![]() ![]() RABBET (RABBET?) v -ED, -ING, -S to cut a groove in KREEP (CREEP?) n -S a basaltic lunar rock GREWSOME (GRUESOME?) adj -SOMER, -SOMEST gruesome, i.e. a concluding remark or gesture at parting to suffocate in waterįANTOM (PHANTOM?) n -S phantom, i.e. a heavy linen fabricĭROWND (DROWNED?) v -ED, -ING, -S to drown, i.e. the juice pressed from applesĭORNOCK (DOOR KNOCK?) n -S dornick, i.e. an Australian mammalĬIGARET (CIGARETTE?) n -S a narrow roll of finely cut tobacco for smokingĬYDER (CIDER?) n -S cider, i.e. Here are a few words that look fake, but are actually legit.ĬOALA (KOALA?) n -S koala, i.e. Another help tip-study all of the variant spellings. But you need to study these obscure words, along with any acceptable foreign-based words that your opponent might not think is in the dictionary. ![]() You can easily provoke them into challenging-and losing their turn. For those who think it's less honorable to play a fake word, there is an alternative-real words that look like they're fake words. Though a completely legal move (if you get away with it), a lot of players I talk to consider this cheating. He was sure that Dixon knew that MYIASIS was good, but did she know the plural? It's actually MYIASES, but Dixon was not sure and gave Joel the score. Joel played his 7th move with the phoney MYIASISES. In a past Scrabble Challenge, I concentrated on a puzzle that revealed an actual game between Joel Wapnick and Jan Dixon in 1995. ![]() This doesn't mean you shouldn't try, even against professionals. Losing a bluff in Scrabble means losing your turn, which could be devastating and cause you the game. Losing a bluff in poker means losing the pot. But no matter what, you have to be cool, calm, and confident, and you have to believe it's a word-just like passing a polygraph test. If you're playing against someone with a large mental lexicon, never mind how good your poker face is, it'll still probably get challenged off the board. Sometimes they're easy to spot as fake, other times not. These words are non-valid words played on the board, intended to fool the other player. In a game of Scrabble, bluffing is done by playing phoney words. There are many other games that you can bluff your way through, including Balderdash, Spades, Stratego and… Scrabble. You have to maintain a poker face, no matter what.īut bluffing doesn't stop at poker. Even the slightest tell could give you away. But if you can't handle a little subterfuge, then you shouldn't be playing the game. You may have a horrible hand, but if you can play it cool and raise the bet, you might just be able to convince your opponents otherwise and induce a few folds. Bluffing is one of the key components of poker. ![]()
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