Quaazy, zowpig and splawder - endangered words considered for Scrabble dictionary

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Scrabble lovers could soon be racking up double-digit scores with words such as quaazy, zowpig and splawder after games officials ruled more words from Britain's regions should be featured.



The words are among a selection of English regional terms being considered for inclusion in the official Scrabble dictionary by bosses of the popular board game.



As new words emerge, often at the cost of traditional dialects, Scrabble said it is keen to bring some older, endangered words back to the attention of the next generation.



Experts approached regional word societies across the UK to encourage them to submit words on the brink of extinction.



Endangered words to become officially playable in Scrabble, by region:



Devon:

Zowpeg, Zowpig - woodlouse

Quaazy - unwell

Gleanies - guinea fowl



East Yorkshire:

Swaal - throw, chuck

Twag - play truant

Scaal - to spread over the ground (eg muck)



Cumbria:

Darrack - a day's work

Whick - living, alive - not dead



Lancashire:

Marlock - to play, joke, prank

Meemaw - an antic, grotesque action, expression of freedom

Layrock - skylark or lark



Lincolnshire:

Skelled - tipped

Arrad - tired

Splawder - to walk or run awkwardly and inefficiently, to spread over

Hotchin - a hedgehog

Gawster - to laugh helplessly

Nowter - a nobody, someone who does not count



Norfolk:

Tizzick - cough

Pishamire - ant

Swidge - small puzzle



Northumberland:

Stangy - tailor

Norration - confused noise, disturbance



Kent:

Pogger - compulsive worrier

Boboy - human figure, scarecrow



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Question: Any members here from these regions use these words?