Playing 'Scrabble'.....

[SnoopDog]

I played 'Scrabble' today and came to a point where I could score two words, both being naughty.

Now I was in this eternal struggle with myself, to lay or not lay down those words.

So what about you, do you use 'dirty' or 'naughty' words in 'Scrabble' or do you rather spare your fellow players ???

Snoopy

P.S.:I ended up not using them, I'm such a nice guy, *sigh*

 

[rgraham666]

Snoop? Were you playing in German or English?

I read earlier this week that the average English used in Scrabble is 5.7 letters long, but 7.4 in German.

Also, were the 'nasty' words in German or English? Are German 'nasty' words longer than English 'nasties'?

 

[Guest]

Heh, when we play here you can score up to triple points depending on how naughty the words are.

 

[Liar]

I've only played Scrabbles in English twice.

The first time, I did "coitus".

The second time "fistfuck" caused some debate. Not because of rudeness, but wether it was one or two words.

 

[Guest]

Re: Re: Playing 'Scrabble'.....

I've only played Scrabbles in English twice.

The first time, I did "coitus".

The second time "fistfuck" caused some debate. Not because of rudeness, but wether it was one or two words.

Fistfuck could have netted over 400 points here. Depending on the placemant. Across two triple wor scores and you could have hit a grand.

 

[Wicked-N-Erotic]

I love scrabble and often play it online at games.com. Sometimes you can get a game going that you make a verbal rule with your partner that you can ONLY use dirty words. Those are the most fun games


Wicked

 

[Seattle Zack]

I saw a cool movie, Word Wars at the Seattle Film Festival this year. It's a documentary about pro Scrabble players, and it's based on the book, Word Freaks, by Stefan Fastis.

 

[alyxen]

Didn't vote, but had to post a link to a great book by Stefan Fatsis:

http://www.fsbassociates.com/hmco/wordfreak.htm

It's a surprisingly good read.

 

[SnoopDog]

Snoop? Were you playing in German or English?

I read earlier this week that the average English used in Scrabble is 5.7 letters long, but 7.4 in German.

Also, were the 'nasty' words in German or English? Are German 'nasty' words longer than English 'nasties'?

Oh I played in German but one word was 'Penis' so....



Well I think some german words are longer indeed. That goes for some naughty words as well.

Snoopy

P.S.: By the way, Wicked's idea of playing with naughty words only is quite a nice idea. Have to play it with the right people though.

 

[Guest]

my father.. Ye of great cheater status when he was alive... used the word 'OY'..
but i never got to cheat.. 'do as i say, not as i do'

now that hes gone, i have taken over his status and im the worst cheat there is. i have a spelling handicap..

 

[oggbashan]

I used to play it with my daughters when they were younger.

We used a children's dictionary to decide which words were valid.

Now - I'd shock them if I used rude words. They don't feel that they are debarred from using them but Dad can't. Damned double standards!

Og

 

[SlickTony]

Whether I use rude words depends on whom I'm playing with.

 

[HornyHenry]

How do you spell Queef?

coitus with the queef girl?
Try this link for all your words!
http://www.dictionary.langenberg.com/#Scrabble

 

[snooper]

I played dirty Scrabble once, where all the words had to be dirty.

It broke up over a row about whether a particular word was considered dirty.

The mean b******s wouldn't let me lay down DIRTY on the grounds that it wasn't a dirty word!

 

[Guest]

I played dirty Scrabble once, where all the words had to be dirty.

It broke up over a row about whether a particular word was considered dirty.

The mean b******s wouldn't let me lay down DIRTY on the grounds that it wasn't a dirty word!

Well, I'd have to agree. The word "dirty" in itself would not shock the pastors wife if you said it at the local baptist church.

Bastards would. But then we're all adults here, so it's no big deal.

 

[Guest]

I like to play scrabble but Im not very good cause I dont spell big words right but its still fun. Dirty words would be fun too.

Debbie

 

[OldnotDead]

This thread reminded me of a very funny scene in the movie "Foul Play" with Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. She is stuck outside a building, in the rain, trying to escape from some kidknappers and inside one of the apartments is a couple of older ladies playing scrabble. Goldie is trying to get their attention, but they cannot hear her and we get to watch them top each other with 'Fuck', then 'Fucker', then 'MotherFucker', when one gets a triple word score.

Never been so bold myself

 

[Seattle Zack]

Someone in my cruciverbalist discussion group posted this article, it reminded me of this thread, and I had to dig it up......

(from SFGate.com)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) --

It wasn't a four-letter word, but it was close enough to cause a stir at the National Scrabble Championship Thursday.

In the final round, eventual champion Trey Wright played the word "lez," which was on a list of offensive words not allowed during the tournament.

Normally, no word is off-limits, but because the games were being taped for broadcast on ESPN, certain terms had been deemed inappropriate, including the three-letter slang for lesbian.

"There are words you just can't show on television," Scrabble Association Executive Director John Williams said.

Wright, a 30-year-old concert pianist from Los Angeles, played the word and then drew two replacement tiles so quickly that the referee didn't notice at first. When he did, he said the slang term had to go.

ESPN officials told Williams the word could stay, but the issue was that Wright had already selected new tiles.

"He violated the rules. But there were also people who were upset that the word was played," Williams said.

Eric Chaiken, a tournament participant and director of "Word Wars," a documentary about the Scrabble championship, said the definition of "offensive" was open to interpretation.

"The ultimate absurdity is that you can't play the word 'redskins' on ESPN," he said.

Williams spoke with Wright and his opponent, David Gibson, then called an emergency meeting of the Scrabble Advisory Board. The board unanimously agreed to remove the word. Wright then returned the two tiles he had selected and played a different word, Williams said.

"We kind of took two steps back," he said.

Wright, using more innocent words like feijoa (an evergreen shrub) and zebu (a domesticated ox), won the best-of-five final round in three games and pocketed a $25,000 prize.

"Meaning has no consideration when I play," Wright said.

 

[impressive]

Love the game. It's big in my family. Major battles. Much pulling of hair & gnashing of teeth. I miss the family gatherings when we'd play into the wee hours of the morning. Everyone's scattered now.

I play at PlaySite.com -- but haven't done so in quite a while. Too many cheaters.

 

[Wicked-N-Erotic]

I play at PlaySite.com -- but haven't done so in quite a while

I used to play there also. Last I know it was changed to a pay to play site though and they removed scrabble.


Wicked

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I believe that anything goes as long as everyone is cool with it. I make up words, more fun that way.