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If Cats Could Play Scrabble...

Sep 27, 2011 12:27 AM

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.

Just imagine the fierceness of the gameplay between two FERAL cats. And imagine what would happen if they looked up CAT in the Scrabble dictionary and saw that the definition was actually "to hoist an anchor to the cathead." What the MEOW is a CATHEAD? Something on boats? Cats don't even like water? But things would cool down once they realized FELINE accurately described them. Or does it? An animal of the cat family? If you just used the Scrabble dictionary, you'd think boat beams were a living species.

Maybe they should just stick to using FELID on the Scrabble board. It's more points anyway, and better describes their FELINITIES.

But what are the chances that cats would stick to playing FELINE related words? Do humans go around playing words like HOMO and SAPIENS? I think not. Unless of course, they're using one of those words in its derogatory sense. Humans are more likely to play words like CATNAPER and CATTERY. So what kind of words do FELIDS actually play?

From the gallery below, I think I can take 'em.

A cat sitting next to a Scrabble game. Photo by nee-sa

Cat sitting at a Scrabble game. Photo by mojo

Cat lounging on a rug next to a Scrabble game with a piece on its back. Photo by slopjop

Cat sitting near a Scrabble game on a red background. Photo by RedHand

Cat sitting beside a person playing Scrabble on a wooden table. Photo by hermzz

Cat resting in a Scrabble board game box. Photo by sylvar

A black and white cat lounging on a table with a Scrabble board game. Photo by hpeguk

A curious cat sitting at a table with a candle and dinner utensils. Photo by Cliff & Olivia

Cat sitting on a laptop keyboard while looking at the screen. Photo by Brooke Geery

A cat impatiently waits at a Scrabble board. Photo by Novelty Nuggets

Cat sitting beside a board game on a table. Photo by Forks and Needles

Cat paw reaching for Scrabble tiles on a game board. Photo by listophelia

A cat curiously examining a board game on a sofa. Photo by El Rich

Two cats curiously observing a Scrabble game on a wooden table. Photo by Theresa

Cat sitting beside a Scrabble board game. Photo by Sadie

Cat paw resting on Scrabble tiles spelling 'CAT'. Photo by the-godfreys

Cat resting on an open book next to Scrabble tiles. Photo by humblejuan14

A cat playing scrabble on a game board. Photo by Jeff Crompton

Now, I implore all of you to go home and take pictures of your feline friends playing Scrabble and post them to the Scrabble World corkboard for all to see. If you like Scrabble and have a few cats, it shouldn't be that hard. If you already have a picture of a cat playing Scrabble, then go ahead and post that, too! And it doesn't have to be limited to cats or kittens, either. If you have a dog, spider or rat, then I'm sure they like to play Scrabble, too.

Now... off to take a photo of my cats battling wits against each other in Scrabble!

UPDATE: I took a few pics of my cats. Here's one. You can see the rest on the corkboard.

Two cats curiously exploring a scattered board game with tiles. Photo by Justin Meyers

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