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[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 years ago (3 children)

There is an official Scrabble dictionary

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Would only really be relevant for tournaments, except the organizing bodies of which aren't affiliated with Hasbro and have their own sets of words and drama over them. People playing casually can just have house rules about whether slurs are or aren't accepted and what counts as one.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Well yeah. When we play Scrabble, the house rule is 'English Wiktionary'

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We used to play "if you can convince me it's a word, it counts". I got a triple word score on zaxticuous and that shit got shut down. It means: Having the property or appearance of Zach Morris from Saved by the Bell.

(The events in this comment are a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.)

[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

"Any resemblance to actual persons— Zach Morris or otherwise— or actual events... is purely coincidental."

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The best Scrabble move I ever saw:

My brother: "Can you put down swear words?"

My mother: "No."

My brother: (Puts down SHIT) "Not a swear, just what I have to do." (Leaves to go to the bathroom.)

[–] GoosLife@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ours was the unabridged OED when I was a kid.

And my father with his English PhD didn't even play.

[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Tournaments and also digital versions of the game. I think Scrabble might be popular on Facebook?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

I'll accept it if its obviously a real word, no matter how offensive it is.

Not if it requires a capital letter though. I'm not a complete animal.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Which had the N-word in it until 2020.