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Acceptable names in Scrabble

Everybody knows that you are not allowed proper nouns in Scrabble (Sowpods version). However a quick trawl of the Scrabble dictionary reveals the following allowable words which are also people's names. This is only an initial list - I'm sure there are hundreds more. You might find a few surprises. Feel free to add any more that you know of in the comments.

abigail, alan, ana, ann, anna, ava, bill, billy, baldric, basil, beth, bob, bunty, charity, cher, cherry, cliff, carl, colin, crystal, dean, daisy, danny, dawn, deb, derrick, dexter, dick, don, donna, doris, emma, eric, erica, eve, faith, felicity, frank, gill, grace, harry, hazel, henry, holly, iris, ivy, jack, jade, jake, james, jane, jasmine, jasper, jean, jeanette, jeff, jenny, jessie, jill, jo, joanna, joe, joey, john, johnny, joy, kitty, laura, laurel, lily, louis, madge, martin, mary, matt, maud, mavis, mick, micky, mickey, mike, nardine, nat, natty, neal, nick, nicky, olive, oscar, otto, pat, pandora, pearl, peter, polly, rach, ray, rick, roger, rolf, rose, rosemary, ruby, ruth, sam, sandy, saul, sean, sharon, sherry, stella, steven, sue, tara, terry, toby, tom, tony, trace, vera, will, william, willy, xenia, zoot

Thanks to pupski for her suggestions.
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Al said…
Hi, I have been reading and enjoying this blog for some time. There is a similar list of acceptable names on a Boggle blog that I run with some friends.
4 May 2008 at 19:56
Windyridge said…
I just discovered Scrabulous and somehow came across this blog. I like it!
12 June 2008 at 16:00
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