I've been wanting to see the song from the Flintstones by the ethnic European performance troop that take over Freds house. "He iss Ooley and I am Sven!" Aye yi yi Vilma!

Somebody hook a brother up!

que pasa , por favor!!! ay yi yi.... fuckeeng white guys.

Ay yi yi. Kids these days...

Two-letter words are a crucial part of Scrabble gameplay. They form "hooks" (words forming "L" shapes), and can be used to "stack" words on top of each other. If you actually want to play the game for points (which is like, the point of the game, last time I checked), you must use two-letter words to form the big-point combos. To declare that two-letter words are a "bane" is the height of absurdity, like telling a chess player he cannot sacrifice pieces to strengthen his position. You're being silly because, I suspect, you're too lazy to memorize the approximately 100 two-letter words, most of which you already know. (like "ah", "ha", "ma", "or", etc). If you play Scrabble enough, remembering the "obscure" two-letter words ("xi", "xu", "oe", "ka", etc) does not take a photographic memory...it becomes like riding a bike or typing.

And if you bothered to read my comment carefully, I said that the players must agree upon a two-letter word list before they begin playing, thereby avoiding any confusion. All that takes is having the list handy. On online Scrabble, that list is already determined. I am currently only aware of two lists, English TWL and English Miriam-Webster.

Good luck on your next Scrabble game, champ.



>> ^Zyrxil:

>> ^ChairmanRoberto:
>> ^Zyrxil:
Obscure yet acceptable 2 letter words are the bane of scrabble.

You obviously don't play much Scrabble. Two-letter words are an essential part of strategy, and any Scrabble player should have them committed to memory (for a serious game), or at least the players should have a list of them during the game. Also, there are several different lists of two-letter words, so players must agree on which list they use. Most of these two-letter words are not particularly obscure. I suppose "xu" and "za" are obscure, but if everyone knows the two-letter words, then there's no "bane", now is there?

You're admitting to the existence of multiple lists of acceptable 2 letter words. I don't see that you have a leg to stand on. You can't actually want play Scrabble and not have it devolve into 'use 2 letter words to block everything so there's only space for other two letter words' as if it were a world championship tournament.

Ay yi yi! No me gusta.

/bumblebeeman

ay yi yi, no me gusta.

the protege w/o shirt, the s.leazeo decor, moustache,,,i yi yi....gimme a pickle anna mayo sammy!!