L'Officiel du jeu Scrabble

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L'Officiel du jeu Scrabble has been the official dictionary for Francophone Scrabble since January 1, 1990. It is published by Larousse and is often abbreviated to ODS. The current version is ODS 9.

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Number of words

VersionYearEntriesWords23456789101112131415
ODS 1199056,664344,001735072,1496,77615,60628,24441,98251,86754,46949,46939,17027,30416,8629,523
ODS 2199458,154353,526745342,2336,98416,01628,95743,11553,27255,88550,80240,26428,12117,4289,841
ODS 3199960,137364,370755602,3197,18416,39629,61144,10954,62057,41252,35741,69629,27318,30910,449
ODS 4200460,894369,085755712,3647,27716,62229,99644,66455,30958,14953,02642,22729,66618,55010,589
ODS 5200863,419378,989775892,4417,48317,03530,63345,64256,57359,52654,44243,51730,69019,27911,062
ODS 6201264,970386,264806102,5097,64517,31831,07046,32957,46760,48755,43644,46831,49119,89211,462
ODS 7201666,541393,670806212,5647,82317,68131,67447,15958,43361,58756,46345,32932,12720,35811,771
ODS 8202068,125402,325816332,6237,98017,99132,23048,03959,58462,95457,78446,50132,96220,88612,077

N.B. A word and its plural form count as a single entry, but as two words

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