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News: Nigel Richards Also Takes First Place at World Players Championship
Not only was Nigel Richards crowned victor in the 2010 National SCRABBLE Championship, but the New Zealander's won first place at the 2010 World Players Championship, bringing his grands total over the last two weeks to $13,000. That's $10,000 for the NSC and $3,000 for the WPC. Well worth the trip from his home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
News: Making Pendants from SCRABBLE Tiles
Mark and Stefani at HomeStudio share their secret to turning old SCRABBLE tiles into lovely pendants. Anyone with a crafty mind will enjoy these pendants, which "are great for necklaces, charms, and gifts to give."
How To: Spell the word CIVIC without a "C" or "V" in Scrabble
This will show you how to arrange the word "CIVIC" using only the letters T, L, I, M, O, K, W, I, and O. What? No C's? Well, that's what makes it a riddle, right? Why do the letters not look like Scrabble tiles? Well, sometimes there's just too many questions, and sooner or later you're just going to have to stop asking them.
News: MGMT's "Electric Feel" Music Video: SCRABBLE-ized
MGMT, more commonly and colloquially referred to as "Management," broke into the indie music scene with their 2008 debut album Oracular Spectacular. The most popular song on that album is "Electric Feel" — the original music video is often considered to be an acid trip. Some even think it's a depiction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the two cities destroyed by God. Check out the original music video for "Electric Feel" below.
News: Scrabble Squabble Scores 8,000 Sawbucks for Sonya Glover
If you look up the word SAWBUCK in the SCRABBLE Dictionary, you'd see that it was a sawhorse, but there's another definition that we're all probably more familiar with:
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: REREMICE
REREMICE 62 points (12 points without the bingo) Definition: bats (flying mammals) [n/pl.]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: HELLEBORE
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: HELLEBORE [n] A hellebore is any of the approximately 20 plants from the genus Helleborus, many of which are poisonous. Hellebores are herbaceous perennial flowering plants from Eurasia related to the buttercup family, having showy flowers with petaloid sepals.
News: How Scrabble Helped a Recovering Deaf Woman Get Her Words Back
I don't want to say too much, because it's best to read it first-hand, but it's a very nice story about a deaf woman who had cochlear implants that helped her hear again. Trouble is, a great deal of her vocabulary was lost while she was deaf, but nightly games of Scrabble with her husband quickly got her vocabulary back in shape!
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: MACHZOR
MACHZOR 73 points (23 points without the bingo) Definition: mahzor; a Jewish prayer book [n]
News: Scrabble in Literature
Joshua Glenn posted an article on Brainiac, where he researched anything related to Scrabble in American literature ranging from 1954-2003. Check it out.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: FRONDEUR
FRONDEUR 62 points (12 points without the bingo) Definition: a rebel [n]
How To: Play Scrabble
Andy Strohl is going to show you how to play Scrabble in this series. Besides showing you the basics, he gives you some tips and strategies on winning and using key tiles.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: CAGANER
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: * CAGANER [n] A caganer is a small figurine of a person defecating in place, pants humorously around the character's ankles. It's a traditional Christmas decoration in Catalonia, Spain and in neighboring areas, where it's placed within the nativity scene.
Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession
I just started reading this book about the world of competitive Scrabble players. Who knew this simple board game could be so full of highs and lows?
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: MIASMIC
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: MIASMIC [adj] Miasmic is an adjective for miasm (or miasma), which means a noxious vapor—"bad air" harmful to health. The word miasma comes from the ancient Greek word for pollution. And the concept of bad air also gave rise to the name malaria, from old Italian "mala" (bad) "aria" (air).
News: Scrabble Meets Civilization in Scryptic iOS App
This looks like it could be interesting... Scryptic...
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: DAUBERY
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: DAUBERY [n] An unskillful painting or work, one that is executed in a messy or inexpert way. Since art is highly subjective, I won't point out any dauberies. You probably already have a few in mind.
News: Stefan Fatsis clarifies the proper nouns thing
You can relax now.
News: Name?
Hi, I"d like to give myself a cool Scrabble name...I have a friend named Scrabulous. I don't like Scrabblicious.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: SHLEMIEL
SHLEMIEL 63 points (11 points without the bingo) Definition: an unlucky bungler [n]
News: "Papal Infallibility Invoked To Allow Scrabble Word"
Original picture appears on the ONION.
News: What Does Presidential Candidate Tim Pawlenty Have to Do with Scrabble?
I'm not much for politics, but I do like to keep tabs on our elected government officials from time to time, since I am a registered voter and believe that every one should vote (unless they're just voting to say they voted). This pretty much means I pay attention to my local and state officials, the presidential candidates, and of course, any political scandal that makes me chuckle.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: OOPHYTE
OOPHYTE 65 points (15 points without the bingo) Definition: a stage of development in certain plants [n]
News: One Man's Journey Into SCRABBLE
Jedijawa is a self-described "sci-fi geek" and public interest attorney who enjoys SCRABBLE, maybe more than he should. Over time, he wrote one too many posts on SCRABBLE, which prompted him to consolidate them into one webpage on his site.
News: Eat Your Words
Scrabble Cookies.
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