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Scrabble: Mattel launches new version of game which is 'less competitive'
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| 4/9
| Steven McIntosh
Posted on 04/10/2024 1:59:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Good Lord, is nothing sacred?
Learn to read and spell. That will help.
Sheesh, dumbing down EVERYTHING.
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posted on
04/10/2024 2:03:13 PM PDT
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
To: nickcarraway
From the article:
“The makers of Scrabble found that younger people, Gen Z people, don’t quite like the competitive nature of Scrabble”
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posted on
04/10/2024 2:05:10 PM PDT
by
Jyotishi
(Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
To: All
New and Improved! With more curse words! Ebonics freely accepted and encouraged. Misspelled words are fine too. The new diverse, equitable and inclusive Scrabble board game. IF you are accused of cheating, we don't judge a little stabbing and gunfire.
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posted on
04/10/2024 2:17:59 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Will there be sugar after The Rebellion?)
To: Jyotishi
“The makers of Scrabble found that younger people, Gen Z people, don’t quite like the competitive nature of Scrabble”I have found, in my life (I will be 70 at the end of August) that playing against people who are better than I am, improves my game.
My daughter and I will play Scrabble when we are together at home (she lives in another State). She is a great Scrabble player and I have learned from her by being beaten and realizing that I have been missing opportunities in the past.
Watch and learn. When you watch how someone else is playing the board, and beating you, you can learn techniques to do the same next time you play.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
04/10/2024 2:21:36 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: nickcarraway
Mental exercises for the ignorant and/or stupid. Cool. They need mental stimulation too, you know
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posted on
04/10/2024 2:25:42 PM PDT
by
j.havenfarm
(23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
To: nickcarraway
Gynocentrism at it’s best. Collaborative. Same problem in education for boys
To: nickcarraway
I’m waiting for the BLM edition....the one with extra apostrophes and vowels.
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posted on
04/10/2024 2:34:41 PM PDT
by
txeagle
To: nickcarraway
First person to post a 4 letter word wins.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
04/10/2024 3:08:10 PM PDT
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
04/10/2024 3:36:41 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
04/10/2024 3:36:45 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
04/10/2024 3:44:07 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: nickcarraway
What is it, Twitter Scrabble? No vowels? Just three-letter acronyms because kids can't spell anymore?
-PJ
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posted on
04/10/2024 3:50:24 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: nickcarraway
"feets" "dayam" "nuffin" "dindu" "fambley" … etc.
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posted on
04/10/2024 3:50:44 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
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posted on
04/10/2024 3:53:50 PM PDT
by
Texas resident
(Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
To: metmom
It’s a two sided board. Why not have two games? I know most who like solitary games are introverts who rather never have groups of people playing a game.
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posted on
04/10/2024 3:54:14 PM PDT
by
napscoordinator
(DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
To: nickcarraway
A few years back I started playing the online “Words with Friends” game and a few times it rejected my word which I knew was a word and looked up in a paper dictionary to prove it was a word. Pissed me off so I just told my “friends” I was playing against I was “out” and deleted the app. I told them an app that stupid doesn’t deserve to be on my phone... ha ha ha.
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posted on
04/10/2024 4:04:56 PM PDT
by
copaliscrossing
(The truth is always your friend.)
To: BipolarBob
Before there were two versions of Scrabble, there were two Scrabble dictionaries. The OWL (Official Word List) had all words that were in at least one of four different dictionaries including swear words, racial epithets, etc. The dictionary you could buy at Barnes & Noble had all the offensive words eliminated.
Then the PC crowd came in and eliminated all of the offensive words from the Official Word List. So no ebonics with or without the hard-R.
There are still some words allowed which are offensive, but are included if they have at least one inoffensive definition, e.g. BITCH and FAGGOT.
JEW, used as a verb, used to be a word seen on a lot of Scrabble boards because of its high scoring possibilities. That word was removed from the Official Word List, even though many of the people petitioning the Scrabble Assoc. to keep it in are Jews.
IRONY is still a valid Scrabble word.
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