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(Photo by Photofusion/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Getty Images by [Katy Steinmetz](https://time.com/author/katy-steinmetz/) ## Katy Steinmetz Aug 4, 2014 8:45 PM UTC The day has come when Scrabble players everywhere can now lay down tiles spelling Q-I-G-O-N-G or S-E-L-F-I-E without worrying about coming to F-I-S-T-I-C-U-F-F-S with their fellow spellers. Those words, among more than 5,000 others, are included in the Fifth Edition of _The Official SCRABBLE Player’s Dictionary_, put out by American dictionary behemoth Merriam-Webster. The announcement, marking the Scrabble bible’s first big update in nearly a decade, comes just days before 500 of the world’s most eminent Scrabblers go head-to-head at the national championships in Buffalo, N.Y. on Aug. 9. The new words won’t be sanctioned for official use in club and tournament play until Dec. 1\. But the new dictionaries will be on sale this week, with updated apps available later this month. Here are some other newly sanctioned words that players might consider throwing down in future competitions: **BEATBOX** (_v._ \-ED, -ING, -ES) to sing to the rhythm of rap music **BROMANCE** (_n._ pl. -S) a close nonsexual relationship between men **BUZZKILL** (_n._ pl. -S) one that has a depressing or negative effect **CHILLAX** (_v._ \-ED, -ING) -ES to calm down **COQUI** (_n._ pl. -S) a small arboreal frog **DA** (_n._ pl. -S) dad **DUBSTEP** (_n._ pl. -S) a type of electronic dance music **FRENEMY** (_n._ pl. -MIES) one who pretends to be a friend but is actually an enemy **FUNPLEX** (_n._ pl. -ES) a building with facilities for sports and games **GEOCACHE** (_n._ pl. –CACHED, -CACHING, -CACHES) to search for hidden items by using a Global Positioning System device as part of a game **GI** (_n._ pl. -S) a white garment worn in martial arts **HASHTAG** (_n._ pl. -S) a word or phrase preceded by the symbol # that categorizes the accompanying text **JOCKDOM** (_n._ pl. -S) the world of athletes **JOYPAD** (_n._ pl. -S) a device with buttons to control computer images **MIXTAPE** (_n._ pl. -S) a compilation of songs recorded from various sources **MOJITO** (_n._ pl. -TOS) a cocktail made of rum, sugar, mint, and lime juice **PO** (_n._ pl. POS) a chamber pot **PONZU** (_n._ pl. -S) a tangy sauce used chiefly on seafood **QAJAQ** (_n._ pl. -S) kayak **QIGONG** (_n._ pl. -S) a Chinese system of physical exercises **SCHMUTZ** (_n._ pl. -ES) dirt, grime **SELFIE** (_n._ pl. -S) an image of oneself taken by oneself using a phone camera **SOJU** (_n._ pl. -S) Korean vodka distilled from rice or sweet potato **SUDOKU** (_n._ pl. -S) a puzzle involving the numbers 1 through 9 **TE** (_n._ pl. -S) ti **TEXTER** (_n._ pl. -S) one that texts **VLOG** (v. VLOGGED, VLOGGING, VLOGS) to blog video material **VODCAST** (_v._ \-CAST or -CASTED, -CASTING, -CASTS) to make video files available for download over the Internet **WEBZINE** (_n._ pl. -S) a magazine published on the Internet **YUZU** (_n._ pl. -S) a sour Japanese citrus fruit ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3080213/scrabble-dictionary-words-selfie-frenemy-bromance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3080213/scrabble-dictionary-words-selfie-frenemy-bromance/"},"headline":"Now You Can Use The Word 'Selfie' in Scrabble","datePublished":"2014-08-04T20:45:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:10.370Z","description":"That's nine points","url":"https://time.com/3080213/scrabble-dictionary-words-selfie-frenemy-bromance/","keywords":["Living","Newsfeed","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ded7b34eb06c611/69869e5ecd804dc9ccccc3aa/157877806.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katy Steinmetz","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/katy-steinmetz/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ded7b34eb06c611/69869e5ecd804dc9ccccc3aa/157877806.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Scrabble Bag Getty","caption":"Scrabble","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3080213/scrabble-dictionary-words-selfie-frenemy-bromance/","name":"Now You Can Use The Word 'Selfie' in Scrabble"}}]}] ```