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pe scrabble Flashcards

1
Q

any game played on a board

A

board game

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2
Q

a physical or mental activity pursued primarily for pleasure

A

recreational activity

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3
Q

internationally popular word game

A

scrabble

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4
Q

scrabble can be played by how many people?

A

2-4 players

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5
Q

how many squares are in a scrabble game board

A

15x15 grid, 225 squares

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6
Q

where the drawn out letters are placed

A

rack

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7
Q

how many scrabble tiles are there?

A

100, 98 letters and 2 blank tiles

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8
Q

inventor of scrabble

A

Alfred Mosher Butts

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9
Q

an out-of-work architect from Poughkeepsie, new york

A

Alfred Mosher Butts

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10
Q

when was scrabble created?

A

1931

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11
Q

from the Dutch “schrabben”

A

Scrabble

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12
Q

to scrape or scratch

A

Schrabben

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13
Q

pa flat thin piece, marked with characters and used in board games like mahjong and scrabble

A

tiles

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14
Q

any word that uses all seven letters on the rack

A

bingo

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15
Q

how many points is bingo?

A

50 points

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16
Q

describes a rack that has more than one of the given letter

A

duplication

17
Q

nakes a play with letters that cover two double-word squares

A

double-double

18
Q

a letter that will spell a new word when it is played with in the front or at the end already on the board

A

hook letter / hook

19
Q

act of playing a word on the board that stops the opponent from making a potentially large score

A

blocking

20
Q

when a play is not acceptable

A

challenge

21
Q

not exchanging tiles and not msking a play on the board

A

pass

22
Q

portion of a scrabble game when there are less than seven tiles left to draw from the bag

A

end-game

23
Q

when a blank is played on a premium word square

A

Pearly twins

24
Q

when two or more words are formed in the same play, each is scored

A

multiple score

25
Q

extending a pre-exsisting word

A

extension play

26
Q

placing a word parallel to an existing word such that more than one word is formed

A

parallel play

27
Q

inventor of scrabble

A

Alfred Mosher Butts

28
Q

publisher of scrabble

A

James Brunot

29
Q

when did butts sell the rights to brunot?

A

1948

30
Q

who bought the criss cross words and later renamed it to scrabble

A

James Brunot

31
Q

james brunot renamed the game cross words to?

A

Scrabble

32
Q

old name of scrabble

A

lexiko and criss cross words

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