Scrabble adds 5,000 new words, including “Selfie,” “Frenemy”, “Bromance”, “Hashtag”, “Beatbox” and “geocache”

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Aug. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 6, under license from Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) , Merriam-Webster, America's leading language reference publisher, will release the Fifth Edition of The Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary, marking the dictionary's first major update in nearly a decade. More than 5,000 new words will be added to the dictionary making them officially playable in the game, including GEOCACHE, a word chosen by fans in the SCRABBLE Word Showdown earlier this year.  Players in the United States and Canada will now be able to rack up points with GEOCACHE and other words that have entered language recently, including: BEATBOX, CHILLAX, FRENEMY, HASHTAG, JOYPAD, MIXTAPE, MOJITO, PONZU, SELFIE, SOJU, SUDOKU, TEXTER, VODCAST, VLOG,YUZU, BUZZKILL,QIGONG,SCHMUTZ,JOCKDOM, YUZU, VLOG, BROMANCE, COQUI,

 BEATBOX (v. -ED, -ING, -ES) to sing to the rhythm of rap music [18 points]

BLING (n.) ostentatious jewellery [8 points]

BROMANCE (n. pl. -S) a close nonsexual relationship between men [14 points]

BUZZKILL (n. pl. -S) one that has a depressing or negative effect [32 points]

CHILLAX (v. -ED, -ING) -ES to calm down [19 points]

COQUI (n. pl. -S) a small arboreal frog [16 points]

DA (n. pl. -S) dad [3 points]

DUBSTEP (n. pl. -S) a type of electronic dance music [12 points]

FRENEMY (n. pl. -MIES) one who pretends to be a friend but is actually an enemy [15 points]

FUNPLEX (n. pl. -ES) a building with facilities for sports and games [19 points]

GEOCACHE (n. pl. –CACHED, -CACHING, -CACHES) to search for hidden items by using a Global Positioning System device as part of a game [16 points]

GI (n. pl. -S) a white garment worn in martial arts [3 points]

HASHTAG (n. pl. -S) a word or phrase preceded by the symbol # that categorizes the accompanying text [14 points]

JOCKDOM (n. pl. -S) the world of athletes [23 points]

JOYPAD (n. pl. -S) a device with buttons to control computer images [19 points]

MIXTAPE (n. pl. -S) a compilation of songs recorded from various sources [18 points]

MOJITO (n. pl. -TOS) a cocktail made of rum, sugar, mint, and lime juice [15 points]

PO (n. pl. POS) a chamber pot [4 points]

PONZU (n. pl. -S) a tangy sauce used chiefly on seafood [16 points]

QAJAQ (n. pl. -S) kayak [30 points]

QIGONG (n. pl. -S) a Chinese system of physical exercises [17 points]

QUINZHEE (n. pl. -S) a snow hole [29 points]

SCHMUTZ (n. pl. -ES) dirt, grime [23 points]

SELFIE (n. pl. -S) an image of oneself taken by oneself using a phone camera [9 points]

SOJU (n. pl. -S) Korean vodka distilled from rice or sweet potato [11 points]

SUDOKU (n. pl. -S) a puzzle involving the numbers 1 through 9 [11 points]

TE (n. pl. -S) the seventh note of a major scale [2 points]

TEXTER (n. pl. -S) one that texts [13 points]

VLOG (v. VLOGGED, VLOGGING, VLOGS) to blog video material [8 points]

VODCAST (v. -CAST or -CASTED, -CASTING, -CASTS) to make video files available for download over the internet [13 points]

WEBZINE (n. pl. -S) a magazine published on the internet [21 points]

YUZU (n. pl. -S) a sour Japanese citrus fruit [16 points]