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1. The game of Scrabble was invented by Alfred Butts during the depression years of the early 1930s. He had lost his job as an architect, and decided to invent a game. The rest, as they say, is history.
Your task is simply to find the two fives that solve this question- 'Perch trunk of body'.
2. Doubled (or tripled) letters can be frustrating, especially if they are letters like 'U', 'I', 'V' or 'W'.
These fives both have the same vowel twice, but it is one of the more flexible letters.- 'Say hello to a large bird'.
3. Sometimes, a Scrabble player just gets horrible tiles, and becomes vowel-heavy. There are many words that have a high percentage of vowels, and hopefully get a decent balance of letters. There is even a 6-letter all-vowel word!
A bit cryptic, but very solvable- 'Centre of the world'.
4. The Scrabble dictionary borrows words from all sorts of sources, Scottish to New Zealand Maori, Japanese to South African Dutch, and all points between. These two words are Omani in origin, and amazingly, one is the plural of the other.
Do some Googling and try to solve- 'Underground irrigation system in Oman, and its plural'.
A further hint- there is an 8-point letter in both answers.
5. Many players consider that learning the meanings is a waste of brain-space, but I prefer to know at least some of the meanings.
You and I both know the meanings of these two fives- 'A fruit and another fruit'.
6. Gamesmanship, or trying to psyche out your opponent, is a legitimate tactic, within the rules, of course. Staring at a particular section of the board to try to bluff your opponent into playing there, instead of the lovely opening on the other side of the board, can really rattle his nerves.
Try this one, and I will accept either British or American spelling.- 'Yellow clay job'.
7. The aim of every Scrabble player is to score points (obviously!), but to win a game you only have to score one more point than your opponent. When competing in a tournament, however, it is advisable to win by as much as possible. The reason for this is that there may be several players on the same number of wins, and these players will be separated by the total point spread. Because of this, bingos are very important, and the Holy Grail is a triple/triple, where the word score is multiplied by three by three, and then 50 points is added. 'Chutzpah' in the right spot would score a massive 383 points- that is a good score for a whole game, let alone one word!
These two words would never, ever score anything near that number, but will score 15 FunTrivia points if you get them right.- 'Change in the future'.
8. The obligatory triple-header. Pay close attention to the hint!
'Under two body parts.'
9. What do you do when you have no vowels at all? Do not despair, as there are many words that consist entirely of consonants- you may even have a bingo! There are over 40 three-letter vowelless words, and four sevens- 'glycyls', 'nymphly', 'rhythms', and 'tsktsks'.
These two fives have one vowel- 'Correct waist'.
10. Another triple play. The solution makes sense (sort of), so watch the hint.- 'A big beer, fit for a king'.
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