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SCRABBLE World

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Sep 10, 2011

OOPHYTE  65 points (15 points without the bingo)Definition: a stage of development in certain plants [n]More specifically, in botany, the gametophyte in mosses, liverworts, and ferns, resulting from t ...

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Sep 10, 2011

What are the odds of drawing the same seven letters, e.g. JANITOR, twice during a lifetime of playing Scrabble—in two separate games. Michael Thelen, who runs Zyzzyva, breaks down the numbers. ...

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Sep 8, 2011

If you love Scrabble, like me, this is the place for you.  At least, I hope so.I want this to be a place for Scrabble lovers, both experts and novices, to learn and share their knowledge about gamepla ...

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Sep 8, 2011

When your opponent throws down "AA", you tell them no abbreviations, but alas... it's not.  They build "ZA" on the board for 64 points, and you say it's slang, but it's in the dictionary.  Next is "EF ...

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Sep 8, 2011

If you think you're a Scrabble genius because you have all the two-letter words memorized, you're sorely wrong.  To be a Scrabble genius, you have to know practically "every" word acceptable in Scrabb ...

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Sep 8, 2011

This is the ultimate Scrabbler's wet dream.  The Scrabble computer keyboard.Richard "Doc" Nagy, a steampunk artist, has successfully designed a keyboard made with real Scrabble tiles.  He's currently ...

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Sep 8, 2011

If you're like me, you want to play Scrabble all the time.  But you can't drag your Scrabble board everywhere, without drawing attention.  Not to mention bringing it to work's probably a bad idea.So, ...

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Sep 8, 2011

If you thought playing Scrabble in your grandparents' kitsch and musty old house was your most dangerous gaming experience, you haven't heard of Extreme Scrabble yet.Instead of Scrabblers searching fo ...

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Sep 8, 2011

SCRABBLE is taking the world by storm.  It's everywhere.  You can play it on Facebook, iPhone, iPod, Nintendo DS, PSP, mobile phones... you name it, it's there.  And you can even gamble online, like w ...

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Sep 8, 2011

OSPD1In 1978, the first SCRABBLE Dictionary was conceived and published by Merriam-Webster, with the help of the National Scrabble Association (NSA).  The idea was to include any word that was found i ...