SCRABBLE News
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: MIMESIS
MIMESIS n pl. -MESISES or -MESES mimicry MIMETIC adj 61 points (11 points without the bingo)
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: PLASTRUM
PLASTRUM n pl. -S plastron 62 points (12 points without the bingo)
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: HEXEREI
HEXEREI n pl. -S witchcraft 67 points (17 points without the bingo)
News: Mugshots of the World's Best Scrabble Players
Mugshots aren't just for criminals anymore. In the world of competitive Scrabble, no one's safe from the lens of photojournalist Roger Cullman. For the last couple years, Cullman has been hitting up the Scrabble circuit with hopes of immortalizing some of the world's best Scrabble players in headshot pictures of them holding racks with their surnames spelled out in Scrabble tiles.
News: Where's the G? Player Accused of Cheating in World Scrabble Championship
Cheating. It happens everywhere. From scientists faking human ears on mice, to Hollywood thirty-somethings cheating on their quadragenarian wives, to chess players accusing supercomputers of fraud. There's no game or profession out there that doesn't have a cheater or two, but the bigger nuisance is probably those people who accuse others of cheating.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: FOVEOLET
FOVEOLET n pl. -S a foveola 64 points (14 points without the bingo)
News: Nigel Richards Wins $20,000, Becomes First Ever Two-Time World Scrabble Champion
Last weekend the 2011 World Scrabble Championship was held at the Hilton Hotel in Warsaw, Poland. There were 106 players competing from 44 countries for the $20,000 first place prize and title of World Scrabble Champion.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: COXSWAIN
COXSWAIN v -ED, -ING, -S to direct (a crew) as coxwain 70 points (20 points without the bingo)
Scrabble Bingo Weekly Roundup: Guisard, Reaphook and Veronica
There's only a few week left until costumes and candy take over the streets, which means they'll be more and more seven-letter words in the Scrabble Bingo of the Days that relate to the Fall season, horror movies, and of course… Halloween. Below you'll find bingo words relevant such films as Halloween, Children of the Corn and The Wicker Man.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: ZUGZWANG
ZUGZWANG n pl. -S a situation in chess that forces a disadvantageous move 81 points (31 points without the bingo)
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: COLOSSUS
COLOSSUS n pl. COLOSSUSES or COLOSSI a gigantic statue 60 points (10 points without the bingo)
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: BEJABERS
BEJABERS interj bejesus (used as a mild oath) 69 points (19 points without the bingo)
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: EUCAINE
EUCAINE n pl. -S an anesthetic 59 points (9 points without the bingo)
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: REAPHOOK
REAPHOOK n pl. -S an implement used in reaping 67 points (17 points without the bingo)
The Beautiful Word: A Beastly Closeup on Scrabble Art from Ogilvy & Mather
Ogilvy & Mather are no amateurs when it comes to Scrabble. They may not play the game, but they sure know how to promote it. The prestigious advertising and marketing agency has created several video commercials for Mattel, not to mention over 60 amazing print adverts that are funny, hip and sometimes salaciously naughty.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: VERONICA
VERONICA n pl. -S a handkerchief bearing the image of Christ's face 63 points (13 points without the bingo)
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: GUISARD
GUISARD n pl. -S a masker 59 points (9 points without the bingo)
Scrabble Bingo Weekly Roundup: Zebrass, Rhyolite and Bovinity
Improve your bingo skills with a roundup of this week's Scrabble Bingo of the Days. What exactly is a bingo? It's when a player empties his or her rack in one turn, placing all seven of their letters on the board to create a word that's at least seven letters long.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: APOLOGUE
APOLOGUE n pl. -S an allegory 61 points (11 points without the bingo)
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: PHONEYS
PHONEYS 64 points (14 points without the bingo) Definition: to phony, i.e. alters so as to make appear genuine [v]
News: OMG, Scrabble Trickster Lets Players Use Textspeak… What's Next?
Scrabble is a game of skill for logophiles who love a good mental challenge, but for those people who play board games that aren't as equally fascinated with the cultured eccentricity of the English language, there's something called Scrabble Trickster, a variant that allows proper nouns in addition to everything already in Scrabble dictionaries.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: HOOSGOW
HOOSGOW 64 points (14 points without the bingo) Definition: a jail [n]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: LEVOGYRE
LEVOGYRE 65 points (15 points without the bingo) Definition: turning toward the left [adj]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: ZEBRASS
ZEBRASS 68 points (18 points without the bingo) Definition: the offspring of a zebra and an ass [n]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: BOVINITY
BOVINITY 66 points (16 points without the bingo) Definition: the state of being a bovine [n]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: RHYOLITE
RHYOLITE 64 points (14 points without the bingo) Definition: a volcanic rock [n]
Scrabble Bingo Weekly Roundup: Shlemiels, Cynosures and Yanquis
Bingo! No, this isn't the game where balls fly around in machines and players dab their cards with daubers. In a game of Scrabble, bingo refers to the bonus a player receives when emptying their rack in one turn, which gets them an extra 50 points on top of whatever their play was. Even if you had two blanks on your rack and didn't utilize any premium squares on the board, you'd still have an impressive 56-point turn (at least) by using all 7 of your letters.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: JUMBUCK
JUMBUCK 74 points (24 points without the bingo) Definition: a sheep [n]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: CYNOSURE
CYNOSURE 63 points (13 points without the bingo) Definition: a center of attraction [n]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: POSTICHE
POSTICHE 65 points (15 points without the bingo) Definition: an imitation [n]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: YANQUIS
YANQUIS 68 points (18 points without the bingo) Definition: United States citizens [n/pl.]
News: 10 Peculiar Game Rules for Competitive Scrabble Tournaments
The 2011 Toronto International Scrabble Open (TOSI) took place last weekend, with former World Champion Adam Logan beating out all of the human competition for the $3,000 grand prize. But when it came time to take on the Quackle program in the Human vs. Computer Showdown, he lost his first two games and won the last two, ultimately losing with a measly 28-point differential of the combined total scores. But he still came out three grand happier.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: FEAZING
FEAZING 70 points (20 points without the bingo) Definition: fazing; disturbing the composure of [present participle of feaze]
News: Scrabble Cats Go Head to Head
An odd game of Scrabble between my two cats. I think they're dyslexic. And chaotic. "I think I found a word."
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: SHLEMIEL
SHLEMIEL 63 points (11 points without the bingo) Definition: an unlucky bungler [n]
News: If Cats Could Play Scrabble...
Do you think humans are the only ones who like the challenge of a good word game? Well, think again, because homo sapiens aren't the only ones up for stimulating their brains. Other species on planet Earth like to play Scrabble, too, and they're the ones most likely to actually play the words HOMO and SAPIENS in a game, both totally legit Scrabble words... by themselves, of course.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: WANIGAN
WANIGAN 61 points (11 points without the bingo) Definition: a supply chest used in a logging camp [n]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: DOTTREL
DOTTREL 58 points (8 points without the bingo) Definition: dotterel; a shore bird [n]
News: Human vs. Computer Scrabble Showdown
Just came across this image in Google, and thought it was cool. It's from what was apparently the first ever Human vs. Computer Showdown in Toronto back in 2006. Former world Scrabble Champion David Boys, of Montreal, was defeated by computer super brain "Quackle".
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: ALAMEDA
ALAMEDA 60 points (10 points without the bingo) Definition: a shaded walkway [n]