I remember when Scrabble was so innocent...
Here’s a fun fact: I started the Scrabble Club in high school. How cool is that?! Yeah, that’s what I thought: friggin’ awesome!
So I don’t remember the official rules on curse words and whatnot, but I just read a great story on the subject. Here’s the link to the story. A young boy recently received the game Scrabble for his Nintendo DS from his parental units. As one could imagine, his parents believed that this would be a great educational game for her son to play to broaden his diction. However, the boy was shocked to see that the AI opponent beat him by creating the word “f#ckers”. Quick random side note: I’ve always avoided cursing on my blog just because I realize that curses don’t make messages any clearer or stronger. With this in mind, that’s why I used a # rather than putting the u in. Don’t question my logic, just go along with it 
As many could expect, the boy’s parents are pretty pissed off about this whole thing. Frankly, I think this whole thing is funny/awesome. Ultimately, it’s the kids fault! He obviously set up the computer to spell that out. And seriously, the computer got that word on a triple word score. That’s an amazing frickin’ word! Let’s break this down real quick…scrabble nerd style:
F (4) U (1) C (3) K (5) E (1) R (1) S (1) – 16 points
16 X 3 (Triple Word Score) = 48 points
48 + 50 (Bonus for using all letters you have) = 98 points
And depending on how the word was placed, there should be some double letter scores added on too. Minimum of 100 points on this word.
Hot damn that’s a good word; no wonder the kid lost! The mother should be impressed – I know I am. It’s like in poker: I’ve lost to a royal flush only once. But it was such a great hand to lose to. I can even say that I was proud. So if I had to lose to any word in scrabble, this is the word I want to lose to. So kid, enjoy it, this probably won’t ever happen to you again.
Anyway, I wanted to wish everyone a very happy holiday season and whatnot. I’ll be leaving for Israel tomorrow (crap, I have to pack) and won’t be returning until the end of the month. Happy birthday to everyone that is having a birthday I won’t be here for and all that jazz. I leave you with something I created on www.elfyourself.com. If you know my family, you will probably piss yourself laughing. If you don’t, you still might. I suggest you make your own and have fun with it. Enjoy!
