The one who reaches 11 candies first wins all of the peppermints. Whoever wins a game gets an Altoid in their designated dish. We play three games a day between Christmas and New Year’s. We established a once-a-year competition – sort of like the Stanley Cup or the Super Bowl, only with two people playing head-to-head Scrabble. One day, while visiting the local trophy-making shop, I decided to order a Scrabble Bowl trophy.
Games aren’t fun when you have no chance of winning. If my partner and I played without it, I would win every time – and it’s not a game if the winner is preordained. So, why is this the Better Way? By using the dictionary all the time, you discover new words, increase your vocabulary, get higher scores, improve your spelling and – this is the important part – expand the game to poor spellers. Most Scrabble players would throw up their arms and call this cheating. If he apologized for taking long, I assured him: “Take your time, no rush at all.” In the early years, I kept The Globe and Mail handy and would discreetly read a few articles while we played and he looked up words. “Ma, he isn’t ‘slow,’ he is an economist with three degrees.”)Īnd so, we began using dictionaries. He is a good man.” Later, I defended him to my mother. (My mother adored Daryl, and when he was out of earshot after a long, long game she said quietly: “He may be a bit slow, but it doesn’t matter. But he was slow at coming up with even small words. When Daryl, now my partner, politely agreed to play a few games with my mother, who was in her 90s at the time but still sharp in that Scrabble player’s way. They might not admit to it, but many such people are afraid of Scrabble. Even though he had a good vocabulary, he couldn’t spell if his life depended on it. I fell in love with a man in the former category. It is no secret to you that there are people who hate Scrabble and those who adore the game. This Better Way may be tough to accept as most players are rule abiders by nature. “The Rules” are right on the underside of the old solid maroon Scrabble box cover: “A dictionary should be consulted for challenges only.” In other words, no dictionaries allowed.
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