Scrabble Tounament SCANDAL!! Emergency Scrabble Advisory Meeting Held

[matcom]

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It wasn't a four-letter word, but it was close enough to cause a stir at the National Scrabble Championship Friday.


In the final round, eventual champion Trey Wright played the word "lez," which was on a list of "offensive" words not allowed during the tournament.

Normally, no word is off-limits in a Scrabble tournament, but because the games were being taped for ESPN, certain terms were deemed inappropriate.

Wright, a 30-year-old concert pianist from Los Angeles, played the word and then drew two replacement tiles so quickly that the referee didn't notice.

Scrabble Association Executive Director John Williams called an emergency meeting of the Scrabble Advisory Board which agreed the word had to go.

Wright replayed and took the best-of-five final in three games to win a $25,000 prize.

http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3624034/detail.html

[underpants]

1. Dupe

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[matcom]

2. ACK!!

you only a CUB REPORTER!! :grr:

get in the editor's office now DAMMIT!

[BigMcLargehuge]

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