When playing scrabble, one needs to confirm which dictionary is allowed as a reference for accaeptale words. In the world I grew up in, playing scrabble with my grandmother and her sisters and other extended family members, only one dictionary was considered to be allwoed as the dictionary of the night. My grandmother and her sisters, of course, each had their own versions, but before each game, only one was accepted as reference per game.
When it has come to online scrabble games, such as the one at wordbiz, if you allow
all dictionaries from their database, as dictionaries that are acceptable as reference, then the words ef, to, au are terms acceptable to the game. Therefore, valid words. Check this link: http://www.braunston.com/kevin/scrabble/wsc_howto.html
Word Lists
Words are checked against a dictionary made up using the Enhanced
North American Benchmark LExicon (ENABLE) and OSW extensions. ENABLE
is based on the Merriam-Webster 10th Edition dictionary, but corrects
a number of errors made in the compilation of the OSPD. The OSW
extensions contain the additional words appearing in the OSW but not
in ENABLE. The resulting list is a slight superset of the
SOWPODS (OSPD+OSW) combined list. For more details see the
ENABLE home
page.
The construction of the dictionary and its contents are available
for public scrutiny via the web. I am not a lexicographer, so there is
no point mailing me about its contents.
The following two-letter words are allowed:
aa ab ad ae ag ah ai al am an ar as at aw ax ay ba be bi bo by ch da
de di do ea ed ee ef eh el em en er es et ex fa fy gi go gu ha he hi
hm ho id if in io is it jo ka ko ky la li lo ma me mi mm mo mu my na
ne no nu ny ob od oe of oh oi om on oo op or os ou ow ox oy pa pe ph
pi po qi re sh si so st ta te ti to ug uh um un up ur us ut we wo xi
xu ya ye yo yu zo
