Get to grips with some of the new three-letter words in the Collins Official Scrabble Wordlist 2015, out now.

GRR
an interjection used to express anger or annoyance (4 points)

RYU
(Japanese) a school of martial arts (6 points)

VOM
to vomit (8 points)

EEW
an interjection used to express disgust (6 points)

VOG
air pollution caused by volcanic dust (7 points)

DUM
cooked with steam (6 points)

NYM
a dispute about the right to publish material on the Internet under a fictitious name (8 points)

PAK
a pack (9 points)

TIZ
a state of confusion (12 points)

PWN
to dominate or humiliate an opponent esp in online gaming (8 points)

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