#rabble

Scrabble was invented by Nazis to piss off kids with dyslexia. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#humor #scrabble #humor

Wait,” he said. “That’s not a word.” I looked down to where, in a moment of desperation, I’d played zixic on a triple-word-score space. “Uh, sure it is.” “What’s it mean?” “It’s sort of like…quixotic, but with more…” “Bullshit?” I laughed out loud. I’d never heard him swear before. “More zeal. Hence the z.” “Uh-huh. Use it in a sentence.” “Um…’You are a zixic writer.’“ “I don’t believe this.” “That you’re zixic?” “That you’re trying to cheat at Scrabble.” He leaned back against my couch, shaking his head. “I mean, I was ready to accept the whole evil thing, but this is kind of extreme. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#georgina-kincaid #scrabble #writer

I'll always take Scrabble and chess if I'm going filming. But I do have the Scrabble dictionary, which can be infuriating for other players. ↗

— Saffron Burrows

#chess #dictionary #filming #going #i

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me. ↗

— Horace

#hate #i #irreverent #keep #me

Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#both #cheat #children #desirable #easy

I'm just a big homebody and love word games like Scrabble and Boggle. ↗

— Sung Hi Lee

#games #homebody #i #just #like

I'm a proud member of the rabble. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#member #proud #rabble

If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country. ↗

— Andrew Johnson

#country #end #off #other #rabble

Even if Scrabble had been invented then, I wouldn't have wanted to play Scrabble, because the highest triple word score in the world would not have expressed how much I liked the game Natalie and I played every afternoon. ↗

— Allan Sherman

#because #been #even #every #expressed

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#blew #college #college education #concerned #depression