SOWPODS is a term used to refer to the word list used in tournament Scrabble in all English-speaking countrieshttp://members.ozemail.com.au/~rjackman/ The SOWPODS Scrabble site except the USA, Canada, Thailand and Israelhttp://users.actcom.co.il/~sig/scrabble.html Scrabble in Israel, which use the American Tournament Word List or TWL. The SOWPODS word list is published by Chambers under the title Official Scrabble Words: International Edition and comprises words from two official dictionaries used in various parts of the world -- Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (OSPD, derived from the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and four other college dictionaries), and Official Scrabble Words (OSW, derived from the Chambers Dictionary). The name is an anagram of the two acronyms.