Scrabble & Word Play by Ron Drew
Word Play – The names of 3 European cities are hidden in the following sentence. All letters for the 3 cities are in consecutive order. Can you find them?
“Otto, slow down or this little boat will hit an iceberg, ending our lives.”
Scrabble anyone?
According to the dictionary the word scrabble means to scratch, grope, or search frantically for something, and that’s exactly what occurs when 2 determined players “scrabble” for a few extra points which may mean the difference between a win or a loss in the classic board game Scrabble.
As far as is known, the first use of the word scrabble came from the pen of Rudyard Kipling… “he fell scrabbling in the dirt crying for mercy.”
Scrabble is a game that is completely different every time you play it owing to the sanctioned word list of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary which contains over a hundred thousand words.
Warning – Scrabble has been known to be addictive. Let’s hope our players here at Cypress Cove, in their frantic quest for a win do not succumb to PARONOMANIA – an obscure word discovered by Pat Westover which means “a clinical obsession with word games.”
Answers to Word Play:
OSLO, NICE, BERGEN
Add comment September 28th, 2006
Looking for something new to do? How about coming down to check out the Camera Club here at Cypress Cove. The Camera Club meets on the second Sunday of each month at 10 am. The meeting is held in the Clubhouse and an official club photo shoot usually follows. The club has several photography related topics they will be covering over the next few months that will help experienced and novice photographers alike.