Dear tsuwm,

Thanks for suggesting that we look up nobble.

Several definitions in my out-of-date AHD here at school, the most interesting being "3. To outdo or get the better of by devious means."

But, even more exciting and greatly off-topic, are some good Scrabble words from the "n" words in the neighborhood of nobble:

nodi -- plural of nodus (that's a great Scrabble plural to play off of "nod")

noddle -- the head (I've heard of noggin and noodle for head, but never noddle)

nixie -- slang for misaddressed (but I don't have the dadburned Scrabble authority, so don't think this would fly in the game)

And, finally (a ta-da! word):

noes -- pl. of no (I'm a johnny-come-lately here, but I thought the pl. was no's as an exceptional plural form; ya' live 'n' learn)

Now to learn what a veeble and a fetzer are...???

DubDub