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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsYou can cheat at Scrabble?
http://news.yahoo.com/group-scrabble-player-caught-cheating-us-event-231112124.htmlORLANDO, Fla. (AP) One of the top young Scrabble players in the country has been kicked out of the game's national championship tournament in Florida after he was caught hiding blank letter tiles, organizers said Tuesday.
John D. Williams, Jr., executive director of the National Scrabble Association, said that a male player was ejected from the 350-player event in Round 24 of the 28-round event.
The cheating was spotted by a player at a nearby table, who noticed the ejected player conceal a pair of blank tiles by dropping them on the floor, organizers said. Blank tiles can be used as wild card letters. When confronted by the tournament director, he admitted to it, organizers said.
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John D. Williams, Jr., executive director of the National Scrabble Association, said that a male player was ejected from the 350-player event in Round 24 of the 28-round event.
The cheating was spotted by a player at a nearby table, who noticed the ejected player conceal a pair of blank tiles by dropping them on the floor, organizers said. Blank tiles can be used as wild card letters. When confronted by the tournament director, he admitted to it, organizers said.
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You can cheat at Scrabble? (Original Post)
TreasonousBastard
Aug 2012
OP
Geez, it would be really easy to see that there are more than 2 blanks on the table
LynneSin
Aug 2012
#1
Shit, girl. You would be more interested in the two blunts. - Wait, willing to share?
HopeHoops
Aug 2012
#3
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)1. Geez, it would be really easy to see that there are more than 2 blanks on the table
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)3. Shit, girl. You would be more interested in the two blunts. - Wait, willing to share?
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)5. share what? never touched the stuff
seriously!
not once ever
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)6. That's okay. I made up for it. Haven't touched it in over 20 years, though.
petronius
(26,603 posts)7. In the radio story I heard they reported that he palmed the blanks while they
were counting out the tiles before the game, not that he inserted extras (which seems pretty stupid, I agree).
I thought it was funny that they referred to him as a "top scrabble player" - how do they know anymore? Maybe he's actually a really shitty scrabble player with quick fingers...
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)2. Not that I know of, unless your opponent is sitting in front of a mirror.
Denninmi
(6,581 posts)4. Oh, God, I see where this is going.
SSA -- Scrabble Security Administration. Security checkpoints, body scanners, sniffer dogs all looking for little wooden tiles (they are still wood, aren't they?)