Scrabble cheats finally come to the Web

Maybe this won't come as a surprise to everyone who uses Web sites for game cheats (Yours Truly included), but as for those of us who make a living wordsmithing, we are dismayed (15 points) that any player would ever take the joy out of Scrabble by cheating (14 points). Nevertheless, Scrabble-cheat Web sites are proliferating (17 points). Mainly they do what any word nerd worth his or her salt is supposed to do mentally: rearrange your eight randomly-allotted letters to make a new word.

If you are five years old, or perhaps new to the English language, perhaps you can be exonerated (18 points). But around any proper Scrabble table, all electronic devices should be off limits.

Read the troubling report on The L.A. Times:"There's a word for it: c-h-e-a-t-i-n-g"

[qmuser]

I see the other side of this story. My wife is a tournament scrabble player and really good. Dozens of times when playing Scrabble over the internet she has been accused of cheating by people that are just sore loosers. I peak over her shoulder from my desk 5 feet away, so I know for a fact that she doesn't cheat.

The poor sportsmanship of people that accuse others of cheating when they loose takes some of the fun out of the game for everyone. If they really make her mad, she just puts them on a no-play list so that they will never have the option of a rematch.

[Apolune]

If you're playing Scrabble with eight letter tiles, you're *already* cheating.

[beverley666]

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