@dougiesharpe: In 2020, there was a massive debate inside the professional scrabble community about removing offensive words and slurs from the game. #scrabble #scrabbletiles #professionalscrabble #offensivewords #didyouknowfacts #interestingfacts #interestingfactsabouttheworld #interestingfactsforyou #amazingfacts #amazingfactsforyou #amazingfactsministries #coolfacts #coolfactsforu #coolfactsyoudidntknow #coolfactsrandomfacts #coolfactz #randomfactstiktok #randomfactsforyou #randomfacts #facts #factsdaily #factsoftheday #factz #funfacts #funfactstoknow #funfactsoftheday #funfactsoftiktok

elite ba’al knowledge :

Remove slurs, keep swears.

alex :

If you have the letters “GINGER” just use ginger 😭

Samfram🇵🇸🇱🇧 :

slurs i get, other offensive words should be fair play amongst adults tho

Ace6260 :

so whats the point of the board if theyre just going to overrule it anyways

🐏Evie floof🐑 :

and nothing of value was lost

morgan🇬🇧 :

can't just me who assumed it was based on the Oxford dictionary and was just updated accordingly

Really cool guy :

How many points is ******

Garfunkel :

Saying a slur is not bad. Using a slur against someone is bad. Should have kept the words.

Knuwl Carlson :

over 200? I feel like there's 5 max that would be worth removing

. :

Leftism and Censorship go hand in hand

Hecat Baglen :

I think removing slurs is a good idea, it’s really not sportsmanlike to have language that might make people feel uncomfortable or outcasted around even if its just written and not said

rodwha :

What in the hell?!?! Slurs were included until then and they had to be told?!?! Good grief!

RoboMan :

if my opponent in a official scrabble tournament plays a slur that's the point I'm leaving, if he plays a swear I'll chuckle and keep playing. its not about being sensitive or de-normalizing the words, although I will not lie to say that it plays no role, it's about how low I'm willing to go for a win in a family board game

JoeLee :

A bunch a cry baby because of some words

are you blushing daffodil 🌼 :

ppl are in the comments literally arguing to use a slur... this timeline is nuts

rokuthegoldenwarrior :

like the old saying goes "sticks snd stones may break my bones but words can't hurt me"😌

ChrisS97 :

I would have left the association. as a matter of principle. Fucking dictatorship overruled a board of 12 members who came to a consensus because he thought HIS opinion was more important

STORMLORD89 :

Me reading a word played in 2018 by my southern opponent.

Someone 🏝️ :

200 words out of what, 250,000? Probably more? I think they’ll be fine without those 200.

Josh Shakespeare :

Crumb :

You objectively get more points with other words, this means nothing and if you can’t play words without using slurs, you’re a bad scrabble player.

dumbdumb :

people arguing it was a game of points are racists or nazis.

Giant_sword1 :

can you still use the word clanker

Alex :

So, why does the board even vote then? I get why people don’t want it, but I don’t care what the word is, if I see an option for points, I’m playing it. That was even a family rule, you can spell out swears and stuff. It’s not like it’s making a statement ON the word.

Nicholas Name :

“It’s a game of points, not words.” Uh huh. And how are the points scored? Do we just put the tiles on the board in any order we want? Or are there only some specific orders of letters that are valid because they correspond to some particular meaning? If only there was a WORD for that.