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Posted by michael on from the causes-couple-competitiveness dept.

theodp writes "Depending on your perspective, the National Scrabble Championship is a major sporting event, an unrivalled intellectual competition, or the world's biggest dork-fest. So says Slate's Dan Wachtell, who turned to an anagram-drilling Unix program to gain an edge on the 850+ competitors. While hardly mainstream, competitive Scrabble is getting newfound attention thanks to the publication of Word Freak and release of Word Wars."

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  1. Mary-Kate Olsen, 1986 - 2004 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So young, so tragic

  2. First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I did coke with Quincy Carter!

    1. Re:First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      who is quincy carter??

  3. Werd up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fo'shizzle mah nizzle.

    Coming to where-you-is-at soon, Scrabble: Urban Edition.

  4. POST # 10,000,000 !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I got it !!! WOOT!!!

  5. **** I FUCKING HATE NIGGERS **** by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    faggots!!!

  6. Score -1, Jock Joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is a nerd website. Jocks and/or surfers are not welcome here.

  7. You did it wrong... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This is how you should have done it:

    Subject: Sad news ... Mary-Kate Olsen, dead at 18

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horse/Sleepover movie actress Mary-Kate Olsen was found dead in her New York home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss her - even if you didn't enjoy her work, there's no denying her contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
  8. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    for god's sake