Post #602413

2026-03-09 17:31 UTC

At a high level, Scrabble isn’t about what words you know – it’s about strategy and board control, being able to take advantage of space to play while denying your opponent space.

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@TwilitSky@lemmy.world 2026-03-09 17:45

“The Denying your Opponent Space” is the hardest part.

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@Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-09 18:30

You sound like you scrabble, so have you ever tried playing a round where you can only use combinations of letters that are NOT a word? Do scrabblers do that? I mean, I just “invented” it in my mind but immediately decided someone has SURELY done so before, it’s probably common. And does it have a name? If not, dibs on Elbbarcs!

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@chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-10 03:55

Sure but that’s just because there is a maximum amount of word knowledge that can be accumulated and all of them have at least come close to fully memorizing the dictionary. That doesn’t mean they can skip all the time spent memorizing. People involved in tournament level Scrabble have practice routines that involve memorizing words.

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