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How much do you know about Scrabble? This category is for trivia questions and answers related to Scrabble (Hobbies). Each one is filled with fun facts and interesting information.
1 Is your brain freezing? What Scrabble-legal interjection is chattering out from between your teeth?
Answer: brr

If you are really overrun with Rs, you can toss a third one aboard and spell it BRRR.
  From Quiz: Out of Vowels? Not Out of Options!
2 With the more common K in the middle, this Muslim holy man might look like a faker to the English-speaking player. Just pronounce the word correctly and swap out the K for a Q, and what Scrabble-legal word do you get?
Answer: faqir

The use of the Q instead of the K might make it easier for an English speaker to pronounce this word properly, as "fa-KEER," rather than as "FAKE-er."

You can also pluralize it with an S at the end.
  From Quiz: Q Sans U
3 Many times in Scrabble the words played may be challenged for accuracy. What American dictionary is used for this procedure?
Answer: The Official Scrabble Players' Dictionary

To determine which words were acceptable, a dictionary specifically designed for Scrabble was originally published in 1975. The Official Scrabble Players' Dictionary is American. It was most recently updated in 2006.
  From Quiz: Scrabble Brained
4 How many Ns are there in a Dutch scrabble set?
Answer: 10

N is the only consonant in Dutch worth 1 point.
  From Quiz: Scrabble in Dutch
5 Which words were introduced in the 2010 update of the Collins wordlists?
Answer: Ki, Za and Ja

Scrabble clubs are in most countries. The Internet Scrabble Club is a free site. "Zo" has been legal prior to the update and is the cross between a yak and a cow in Tibet.
    Your options: [ None ] [ Qi, Ku and Fy ] [ Ki, Za and Ja ] [ Wy, Du and Zo ]
  From Quiz: Scrabble words (Collins) and strategy
6 This two letter word, which can be an abbreviated form of a name, is Scottish for darling or sweetheart and is acceptable in Scrabble?
Answer: Jo

For an example of its use, check out the Robert Burns poem 'John Anderson, My Jo'.
    Your options: [ Ty ] [ Su ] [ Cy ] [ Jo ]
  From Quiz: I Can't Believe That's a Scrabble Word
7 In French Scrabble, there are many 10 point tiles. 4 of them are even consecutive in the alphabet. How many are there in total?
Answer: 5

The letters K, W, X, Y, and Z are 10 points in French.
  From Quiz: Scrabble In French
8 This boy's name: As a noun: a visible impression or trace on a surface. As a verb: to make such an impression or trace.
Answer: mark

It can also mean a person as a target for some sort of crime.

The proper name, Mark, sometimes a nickname of Marcus, is the name of the author of one the second Gospel in the New Testament.
    Your options: [ bill ] [ bart ] [ tony ] [ mark ]
  From Quiz: Proper Names That Can Be Used In Scrabble [2]
9 While playing Scrabble, my opponent uses the word "rose." I counter with the word "knife." I add the letters "knif" onto the "e" in "rose" to form my word. The "K" landed on a triple letter score. What is the value of the word?
Answer: Twenty-Two

K = 5
N = 1
I = 1
F = 4
E = 1

Since the K is on a triple letter square, multiply it by three. 5x3 = 15.
Add up the other letters. 1+1+4+1 = 7

15 + 7 = 22

The value of the word knife is 22 points.
  From Quiz: Scrabble: How Much Do You Know? Version 2.0
10 What is the point value of the word "choice"?
Answer: 13

C= 3 points
H= 4 points
O= 1 point
I= 1 point
C= 3 points
E= 1 point

3+4+1+1+3+1=13

CHOICE is worth 13 total points.
  From Quiz: Scrabble: How Much Do You Know?
11 In how many American homes can a Scrabble game be found?
Answer: one out of three

Scrabble is found in one of three American homes, making it a very common sight in the games closet. Did you know that William Macy was on vacation one day, and when he found out about Scrabble, he ordered that it was to be put into his stores. Within a year after Macy's order for the game to be put in his stores, Scrabble was a "must have". There have been over 175 Scrabble tournaments and over two hundred Scrabble clubs in the U.S. alone. There is even a National Scrabble Association!
  From Quiz: Scrabble Night!
12 What is a less common anagram of CHEERED?
Answer: REECHED

REECHED means smoked as in "The bonfire reeched." Seven letter words are very useful in Scrabble because you score fifty bonus points for using all seven letters from your rack. Knowing anagrams of various words is useful for fitting your bonus words onto the board. For example REECHED might fit somewhere that CHEERED does not.
  From Quiz: Anagrams. More to Less Common.
13 What is a more common anagram of STUDWAS?
Answer: SAWDUST

The maximum SAWDUST can score as an opening word is eighty points. Compound words like sawdust can be very useful in Scrabble. Other examples are mindset and suitcase.
  From Quiz: Anagrams. Less To More Common.
14 Don't have a U? No problem; you can still have a chance to get rid of your Q by spelling the 19th letter of the Semitic alphabet.
Answer: Qoph

The Phoenician alphabet called it Qop, with a symbol resembling a circle on a vertical stick, rather like a lollipop. This led to the Aramaic Qop, which looks rather like a P made from a vertical straight line and a hook. The Syriac Qop, Arabic Qaf and Hebrew Qof or Qoph (which resembles the Aramaic letter) are all further developments. The letter is pronounced like q or k; when transliterated, either of those may be used, but many biblical names use c. The Greek letters qoppa and phi, and the Roman Q, are all ultimately derived from Qop.
  From Quiz: Mind Those Scrabble Q's!
15 How many players is Scrabble designed for?
Answer: 2, 3, or 4

The game includes four letter racks.
  From Quiz: Scrabble Rules!
16 This name is the first name of an unscrupulous Chicago bartender. It was also given to the drink he would serve unsuspecting victims, who would lose consciousness, then wake up beaten, robbed, and sometimes unclothed.
Answer: mickey

"Slip him a mickey": to secretly give someone an adulterated drink or food that will render them unconscious. Named after bartender Mickey Finn.
    Your options: [ mickey ] [ phillip ] [ freddy ] [ louie ]
  From Quiz: Proper Names That Can Be Used In Scrabble [1]
17 What company produces Scrabble in the USA?
Answer: Hasbro

Scrabble is owned by Hasbro and has been sold under many of its brands, including Parker and Milton Bradley. Milton Bradley is located in Springfield, Massachusetts. As a child I went on tours of the factory. Mattel owns the rights for the rest of the world.
  From Quiz: Think You Know Scrabble?
18 How many "Triple Word Score" tiles are there on the standard Scrabble board?
Answer: 8

There are 8 T.W.S. tiles on the board; one in each of the corners (4), and 4 on the side edges.
  From Quiz: Scrabble Stumpers
19 It's absolutely delicious when you can make a word from that consonant-loaded rack. What Scrabble-legal interjection will make its way past your lips?
Answer: mm

Strangely enough, you can't spell it with three Ms.
  From Quiz: Out of Vowels? Not Out of Options!
20 The leaves of this flowering plant have a stimulant effect when chewed, making it a popular social drug in areas of the Arabian Peninsula. What Scrabble-legal Q-word will keep you up off your cot if you pack your cheek full of it?
Answer: qat

I first encountered this word in P.J. O'Rourke's "All the Trouble in the World," and immediately identified it as a prime Scrabble word. You can pluralize it with an S.

And yes, I know that I used "cot" for a clue, and qat is spelled with an A, not an O. But I bet you'll remember the right spelling, which is the aim of this quiz.
  From Quiz: Q Sans U
21 This challenge rule is most commonly used in Africa, as well as in the World Scrabble Championship.
Answer: 5 or 10 point

The 5 or 10 point challenge adds some incentive to not challenge, as you will lose points or your opponent will gain points if you are wrong.
    Your options: [ Void ] [ Single ] [ 5 or 10 point ] [ Double ]
  From Quiz: False Starts
22 The sum of all the letter tiles in a word is doubled when this square is covered. What is written on this square?
Answer: Double word score

The color of the double score square is pink. Often this is a sought out square for making higher scores on the Scrabble board.
  From Quiz: Scrabble Brained
23 How many letters can only be represented with a blank in Italian Scrabble?
Answer: 5

These letters are J, K, W, X, and Y, which are only used in loanwords.
  From Quiz: Scrabble in Italian
24 Which vowel is worth 4 points in Dutch Scrabble?
Answer: U

The Y is only used in loanwords, so it is worth 8 points.
    Your options: [ Y ] [ A ] [ E ] [ U ]
  From Quiz: Scrabble in Dutch
25 Ready for a little longer? This word can (according to OWL) also be spelled with both a C and a K, uncommon in Q without U words.
Answer: QADI

Unacceptable "forms" of the other 3 words include KAID, FACIR, and KINTAR, which have yet to be added but maybe will be soon. KAID is acceptable in the Worldwide dictionary (CSW) already.
  From Quiz: Q Without U
26 Oh, the joys of having a 'z' on your rack! Which three-letter word, meaning the male hybrid of a yak and a domestic cow, is acceptable in Scrabble for 15 points?
Answer: Zho

All the answers consist of a z (10 points) a vowel (1 point) and a 4 point letter for 15 points, but only zho (an acceptable alternate spelling of dzo (13 points)) is accepted. My mother (an immeasurably better player than me) used to hate it if I deployed this.
    Your options: [ Ziv ] [ Yiz ] [ Hiz ] [ Zho ]
  From Quiz: I Can't Believe That's a Scrabble Word
27 This girl's name is also the second letter in the Hebrew language:
Answer: beth

As a proper name, Beth is a common nickname for Elizabeth, which means 'God is my oath'.
    Your options: [ karen ] [ valri ] [ mim ] [ beth ]
  From Quiz: Proper Names That Can Be Used In Scrabble [2]
28 Not counting A, E, I, O, and U (the vowels), how many tiles are there in the game of Scrabble?
Answer: Fifty-Eight

A = 9 tiles.
E = 12 tiles.
I = 9 tiles.
O = 8 tiles.
U = 4 tiles.

9+12+9+8+4+= 42

Including the blank tiles there are 100 tiles in the game altogether. Subtract 42 from 100 and you have the remaining tiles.

100-42 = 58
  From Quiz: Scrabble: How Much Do You Know? Version 2.0
29 What letter has the most tiles?
Answer: E

The letter "E" has twelve tiles! That's more than 10% of all the tiles for every letter.

The next closest letters have nine tiles. Those letters are "A" and "I".
  From Quiz: Scrabble: How Much Do You Know?
30 In what year was Scrabble released for the first time?
Answer: 1948

Scrabble was invented by a man named Alfred Mosher Butts. He had the idea to create something that crossed vocabulary words, crosswords and anagrams together. Scrabble was born!
  From Quiz: Scrabble Night!
31 What is the anagram of ASTERISK?
Answer: SARKIEST

SARKIEST is British slang meaning the most sarcastic.
  From Quiz: Anagrams. More to Less Common.
32 NHANDUS has one anagram what is it?
Answer: UNHANDS

NHANDUS can score eighty points as an opening word in Scrabble. Here is a useful one. The word SKATING has three anagrams, STAKING, TAKINGS and TASKING.
  From Quiz: Anagrams. Less To More Common.
33 What is the least number of points you can get with a bingo?
Answer: 56

Take an eight letter word with all 1 pt letters, such as SLATTERN. Use two blanks, and put them on any double or triple letter scores. It is possible to arrange it so that the word doesn't crisscross with any double word scores. You can make a 7-letter word like that, but that would result in making two different words.
  From Quiz: American Scrabble Part 2
34 If four people are playing, which one will go first, based on the starting letters drawn?
Answer: The one who picks a blank

The player who draws the letter that is closest to the start of the alphabet goes first. The only exception is that a blank beats all of the lettered tiles.
    Your options: [ The one who picks a blank ] [ The one who picks an S (for Scrabble) ] [ The one who picks an A ] [ The one who picks a Z ]
  From Quiz: Scrabble Rules!
35 Secondly, I play the word AA across the board above the T and the I of ZYGOTIC. This mean that the word starts on square H7. What does AA mean and what do I score?
Answer: 8 points. A type of lava

The second A is on a double letter square and is it forms a part of two words it gets 4 points.
  From Quiz: "Scrabble": What do I score? What does it mean?
36 How many letter tiles are contained within the game?
Answer: 100

The letter tile "E" has twelve tiles.
  From Quiz: Think You Know Scrabble?
37 Not to be outdone, the second player plays another word aa directly below the first player's aa (both letters below a previously played letter), with the first a on a double letter space. How many points is this worth?
Answer: 8

The aa made across is worth 3 points (2 for the double lettered a and one for the other letter). There are also two copies of the word aa made downwards, worth 3 points and 2 points (one is on the double letter square), for a total of 8. Aa is one of those words you'll probably never see outside scrabble. It IS great for those times when you have way too many vowels on your rack.
  From Quiz: Scrabble Scoring
38 Are you looking for a sign? "Go, let your phonics help!" What Scrabble-legal word did I just give you?
Answer: glyph

Use the first letter of each word in the sentence: GLYPH. A glyph is a symbol, usually carved, that conveys a message.
  From Quiz: No Vowels? No Problem!
39 A quad collided with an Audi, destroying the Us in both vehicles. What Scrabble-legal Islamic judge could sort out the legalities of this wreck?
Answer: qadi

I know nothing of Islamic law, but I do know that qadi can be pluralized with an S.
  From Quiz: Q Sans U
40 This challenge rule is most common in the United States and Canada. It is not very popular elsewhere though.
Answer: Double

In double challenge games you lose your turn if you challenge an acceptable word. This is the most even challenge rule, as someone will always lose a turn.
    Your options: [ void ] [ Single ] [ Double ] [ 5 or 10 point ]
  From Quiz: False Starts
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