Collins Scrabble Words (CSW19) will be valid for all UK games from July 1 2019.

There are not that many new words to learn, compared to previous world list changes. For example, there are only 3 new two letter words. (EW, OK, ZE)

There are 6 three letter words to learn :

BAE - a sweetheart or lover

BAO – a steamed dumpling

DOX – to publish a document on the internet

UME – a fleshy, yellow fruit

VAX – short for vaccination

ZEN – a state of calm attentiveness

To help you remember the words, and associate them with other allowable words here are some simple quizzes based on 3 of these words.

1.      Besides B, what other letters can precede AE to make a three letter word ?

2.    Besides BAE and BAO what are the other three letter words that start BA ?

3.      What other three words end AO ? (besides BAO)

4.       What are the other 3 anagrams of BAO ? (besides BAO)

5.       Besides DOX , what three letter words start with DO ?

6.       Besides DOX, what other three letter words end with OX ?

Answers :

1. .  DAE, FAE, GAE, HAE, KAE, MAE, NAE, SAE, TAE, VAE, WAE, YAE   + BAE

2.     BAA, BAC, BAD, BAG, BAH, BAL, BAM, BAN, BAP, BAR, BAS, BAT, BAY + BAE,BAO

3.     HAO, TAO + BAO

4.     ABO, BOA, OBA +BAO

5.     DOB, DOC, DOD, DOE, DOF, DOG, DOH, DOL, DOM, DON, DOO, DOP, DOR, DOS,DOT, DOW, DOY + DOX

6.     BOX, COX, FOX, GOX, HOX, LOX, NOX, POX, SOX, VOX, WOX + DOX