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News: Scrabble Showdown Game Show a Disgrace to Competitive Scrabblers Everywhere
Scrabble has invaded just about every medium out there. It started as a mere board game, but has since spawned numerous board game spinoffs and variations, an electronic version, mobile apps for just about anything (Android, iPhone, iPhone, iPad and Kindle), games for both PC and Facebook, and video games for handheld consoles like the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP. Heck, it's even on the PlayStation and Xbox 360 gaming consoles. And it hasn't forgotten about film. You can see Scrabble featured in...
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: MACHZOR
MACHZOR 73 points (23 points without the bingo) Definition: mahzor; a Jewish prayer book [n]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: DIAPSID
DIAPSID 61 points (11 points without the bingo) Definition: a reptile with two pairs of temporal openings in the skull [n]
News: The 5 Best Word Game Mobile Apps Besides Scrabble
When you don't have anyone to play with in the flesh, nothing beats a round of competitive online Scrabble. If you're constantly on the move, the Scrabble app developed by Electronic Arts (EA) for Android and iOS mobile devices is probably your favorite way to play. But let's face it—if you love Scrabble, you probably love all types of word games, and if you're on the hunt for that next fun and challenging logological mobile game, I've got a few suggestions for you...
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: WICKIUP
WICKIUP 68 points (18 points without the bingo) Definition: an American Indian hut [n]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: ISOPLETH
ISOPLETH 63 points (13 points without the bingo) Definition: a type of isogram [n]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: URUSHIOL
URUSHIOL 61 points (11 points without the bingo) Definition: a toxic liquid [n]
News: 50 Years Later, Dabble Materializes into a Scrabble Friendly Word Game App for iPhone
He may be the oldest person to have invented an app for Apple devices, but 84-year-old George Weiss didn't originally intend on marketing his Dabble word game to the mobile crowd. He first came up Dabble back in 1958 when he was just 31. “A lot has changed since 1958, but people still love a good game,” said Weiss on his introduction into the iTunes App Store last month.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: TINTYPE
TINTYPE 62 points (12 points without the bingo) Definition: a kind of photograph [n]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: MBAQANGA
MBAQANGA 72 points (22 points without the bingo) Definition: a South African dance music [n]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: REREMICE
REREMICE 62 points (12 points without the bingo) Definition: bats (flying mammals) [n/pl.]
News: The Likeliness of Two Identical Scrabble Hands
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.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: EURYOKY
EURYOKY 67 points (17 points without the bingo) Definition: the ability of an organism to live under variable conditions [n]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: FRONDEUR
FRONDEUR 62 points (12 points without the bingo) Definition: a rebel [n]
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: OOPHYTE
OOPHYTE 65 points (15 points without the bingo) Definition: a stage of development in certain plants [n]
News: The Best Places to Play Scrabble Online
There's nothing better than playing a game of Scrabble, feeling the smooth wooden tiles in your hand and savoring the heavy fumes of cardboard, cheap wood and plastic as you rearrange the letters on your rack into the perfect word. You try to keep a straight face while you watch your opponent sweat, but you can't help but release that diabolical grin of self-admiration as you play the elusive triple-triple. The score's recorded and you feel sorry for your bitter rival, but then you remember y...
News: Scrabble Goes Underground
Yeah you could play the pansy Facebook version, or you can play the way it's meant to be played.
News Alert: Scrabble Makes You Smarter
Listen up Scrabblers... you finally have something to brag about besides knowing what MUZJIK is, and if you think it's elevator music, put those tiles back in the bag and pack up your Scrabble board because this doesn't apply to you.
News: Mother Goes to Jail for Starving Her Baby (While Playing Scrabble)
This isn't your ordinary Scrabble fiend, but relax... Scrabble was not the reason behind the death of this Pennsylvania woman's baby. But nonetheless, it's a horrible story of parents who'd rather neglect their own flesh and blood, rather than their pets.
News: Anne Hathaway Is a Scrabble Fiend
Anne Hathaway appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to promote her new movie, One Day. But before that, she proclaimed herself a Scrabble fiend. She likes to play the board game with family and friends, as well as local play on the iPhone and solo play against her computer. And Jon reveals his son's strategy for using "Best Word" on EA's Scrabble version (something I'm not to keen on)...
News: Scrabble Meets Civilization in Scryptic iOS App
This looks like it could be interesting... Scryptic...
News: NFC-Equipped Sifteo Cubes One Up Hasbro's Scrabble Flash Word Game (But Costs 5X More)
Last year, Hasbro unveiled Scrabble Flash, an electronic version of the popular word game which consists of five SmartLink letter tiles that can communicate with one another using near field communication (NFC) to spell and score words. It's an interesting (and fun) way to build your Scrabble vocabulary for words ranging from two to five letters, but that's about it.
News: Would You Play CLITORIS Against Your Grandmother?
Comic by xkcd
Squabble: The Nasty Word Game
I'm not sure where I got this, but I thought I'd share it with everyone. I've had it forever!
News: Nefertiti Scrabble
This Blender graphic shows my idea of an Egyptian style Scrabble board, inspired by the ancient board game Senet. It features the Nefertiti (Latin) font, so you don't have to read hieroglyphs to make words. The white hieroglyphs on the black granite tiles was inspired by inscriptions on Egyptian statuary of the same material.
News: 5 Eccentric Scrabble Variants That Never Saw the Light of Day
Thanks to the advent of smartphones and mobile apps, Scrabble has spread like wildfire across the globe, whether it be Scrabble or one of its many popular word game spinoffs, such as Words with Friends, WordWise and Kalimat.
News: Scrabble Finally Hits Android Devices... But Does It Beat Words with Friends?
Three years ago, Scrabble was one of the very first 500 mobile applications to appear on the new iTunes App Store, allowing iPhone users the chance to kill their Scrabble cravings on the go. It was a smart move for Hasbro and Electronic Arts (EA), but it's been two years and eight months since the Android Market opened for business, and they've just now released an official app for Android smartphones—Scrabble Free.
News: Scrabble and Graffiti Join Forces for the Perfect Marriage Proposal
SCRABBLE: 14 points; GRAFFITI: 15 points; MARRIAGE: 11 points; YES: 6 points. When playing a game of Scrabble, those are the minimal amount of points for each of the given words (not including blank tiles). But for 28-year-old Jeff Gurwin, it's more than just 46 points on the board, it's a lifetime of happiness.
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.
News: Scrabble Dumbs Down Its Game with 3,000 New Words
Remember the firestorm SCRABBLE Trickster caused nine months ago? SCRABBLE enthusiasts across the world were outraged when Mattel created a game that would allow proper nouns to be acceptable words of play. Essentially, it was a dumbed down, youth-friendly version of the classic game they've all come to love. Luckily, it was just a spinoff game—not a replacement. The same can't be said of the new edition of Collins Official SCRABBLE Words.
News: Themed Scrabble
Scrabble Cooking Scrabble Gardening
Turning Letters into Pesticide: Killing Mechanical Bugs in Clockwords, Act 1
I love SCRABBLE, but sometimes it's hard to find an opponent who'll play a classic, tournament style game in person. Don't get me wrong—I play on the computer and iPhone all of the time, but it's just not the same as an in-person match. This leads me to stray every now and then, checking out new word-friendly games with a fast pace and interesting twist. And the most recent one was nothing like SCRABBLE, and I don't mean that in a bad way.
Choose Your Scrabble Typeface: A-1 Designer Edition Coming Soon?
Designer Andrew Clifford Capener has made an alternative to the classic Scrabble board that celebrates the expression of typeface. It isn't in production yet, but Capener's set would offer tiles in a variety of different fonts:
News: Zynga Scrabble clone Words With Friends available on Android
Has anyone played Words With Friends? I'm curious to see how it compares to Scrabble.
News: NSA Axes Printed SCRABBLE News in Favor of Online PDFs
Attention all National SCRABBLE Association members: You know that newsletter that you get in your mailbox every month or two? That SCRABBLE News mailing from the NSA? Well, they're axing it. No more printed SCRABBLE News. No more ink on your fingertips. No more surprises in your mailbox. It's done for... kinda...
News: Scrabble Night in Santa Monica
We know you love Scrabble. What about booze? Combine the two and you've got Scrabble night at the Deyermond Art & Bookstore in Santa Monica.
The Octopus Conundrum: Octopuses vs. Octopi vs. Octopodes
A couple of days ago, I had some questions regarding the mighty tentacled beast of our oceans— the octopus. Actually, I was just curious as to what an octopus was, and I found the answer, which was a cephalopod mollusk in the order Octopoda.
News: SCRABBLE Blast from EA now available on the iOS App Store
Are you a Scrabble fan? Want to play Scrabble for free on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad? Well, look no further. Just recently, EA has released a new game of theirs, SCRABBLE Blast, onto the App Store. SCRABBLE Blast allows you to play 2 out of the 4 game modes possible for free, however, if you want to get the other 2 modes you’ll have to either download SCRABBLE Free or pay $1.99 via a in-app purchase to obtain those other 2 modes.
News: Kindle Scrabble app sale!
Oooh...looks like Amazon's having a sale on their word games for Kindle. Of which Scrabble is one of them. If you've got a Kindle, you should not miss out on this!
News: Vintage Edition Scrabble
Now this is a perfect gift for a SCRABBLE addict.