Sunday, April 14, 2013

W-O-R-D-S

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WORDnote: Saturday was National Scrabble Day. Did you know there are 101 2-letter Scrabble words?

S-C-R-A-B-B-L-E


“Aunt Mercy put down her tiles, one at a time. I-T-C-H-I-N.
 

“Aunt Grace leaned closer to the board, squinting. Mercy Lynne, youre cheatin again! What kinda word is that? Use it in a sentence.’

“‘Im itchin ta have some a that white cake.’

“‘Thats not how you spell it. At least one of them could spell. Aunt Grace pulled one of the tiles off the board. 

“‘Theres no T in itchin.’”

—Margaret Stohl, coauthor, the Beautiful Creatures series
  
• Editorial Comment: The best Scrabble play I ever saw was Q-U-I-X-O-T-I-C on two triple word spaces.


Related: National Scrabble Day: A Poem So You’ll Know All 101 Two-Letter Words,”
by David Bukszpan


Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs on reading, from authors Louisa May Alcott, Jorge Luis Borges, David Foster Wallace and other writers without three names? Click here.


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