Words That Will Befuddle You!

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    • Publish Date: Oct 3 2017 11:58AM
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    • Updated Date: Oct 3 2017 12:04PM
Words That Will Befuddle You!

In Scrabble, words are valuable resources -the more you have, the greater your chances of success. 

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Here are some of the craziest words played during the recent North American Scrabble Championship: 

Bork
Political junkies will be familiar with the word `bork,' meaning to defeat a candidate for public office through an organised campaign of harsh public criticism. That's the treatment Robert Bork got when President Ronald Reagan nominated him for a seat on the Supreme Court in 1987. Bork died in 2012, but his name lives on in political commentary and, of course, on the Scrabble board.

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Quipu
A 'quipu' is a recording device that uses knots and coloured strings to represent numbers, dates, and statistics. Some historians believe quipus were also used in storytelling, with the knots corresponding to key episodes from traditional folktales and poetry.

Kex
This is one of the more obscure words in the Scrabble dictionary -it's an archaic, dialectal British term for the dry stalk of a hollowstemmed plant, such as the cow parsnip. More importantly, it's one of just 70 words in Scrabble that contains both K and X.

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Jaconet
A lightweight cotton cloth used in clothing and some bandages. The word derives from Jagannath, the name of a Hindu god and a former name of the Indian state where the fabric comes from.Interestingly, there's a more common English word that bears the same root: juggernaut.

Zorilla
Africa's answer to the skunk, even though it's technically a member of the weasel family.Complicating things even further, its name comes from `zorro,' the Spanish word for fox. Zorilla is a great way to cash in on the valuable Z tile in Scrabble.

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Sthenia
It's defined as “a condition of abnormal strength or vitality“. It's a great Scrabble word because of its common letters and that you can tack on an A to make “asthenia,“ the loss of strength.

Menudo
This is more than just the boy band that launched Ricky Martin's career. Menudo is also a spicy Mexican stew.

Go forth and conquer this borad game friends! 

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Hemalatha.G Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation Higher Secondary Scho

Hahahah! I feel happy while reading this article!

Prathamesh Kandale HILLGREEN SCHOOL

Nice words!really got befuddled while reading it!

Roma Ramcoumar Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Nice article !!! I just love it !!!

Raghav Chopra GOODLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL(SHALIMAR BAGH

Very confusing words but good articles !

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