Lola by Todd Clark for December 02, 2020

I hear that sound every morning!! At least now I know how to spell it!!

There’s only one “Z” in Scrabble. During the pandemic, my wife and I have taken to playing Scrabble every afternoon. Sometimes I turn an “N” on its side when I need a second “Z”. I wonder if that’s what Lola did.

Sometimes I turn an “I” on its side to use in making hyphenated words. There’s no end to the fun in Scrabble. So my wife sez.

You’re a brave man. Mine played words with friends every day, so Scrabble with a ringer ain’t a good time.

“Scrabble” has two z’s?

I’m not an expert Scrabble player, but if a triple word score means 48 points, doesn’t that mean that the sum of all the letter points is sixteen? According to Wikipedia:

K = 5 points

R = 1 point

Z = 10 points

Z = 10 points (There’s only one, but I’m going according to the strip)

C = 3 points

H = 4 points

P = 3 points

O = 1 point

P = 3 points

So, “KRZZCHPOP” would be 40 points and a triple word score would be 120 points. What am I missing?

The sound my knee makes is Kracklekschhhh

I don’t think onomatopoeia is allowed, except for generally accepted terms like “Bow-wow”. Haven’t played Scrabble in forty years.

“Krzzchpop? That’s my father’s noise!”

— With acknowledgements to Gabe Kaplan

Krzzchpop isn’t a word found in the Scrabble Player’s Dictionary. Therefore it isn’t a playable word and must be disallowed.