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I could say that I like playing one-sided chess with only white pieces as I never lose but that would make no sense and it would corrupt the nature of the game. However, the exciting world of Scrabble is facing a potentially catastrophic update with collaborative games rather than individual players or even teams.

Depending on the way the four players work together the magic word “CAZIQUES” worth 392 points could finally be played although it might require ‘cheating’. If all 4 play at the same time “Antidisestablishmentarianism”, using all of their tiles, could be put down although it would fall off the edge.

The weirdest part is this change is designed to attract Gen Z youths, a group that could not get off their screens long enough to even pick up the seven tiles.

Dennis Fitzgerald,

Melbourne, Australia