Scrabble Rules

Scrabble: It always ends in madness.

How many of you, while playing a game of Scrabble, look at the rules before playing? My guess is very few. Most people play the same way, using a nearby dictionary to check words (or the internet), no acronyms and no proper nouns, and with good faith that your teammates won’t cheat. Besides, how do you cheat in scrabble when you’re allowed to check if a word exists with no penalty? It’s simple, and it’s just good sportsmanship. At least, that’s how I always played at home.

Word Games

So many possibilities...

Word games are a great way to increase your lexical knowledge, which basically means adding a bunch of 4 dollar words to your bag of tricks. When you start you can only play with whatever words you already know (which will, in itself, flex your mental muscles), but when you come out you have gained knowledge of the words your friends used, and may even have done a little dictionary searching to get the job done. Who thought reading the dictionary would be fun?

One of the most popular word games around is Scrabble. Sure, you could play it on a board- but what if you’re missing a board, or missing friends to play with? That’s where the internet comes in. If you’re connected to facebook, you can get in on all kinds of word game fun with their free scrabble app. Of course, you can also get this app on your iphone, but it costs a little bit of money. Just invite some of your friends and let the fun begin! However, Scrabble’s free apps are a little bit limited, and sometimes pretty buggy. What then?