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10 Words That Will Help You Win at Scrabble

sabine:

(via synmirror:emilyposts)

1. Aa. And I don’t mean the acronym for Alcoholics Anonymous, either. Aa is “basaltic lava having a rough surface.”

2. Qat – a flowering plant native to East Africa and the Arabian peninsula.

3. Zax – a slater or slate mason, or the tool used to cut and punch nail holes in roofing slate.

4. Cwm – a valley, especially one created by glacial movement. Be warned: this one won’t get you many points, but it is good for using up pesky, low-score consonants taking up valuable space on your rack.

5. Xu – Vietnamese money

6. Qua – as or as being, or in the character of.

7. Suq – a market, or part of a market, in an Arab city.

8. Adz – an axe-like tool.

9. Jo – sweetheart or dear

10. Qadi – a judge in the Muslim community.

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  1. doll reblogged this from 52books
  2. dinotime reblogged this from 52books and added:
    yeah, because i play scrabble all the time. :) just in case.
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  4. crazyfor-you reblogged this from 52books and added:
    don’t mean the acronym for Alcoholics Anonymous, either. Aa is “basaltic lava having a rough surface.” 2. Qat – a...
  5. letomoon reblogged this from alishagg and added:
    I feel wrong about the ‘aa.’ They left out the ‘okina!! It’s a’a, foolish dictionary makers.
  6. jeremyk reblogged this from 52books and added:
    1. Aa. And I don’t mean the acronym for Alcoholics Anonymous, either. Aa is “basaltic lava having a rough surface.” 2....
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    ← hilker ← sabine ← synmirror ← emilyposts 1. Aa. And I don’t mean the acronym for Alcoholics Anonymous, either. Aa is...
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    52books: coffeehousejunkie: scumblr: pica:...don’t mean the acronym for Alcoholics...
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  15. constantwanderlust reblogged this from fletter and added:
    The main thing I remember from 10th grade Earth Science is the two kinds of lava: Aa and Pahoihoi (sp?).
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  22. beenthinking reblogged this from sabine and added:
    Or my new found obsesssion, BANANAGRAMS!
  23. secretmandalina reblogged this from carlovely and added:
    I need to use these words. I fail at Scrabble.
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    coffeehousejunkie: scumblr: pica: 1. Aa. And I don’t mean the acronym for Alcoholics Anonymous, either. Aa is “basaltic...
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  27. postlinguistics reblogged this from 52books and added:
    As you might expect, most of these are loanwords, except adz and zax, which go back to Old English. Cwm is from Welsh,...
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    coffeehousejunkie: scumblr: pica: 1. Aa. And...don’t mean the acronym for Alcoholics...
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    don’t mean the acronym for Alcoholics Anonymous, either. Aa is “basaltic lava having a rough surface.” 2. Qat – a...
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  34. lifeofakatie reblogged this from emilyposts and added:
    nice. i played scrabble with bf last night...my last letters and i couldn’t do anything...
  35. taf reblogged this from emilyposts and added:
    word I learnt from...slightly disappointing House...Leaves...
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  37. sabine reblogged this from synmirror and added:
    2. Qat – a flowering plant native to East Africa and the Arabian peninsula. 3. Zax – a slater or slate mason, or the...
  38. myownmelt reblogged this from emilyposts and added:
    back to reading mental_floss blogs.. I’d be
  39. scotthale reblogged this from emilyposts and added:
    do my best to convince...next person that these are words because “Tumblr told me so”
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  43. missmarymackk reblogged this from 52books and added:
    I could have used this yesterday I lost 250 to 307….I have to say I did use qat…..and as my opponent pointed out I...
  44. 52books reblogged this from coffeehousejunkie and added:
    Good to know. I should probably print this out.
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