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"Scrabble has successfully made the jump to the digital age, but still lacks an updated dictionary of accepted words. You can't play s-e-l-f-i-e-s, or instance, or h-a-s-h-t-a-g, much to the consternation of avid players who have both bingos on hand.\nRealizing this, the game's owner, Hasbro, is letting fans pick words that they think should be included in the first update of The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary in nine years. Fans looking to influence the choice can nominate their picks starting today through March 28 on the Hasbro Game Night Facebook Page. The new word will apply to both the online and board versions of the game.\nSee also: The World's Most Expensive Scrabble Set\nOn April 2, Scrabble and Merriam-Webster will pick 16 words from the nominations for a March Madness-style bracket. The winning word will be revealed on April 10 and then hit the dictionary in August, when it will become officially playable. A Hasbro rep says the words will be held to the same scrutiny as others in the dictionary, so no proper nouns and no B-i-e-b-e-r-. \nThe rep declined to reveal how many people are playing Scrabble online. The game has had a circuitous path to the web in part because of the joint ownership between Hasbro and Mattel. The latter initially launched Scrabble on Facebook in 2008, but because Mattel only has the rights outside of North America, it was not available in the United States or Canada. Meanwhile, Scrabulous, a knockoff game, racked up some 600,000 users, many of whom were locked out from playing. Scrabble's owners shut down Scrabulous that year (the game is now called Lexulous and sports a less Scrabble-like board) and released a Facebook game for U.S. players in late 2008. \nScrabble's attempt to integrate new words into its lexicon comes after The Oxford English Dictionary embraced social media-derived terms like \"selfie,\" \"GIF\" and \"YOLO.\" But don't expect the latter two to show up in the Scrabble Dictionary: Both are acronyms, and therefore banned from play. \nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments. \n\n\nTop 10 Free Photo Apps for Android\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Pudding Camera\n\n\nPudding Camera has a wonderful visual interface. Scroll through little thumbnails and camera icons (rather than text lists) to find the filters and effects you're looking for. \nThis visual UI is helpful, since the app itself is not entirely in English. The output resolution is full, so you'll be downloading and sharing nice big images after you're done snapping and filtering. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. FxCamera\n\nFxCamera has been my go-to Android photo app for a while now. The filter options get very granular, which is great if you're a control freak - not so much if you're hoping to whip out your phone and capture a fleeting moment. Still, the array of choices is impressive for a freebie.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Vignette Demo\n\nVignette's framing options and clean UI make it a standout app. You can combine the filter and frame choices for a variety of permutations. The downside is that the output resolution is small, at least with the settings we tried. That's convenient for sharing online, but you may not want to document your entire life with these tiny pics.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Little Photo\n\nLittle Photo packs a surprising UI punch. Take a pic and you start with the raw image. A translucent menu then floats over the snap, and you can scroll through your effect choices and preview them on the fly. Mix your effects, hit apply, and share at will. The image processing and output are impressive.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Retro Camera\n\n\nRetro Camera is fun, slick, and has a very \"Hipstamatic\" feel. You're not scrolling through lists of effects, but selecting the vintage film camera you'd like to shoot with. The UI then becomes the camera (with various additional options appearing as buttons and switches), and you look down into the view finder as you snap away. Photos are then \"developed\" in the preview gallery where you can scroll through your attempts in a handheld dark room and share them out via Twitter, Facebook, and \"Electronic Mail\" - whatever that is.\nIn our testing, we had a few crashes, but not enough to detract from the fun value.\nThere's also a paid version with more cameras and features to choose from.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Action Snap\n\n\nAction Snap is a bit different from the others on our list. It has a handful of filters, but the selling point here is the ability to grab a sequence of images and stitch them together automagically. This is great for objects or people in motion.\nSet the automatic shutter interval anywhere between .01 and 5 seconds (or a custom speed that you can control manually) and start snapping your moving target. The app arranges the photos sequentially into panels or a grid. The dead-simple interface and lack of bells and whistles means you can focus on your subject in motion.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. A World of Photo (Free)\n\n\nA World of Photo is not your traditional box of digital filters. It's a social photo game with the potential to be a lot of fun and/or super creepy. Think of it as a mobile, photo-centric version of Chatroulette.\nYou can jump right in as a guest user or sign up for an account if you plan to play often. Wait to be \"located\" by another user (who will appear on the map in relation to you). Then it's up to you to snap a photo of anything (within the terms of use and common decency) and send it off to that user. The nice thing is that when you're ready to take a photo, it allows you to use Android's camera, or other photo apps you've already installed. I used Vignette to snap a photo of my coffee cup and send it out to \"Guest 8244.\" I assume he or she enjoyed it immensely.\nThe recipient can comment or send feedback. When the exchange is done, the app locates someone else, and tasks them to send a pic to you. I received a horrifying photo of a giant insect crawling on someone's foot. Fun!\nThe interface is still a little rough. I attempted to email the bug-foot photo to myself, but the message came through without an attachment, and the horror was lost to the aether. Still, it's easy to see how a little time spent playing with this app could lead to a lot of time spent playing with this app.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Photo Illusion\n\nThis app doesn't actually take photos on its own - you'll need to access snaps from your gallery. Once you load them in, there are multitudes of effects you can apply. Some of them are a little goofy, but there's entertainment to be had with fisheyes and fun house-type mirrors. The above example uses a lomo filter and a mosaic pattern.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Roidizer\n\n\nWant Polaroid-style pics without fuss? Grab this free app. The user experience could not be simpler, and the results are impressive.\nTake your photo through the Polaroid viewfinder, watch it develop, and write the caption at the bottom in a variety of fonts. You can change the \"film type\" before or after you shoot, but the variations are simple and clean. Your pics are easy to save and share. The final resolution is decent, but not huge.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Camera360 Free\n\n\nLast but certainly not least, Camera360 Free has a full buffet of effects, filters and styles to choose from, including a great tilt-shift option that is often lacking in other Android offerings. The UI has nice big buttons, and once you get into picture-taking mode, there are even more granular options to play with.\nSharing is a little buggy, but if you're looking for a wealth of photo options to experiment with, Camera360 (or its paid version) is a great choice.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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