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I had no idea there was such drama surrounding Scrabble. I thought that was reserved for Monopoly and Risk.

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Oct 28Liked by The Bob

I love scrabble.

When I was taught as a child , I was encouraged to use a dictionary. And a word builder…

Can you add a letter at the beginning or end of a word that’s been played.

No challenging. You had to play a real word.

Now as adults, my mom (94) uses a dictionary , I have a scrabble dictionary on my phone.

A house rule…. You can swap the blank tile for its letter, if you have three of one letter , you can swap the third letter for another.

But we keep score….. the score is so very important.!!

I love Words with Friends. Learning new words , that’s okay

But it is not the board game of scrabble.

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Thanks Barb for sharing. The rule of thumb was the combined scores should exceed 400 points.

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I’d like to share another scrabble tid-bit

All games are recorded in a notebook.

I have filled many. And they are dated!

I’d show a photo, but not quite sure how to do that?

Thank you for responding.

I’m glad you met me!

I’m glad I met you!

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The guy was brought in to "redesign" the scrabble board, not make it better. Just different. Mission accomplished.

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True, but the redesign was upsetting to serious players who play competitively and have certain expectations as to what’s where. There are standards like on every football field or tennis court.

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That's interesting that game reachers found younger players care less about winning - or is it possibly they care a whole lot more about not losing?

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dear bob,

great cartoons! and GREAT SCRABBLE CONTENT!

big scrabble-head over here! my grandmother taught me and i played with her frequently throughout my childhood!

thanks so much for sharing, as always!

love

myq

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