Vapers, board gamers and all word enthusiasts will be please (or not so pleased) to learn that the word “Vape” and another 6,499 words have been added the Scrabble dictionary. If you didn’t already know, Scrabble is a board game in which multiple players gather letters to spell out words on a crossword board. Originally invented by American architect Alfred Mosher Butts in 1933, the board game now has a compiled list of over 250,000 allowed words.

All the new words added are said to really reflect not only how the English language is used globally but also new trends and the modernization of our society. Some of the words that made the list, like “lolz”, “tweep” and “bezzy”, symbolize the impact of social media platforms.

Craig Beevers, the world Scrabble champion, recently told The Guardian “There will always be word people don’t like, but all you can ask of a dictionary is consistency”

People will continue to express their opinion over the new additions but the fact is that word like “vape” or vaping is an actual term. There is linguistic value in the verbiage when using the word “vaping”. Words like “lolz” and “bezzy” are pretty much relative to who is using them which makes the vape addition less questionable.



The future is looking bright for the vape community. Let’s see if “ e-liquid” and “cloud chasing” is part of the next Scrabble word additions!