Merriam-Webster has added ‘Bitcoin’ to its US scrabble dictionary, which means that players can now score as many as 11 points with the word.

The list of words is only updated every four years, with more than 300 new additions made this time around including ‘facepalm’ and ‘ew’.

Emily Brewster, associate editor and lexicographer at Merriam-Webster, said: “It means that in some ways the whole game is thrown open and made anew. I think it’s especially exciting to people who play regularly.”

This is just the latest example of a mainstream entity accepting Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies more generally, after Merriam-Webster added ‘cryptocurrency’ to its dictionary back in March.

In a blog post, it said at the time: “The sometimes perplexing domain of digital financial exchanges opens a window into a subject that requires explanation for many of us, hence the detailed definition of cryptocurrency as well as an entry for initial coin offering, which refers to the first sale of Bitcoin-like digital currency.

“Keeping records of financial transactions in a digital database as part of a publicly accessible network uses blockchain technology. And a rare but non-imaginary unicorn is a start-up that is valued at one billion dollars or more.”