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[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Interesting information and accurate but this is not what's useful for playing Scrabble

Actually useful things for every Scrabble player to memorize:

  • The full list of 2-letter words
  • The full list of words that have "Q" but not "U"
  • Have some familiarity with common bingos (7-letter words)

If you wanted to proceed from there, you could study the 3-letter words, and expand your study of the bingos and expand it to 8-letter words.

[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago

Well aren't you going to feel foolish the next time you hit the odds on the 1-in-347,222,222,222 chance you draw MUZJIKS for your opening draw but only play KUMIS like a dumb peasant.

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't the currency be a proper noun, and therefore invalid?

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The currency is sometimes considered a proper noun, the individual denominations are always considered common nouns.

if I'm working on the stock exchange I might track the value of the Dollar (a proper noun). If I'm buying from your lemonade stand I'd give you a dollar (a common noun).

likewise the Ouguiya is worth about 1/400th of the US Dollar. If you go to the bank, they could give you a 1 ouguiya coin.

Here's a source and here is the MLA style guide not capitalizing dollar.

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Where does kwyjibo fit in?