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Woogles.io The home for competitive, real-time word gaming.

As I mention in the piece, real players play at Woogles.io. And the forthcoming Scrabble app is a clean experience

Crossplayed The new New York Times game is, duh, a Scrabble knockoff. Does that matter?

I went long on the NYT’s new Scrabble knockoff, Crossplay. It isn’t for us obsessives—“What am I getting out of this that I’m not getting from Scrabble?” a former national champ told me. “The answer is probably nothing”—but that’s not the point

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Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

I did not realize this until 10 seconds ago but you can preorder the paperback of my latest, UNABRIDGED, which is coming in October (but the hardcover is available if you just can't wait)

POOF! At the 2026 North American School Scrabble Championship, Pink Fluffy Unicorns, a 790-point game, and more confusion over what is and isn't a valid word

“I thought they took out POOFY,” Cam said. His buddy Noah walked by. “Did they take out POOFY? Or did they take out POOFED? Or is POOFY good? Or is it P-O-U-F-Y?”

Scrabble’s latest lexical mess, at North American kids' championship, where one team was named the Pink Fluffy Unicorns

POOF! At the 2026 North American School Scrabble Championship, Pink Fluffy Unicorns, a 790-point game, and more confusion over what is and isn't a valid word

Your 2026 North American School Scrabble Championship Name of the Year is...the Pink Fluffy Unicorns. Runners-up: Big Qis. Honorable Mention: Sacbut. That and more in my new newsletter, Unabridged

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Bonus: Going Dutch

Does that other definition of ‘Dutch oven’ belong in the dictionary? We ask @stefanfatsis.bsky.social. Plus: In coining 'Dutch bargain,' someone had it in for the Dutch.

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The Payton Tollebooth just sitting there

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"For Cam and Noah, and for me, JAKER entered the pantheon of Scrabble Words You’ll Never Forget Because Something Weird Happened." @stefanfatsis.bsky.social @defector.com

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Competitive Scrabble Is A Lexical Shitshow | Defector This piece originally appeared on Unabridged, a newsletter about words published by Stefan Fatsis. If you enjoy this story, and want to read more like it, please consider subscribing to Unabridged. Un...

My piece about Scrabble's dictionary dysfunction is now up on @defector.com

Oh but put it with the U and it’s Jags-Saints in a downpour at Wembley

Don’t blame Scrabble!

The Q has personality. The W is the real problem

Bleh. Keep the C and the V pure

ZO! OO! KY! YU!

Beats the hell out of me

Just don't be a jaker man

Competitive Scrabble Is A Lexical Shitshow | Defector This piece originally appeared on Unabridged, a newsletter about words published by Stefan Fatsis. If you enjoy this story, and want to read more like it, please consider subscribing to Unabridged. Un...

My piece about Scrabble's dictionary dysfunction is now up on @defector.com

JAKE, JAKER, JAKEST Competitive Scrabble is a lexical shitshow

“If the whole point is, ‘We need a lexicon that people can trust, you’re going to get in trouble when you start including words that aren’t explicitly listed in a dictionary.” My new piece on Scrabble's dictionary chaos and who gets to decide what's a word.

JAKE, JAKER, JAKEST Competitive Scrabble is a lexical shitshow

“If the whole point is, ‘We need a lexicon that people can trust, you’re going to get in trouble when you start including words that aren’t explicitly listed in a dictionary.” My new piece on Scrabble's dictionary chaos and who gets to decide what's a word.

293: How Do Words Get into the Dictionary?

@stefanfatsis.bsky.social, author of ‘Unabridged,' shares with Bob Garfield a little-known, rigorous process — that has no guarantee of success.

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