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We're pretty well matched too, with the final score usually being very close
I also play very regularly with Dina, the scores vary a great deal, but I observed that in the long run , each of us has exactly 50 percent probability of winning.
And by the way, I don't consider "phi" and "kappa" as words, no more than "f" and "k"..
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When I play Scrabble, it's all about forming interesting words. I'd rather turn old into wold for 10 points than place the Q of queen on a triple word tile.
Here's where the two aspects of the game become clear. Wordplay, on the one hand, and point-scoring on the other. Logophiles do not enjoy the game for the latter.
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Of course 'f' and 'k' are not words. They are spelt 'ef' and 'kay'. We seldom see these letters spelled out like this, but I see phi and theta spelled out somewhere very frequently - a few times a week, perhaps more days than not. It's hard for me to believe they are so arcane.
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Different people have different ways of playing. Some people only care for the points. But many point-scorers also love good words and love generating the open boards that would lead to interesting play. OTOH, there is a certain level of skill required to both win and generate an interesting board. It takes a lot of play and practice.
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'ef' and 'kay' are allowable?? As to the other: at what point do Latin words become "foreign"?
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You mean phi and theta are latin? Ay ay! My Greek nose!
(old family saying)
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What words are allowable depends on which dictionary one uses. Players should always use a good reference when they play. In most cases, yes, 'ef' and 'kay' are allowable. It's important to understand that we are not talking about foreign words - that's a separate issue. We're referring instead to the English spelling of either Greek or English (or Hebrew, etc.) letters. In each case, they are English words.
So 'phi' and 'aleph', 'zeta' and 'beth', as well as 'ef' and 'kay' are all permissible (usually).
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Greek !!! Squawk! I'll have to bring myself here a minute! 
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>What words are allowable depends on which dictionary one uses. Players should always use a good reference when they play. that's the issue of my original post. if you use the OSPD, you'll be faced with accepting two-letter words such as AA AB AE AG AL BA BI DE ED ES ET FE HM JO KA KI MM MO NA NE OD OE OI OM OP OW OY QI UM UN XU YA and ZA. how many of these do you commonly use or see? (I'll admit to having used aa*, ab(s), ag, bi, es [the letter], et (have you et yet?), jo*, mo, oi/oy, om, ow, um, and ya; but.) *these can be found in the wwftd dictionary 
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Are exclamations allowed in your scrabble game, theFallblFeind?
Squawk ! (I hurry off to restore three typo's in my other posts, Jackie)
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