Scrabble: "Bitcoin" already included in it's 6th edition

[Baofeng]

For those scrabble lovers out there, "Bitcoin" is one of the latest word added in their dictionary.



I don't know if we can consider this as getting closer to adoption, but we will take everything in stride.  . Maybe next year we will see a lot of altcoins being added as well. 

[CryptoBry]

For those scrabble lovers out there, "Bitcoin" is one of the latest word added in their dictionary. I don't know if we can consider this as getting closer to adoption, but we will take everything in stride.  . Maybe next year we will see a lot of altcoins being added as well. 

I am sure this is just part of the growing awareness of the people on bitcoin. To be included in the new words of the scrabble game, the word has to be popular already and in use especially in online interactions. There is no doubt this can be helping for the mainstream adoption but of course there is no magic bean here. Certainly, the road to mainstream adoption is not just one event but rather a compounding effect of so many factors and even personalities contributing towards that goal. And of course, we are not there yet.

[Genemind]

It's surprising that Bitcoin is being recognized and noticed in different ways around the world.
It was just being adopted by merchants these days and it's now being recognized and added even in scrabble.
People will surely be more aware about cryptocurrency becsuse of this.

[peter0425]

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I am sure this is just part of the growing awareness of the people on bitcoin. To be included in the new words of the scrabble game, the word has to be popular already and in use especially in online interactions. There is no doubt this can be helping for the mainstream adoption but of course there is no magic bean here. Certainly, the road to mainstream adoption is not just one event but rather a compounding effect of so many factors and even personalities contributing towards that goal. And of course, we are not there yet.

I agree, but I would say this is a welcoming news for bitcoin. This game has been around for more than 70 years now and it's one of the most popular games specially around the 80's-90's. So for me this is a good news, might not be the one reason for mainstream adoption, but this little steps will grow overtime and who knows, maybe scrabble players will be curious about this word and might try to invest in the future.

[CryptoBry]

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I am sure this is just part of the growing awareness of the people on bitcoin. To be included in the new words of the scrabble game, the word has to be popular already and in use especially in online interactions. There is no doubt this can be helping for the mainstream adoption but of course there is no magic bean here. Certainly, the road to mainstream adoption is not just one event but rather a compounding effect of so many factors and even personalities contributing towards that goal. And of course, we are not there yet.

I agree, but I would say this is a welcoming news for bitcoin. This game has been around for more than 70 years now and it's one of the most popular games specially around the 80's-90's. So for me this is a good news, might not be the one reason for mainstream adoption, but this little steps will grow overtime and who knows, maybe scrabble players will be curious about this word and might try to invest in the future.

I am sure that scrabble addicts will get to know more of the word 'bitcoin' while they are playing the game. Anyway, this is just telling us that indeed bitcoin has already entered the general consciousness of many people and that there are now institutions recognizing this fact. Of course, this does not mean that just because it is part of the scrabble we can now see mainstream adoption but certainly this can help a little.

[XCANA]

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I am sure this is just part of the growing awareness of the people on bitcoin. To be included in the new words of the scrabble game, the word has to be popular already and in use especially in online interactions. There is no doubt this can be helping for the mainstream adoption but of course there is no magic bean here. Certainly, the road to mainstream adoption is not just one event but rather a compounding effect of so many factors and even personalities contributing towards that goal. And of course, we are not there yet.

I agree, but I would say this is a welcoming news for bitcoin. This game has been around for more than 70 years now and it's one of the most popular games specially around the 80's-90's. So for me this is a good news, might not be the one reason for mainstream adoption, but this little steps will grow overtime and who knows, maybe scrabble players will be curious about this word and might try to invest in the future.

I am sure that scrabble addicts will get to know more of the word 'bitcoin' while they are playing the game. ~~~

Not only scrabble addicts but scribble players around the world. As rightly said by OP, my believe towards this positive news is that, it will drive adoption of Bitcoin to the masses.This move is in favor of the cryptocurrency community and in no time from now we will experience a greater adoption.

[Ailmand]

It will be an eye-opener for scrabble users who will get curious about the word Bitcoin. We all know that not everyone is aware of what Bitcoin is so it will be an informative way to reach out on them. Scrabble is a never getting old game so it's a great advantage for most users.

[Astvile]

So bitcoin is now getting attention from different company,this will make scrabble players get curious about bitcoin because they need to know where did ths word come from,hopefuly  they get interested in bitcoin and make their move to hop in the community.

[kryptqnick]

For those scrabble lovers out there, "Bitcoin" is one of the latest word added in their dictionary. I don't know if we can consider this as getting closer to adoption, but we will take everything in stride.  . Maybe next year we will see a lot of altcoins being added as well. 

I am sure this is just part of the growing awareness of the people on bitcoin. To be included in the new words of the scrabble game, the word has to be popular already and in use especially in online interactions. There is no doubt this can be helping for the mainstream adoption but of course there is no magic bean here. Certainly, the road to mainstream adoption is not just one event but rather a compounding effect of so many factors and even personalities contributing towards that goal. And of course, we are not there yet.

I agree that it signifies a certain accomplishment of Bitcoin and can boost awareness. Every neutral or positive mention of Bitcoin counts as a good thing! Commercials, TV series, movies, and now games - all of that is helping to make Bitcoin even more popular as well as make people who already use it smile. It's also good that the diversity of mentions widens the audience, since, for example, someone who learned the word 'Bitcoin' from iZombie might not be a Scrabble fan, but those fans have their own way to learn the same word. I don't think this will have any immediate effect, but these are small steps towards increased popularity and usage of Bitcoin.

[hatshepsut93]

How we imagined mass adoption:
people paying with BTC in stores, getting their salaries in BTC, paying online with BTC, banks are weeping because they are constantly losing customers, some banks are already collapsing.

What we got instead:
Scrabble added the word "Bitcoin", also Apple and Microsoft added support for Bitcoin symbol. Meanwhile almost all network activity comes from exchanges and traders.

[veleten]

while it is not something too significant, this is what mass adoption is made of
Scrabble is a very popular game and getting kids know what bitcoin is ( or at least that there is such a word) means a lot
step by step we are getting closer and closer to the times when the word "bitcoin" is as common as "money"

[XFlowZion]

I don't know if we can consider this as getting closer to adoption, but we will take everything in stride.  . Maybe next year we will see a lot of altcoins being added as well. 

The word bitcoin getting included in scrabble is essential I believe but considering many altcoins is surely I won't accept. But I just wonder if kids still really play this kind of board games nowadays because if they do, this is a good way to pass the information or exposed them to the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency.

[funchiestz]

Bitcoin is now integrated into our lives in every field. Scrabble is one of them. More will come.

[dothebeats]

This is literally more than advertisement IMO as one of the most famous board games just recognized bitcoin as one of its official words. There might not be a lot of people playing scrabble, moreso the physical board game anymore but this might cause the inquisitive minds to check what really is bitcoin and do/search things from there. This might not be the best news we can get but I'm just elated that a childhood board game I used to play is slowly adapting to the rapid change in the ecosystem, albeit just adding a single word in their words list.

[Rufsilf]

It's surprising that Bitcoin is being recognized and noticed in different ways around the world.
It was just being adopted by merchants these days and it's now being recognized and added even in scrabble.
People will surely be more aware about cryptocurrency becsuse of this.

I agree, it could be another stepping stone for bitcoin, with this a lot will be aware of bitcoin and hopefully it will help them know a bit of bitcoin. Considering a lot companies have now recognized bitcoin, I believe it will have a good impact in the price once a lot of people invest on bitcoin.

[Beerwizzard]

I don't know if we can consider this as getting closer to adoption, but we will take everything in stride.  . Maybe next year we will see a lot of altcoins being added as well. 

Sure. They will just add a word "shitcoin" and we can consider that hundreds of altcoins are already added to the dictionary.

But frankly speaking if you are happy that someone admitted to use the word Bitcoin then we are far from adoption lol. Already for a long time people are not getting any new words from any dictionaries anymore.

[Ailmand]

I don't know if we can consider this as getting closer to adoption, but we will take everything in stride.  . Maybe next year we will see a lot of altcoins being added as well. 

The word bitcoin getting included in scrabble is essential I believe but considering many altcoins is sure I won't accept. But I just wonder if kids still really play this kind of board games nowadays because if they do, this is a good way to pass the information or exposed them to the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Essential? Scrabble is more or less old news, the kids will think it's a physical version of the app words with Friends. This means nothing though, it's just merian saying Bitcoins added to the dictionary which they did a while ago.

Being noticed and this kind of small recognition is already a big thing for Bitcoin. It would be another form of publicity which will be helpful for users to understand Bitcoin not just as a single word. Also, Scrabble isn't just for kids but for adults as well. Even kids nowadays have the curiosity about new words and meanings followed by the question about its functions.

[Kakmakr]

Wow, strange coincidence, because we were playing "Scrabble" the other night, when I jokingly made a word, "BitKoin" and the other players aceepted it as a word, until I told them that the word was spelled wrong.

Nice to see that it has been added to a official dictionary now, so if I get to use it again, I would legally have scored some good points on the word that are recognised in the dictionary. 

[DdmrDdmr]

Actually, "Bitcoin" (worth a measly 11 base points) was added to the sixth edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, released past September 2018 (ISBN 978-0-87779-596-4), not to the cover of the game’s box itself. You can check the officially valid game’s words here: https://scrabble.hasbro.com/en-us/tools#dictionary -> No Blockchain, nor any other crypto related word I’ve tried is listed there.

Surprisingly enough, "Ok" was one of the star additions (a bit of a latecomer …).

[NathanJB]

Oh, Scrabble is by all means more advanced than a lot of central banks and governments. Bitcoin, even cryptocurrency, is still virtually unknown to the world of bankers and politicians. Scrabble is open-minded. Its vocabulary is very much mainstream. We will be expecting crypto words such as Ethereum and HODL soon.