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Monday, November 7, 2011

How Scrabble dictionaries are made

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A web site called Word Buff has an interview with Darryl Francis on the making of the British Scrabble tournament word lists. From his self...
Saturday, October 22, 2011

The 27th Letter of the Alphabet

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Rogues, to speak thus irreverently of the alphabet, I shall live to see you glad to serve old Q — to curl the wig of great S — adjust the do...
Sunday, October 9, 2011

PAX, the Omegathon, and novelty in video games

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I love books and documentaries that examine quirky subcultures. The book Word Freak provides a fascinating look inside the world of tournam...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Why words are the lengths they are

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Some words are long and others are short. What determines how long a particular word should be? If you look at some long words (like "s...
Saturday, August 6, 2011

The Bananagrammer Equation

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A warning to regular readers: This post is not about games nor about words. It is about math and bananas. Recently the "Batman Equati...
Friday, July 22, 2011

August 2011 Bananagrams events

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A couple of notable Bananagrams-related events are scheduled to take place next month. 1) Bananagrams is sponsoring the August 13th instan...
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Hebrew Bananagrams

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As posted in the (now dearly departed) Bananagrammer forum, the Hebrew version of Bananagrams is now out. The Israeli distributor has a we...
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