Scrabblin'

For the past few nights, Ben and I have gotten into the groove of playing Scrabble together. It has been slightly mind-fatiguing but highly enjoyable, even if Ben is currently undefeated, grrrr!!! Our scores have been fairly decent I suppose, with Ben consistently scoring around 270-280 and me around 200-210. However, last night, we both recorded personal best scores of around 350 (Ben) and 250 (me). Ben's sky-high score was due to one extremely fortuitous play of the word "underdog" which spanned 2 triple word scores, a double letter score (I think), and he used all 7 tiles (the "n" was already on the board) giving him a 50-point bonus, to earn 104 points on that single play. Afterwards we talked of buying a Scrabble dictionary so that we could learn some more esoteric and potentially high-scoring words. Who knows, maybe we'll enter some Scrabble tournaments one day! Okay, I'm really kidding about the latter; the nerdiness has to stop somewhere :)

But Scrabble is more that just a crossword board game, it's also a word with several meanings. Here's what Dictionary.com has to say about the word "scrabble."

1.	to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.

2.	to grapple or struggle with or as if with the claws or hands.

3.	to scrawl; scribble.

4.	to scratch or dig frantically with the hands; claw (often fol. by at): scrabbling at a locked door to escape the flames.

5.	to jostle or struggle for possession of something; grab or collect something in a disorderly way; scramble.

6.	a scratching or scraping, as with the claws or hands.

7.	a scrawled or scribbled writing.

8.	a disorderly struggle for possession of something; scramble

Quite an action-packed word for such a quiet game!