Strip search demanded at Scrabble tournament?

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/18/earlyshow/leisure/main20121795.shtml

October 18, 2011 7:57 AM

(CBS News) At this year's World Scrabble Championship in Poland Sunday, a player from Thailand accused his English opponent, Ed Martin, of hiding a letter "G," and supposedly demanded a strip search to prove it. CBS News correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports that tournament officials decided against the strip search, saying there wasn't enough evidence of cheating.

More than a word game, Scrabble can become a competition of who's smarter than whom -- and sometimes, a battle of who's cheating whom, which can get a little personal.

John D. Williams Jr., executive director of the National Scrabble Association, told CBS News people do occasionally cheat at Scrabble tournaments, saying, "There's an emotional attachment to (the game). People get really into it, really into it."

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1. A S S H - L E

[OriginalGeek]

2. Well dang,

If I'da knowed I could get strip searched I'da entered more Scrabble Tournaments...

[MilesColtrane]

3. Isn't it illegal to look at the other player's rack?