Things I Am Good At: Part 4 – Scrabble!

I've been threatening to write this one for awhile now, mostly amidst gloating over annihilating a Scrabble opponent. It usually goes something like this: Random person I know or have just met, "Oh, I love Scrabble, we should play." Me, "Yeah, you probably don't want to play against me." Person, "I don't know, I'm pretty good, we should play." Me, "Ok." Fast forward to an hour later, most of which I've sat there twiddling my thumbs and/or tapping my fingers on the table while they labor over each move, then hastily slapping down a word worth three times as much as their average play. Final score: Me: high 300s. Them:…
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