7 word definitions

ABOMA - a South African snake
ABOMASAL - pertaining to the abomasum
ABOMASUM - the fourth stomach of a ruminant (cow)
ABOON - above
ABORAL - situated away from the mouth
ABORNING - being born
ABOUGHT - past tense of aby and abye

2 extra
ABOULIA - abulia
ABULIA - loss of willpower

ZONK - to stupify
ZONETIME - standard time used at sa
ZONELESS - having no zone or belt
ZONATION - arrangement of zones
ZONATE - Zonated
ZONARY - zonal
ZONAL - pertaining to a zone

7 Word definitions

ABMHO - a unit of electrical conductance
ABNEGATE - to deny oneself
ABOHM - a unit of electrical resistance
ABOIDEAU - a type of dike
ABOIL - boiling
ABOITEAU - a type of dike
ABOLLA - a cloak worn in ancient Rome

ZOOGENY - the development or evolution of animals
ZOOGENIC - caused by animals or their activities
ZOOEY - resembling a zoo
ZOOECIUM - a sac secreted and lived in by an aquatic organism
ZOOCHORE - a plant dispersed by animals
ZONULE - a small zone
ZONULA - zonule

7 word definitions

ABLEGATE - a papal envoy
ABLEISM - prejudice or discriminating against a disabled person
ABLEIST - one who practices ableism
ABLER - comparative of abler
ABLINGS - ablins
ABLINS - perhaps
ABLUENT - cleansing agent

ZOOMETRY - the measurement of animals or animal parts
ZOOMANIA - an excessive interest in animals
ZOOLATRY - the worship of animals
ZOOKS - used as a mild oath (short form of Gadzooks)
ZOOID - an organic cell or body capable of independent movement (ZOOIDAL)
ZOOGLOEA - zooglea
ZOOGLEA - jellylike mass of bacteria

GoGo Grannies host Scrabble fundraiser

Orangeville Citizen (Orangeville, Ontario): GoGo Grannies host Scrabble fundraiser
The Orangeville Branch of the GoGo Grannies, Grandmothers for Grandmothers, in association with and support for the Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF), are hosting their second annual Scrabble Event as a fundraiser for the SLF this Saturday, March 26, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. The venue for the event is the Senior Centre at 26 Bythia Street.

According to the organizers, there is plenty to offer those who wish to participate (or maybe, even those who reckon their spelling isn’t up to the game and just want to watch).

With an admission price of $10 per person or $35 for a table of four, there are refreshments, an African market to buy something different, and prizes for the players.


A couple of wordsmiths are on the “pro” table and their game will be displayed by power point for laughs or, possibly, instruction.

Tickets can be purchased at BookLore, at the door or online at www.aanimad.com/gogo. For more information, you can also call Cathy Whitcombe at 519-941- 9966.

Publisher's Scrabble tournament ends in flourish of sportsmanship

The Post and Courier (South Carolina): Publisher's Scrabble tournament ends in flourish of sportsmanship
The Sunday afternoon crowd at the East Side Taco Boy was thinning, the sun was starting to dim, and there was a slight chill in the air.

Two men faced each other over a cardboard Scrabble board, five $20 bills fanned out under a Coke can beside them. That was the winner's pot.

It had been a long day, with all the drama of a Las Vegas poker showdown. This was the fifth and final round of a Scrabble tournament organized by Surcee Press. Twenty people paid $12 each to play.

A Scrabble tournament was held at East Side Taco Boy in Charleston on Sunday. The tournament was organized by local publishing company Surcee Press.
Now it was down to two 32-year-olds. Justin Swilling of Charleston is a barista at a downtown restaurant. Darby Long of West Ashley works in a frame shop.

Long plays Scrabble all the time with his girlfriend and often memorizes word lists.

"I'm kind of fascinated by the game," he said. "You can improve your whole life."

Swilling said he hasn't played much since he was a child but remembers the day he first beat his mother. To reach Long in the final, Swilling eliminated Brian Farello of New York, an 18-year-old freshman at the College of Charleston who regularly plays in Scrabble tournaments, including the nationals in Orlando a couple of years ago.

With just a few wooden tiles left in the bag in the last game, Long held a substantial lead. The blue sand in the three-minute move timer was running out as Swilling looked for a way to score.

He gave up and offered his resignation.

Long refused to accept it and offered a draw. They shook hands and split the pot.

Long said he couldn't accept the win because he had scored 78 points early in the game with a non-existent word, warants. He said he thought he was spelling warrants.

Swilling said he didn't challenge it because he wasn't sure warrants wasn't also a word.

"I wasn't going to win," Swilling said later. "I conceded."

"In my opinion, I was unfairly ahead," Long said. "I couldn't accept it."

Those who stayed behind at the Huger Street restaurant to see the finish applauded their sportsmanship.

Surcee Press is a new Charleston publisher that specializes in local art and literature books.

The tournament was raising money to publish a "Neu Guide to Charleston," which will use local artists' creative memoirs. The website is surceepress.tumblr.com.

Anna Kate Lister, a creative writing major and film studies minor at the College of Charleston, and Savannah Rusher, a fine artist and graphic designer who graduated from the college as a communications major, cofounded the company and coordinated the tournament.

Hasbro plans Scrabble and Game of Life game shows

Toy News: Hasbro plans Scrabble and Game of Life game shows
Two of Hasbro’s most popular board games now have game-show counterparts in the works.

The Game of Life “will be presented in an entirely new way as each family team gets a chance at the iconic spinner and hops in the car for a one-of-a-kind journey through a larger-than-life virtual world.”

Scrabble Showdown brings the world’s most popular word game “to life in this new game show in which families use teamwork to solve a variety of word games and puzzles that test their speed, spelling and vocabulary for points and prizes.”

“We have a tremendous advantage with strong, proven brands, and we are working with some of the best creative minds to bring those brands to life” said Margaret Loesch, president and CEO of The Hub – a channel part-owned by Hasbro.

She added: “The programs that we are announcing today will add strength, dimension and excitement to a schedule that is already resonating with viewers and building an extremely loyal audience.”

7 Letter Definitions

ABIOSIS - absence of life
ABJURE - to renounce under oath
ABJURER - one who abjures
ABLATE - to remove by cutting
ABLATION - surgical removal of a body part
ABLAUT - a patterned change in root vowels of verb forms
ABLED - capable of unimpaired function

ZOOPHYTE - an invertebrate animal
ZOOPHOBE - one who fears or hates animals
ZOOPHILY - a love of animals
ZOOPHILE - a lover of animals
ZOONOSIS - a disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans
ZOON - to zoom
ZOOMORPH - SOMETHING IN THE SHAPE OF AN ANIMAL

7 Definitions for A and Z

ABHENRY - a unit of inductance
ABHOR - to loathe
ABHORRER - one that abhors
ABIDANCE - the act of abiding
ABIDE - to accept without objection
ABIDER - one that abides
ABIGAIL - lady's mail

ZORILLO - zoril
ZORILLA - zoril
ZORIL- a small African mammal
ZOOTY (Zootier, Zootiest) - flashy in manner or style
ZOOTOMY (Zootomic) - the dissection of animals
ZOOSPORE - a type od spore
ZOOSPERM - the male fertilizing element of an animal

Designer Scrabble

TimesUnion.com: Designer Scrabble
Sign up for Designer Scrabble at: http://drewcapener.com/?/projects/scrabble-1/
Yep, you heard me: Designer. Scrabble. The iconic game has undergone a make-over.*

Designed by Andrew Clifford Capener, the reason for the renewal, “was to excite people about typography by giving them the ability to choose what font their scrabble set would come in. The set would be available in the font of your choice or with an assorted font pack. Additional font packs (including your favorite font) could be ordered through Scrabble’s website.”

As a design fiend (and woodworking lover – the board and storage unit are made of solid walnut and birch), I’m pretty psyched about the prospects this version of Scrabble has to offer. I’m a wordie (similar to a foodie, but, you know, with words), and I will admit I’m a pretty competitive Scrabble player. Or I was, until my husband deemed we are no longer allowed to play Scrabble under our roof since the time he laid down an 80-point word and I kicked the board over. Sore loser? Yeah, I’m that too.

But I do love the classic Scrabbleboard. Sometimes I wonder why people need to play around with a beloved shape or design. Why fix what ain’t broke? Why re-create or introduce a new version of a beloved classic? Is this product marketing to too niche of an audience?

Scrabble is one of the most beloved boardgames around and has a wide customer base. According to the Hasbro website, Scrabble currently has ten different versions of the game on the market. So when is the market saturated? Can we stand another spin-off?

I would say yes. If the product is specific enough to a certain demo- or psychographics, marketers can create new products that expand a brand, based on economic and societal trends.


Think about all the “opoly” games. You know the ones – the bastardized versions of Monopoly that feature a city, sports team, etc. “They” keep making them, and people keep buying them. We all want products that speak specifically to us, whether it be solving a certain problem or highlighting a passion. For design and typography enthusiasts (and those who enjoy hitting triple-score words), this Designer Scrabble series allows them to indulge in said passion while taking part in an enjoyable past time. Products that merge the two, but still maintain core elements of the original version, will have a good chance at success.

There isn’t much to mess with in Scrabble. Change the rules, and it becomes something else that just fits within the Scrabble brand. While changes and updates to the original game have occurred (like Scrabble Slam!), they aren’t actually Scrabble; instead, they just fit within the Scrabble brand (maybe Coca-Cola should have taken note).

So, what say you? Do you like the latest addition to the Scrabble family? What are your thoughts on adapting a classic to meet customer demands, and continued trends towards typography? Leave a comment, email me, or continue the conversation on Twitter (don’t forget to use the hashtag #Hey518).

*The “new Scrabble” isn’t available for purchase yet, but sign-up to boost chances of further production (and it case you are wondering, my birthday is April 28th).

Deanna is a marketing maven, and more on her can be found here.

Scrabble On Bikes returns to streets of Oxford this Sunday

RoadCC, UK: Scrabble On Bikes returns to streets of Oxford this Sunday

Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires. Home to the English-speaking world’s oldest university, the language’s most authoritative dictionary, a sizeable cycling population and, once you mix those up a bit, Scrabble On Bikes.

Oxford Cycle Workshop, the co-operative based just off the city’s Cowley Road, held the first such event last December and it was such a success that it’s going to repeat the event this coming Sunday, 20 March.

We’ll let Dan Harris from Oxford Cycle Workshop explains how it works: “Scrabble on Bicycles starts with a treasure hunt. You get an hour to find as many of the 30 Scrabble tiles we've hidden around our beautiful city. Collect all 30 or just 7, it doesn't matter because on arriving at the Scrabble board you have to select 7 tiles to enter the game with.

“You don't get to refresh any tiles laid on the board, 7 tiles is it. You're only allowed one of each letter, and there's no bonus for laying 7 tiles at once. The highest score wins. “

It’s just one of the events planned by Oxford Cycle Workshop this Spring, and you can find full details of Scrabble on Bicycles and other events on the Spring Events brochure, which you can read here.

The organisation is also running a Fastest Mechanic competition, with qualifying heats held at its spring events ahead of the finals at the Oxford Cycle Festival in May, so if you sparkle with the spanner or talk the torque with the wrench, now’s your chance to prove it.

Finally, Oxford Cycle Workshop is currently featured in a national TV advert by The Co-operative Group, directed by Luke Scott, son of Ridley Scott. The advert, which is also supported by a print campaign, focuses on The Co-operative’s latest three-year ethical operations plan, with Oxford Cycle Workshop Training having benefited from assistance from The Co-operative Enterprise Hub during the past two years.

News: Scrabble: Year of the youths

thestaronline(Malaysia): Scrabble: Year of the youths
Youngsters put Malaysia in good stead.

IT IS official! The 11th edition of the World Scrabble Championship (WSC) will be held in Warsaw, Poland. And with lucrative prize money and priceless recognition at stake, it is bound to be the tournament of the year.

As the Malaysian team prepares to qualify for the big event, raking up precious rating points is essential to enable them to be at the top. With only two spots reserved for Malaysia in the championship, the top players in the country made no deferment in joining every local tournament before the end of the qualifying period.

So far, fellow Malaysian Ker Jen Ho who won the World Youth Scrabble Championship 2010 in Manila was offered a spot in the WSC. He will be representing the youths of the world in this illustrious event.

Malaysian Scrabble Association (MSA) is definitely looking forward to sending the two best Scrabble prodigies in the country to join Jen Ho in Poland as the trio level to bring back honours for our country.

Thus, the MSA Chinese New Year Scrabble Challenge 2011 was no exception to these top Scrabble players in the country as they gathered at the 3K Complex, Subang Jaya, hoping to improve their national rankings.

Pre-tournament favourites include national No.1 Aaron Chong, World Youth Scrabble Championship (WYSC) 2010 second runner-up, William Kang, Cheah Siu Hean and Pui Cheng Wui. All four had won tournaments before and withstood the intense mental demands that this tournament exacts on competitors.

The tournament also witnessed the comeback of youngsters, Khoo Beng Way and Scott Chung who had been away from the Scrabble fraternity for more than a year.

This time around, the youngsters posted a gallant comeback as they overcame gargantuan challenges by their seniors. They showed no sign of nerves as they remained calm, winning their games with appraisable analytical, tactical and strategising skills.

William, 16, who was the youngest representative in the history of the World Scrabble Championship (he represented Malaysia in 2009), set the milieu clear that he was vying to be the front-runner to qualify for WSC this year.

Rattling a competitive side since the start of the tournament, William faced a setback during the first four games, suffering three losses in a row to Cheng Wui, Shim Yen Nee and Tengku Asri.

Despite the three painful defeats, William crusaded with a creditable seven winning streak, beating Cheng Wui in the 11th game. Pui managed to pull off a win against William in the 12th round, beating the youngest competitor 458-380 to take the lead.

After the defeat, William dropped to third place as he was overtaken by Beng Way who had a half point advantage over him. Still in the running, William made use of his experience to outplay Scott and Singapore’s WSC representative, Siu Hean.

“He caught up from behind and the crucial point was when I had EEINQRT, and had two spots to get rid of the Q near the end of the game. But either of the two plays allows him to outscore me, in retrospect,” recalled Siu Hean who is also the President of Singapore Scrabble Association.

William managed a 418-392 victory over the Singapore Grand Master.

After the penultimate round, William and Cheng Wui was tied at 10 points apiece with the latter having a better margin advantage. It was another close battle between the two strong contenders and in the end, the game favoured William.

He was crowned champion, one point ahead of Cheng Wui and Aaron who garnered 10 wins each. Beng Way and Siu Hean rounded up the top five.

The best female performer was Singaporean Yen Nee. Hoping that the rabbit year would bring her good luck, Yen Nee, who was born in the year of the bunny, hopped into the leader board on day one with only two defeats. The Singaporean however, lost steam on Day Two to slip out of the top five.

Fellow bunnies, Tan Jin Chor, Martin Teo and Seshi Ramanathan finished eighth, 15th and 18th respectively.

In the Intermediate section, Ker Ken Wa was the runaway winner, outplaying and outscoring all his opponents during the entire tournament.

Andrew Chung, Thong Yi Kun, Matthew Mathan Raj and James Chin joined Ker in the top five.

The first quarter of the year has ended and it looks like the youngsters are rocking the local Scrabble circuit like true champions.

After the eventful series of achievements last year, especially by the youths during the WYSC, we are looking at a third consecutive WYSC title this year. Carrying the flag this year are William, Cheong Yi Wei and Cheong Yi Hua who will be gunning for a spot to represent Malaysia. All three had participated in previous WYSC and are globally known as strong contenders.

In addition, MSA will be running the Junior Scrabble Circuit this year in search for the best youths to be selected for WYSC. So, are you up for the challenge?

Getting the good word from Bendigo Scrabble Club

ABC News, Victoria, Australia: Getting the good word from Bendigo Scrabble Club
From March 11, 2011
Like all classic games, Scrabble is simple to learn but difficult to master. Ruth Fewings, the Bendigo Scrabble Club founder has been chasing the big score for more than 30 years.
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Can you successfully get a q on a triple letter tile?

If you're a handy scrabble player, perhaps you should try your luck against Ruth Fewings and the Bendigo Scrabble Club.

She has several tournament wins under her belt and is still building her vocabulary and competing regularly.

The club began in 1981 and has evolved as much as the words allowed according to the rules.

The club welcomes any and all comers, so if you'd fancy playing some scrabble against some very stiff competition, head to St Vincent De Paul, Village Hall each Thursday fortnight.

7 letter word: N N I R S S E

7 letter word
SINNERS

6 letter words
SIRENS
SINNER
RINSES
RESINS

5 letter words
SIRES
SIREN
SINES
RISES
RISEN
RINSE
RESIN
REINS
NINES
INNER

4 letter words
SIRS
SIRE
SINS
SINE
RISE
REIN
NINE
INNS

3 letter words
SIS
SIR
SIN
IRE
INS
INN
ENS

Scrabble News: Under a spell: DeSoto Scrabble tourney adds up in fun

From March 2, 2011: Under a spell: DeSoto Scrabble tourney adds up in funThe Commercial Appeal, Memphis Tennessee

They were off and running with four-letter words like "news" and "goat." But that was before they realized that more points came with "scrub," "crime" and "offer."

And kids quickly realized that the appropriate wooden squares to spell "wax" or "squid" could lead to a triple-word score.

It was the official DeSoto County Schools Scrabble Tournament at the BankPlus Training Center in Southaven. Some 200 third-graders in the Spotlight program competed on Tuesday, while about 300 second-graders will match wits today.

"We want to take academic skills and put them in a natural environment," DCS Executive Director of Leadership Development Emily Nelson said. "The parents want these type of experiences for their kids."

The event is in its fourth year. In 2008, Hernando Hills Elementary and Lewisburg Elementary began the festivities with a crosstown rivalry in the Hernando Public Library. Southaven's Greenbrook Elementary joined in 2009, and the three schools played the popular board game at the Hernando Hills cafeteria. It went countywide last year, and all but two schools were represented on Tuesday.

"We did it as a pilot," said Lewisburg teacher Amanda Ready. "We went down and visited the schools in West Mississippi because they had a Scrabble tournament.

"The Spotlight second- and third-graders don't have a chance to compete against each other until the fourth grade, when they can try out for the chess and knowledge bowl teams."

Every team of two classmates played two games Tuesday, each lasting 45 minutes. The various winners would walk out with trophies and ribbons. This year's sponsor was Hernando attorney George B. Ready.

"It's amazing to see everything come together," said Hernando Hills teacher Kaye Roehm. "It helps the kids learn how to do problem-solving and decision-making; using everything from math skills to vocabulary.

"We can teach them all the skills in the world, but if we don't teach them how to get along with the people in the world and how to work together, then we've done them a disservice. So this is great for them."

Scrabble News: Greenport’s ‘The Scrabble News’ goes online only

The North Shore Sun: Greenport’s ‘The Scrabble News’ goes online only
What puts The Scrabble News on the same list as the Ann Arbor News, The Capital Times, The Christian Science Monitor and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer?

C-O-M-M-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y.

The North Fork-based publication, long the authoritative source of news for hard-core Scrabble players and competitors, has put out its last print edition. All future issues will be available exclusively online.

“It will be more fluid, appearing as it happens,” said John Williams of Greenport, executive director of the National Scrabble Association and publisher of The Scrabble News for the past 25 years. “Time and money is much better spent in other ways.”

At its peak, The Scrabble News came out eight times a year and each edition’s 7,000 copies were distributed all over the world. The readers “are smart and demanding people, often with an oblique way of looking at the real world,” said Mr. Williams, owner of the Williams & Associates public relations and advertising company.

The National Scrabble Association serves as a go-between linking the game’s players and the Hasbro company, which makes the iconic board game. To take part in sanctioned Scrabble tourneys, players once had to be members of the National Scrabble Association, Mr. Williams said. That rule was dropped at the end of 2009.

“We lost a few thousand readers in that one move, which was another reason to go digital,” said Mr. Williams.

This is not the first time the new digital media has forced changes in The Scrabble News.

“Over the last decade the news of who won in competition was available immediately,” Mr. Williams said. “It was all on illegal sites, but out there nevertheless. We became an all-features publication out of necessity.”

The online game publication “certainly will be more immediate,” said Mr. Williams. “But the core content will be the same. We’ll interview luminaries in the world of words, language and games.”

He described comedian Jimmy Kimmel and comic actor Jack Black as “Scrabble nuts” and said he hopes to one day schedule a celebrity Scrabble charity tournament.

A 1998 competition at Madison Square Garden during Scrabble’s 50th anniversary year “was a veritable Noah’s Ark of B- and C-level celebrities,” said Mr. Williams.

With his background as an editor at McGraw-Hill Books and an advertising copywriter and art director, Mr. Williams’ experience and background pre-date the Internet — and he makes no apologies for that. He expects future Scrabble games will be played on a digital platform rather than a tabletop board, although he’s not particularly happy about that particular change.

“I hope I’ll be long gone by then,” he said.

Still, he’s shedding no tears for the now-defunct paper version of The Scrabble News.

Asked if he’ll miss it, he paused a moment.

“No” is all he said.

6 letter word: E L P T O P

6 letter word
TOPPLE

4 letter words
TOLE
POPE
POLE
POET
PLOT
PLOP
PELT
LOPE
LEPT

3 letter words
TOP
TOE
POT
POP
POL
PET
PEP
OPT
OPE
OLE
LOT
LOP
LET

DEFINITION
Tole - enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.

Pol - short for politician

Scrabble News: Toronto: David Warrack To Compose And Perform a Scrabble With the Stars Anthem

Toronto Broadway World.com: David Warrack To Compose And Perform a Scrabble With the Stars Anthem

Composer, conductor, pianist, producer, and long time Scrabble With The Stars enthusiastic supporter David Warrack will compose and perform a "Scrabble With The Stars Anthem" for the seventh annual Scrabble® With The Stars, event chair Vivienne Muhling announced. With a celebrity at every table, this signature fundraiser in aid of Performing Arts Lodges (PAL) Toronto takes place on Monday, April 4, beginning at 6:30pm at the elegant Arcadian Court, again hosted by fashion/lifestyle reporter Jeanne Beker and actor Barry Flatman.

Muhling also announced that Barbara Budd (previously CBC Radio's As It Happens co-host and Love, Loss, and What I Wore actor), young actor Jason Spevack (title role in Dino Dan on TVOKids) and singer Saidah Baba Talibah (newly-released CD, (S)Cream) join previously announced stars Mark Breslin, Dave Broadfoot, Dinah Christie, Mary Lou Fallis, Graham Greene, Deb McGrath, Colin Mochrie, Charlotte Moore, Gordon Pinsent, Louise Pitre, Djanet Sears, Ted Simonett, Paul Soles, R.H. Thomson, Theresa Tova, David Warrack and others for this fun-filled event.

Scrabble With the Stars is a chance to get words in edge-wise with more than forty of Canada's most eminent celebrities who will dine and play Scrabble with sponsors and guests in support of PAL Place, a unique residential complex in downtown Toronto that many of Canada's esteemed artists call home.

Guests can view and bid on art at the Celebrity Art & Craft Exhibition such as watercolours from Heather Allin and Jayne Eastwood, designer fishing flies from C. David Johnson, photographic art from Marilyn Lightstone, paintings from Gordon Pinsent and Karl Pruner, jewellery from Barbara Budd and Sandi Ross, and more. All artworks have been generously donated by the celeb artists and all proceeds will go to PAL. A delicious buffet dinner follows, then out come the Scrabble® boards, and the battle of words begin.

International Scrabble® celebs will also be on hand to help players find the winningest words to trump their high-profile competitors. The advisory services of world Scrabble Champ Joel Wapnick and North America's highest rated female Scrabble expert, Robin Pollack Daniel will also be available via auction.

While international Scrabble® master John Chew totals the scores and establishes the winners, guests will indulge in coffee and dessert on the edge of their seats as they anticipate the results.

Lavish prizes await Scrabble® winners. In past years these have included a Winery Tour for 10 people and gift pack of wine for the winner, a skippered sail around the Toronto Islands with champagne and a deluxe lunch basket, an overnight stay at a deluxe hotel with dinner and breakfast, tickets to some of the hottest shows in town, and more. This year's prizes promise to be equally wonderful.

The Performing Arts Lodges, Toronto is dedicated to providing assistance in the areas of health, well-being and affordable accommodation for members of the entertainment industry. PAL Toronto operates PAL Place, a unique residential complex in downtown Toronto that many of Canada's esteemed artists call home. Funds raised through Scrabble® With The Stars allow PAL Toronto to create additional support for the growing number of PAL residents who are becoming too frail and aged to care for themselves in their own homes. The proceeds help ailing PAL Place residents to continue to live with dignity in their own apartments, among their fellow theatrical professionals. Thank you to Scrabble With The Stars major sponsors Scotiabank, ACTRA Fraternal and Shepell-FGI.
Scrabble® With The Stars, a fun-draising evening for PAL, Toronto

Hosted by Jeanne Beker and Barry Flatman featuring top-tier Celebrity Scrabblers

Monday, April 4, 2011 beginning at 6:30pm at Arcadian Court, 401 Bay Street in Toronto

Tables can be reserved from $500. Single seats are $150 each. The cost includes dinner with complimentary wine, a game of Scrabble with a celebrity and a tax receipt for the maximum allowable amount
For tickets, visit www.scrabblewiththestars.ca or call 1-800-838-3006.

Scrabble News: Dinner Party wins Scrabble tournament

From February 28, 2011
Charleston Daily Mail: Dinner Party wins Scrabble tournament
Feb. 28--The Sixth annual "Spellebrate" Team Scrabble Tournament on Sunday spelled about $1,200 for the Monongalia County Literacy Volunteers, board president Vicki Conner said.

About 50 people, grouped into teams, spent two hours showing off their spelling skills in support of the United Way agency.

When it was over, team Dinner Party, wearing their thinking hats, scored first place, while a team from Morgantown Rotary placed second, Conner said. Members of the first-place team received $25 gift certificates from Barnes & Noble; second place received gift certificates from The Bookshelf, on Green Bag Road. All members also received T-shirts.

Other teams came from Mon General Hospital, Morgantown High School Hi-Y, Steptoe & Johnson, ResCare, Morgantown 7th Day Adventist Church, Morgantown North Rotary and WVU Center for Civic Engagement.

Judges were Patrick W. Conner and John Lamb, both professors with the WVU Department of English. Teams competed in 15-minute sections. The timekeeper was Trella Greaser, MCLV director.

6 letter word: N D C E O N

6 letter word
CONNED

5 letter words
NONCE
CONED

4 letter words
ONCE
NONE
NODE
NEON
DONE
CONE
COED
CODE

3 letter words
ONE
ODE
NOD
EON
END
DON
DOE
DOC
DEN
CON
COD

7 letter word: G S D E G A T

7 letter word
GADGETS

6 letter words
TAGGED
STAGED
SAGGED
GADGET

5 letter words
STEAD
STAGE
SATED
GATES
GATED
GAGES
GAGED
DEGAS
DATES

4 letter words
TEDS
TEAS
TAGS
TADS
STAG
SEAT
SATE
SAGE
GETS
GATE
GAGS
GAGE
GADS
ETAS
EGGS
EGAD
EATS
EAST
DATE
DAGS
AGES
AGED

DEFINITONS
DAGSone of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
ETAS - the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet
GADS - to move restlessly or aimlessly from one place to another: to gad about.
TADS:
1. a small child, especially a boy.
2. a very small amount or degree; bit: Please shift your chair a tad to the right. The frosting could use a tad more vanilla.
TEDS - to spread out for drying, as newly mown hay.
DEGAS - to free from gas.

7 letter word: N G N A I T C

7 letter word
CANTING

6 letter words
CANING
ACTING

5 letter words
GIANT
ANTIC
ACING

4 letter words
TING
TANG
GNAT
GAIT
GAIN
CANT
ANTI

3 letter words
TIN
TIC
TAN
TAG
NIT
NAN
NAG
INN
GIT
GIN
CAT
CAN
ANT
ANI
ACT

DEFINITIONS
ANI - any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.

GIT - British Slang . a foolish or contemptible person

NAN - a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter N.

TING - to make or cause to make a high, clear, ringing sound

6 letter word: E E M N L A

6 letter word
ENAMEL

5 letter word
ENEMA

4 letter word
NAME
MEAN
MEAL
MANE
MALE
LEAN
LANE
LAME
ELAN
AMEN

3 letter word
NEE
NAE
MEN
MAN
LEE
LEA
LAM
ELM
EEL
ALE

DEFINITION:
Lam - to beat or thrash. As in, "he really lammed into him."

6 Ltter word: E S C S I P

6 letter word
SPICES

5 letter words
SPIES
SPICE
SPECS
EPICS

4 letter words
SPEC
SIPS
SICS
SECS
PSIS
PIES
PICS
PECS
ICES
EPIC

3 letter words
SIS
SIP
SIC
SEC
PSI
PIS
PIE
PIC
ICE

Word Definitions

From the Official Scrabble Dictionary

3. Word Definitions

Seven “A’s”
ABELMOSK – a tropical herb
ABERRANT – a deviant
ABET (ABETS, ABETTED, ABETTING) – to encourage and support
ABETMENT – the act of abetting
ABETTOR – one who abets
ABEYANCE, ABEYANCY, ABEYANT – temporary inactivity
ABFARAD – a unit of capacitance

Seven “Z’s”
ZUCCHINI – a vegetable (blech)
ZOYSIA – a perennial grass
ZOWIE – used to express surprise or pleasure
ZOUNDS – used as a mild oath
ZOUK – a dance music of the West Indies
ZOUAVE – a French infantryman
ZOSTER – a virus disease

4 Anagram Practices

Give yourself 3 minute for each set of words.

I won't give you the answers, but here's the resource where you cna look up the words yourself if you can't find them all.

http://www.wineverygame.com/

S E E R T S
You should find four 6-letter words, eight 5-letter words, eight 4-letter words, and four 3-letter words.

N R T T O E
You should find one 6-letter word, four 5-letter words, eleven 4-letter words, and thirteen 3-letter words.

E I L D E V
You should find two 6-letter word, four 5-letter words, ten 4-letter words, and nine 3-letter words.

E B S U D B
You should find one 6-letter word, one 5-letter word, nine 4-letter words, and eleven 3-letter words.

Everything Scrabble, by Joe Edley and John D. Williams

Oversized paperback, published in 1994 and revised in 2001, has some advice on improving your scrabble play.

1. Build off other words, to get two scores for the price of one.

(I did this last night. Thanks to a blank, I had the word L E A K I N G. There was no place on the board to spell it, until I saw the word I O N sitting there, in just the right place. I spelled L I O N, with my L, thus getting those points - few as they were, admittledly, as well as everything for L E A K I N G, and then 50 points for using all my letters.)

2. There are 96 two-letter words. Even if you don't want to memorize word lists for the Us, Qs, and Xs, you should learn these. Inthis way, you can build off other words, or play parallel to them, which can build up your points.

3. Don't just stare at the tiles on your rack to see if a word appeares, move them around.

4. Always look fr plays parallel and adjacent to other worlds on the board.

Word Games Syndicated in Newspapers

Jumble is a word puzzle with a clue, a drawing illustrating the clue, and a set of words, each of which is “jumbled” by permuting its letters to make an anagram. A solver reconstructs the words, then arranges letters at marked positions in the words to spell the answer to the clue. The clue and illustration are often designed to mislead the solver.

Jumble was created in 1954 by Martin Naydel, who is better known for his work on comic books. Jumble is one of the most valuable properties of Tribune Media Services, which holds the rights to the JUMBLE trademark. Daily and Sunday Jumble puzzles appear in hundreds of newspapers.

Jumble puzzles found in newspapers often have four base anagrams, two of five letters and two of six. One method of solving Jumbles is to solve all but one of the anagrams, then use the marked letters to infer the final phrase. This determines the missing marked letters, which may help solve the last base anagram.

In other mediaVarious electronic versions of Jumble have been released, including a version by Hasbro Interactive for Microsoft Windows. The game features 5 modes of play ranging from classic Jumble to crossword puzzles to an easier Jumble mode for kids.

TextTwist, a Java game by GameHouse, is similar to Jumble. Players form words from a set of six scrambled letters, and must find at least one 6-letter word using all the letters to get to the next round. Additional points are granted for words using at least three letters.

A TV game show based on Jumble aired in 1994. It was hosted by game show veteran Wink Martindale, and aired on The Family Channel (now called ABC Family).

In the Seinfeld episode “The Pez Dispenser,” Kramer, upon hearing that George Costanza was doing crossword puzzles with his girlfriend, said he “likes to do the Jumble.”

In the Strong Bad email from Homestar Runner entitled "Caper," Strong Bad and The Cheat break into Homestar's house to steal the Jumbles from his newspapers. Strong Bad refers to this in song as "The Jumble Caper."

6 letter word: T G A G E D

6 letter words
Tagged
Gadget

5 letter words
Gates
Gaged

4 letter words
Gate
Gage
Egad
Date
Aged

3 letter words
Ted
Tea
Tag
Tad
Get
Gag
Gad
Eta
Egg
Eat
Dag
Ate
Age

Definitions:

Ted - to spread out for drying, as newly mown hay

Dag - one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.

Eta - the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet

6 letter word: U R G S H O

6 letter word
Roughs

5 letter words
Sough
Shrug
Rough
Hours

4 letter words
Sour
Rush
Rugs
Rhos
Ours
Hugs
Hour
Hogs

3 letter words
Ugh
Sou
Rug
Rho
Our
Ohs
Hug
Hos
Hog


Definitions
hos - "ho" is an exclamation of surprise, so "hos" presumably is plural, several people saying "ho".

Sou - is a french coin

Soughs - to make a rushing, rustling, or murmuring sound: the wind soughing in the meadow.

4 six-letter word anagrams

Give yourself 3 minutes to find as many words as you can. You should find at least the amount listed below.

E C L O O D
You should find one 6-letter word, one 5-letter word, four 4-letter words, and ten 3-letter words.

I S J D H A
You should find two 6-letter words, two 5-letter words, seven 4-letter words, and eleven 3-letter words.

T I N G U O
You should find one 6-letter word, one 5-letter word, six 4-letter words, and sixteen 3-letter words.

R C T K I S
You should find one 6-letter words, five 5-letter words, nine 4-letter words, and eight 3-letter words.

Can You Score 23 Points on this Scrabble Turn?

Found this at the Sunday Scrabble website, and thought I'd borrow it and share it here.

What words can you come up with?