Seattle SCRABBLE® Club
[North American SCRABBLE® Players Association Club #253, Seattle]

Expurgated Words

In June 2020, NASPA proposed removing "slurs" from the word list. Despite a sizeable number of players opposing the plan, NASPA decided to remove 259 "offensive slurs" from the official list, and the new purged NWL2020 list goes into effect for club and tournament play on 6 January 2021. [See the NASPA website for more explanation]

The list below has been updated to show these deletions: Words purged from NWL2020 are shown with strikethrough; words that have been newly expurgated and purged are shown as ORANGE.

The following list of words are valid in OWL4 (OTCWL2018), but omitted from OSPD6 because they were deemed to be "offensive".

Note that OSPD only contains words up to 8 letters long, plus their extensions, so words whose root is 9+ letters long would never be printed in OSPD in the first place. So, those longer words have been found by hand and are presumed to be expurgated should a "Long List" version of OSPD ever be created.

  • Words purged from NWL2020 are shown with strikethrough; words that have been newly expurgated and purged are shown as ORANGE
  • New OWL4 words that are expurgated are shown in DARK MAGENTA
  • New OWL3.1 words that are expurgated are shown in BLUE
  • New OWL3 words that are expurgated are shown in BOLD
  • Words in [BRACKETS] are related acceptable words that have a "non-offensive" definition.
  • {CURLY BRACES} indicate words that were printed in OSPD3 or OSPD4 but removed from OSPD5 (newly expurgated).

ABO ABOS 
ABORTUARY ABORTUARIES
ARSE [ARSES]
ARSEHOLE ARSEHOLES
ASSHOLE ASSHOLES
BADASS BADASSES
BADASSED
{BALDIE BALDIES}
{BALDY}
BALLBUSTER BALLBUSTERS
BALLOCKS
BALLSINESS BALLSINESSES
BALLSY BALLSIER BALLSIEST
BATSHIT
BAYWOP BAYWOPS
BAZOOM BAZOOMS
BLACKAMOOR BLACKAMOORS 
BLOWJOB BLOWJOBS
BOCHE BOCHES
[BOFF] [BOFFS] BOFFED BOFFING
BOGTROTTER BOGTROTTERS 
{BOHUNK} {BOHUNKS}
BOINK BOINKED BOINKING BOINKS
BOLLOCKS
BOOBIE [BOOBIES]
BOODY BOODIES
BUBBA BUBBAS
BUBBY BUBBIES
BUCKRA BUCKRAS
BULLDIKE BULLDIKES
BULLDYKE BULLDYKES
BULLSHAT BULLSHIT BULLSHITS BULLSHITTED BULLSHITTING 
BUMBOY BUMBOYS
BUMWAD BUMWADS
[BUTCH] {BUTCHES}
[BUTCHER] BUTCHEST
CHICKENSHIT CHICKENSHITS
CHOLA CHOLAS
CHOLO CHOLOS
CLIT CLITS
COCKSMAN COCKSMEN
COCKSUCKER COCKSUCKERS
COCKTEASER COCKTEASERS 
COJONES
[COLORED] COLOREDS
COLOUREDS
COMSYMP COMSYMPS
COONSHIT COONSHITS
CRAPPER CRAPPERS
CRIP CRIPS
[CRUMBLY] CRUMBLIES
CULCHIE CULCHIER CULCHIES CULCHIEST
CULSHIE CULSHIER CULSHIES CULSHIEST
[CUM] CUMS CUMMING
CUNT CUNTS
DAGO DAGOES DAGOS
DARKEY DARKEYS
DARKIE DARKIES
DARKY
[DICK DICKS] DICKED DICKING
DICKHEAD DICKHEADS
DIKEY
DIPSHIT DIPSHITS
DOGAN DOGANS
DYKEY
EFFING
FAGGOTRY FAGGOTRIES
FAGGOTY
FAGGY FAGGIER FAGGIEST
FART FARTED FARTING FARTS
FATSO FATSOES FATSOS
FEMINAZI FEMINAZIS
[FISTING] FISTINGS
FUBAR
FUCK FUCKED FUCKING FUCKS
FUCKER FUCKERS
FUCKFACE FUCKFACES
FUCKHEAD FUCKHEADS
FUCKOFF FUCKOFFS
FUCKUP FUCKUPS
FUCKWIT FUCKWITS
GADJO GADJE
GAZOO GAZOOS
GINZO GINZOES
[GIRLIE] GIRLIES
{GODDAM} {GODDAMMED} {GODDAMMING} {GODDAMS}
{GODDAMN} {GODDAMNED} {GODDAMNING} {GODDAMNS}
GODDAMNDEST
GODDAMNEDEST
GOOLIE GOOLIES
GOOLY
GOY GOYIM GOYS
GOYISH GOYISHE
GRAYBEARD GRAYBEARDS
GREASEBALL GREASEBALLS 
GREYBEARD GREYBEARDS
GRINGA GRINGAS
GRINGO GRINGOS
GYNECOCRACY GYNECOCRACIES GYNECOCRATIC 
HAOLE HAOLES
HARDASS HARDASSES
HARELIPPED 
HEBE HEBES
HONKEY HONKEYS
HONKIE HONKIES
HONKY
HORSESHIT HORSESHITS
[HO] HOS
HUNKEY HUNKEYS
HUNKIE HUNKIES [HUNKY]
{JAILBAIT} JAILBAITS
JESUIT JESUITS
JESUITIC JESUITICAL JESUITICALLY
JESUITISM JESUITISMS
JESUITRIES JESUITRY
JEW JEWED JEWING JEWS
JIGABOO JIGABOOS
JISM JISMS
{JIVEASS}
JIZZ JIZZES
JOHNSON JOHNSONS
KANAKA KANAKAS
KIKE KIKES
LES LESES
LESBO LESBOS
LEZ LEZZES
LEZZIE LEZZIES
LEZZY
LIBBER LIBBERS
MERDE MERDES
MICK MICKS
MINDFUCK MINDFUCKS
MOFO MOFOS
MONGOLIAN  
MONGOLISM MONGOLISMS 
MONGOLOID MONGOLOIDS 
MOTHERFUCKER MOTHERFUCKERS MOTHERFUCKING
MULATTO MULATTOES MULATTOS 
MUTHA MUTHAS
NANCE NANCES
NANCY NANCIES
NANCIER NANCIEST
NANCIFIED 
NEGROPHIL NEGROPHILS 
NIGGER NIGGERS 
NITCHIE NITCHIES 
NONHANDICAPPED 
NONPAPIST NONPAPISTS 
NOOKIE NOOKIES 
NOOKY 
NUMBNUTS NUMBNUTSES
OFAY OFAYS 
PAPISM PAPISMS 
PAPIST PAPISTS 
PAPISTIC 
PAPISTRY PAPISTRIES 
PECKERWOOD PECKERWOODS 
[PEE] PEED PEEING [PEES]
PEPSI PEPSIS 
{PICANINNY PICANINNIES} 
PICCANINNY PICCANINNIES 
{PICKANINNY PICKANINNIES} 
PICKNEY PICKNEYS 
PISS PISSED PISSES PISSING
PISSANT PISSANTS
PISSER PISSERS
PISSHOLE PISSHOLES
PISSY PISSIER PISSIEST
POLACK POLACKS 
[POM POMS]
POMMIE POMMIES 
POMMY 
PONCEY PONCIER PONCIEST 
PONCY 
[POO POOED POOING POOS]
[POOF] POOFS 
POOFTAH POOFTAHS 
POOFTER POOFTERS 
POOFY POOFIER POOFIEST
POONTANG POONTANGS
POOVE POOVES
POPERY POPERIES
POPISH
POPISHLY
RAGHEAD RAGHEADS
REDNECK REDNECKS
REDNECKED 
[REDSKIN REDSKINS]
RETARDATE RETARDATES 
SCHLONG SCHLONGS
SCHTUP SCHTUPPED SCHTUPPING SCHTUPS
SCHVARTZE SCHVARTZES
SCHWARTZE SCHWARTZES
SHAGGER SHAGGERS
SHAMATEUR SHAMATEURS
SHAT
SHAVELING SHAVELINGS 
SHEENEY SHEENEYS
SHEENIE SHEENIES
SHEGETZ SHKOTZIM
SHEMALE SHEMALES
SHICKSA SHICKSAS
SHIKSA SHIKSAS
SHIKSE SHIKSES
SHIKSEH SHIKSEHS
SHINOLA SHINOLAS
SHIT SHAT SHITS SHITTED SHITTING
SHITBAG SHITBAGS
SHITCAN SHITCANS SHITCANNED SHITCANNING
SHITE SHITES
SHITFACE SHITFACED SHITFACES
SHITHEAD SHITHEADED SHITHEADS
SHITHEEL SHITHEELS
SHITHOLE SHITHOLES
SHITHOUSE SHITHOUSES
SHITLESS
SHITLIST SHITLISTS
SHITLOAD SHITLOADS
SHITSTORM SHITSTORMS
SHITTER SHITTERS
SHITTY SHITTIER SHITTIEST
SHITTINESS SHITTINESSES
SHITWORK SHITWORKS
SHKOTZIM
SHLONG SHLONGS
SHTUP SHTUPPED SHTUPPING SHTUPS
SHVARTZE SHVARTZES
SKIMO SKIMOS
SLUTTISHNESS SLUTTISHNESSES 
{SPAZ}
SPAZZ {SPAZZES}
SPIC SPICS
SPICK SPICKS
SPIK SPIKS
SQUAW SQUAWS
STIFFIE STIFFIES
STIFFY
SUCKHOLE SUCKHOLED SUCKHOLES SUCKHOLING
SUMBITCH SUMBITCHES
SUPERBITCH SUPERBITCHES
[TOM] TOMMED TOMMING [TOMS]
TURD TURDS
TWAT TWATS
VENDU VENDUS [VENDUE VENDUES]
WANK WANKED WANKING WANKS
WANKER WANKERS
WAZOO WAZOOS
WETBACK WETBACKS
[WHITEY] WHITEYS
[WHITY] WHITIES
WILLIE [WILLIES]
WOG WOGS
WOGGISH
WOP WOPS
WRINKLIE WRINKLIES
YID YIDS
YINGYANG YINGYANGS

"De-expurgated" words

The following words were expurgated in OSPD4, but have been "de-expurgated" (i.e., they now have "non-offensive" definitions) for OSPD5/OWL3:

POM POMS
POO POOED POOING POOS
REDSKIN REDSKINS

And the following words are included in OSPD5 (and were in OSPD4) with no mention of their offensive definitions:

SAMBO SAMBOS SAMBOES

Newly expurgated words

The following words were printed in OSPD4, but are NOT in OSPD5:

BALDIE BALDIES BALDY
BUTCHES
JAILBAIT

OWL2 expurgated words

The expurgated list for OWL2 has been archived at: expurgOWL2.php


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