I got into a Scrabble fight and

[kairos12]

it was all fun and games until someone lost an "I."

[MutantAndProud]

1. *giggle*

[CrispyQ]

2. IMO, it's not a lot of fun playing Scrabble with people who know all the 2-letter words.

Years ago a small group of us at work tried to play at lunchtime, but two players knew all the two letter words & won almost every game. After about two weeks everyone else lost interest. Maybe we should have suggested a 3-letter minimum. I had no idea there were so many two letter words.

From Google:

How many 2 letter words are there?

In total, there are somewhere between 88 and 106 2 letter words in the English language. The reason this number varies is that it can be difficult to determine which 2 letter words are actually officially considered words in the language

[brush]

3. How are they an advantage when one often needs longer words...

to reach double and triple word score spaces were you really score?

Having "S's" where you can make a quick new word and then another using the S.