L'Officiel du jeu Scrabble

L'Officiel du jeu Scrabble has been the official dictionary for Francophone Scrabble since January 1, 1990. It is published by Larousse and is often abbreviated to ODS. The current version is ODS6.

History

• 1990 : Publication of the ODS1, replacing the Petit Larousse Illustré (PLI), used as a reference by players until then.
• 1994 : Publication of the ODS2, with 1500 new entries, correcting the few mistakes and omissions of the previous version.
• 1999 : Publication of the ODS3, with 2500 new entries.
• 2004 : Publication of the ODS4, with 800 new entries.
• 2008 : Publication of the ODS5, with 2500 new entries.
• 2011 : Publication of the ODS6. with 1500 new entries.

Number of words

Version	Entries	Words	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
ODS1	56 664	344 000	73	507	2 149	6 776	15 606	28 244	41 981	51 867	54 469	49 469	39 170	27 304	16 862	9 523
ODS2	58 155	353 532	74	534	2 233	6 984	16 016	28 957	43 115	53 273	55 887	50 804	40 265	28 121	17 428	9 841
ODS3	60 137	364 370	75	560	2 319	7 184	16 396	29 611	44 109	54 620	57 412	52 357	41 696	29 273	18 309	10 449
ODS4	60 894	369 085	75	571	2 364	7 277	16 622	29 996	44 664	55 309	58 149	53 026	42 227	29 666	18 550	10 589
ODS5	63 419	378 989	77	589	2 441	7 483	17 035	30 633	45 642	56 573	59 526	54 442	43 517	30 690	19 280	11 061
ODS6	64 973

N.B. A word and its plural form count as a single entry, but as two words

New words

• ODS1 (1990)
  • 2 letters : BI
  • 3 letters : ADO, ALU, BOG, DAW, GOS, LEM, LOG, LOS, MAO, MOB, NIF, OYE, PEC, POP, REZ, RIO, ROS, ZOB
• ODS2 (1994)
  • 2 letters : EX
  • 3 letters : ASA, BIO, CIF, CUT, FAX, FOG, GÉO, HUN, IBN, IBO, ISO, JAB, KOP, KWA, MAX, MÉO, MIX, MOS, NEM, OLA, OUH, RAC, RAP, TAG, UTE, WOK, YAM
• ODS3 (1999)
  • 2 letters : AA
  • 3 letters : AAS, ADA, CIS, CRÉ, DIN, DOC, FAF, IPÉ, IXA, IXÉ, JAM, KYU, MOA, MOX, NAY, NÉO, NEY, OUD, RAM, SAX, SPA, TAR, TIP, WEB, YUE, ZEF
• ODS4 (2004)
  • 2 letters : none
  • 3 letters : ÉWÉ, HUB, MÉL, PAP, SOM, TAF, TAT, WAD, WAP, ZEC, ZUP
• ODS5 (2008)
  • 2 letters : BA, BÊ
  • 3 letters : AÏD, DOP, DUB, ÉCO, EXO, FAQ, GEX, GUR, KÉA, KRU, MMM, MOR, MUG, OBA, PHÔ, QIN, YET, ZEK

Suppressed words

• ODS2 : DISCUTAILLEE, S (transitive verb), ECLOSAI-T/AIENT (wrong conjugated forms of ECLORE), EINSTENIUM, S (wrong spelling of EINSTEINIUM) ; GARDIANNE,S (wrong spelling of GARDIANE) ; GEWURTZTRAMINER (wrong spelling of GEWURZTRAMINER) ; IMMUNOGLOBINE, S (wrong spelling of IMMUNOGLOBULINE) ; SUISSESSE, S (considered as a proper noun), THEPHILLIM (wrong spelling of TEPHILLIM).
• ODS3 : BAGAGERIE, S (registered trademark) ; CHAUVISS-AIENT/AIS/AIT/ANT/EZ/ONS (wrong conjugated forms of CHAUVIR) ; COINTREAU, X (registered trademark) ; DRELINS (becomes invariable) ; DRINGS (becomes invariable) ; PIERRADE, S (registered trademark) ; REVEUILLI-EZ/ONS et VEUILLI-EZ/ONS (wrong conjugated forms of REVOULOIR) ; WILLIAMINE,S (registered trademark).
• ODS4 : SEPTICOPYOEMIE, S (wrong spelling of SEPTICOPYOHEMIE).
• ODS5 : CAROMS (wrong spelling of CARROM).

References

External links

• Official FISF page (French)
• ODS5 online (French)