Triple word scores are out? No way - my greatest triumph was getting SHAMPOO out across 2 triples at the top of the board at the end of one game. Epic win.
Whew, Thank God I still have my 1953 edition. 
Can Gen Z spell beyond they/them?
I play the online game frequently and rarely play the board game. I donāt have to add the scores or make a challenge determination, this is automated. so I have been dumb downed but I play more because I am good at pushing the āfind the best word optionā button and then being happy and proud of my button pushing. I won. I can push the button.
You are missing out, much hilarity when playing with others.
You can play up to 4 people on online scrabble It is kind of nice because there is no arguing about whether a word is a scrabble word. The machine decides all.
You get to learn words in digital scrabble. I. am pretty sure fricots and Dawts were not in my vocabulary
You do have to have dictionary maintenance.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/zen-and-the-art-of-scrabble-dictionary-maintenance 1538144910#
Not sure how these uploads will work.
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