The kids often opt for the king—and queen, rook, bishop, knight, and pawn—of board games (Reed calls it "chest"), while I prefer the letter-perfect word game of Scrabble, the electronic version of which saw my player rating creep north of the previously elusive 1800 mark for the first time today. This means nothing to anyone but the most ardent Scrabble enthusiasts, and even they would contend that these ratings are inflated because of an on-line player’s access to dictionaries, best-play tutorials, and unlimited attempts at finding playable words—all of which are not found or allowed in traditional tournament play. But alas, this sort of thing means a lot in my circle of hard-Scrabble friends, and I consider this recent achievement to be tombstone material.
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