Scrabble?

[Caffeine]

Yeah, this one is REALLY off topic, but this has always been a forum where I know someone knows the right answer!

I've recently been sucked back in to playing Scrabble.  I really haven't played since high school.

Three of the people I've been playing with SWEAR that the rules allow you to re-arrange letters that are already on the board from a previous move to form a new word.  For example, if 'PAST' is already on the board from a previous move, you can change the order of the letters, as long as it does not affect adjoining words, which would allow you to change 'PAST' to 'PATSY' by swapping the 'ST' to 'TS' and adding a Y.

I have looked up the official rules online, and I cannot find anything that would allow this.  Are there any Scrabble players here who might know?  I think I'm being BS'd.

[natedawg120]

i have never heard of that one and trust me i was in a lot of games where my granpa tried to pull off some shady shaZam! 

[wladziu]

I learned to read using Scrabble when I was four, then I moved on to the bible.  You're being BS'd.  You have to play the board, or the game is pointless.  Perhaps your buddies would be better entertained with Texas Hold'em. 

[spc]

Didn't learn to read from scrabble, but I've been playing since I was in my single digits and your friends are f%$king with you.  I've never heard such stupid shaZam!.

[shiznizbiz]

Call thier bluff, and pound your fis on the board with such a rage that the pieces jump then say, "Now make a new word from that mess, Im sure, f%$k you guys Im going home is in there."

[ke7syv]

Call thier bluff, and pound your fis on the board with such a rage that the pieces jump then say, "Now make a new word from that mess, Im sure, f%$k you guys Im going home is in there."

That was the highlight of my day! Thanks for the good laugh

[shiznizbiz]

Call thier bluff, and pound your fis on the board with such a rage that the pieces jump then say, "Now make a new word from that mess, Im sure, f%$k you guys Im going home is in there."

That was the highlight of my day! Thanks for the good laugh

[Caffeine]

Call thier bluff, and pound your fis on the board with such a rage that the pieces jump then say, "Now make a new word from that mess, Im sure, f%$k you guys Im going home is in there."

Although this would have worked, I probably would have been taken away by the police!

EVERYONE I have talked to about this says it's BS, and you can NEVER move letters.   I've printed up the rules directly from the Hasbro website (current rightholders to the game) as well as some info from another Scrabble players' site and I'll have a polite chat with the BS'ers Tuesday night.

But until then, I WILL be practicing my fist-pounding maneuver, just incase...

Thanks!

[wladziu]

A "severe talking-to" isn't going to do you any good.  You'd simply be playing out the final act of a comedic tragedy, with you as the victim.  A better solution might be to share a laugh at your expense while quietly learning such manipulative techniques from your buddies and practicing encorporating others of your own devise.  Your vocabulary is trumping their skill, so they turn to wit which trumps your gullibility.  Every game has such undertones, so learn them instead of higher vocabulary which may alienate your friends.  To them, it's like playing football with Emmit Smith or some other fat guy that can also run fast.  Wouldn't you do the same? 


How's that for over-analyzing? 
It's snowing during my spring break.  Boredom has overcome me. 

[trumpetguy]

I've been building garage cabinets for three days this weekend and missed this thread!

I love Scrabble.  The rule you describe is listed as a VARIATION of the original in my rules (Deluxe Edition with the turntable board).  Its a rule if everyone playing agrees to it.  Does add a unique wrinkle, though...

[wladziu]

Boy, do I feel like a jackass. 







You old guys with your dang experience and Deluxe versions of everything. 

[The Buddha]

Every game has a patsy. If in 10 mins you haven't figured out who the patsy is, its you.
That is the rule that the real estate industry lives by.
Cool.
Buddha.