Next time you’re playing Scrabble, you can put down “schmutz,” “schtum” or even “tuchus” without fear of being challenged. (“Tuchuses,” the plural, is also acceptable.) These are just some of the new ...

Next time you’re playing Scrabble, you can put down “schmutz,” “schtum” or even “tuchus” without fear of being challenged. (“Tuchuses,” the plural, is also acceptable.) These are just some of the new ...

But, are these words recognized as actual terms we can use in the dictionary, or at least while we're playing a game of Scrabble? They are now. Yes, it is official. According to the JTA, next time you ...

Wikipedia, the online dictionary, calls schmutz, or schmootz, a Yiddish word meaning "dirty,'' but I disagree. Schmutz is anything spread thick, or the process of doing so (schmutz some cup cheese on ...