chamber's dictionary

[mollykins]

Why is it that the chamber's dictionary has so many more word than the OED?

[squarebear]

Because it is a larger book and so has more pages to fill.

[mollykins]

It can only fill those pages with real words. Half the words I end up playing in scrabble I can't even pronounce.

[squarebear]

Just because you can't pronounce a word, doesn't make it invalid.

[mollykins]

I know but it's as if they've made half of them up, plus the chamber's scrabble dictionary doesn't have the meanings, so who knows if they are real words or not.

[squarebear]

"who knows if they are real words or not."

The people who write the dictionary.

[mike11111]

The complete OED has more words than Chambers. It comes in 20 volumes.

[Mamyalynne]

Buy yourself a new Chambers it is invaluable

[craft1948]

One problem...........you have to know how to spell a word before you can look it up..

[squarebear]

I once started reading the dictionary. It wasn't a very interesting plot but at least each word was explained as your went along.

[jno]

this is the complete Oxford, mollykins

http://img181.imagesh...uhail87oxfordft1.jpg/

[mollykins]

Craft, but if you know the beginning of a word and are looking for ways to end it, you can look it up.

Sounds fun SB, did you learn amny new words?

[ChuckFickens]

squarebear, I suggest a read of the telephone directory next, the plots not a lot better but the cast list is impressive.

[Answerprancer]

It's probably full of plebby new words, Americanisms, slang and chav-speak.
The Oxford English Dictionary is faaar seeooperior !

[Eve]

Molly, did you realise this is your question 666...be afraid...be very afraid...

[boxtops]

The Scrabble dictionary doesn't need definitions, molly, all the players want to know is whether those words are allowable in the game.