Stern@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years agoScrabble’s New Official Word List Contains Dozens of Stunning Additions. Elite Players Are Mortified.slate.comexternal-linkmessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down16
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minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-22 years agoI’m amazed that they allow Zzz. It’s not really a word.
minus-squaresab@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoI mean, compared to some of those other ones it’s perfectly cromulent. At least it means something.
minus-squaremjsaber@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoIt truly embiggens the spirit of the game.
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIs “bam” a word? It seems like a word, but it’s an onomatopoeia, just like zzz. Neither are very accurate to the sounds they make, and neither are truly words… I’d let someone play bam without thinking about it, so I could be convinced to allow zzz
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years ago Is “bam” a word? 🧐 https://youtu.be/4uM17lVwS1c?si=NaMMHlSIMq0dmb32
I’m amazed that they allow Zzz. It’s not really a word.
I mean, compared to some of those other ones it’s perfectly cromulent. At least it means something.
It truly embiggens the spirit of the game.
Is “bam” a word? It seems like a word, but it’s an onomatopoeia, just like zzz. Neither are very accurate to the sounds they make, and neither are truly words… I’d let someone play bam without thinking about it, so I could be convinced to allow zzz
Zzz has no vowels.
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https://youtu.be/4uM17lVwS1c?si=NaMMHlSIMq0dmb32