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If youre planning on breaking out the family Scrabble board at Christmas, you might get some help from zoodle, jedi, babymoon and about 500 other words newly added to the official playing dictionary.

Scrabble’s new edition is full of delightful new words. But are there enough of them?

The addition of 500 words to “The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary” seventh edition, released last week by Hasbro and Merriam-Webster, should make for some exciting and eyebrow-raising gameplay this holiday

FRI., NOV. 18 Tree Lighting Celebration The Promenade at Westlake lights up its massive holiday tree, complete with a holiday show featuring musical entertainment, the arrival of Santa Claus and a fireworks finale. Pre-show festivities include strolling entertainment, kids’ activities and a Holiday Market featuring treats from restaurants and retailers. 5 p.m. preshow, 7:30 p.m.

SAT., NOV. 19 International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day Clinical social worker Pam Farkas will give a talk for survivors. Groups for people who have lost a loved one to suicide also will meet. 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 19, Engaged Therapy, 2625 Townsgate Road, Ste. 210, Thousand Oaks. Information: pamfarkas.lcsw@yahoo.com or Mike Matthew at

"Jedi," "subtweet," and "vibing" are among 500 new words added to the Scrabble dictionary.

You can now play words like yeehaw, vibing, slushee, and hygge. 

More than 500 gathered at the conference centre for the RBC Business Hall of Fame induction ceremony to pay tribute to the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce inaugural inductees

One of the key presentations at next Wednesday's 11 May II Connect event in London will be the 9:40 am (BST) session on Trusts and Taxation. In this session,...

Death notices and funeral announcements from the Hull Daily Mail this week Tributes to those who have passed away in recent weeks Tributes have been paid to, from left, Leslie Tasker, Samantha Mills and Dr Damien McGivern (Image: funeral-notices.co.uk) Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your informa...