowing you've basically just added a whole new word to the english and japanese dictionary by complete accident

[@Candlemancer]

That's just what wife becomes naturally in Japanese, ワイフ. That clip is what brought it to English in that form, but in Japanese it's just a regular English loanword

[@jackpatchickmalkinson355]

Surprised the C hook for HONK to CHONK wasn't mentioned as I can see that being quite powerful

[@wanderer15]

Great point, I had it in mind to mention it and somehow forgot!

[@jackpatchickmalkinson355]

@@wanderer15 there's also the back hook of CHON to CHONK

[@Zoogleas]

WAIFU stings. My word game playing started in the mid 2000's on the now defunct Yahoo! Games, and if you ever played there, you might have been aware that it confusingly used an outdated word list. At the time I started, we were on the OSPD 3rd edition, yet somehow Yahoo contained words and deletions from OSPD1! WAEFU* was one of my favourites of the bunch, an OSPD1 misprint of WAEFUL, and to this day I still miss some of those words. There were also a number of simply made up or misspelled versions of actual words that were acceptable there as well. ISOHYAT* was one of them. Those were the days...

[@wanderer15]

I have played WAEFU in Yahoo Word Racer many times! A handful of other words like that were playable there as well (KEV, EMF, SITI, and a few more that I can't recall at this moment)

[@domino14]

@@wanderer15 brings back memories. VIN, VON, HANGULS, AINE, AINEE (a bunch of these are CSW or got re-added to TWL)

[@sokiuwu]

Can't wait for someone to play Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan in a scrabble championship

[@disasterarea9341]

as a weeb and professional developer, living in the UK, so many of these words are words i use in everyday life~ i'm surprised regex wasn't valid already though, it's been around for decades.

[@Manigo1743]

Regex isn't a word.

[@anto_fire8534]

​@@Manigo1743it's used as one quite often

[@Candlemancer]

​@@Manigo1743 if laser and scuba are words then yes it is

[@nocakewalk]

​@@Manigo1743 I use the word regularly at work.

[@Ardrinsarelwqu]

@@nocakewalkyou could say it's a regex for you

[@AlexDings]

I think my favourite addition is KAYFABE. Just a very fun word and also one I was surprised to learn was invalid until now

[@fdterritory]

Wow that's wild...that word has been around forever. Not exactly a new invention.

[@hiimemily]

That's a 98 point opener!

[@frankmerrill2366]

The one that I would really love to play (but it needs a blank) is BIBIMBAP. Or, for that matter, SCRABBLE.

[@wanderer15]

Definitely a great one and long overdue (though probably pretty tough to actually get down on the board)

[@interdimensionalcommunicat9750]

@@frankmerrill2366 I remember hearing as a kid that if you manage to play SCRABBLE in Scrabble you automatically win the game.

[@alexlowe2054]

I can't wait for the day where someone genuinely play UWU in an official scrabble tournament. This is the best thing ever. I can't wait for plays with all the weird anime inspired words. Also, as a software developer, I strongly approve of Regex being added. Glad to see scrabble picking up some of the most powerful tools in software development. Will's videos are probably the only videos with a title like this that I'll click on.

[@petrakat]

Yeah but they already had PEG (the superior text parsing system)

[@thelegendarybeng5329]

In the spirit of zhuzh I'd love to see a video of some of the hardest to play Scrabble words, and times they have been played.

[@manaphylv100]

There's hardest to draw (or fish for) and hardest to play onto the board. The former is clearly ZYZZYVA, but the latter could be something like VIVIFIC - good luck putting that word down!

[@frankmerrill2366]

Or the rarest "COMMON" Scrabble words, where I'd think ASSESS/SASSES would be extremely high on the list.

[@frankmerrill2366]

@@manaphylv100 PIZZAZZ is the only 7-letter word in our dictionary that is impossible to p;lay.

[@manaphylv100]

If unplayable words don't count, then the hardest word to draw is ZYZZYVA, by far, but it's not hard to play. (Z can go in front of AEO, Y can hook many things, even from the front, and A can go either side of many letters.) Words that start and end with C or V, like VIVIFIC, are almost impossible to play as a bingo, since C and V are the hardest letters to hook or overlap with, and I and F are terrible for extending a word. All 8LWs should be pretty trivial to play in comparison, as you don't need to hook or overlap.

[@Dialectic42]

This video was great, but the 4 words on the outro card really take it to the next level.

[@Zoogleas]

NUTSACK isn't the only new word to describe a scrotum. They also added the Scots word BAWBAG lmao.

[@SnoopJonson]

New Scrabble patch notes look fire 🗣🔥

[@c4rd1box3r6]

i can’t believe i just watched scrabble patch notes at 3am

[@chynonm]

There is a sweet irony to seeing "regex" added to scrabble. Regex is a language made to describe a search, meaning for example, given a sequence of every valid world in Scrabble you can use regex to find every world that you can match with your current pieces(and the board ones as well).

[@itchy7879]

Jealous of you Collins folks getting a much more hilarious update than my NWL club. Great video Will I laughed many, many times watching

[@darkshoxx]

explanation for 4:00, it's like a tiny computer program, in this case one that tests whether a given piece of text is a valid email address. They are notorious for being difficult, unreadable and easy to get wrong.

[@Xapelize]

Yeah, but basically what it does is finds patterns in text, for example phone numbers/email addresses/links inside a bunch of text

[@wanderer15]

Yes, the higher-level explanation makes total sense to me! It's the actual code that makes my brain hurt...

[@tomaszkarwik6357]

​@@wanderer15ahhh that is a short "attempt" at an e-mail regex, it is a meme at this point. It is probably impossible to make an all encompassing email regex, as the email standard is too large. The simple ones are easy enough to follow if you know how it works, the longer ones ... Not as much

[@animowany111]

@@tomaszkarwik6357 Actually, it's not *that* hard to make a proper email regex. Making it comply with RFC2822 does require a good 500 characters, but most of that is specifying character sets that can go in various portions of the email. And this includes properly handling dot separation and inline quoted comments. If you google "RFC2822 regex" you can find good examples. The regexr link does not handle quoted portions, the gist and regex101 links implement the full RFC.

[@vexingvexillologist7554]

uwu being the word to revolutionise scrabble is delightful, there is some good in this world after all

[@explodingexpy]

5:25 The way he says "waifu pillow" is just filled with rage and its so funny to me

[@wanderer15]

Hey, I'm a Scrabble champion... I'm not about to judge anybody for their unique passions :)

[@explodingexpy]

@@wanderer15 Common Will W

[@BarokaiRein]

Today, I learned that competitive scrabble exists.

[@KrMaCoW]

cant wait for gooning, skibidi, and gyat to be added next update

[@Ascension721]

gyat could also take a t hook (gyatt)

[@TBKS1]

Should also be noted that STAN finally got added in this update (i.e. "stanning" someone famous or similar). I was surprised to see that it wasn't already valid in previous updates.

[@hankglidden1463]

Imagine being a good enough rapper to get one of your song titles added to Scrabble.

[@noahleach7690]

It’s not about being good it’s about being culturally relevant, he has more bad albums than good

[@hankglidden1463]

@@noahleach7690 Horrendous take, if you don't like revival fair enough but that's the only one you could consider bad. Couple hit or miss ones but that doesn't change the fact that both MMLP and Eminem show are both like... top 25 albums all time.

[@noahleach7690]

@@hankglidden1463 if you wanna dickride mid that hard i cant argue with you, ive listened to dozens of genres and thousands of albums, your opinion is coming from a narrow minded and uneducated place, and thats ok.

[@Halinn]

I noticed "nya~" on your end screen, is "nya" actually a valid word yet?

[@HazhMcMoor]

I am checking the list, sadly no

[@JDHinten]

NYAH is good.

[@wanderer15]

That text was generated by a "normal english to anime girl translator" with the "uwu" slapped on afterwards by me :)

[@nightcorefox_huli]

​@@wanderer15fun fact if you didn't know yet, but nya is the Japanese onomatopoeia for a cat's sound instead of meow

[@Rhogue]

With WAIFU, HENTAI, and FAPPING all being added in the same update I can definitely see them being played on back-to-back turns, with all of them sharing an A and an I to play through, and HENTAI can lead to a devastating bingo making (I)F and FAPPING, especially if the latter is played across some double letter and triple word scores. Looking forward to the new absurd positions that experts will be able to make with our weeb words.

[@FuscaBat]

With words like regex, backend, codebase and bytecode being added, I'm surprised refactor still isn't there. I'm also surprised it took this long for basa to be added, my favourite ever dish has basa.

[@alexpotts6520]

It *really* took this long for BASA to be added? Considering all the thousands of fish in the dictionary, that really surprises me.

[@motokuchoma]

5:12 How can we get the word "Cocogoat" added to the scrabble dictionary?

[@midnighttea0]

Childe is gonna use that in combination with horns and break (if yk yk)

[@jessie_ab12]

​@@midnighttea0 ah yes, the trauma reminder

[@midnighttea0]

@@jessie_ab12 peak doujinshi

[@bilboswaggings]

We need waifu to get played enough so you can do a waifu tier list (comparing which was the most impactful waifu play)

[@kinderwaff]

As a weeb for 10+ years and a Scrabble enthusiast for a few, this has quickly become one of my favourite vids on KZbin.

[@zmaj12321]

You may be interested to know that many genres of anime (SHOUNEN, SEINEN, SHOUJO, and variants) have also been added with this new update.

[@Einamu]

the Scrabble Degeneracy patch dropped.

[@xanderlastname3281]

Looking forward to the brainrot patch next

[@glenm99]

If waifu is a good word, I'd better be allowed to play weeaboo in response.

[@ababilashari9970]

check the word list

[@Spiritwonder420]

That w

[@Spiritwonder420]

That would be a slur so no

[@raspberryjam]

@@Spiritwonder420 Isn't weeaboo just an intentionally gibberish word at it's root? 4chan admins had swapped it out for wapanese (no clue how it's spelled), are you thinking of that? Wapanese is mocking but I don't think it's specifically a slur

[@TrueFlameslinger]

​@@Spiritwonder420 weeaboo isn't a slur at all

[@AlexDings]

I think BAIJIU is what you drink at a typical Bacchic frenzy

[@alexpotts6520]

The EUOI brand of BAIJIU is said to have an even higher vowel content than regular BAIJIU.

[@Gastogh]

I may disagree with many of those new words but HOW on GOD'S GOOD EARTH was 'laggy' not a legitimate word twenty years ago?

[@frankmerrill2366]

Because people were laggy in adding it to the lexicon, that's why.

[@JorWat25]

Yeah, the OED has usage for 'laggy' relating to computer games and programs going back to 1991, and an earlier usage meaning 'sluggish' in general going back to 1860. No idea how it took Collins so long to add it.

[@frankmerrill2366]

@@JorWat25 I was, of course, thinking of the 1860 definition. I've used it, after all, without even knowing if the word existed. It entirely makes sense.

[@smallwaves]

Let's get Husbando legalized by 2025.

[@druucifer]

that's a hell of a final list that didn't make the video cut

[@janmartense]

The stats for three letter combos have me wondering: What's the statistically worst possible 7 letter rack?

[@AlexDings]

Something like UUUUIII. Basically any combination of seven bad vowels will be practically useless in almost any situation. Consonants at least allows some scoring most of the time

[@SuperN57]

​@@AlexDingsI'd argue IIIIIII is a bit worse, UUUUIII is a bit more diverse

[@AndrewKay]

UUUUIII might be worse on account of the fact that it also means your opponent isn't stuck with the Us.

[@jkattack2640]

Wild that regex is a NEW word to me. it's been in use for ages

[@biggodeucli1188]

Thank you for being respectful and open to weebs and anime culture

[@peterdixon7673]

I'm shocked that Laggy and Regex weren't words - I've used those for years.

[@vendredi5]

This old dog will have to learn some new tricks, particularly if I ever switch to Collins! Thanks for assembling this uwuseful listing! 🙂

[@RiderOmega]

uwu being a strong defensive option is the exact kind of blursed I strive to experience in the world.

[@thekingcuber5006]

Some of the words coming in the next few dictionaries are going to be really useful, me and some friends were talking about how mpox will be in CSW24, a really useful front hook for a common x word

[@wanderer15]

absolutely - MPOX is a huge addition for sure.

[@ohtani2024]

Pretty generous to those new Japanese inclusions!! Shojo, Shojou, Shonen, Seinen, Hanami and more! (no Hanabi and Biwa?) Bulgogi and Hanbok are also added! (why the hell HANJA is still not included??! WHY!!!)

[@DaShadowHashira]

no way in hell would i ever have imagined a genshin reference in a scrabble vid

[@pikatchoum3988]

6:05 i know 2 other words with 2 g's, i just don't konw if they're valid

[@HazhMcMoor]

Niggardly is valid

[@gregariosity]

Gregarious and toggle are both valid, yeah

[@Xnoob545]

Slurs and hate words are not valid in scrabble😊

[@pgoogler]

2075 they will add Hawk Tuah to Scrabble

[@bbateson]

I am delighted that you included the English cultural beacon that is James May

[@evanjohnson6884]

The accompanying media choices for this video were incredible

[@ogeid772]

Having never played Scrabble in my life, i'm both surprised that this video showed up on my recommended page and amused by "laggy" being made playable years after being widely used as a word

[@Scarabola]

1:05 they forgot to set it to Wumbo

[@nathanielreichert4638]

Nigel gonna yeet the competish.

[@NathanIThink]

I like to think people are going out of their way to find any nine or less letter combination, foreign, slang or abbreviation, just to get new words into scrabble

[@einsz4193]

The crossover I didn't expect, great video as always!

[@Austin101123]

I can't believe some of these weren't words already!

[@weltschmersch]

Another surprise to me was that the word "COVID" was also just recently added. I figured it should've been added years ago..

[@icedo1013]

if abt, tmr, staycay, dnr, and other similar "words" aren't valid then neither should be Covid. An abbreviation can simply be an abbreviation and be perfectly well-suited.

[@frankmerrill2366]

I didn't expect it to be added, because acronyms seldom get wordized. Like, nasa isn't a word...but snafu, fubar were originally slang acronyms in the military, both meaning basically the same thing...

[@ohtani2024]

​@@icedo1013Covid can be pronounced but tmr and those abbreviation

[@gregariosity]

NASA isn’t in scrabble bc it’s a proper noun. Acronyms (and blends in the case of covid) become common words pretty often, like laser, scuba, etc., though it’s a little surprising that “COVID” turned into “covid” almost immediately.

[@weltschmersch]

@@icedo1013 In my opinion, I think it gets a pass because it became much prevalent and turned to a separate entry, much like SCUBA, and AWOL

[@Trashloot]

Scrabble patch notes is a wild concept xD

[@LandonEmma]

Worst thing you gotta worry about while playing scrabble is explaining a 18+ Gen Z word to your family

[@rebca_]

My two new favorites from the list are ARO and TRANSFEM :3

[@hiimemily]

Welp, found a new favorite bingo play.

[@mabel4324]

:3 (is transmasc also valid,., im guessing the shortlist doesnt show 9+ letter words cuz of their rarity)

[@twotothehalf3725]

fuck yeah

[@thatoneguy9582]

big fan of shitpost and thuglife personally -no sign of agender in there tho… >>-

[@rebca_]

@@mabel4324 i was looking for the answer to this as well!

[@Trapezoidiqal_Q]

wait I kinda want to get into scrabble now… I never realized how hype it was that the meta of the game gets shaped by the fucking evolution of language

[@jammesdean]

Considering the word "Chungus" was essentially nonexistant 10 years ago, I can't wait for "Gyat" to be added in 2035

[@hershey9399]

Will Anderson understanding the fine line between exposition and tomfoolery when it comes to updates on Mr. Butts' beloved game

[@cicalinarrot]

Also new rule, if you cross WAIFU with UWU, the games end, you won. It' like the golden snitch in Quidditch.

[@banaynayy]

Never did I imagine finding Garnt and Joey's anime waifu tierlist on a scrabble channel

[@AgaresOaks]

One day, we may see "hentai is brilliant" moment in Scrabble.

[@Toothache42]

An interesting companion piece is to find games where a newly added word had an impact on a game, could be nice to see how much of an immediate impact these sorts of additions can have

[@brianphelps2415]

The question is what would be the most useful word for scrabble if it existed. Once we know that we can come up with a slang term for it and start using it

[@pkobalt]

People have joked that it's probably a Q word. Maybe start saying Qello instead of hello.

[@dehydratedbowser5261]

Probably Eq

[@HazhMcMoor]

​@dehydratedbowser5261 imma write OQ instead of OK everytime

[@DJFracus]

outside of existing words, has to be a two letter word with C or V since Scrabble doesn't have any yet. I'd vote CE/EC or VE/EV.

[@wanderer15]

The "curriculum vitae" (basically the academia version of a resume) is usually referred to as a CV...just saying...

[@noobicus727]

I had no idea scrabble went beyond just a casual board game. Let alone a competitive game

[@NatNatNutmeg]

this is one of the funniest fucking videos ive ever watched

[@MinhAIPet]

Alternate spelling: (coz it's funny) TOMOZZOW: tomorrow KAZIQUE: cazique WU: woo KAJAK: kayak (QAJAK,KAJAK,QAYAQ,QAYAK) VACAYTION: vacation.

[@zut8448]

Will Anderson I THANK you for sacrificing your own sanity and search history to write this script that has me laughing harder than anything else I've seen all week. Hearing a Scrabble master define 'waifu', 'uwu', and mf'ing 'CHUNGUS' has be dead. Can't wait to see Nigel Richards use these new words...

[@wanderer15]

I appreciate the recognition & kind words! Nigel playing CHUNGUS will be a certified Scrabble History moment for sure

[@ThreeEyedFish]

The sheer amount of whiplash I felt when you said chungus

[@amtracktrack4963]

One day, we'll have all 676 2-letter words and17576 3-letter :)

[@AndrewKay]

English hx will uf wd by then.

[@amtracktrack4963]

@@AndrewKay Nw w tlk w/fw ltrs

[@TooMuchDad]

Regex is basically searching for a string of characters inside a larger string of characters, basically the same as “does X contain Y”. Also I’m very happy that now I know how to spell zhuzh!

[@lunardancer6047]

If Regex is going to be a valid scrabble word, I demand Vlookup be next!

[@Lykrast]

I did not expect to watch scrabble patch reviews today but damn love that!