Scrabble Babble

Who in the world makes the list of words allowed in a Scrabble game?

Have you ever heard anyone use the word skeen
Dictionary.com doesn't even know what it means

I'm the one who played it but I've got to admit
I was moving letters around and just winging it

When you're desperate enough and a loss for a word
It doesn't have to be anything you've heard

No abbreviations, no proper nouns
But a nonsense word? Sure, put it down!

You can use ave, but it's not avenue for short
It means welcome or goodbye, an interjection of sorts

And jo with no e, and a lowercase j
It means darling or sweetheart as the Scottish say

What? The word wot is actually a word?
Many a Scrabble word are totally absurd

Quag meaning quagmire and ref for referee
But no abbreviations? Explain that one to me

Or wive with no s, isn't that just wife?
Then why can't I just play knive for knife?

It's a mystery it seems, a conundrum at best
How the Scrabble word nerds compile their list

You don't need a huge vocabulary to win Scrabble
Just be creative and brave and try any babble