![]() ![]() Given our enthusiasm for cheating so pointlessly on crosswords, it’s no surprise that the competitive element of Scrabble brings out the worst in us. Restrictions on household mixing mean that much of our word-based warfare now takes place online, and unscrutinised. It seems that plenty of sets were Christmas gifts – searches related to Scrabble climbing to their second-highest level in the week leading up to New Year, following a peak in the first lockdown. ![]() In September, eBay reported that demand for the board game had increased by 127 per cent. Search data indicates many Scrabble players are not above googling potential word choices (Photo: Getty)ĭoes Scrabble, the nation’s other favourite word-arranging pastime, emerge unscathed from such search engine skulduggery? Of course not. So disgusted is the sitter at the sketchy (“superficial or slight”, seven letters) expertise of their inane (“mindless”, five letters) foe, they proclaim them an abomination (“disgusting person or thing”, eleven letters). It’s easy to picture one of them sat in their lair, wearing a gilet (“waist length garment”, five letters), as they regard (“observe steadily”, six letters) another hoodlum (“petty gangsters”, seven letters) googling clues after each abysmal (“atrocious”, seven letters) attempt. Are setters aware that they are catering to such a villainous audience? Scanning the most googled clues from last week’s crosswords suggests they are, and that they concoct their puzzles largely to belittle their quarry. ![]()
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