45 words

Keith's Ramblings

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We were playing Scrabble and Bart added a word I’d never heard of.  I looked for it in the Cambridge English Dictionary but it didn’t exist, however he assured me it was acceptably cromulent. It only scored an unlucky thirteen so I wasn’t too concerned!

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*By the way, cromulent, a word from The Simpsons TV show has recently been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, but it’s still not the Cambridge one!

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Thanks to Sammi Cox for hosting the Weekend Writing Prompt.

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33 thoughts on “45 words”

  1. Rene Heartsong's avatar Rene Heartsong August 30, 2025 / 12:55

    I love Scrabble, but have no partners to play it with…not very good for solitaire!

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      • Rene Heartsong's avatar Rene Heartsong September 1, 2025 / 12:50

        Hahahahaha…see what I mean? Your comments and friendly face make me laugh…’course it is 5 am, haven’t been to bed yet, so maybe I’ve just got the sillies! Hope you have a wonderful day!

      • Rene Heartsong's avatar Rene Heartsong September 1, 2025 / 12:52

        I don’t suppose there’s a virtual Scrabble game to play with distant other Scrabble fans…that is free–do you know?

      • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings September 1, 2025 / 13:50

        I believe you can play online.

      • Rene Heartsong's avatar Rene Heartsong September 1, 2025 / 16:39

        But what about the partner connection…maybe I should just google it!!🙄

  2. Denise Hammond's avatar Denise Hammond August 30, 2025 / 13:00

    I loved playing scrabble with my mother-in-law. One day I put down the word ‘coven’. She challenged me and got out her old dictionary from the 1930’s. Sure enough, coven wasn’t in there. Imagine trying to play scrabble in 2025 with that dictionary!

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    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings September 1, 2025 / 12:30

      Dictionaries must have been much thinner back then!

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  3. pensitivity101's avatar pensitivity101 August 30, 2025 / 13:24

    Haven’t played scrabble for years. The last time we played was with a friend and he accused us of cheating, finally throwing a paddy because he lost. He was in his 70s!

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  4. Dawn Minott's avatar Dawn Minott August 30, 2025 / 13:59

    Scrabble is my fav game. Good on Bart!!

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  5. Violet Lentz's avatar Violet Lentz August 30, 2025 / 14:21

    I love Scrabble. Excellent way to use a difficult word like cromulent!

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  6. Chris Hall's avatar Chris Hall August 30, 2025 / 14:50

    Yay, Scrabble! Almost every Saturday for us two.

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  7. Sadje's avatar Sadje August 30, 2025 / 15:39

    Clever use of the word.

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      • Sadje's avatar Sadje September 1, 2025 / 12:58

        You’re welcome my friend

  8. beth's avatar beth August 30, 2025 / 15:41

    wow!

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  9. poetisatinta's avatar poetisatinta August 30, 2025 / 19:06

    Thanks for that info Keith – I hadn’t heard the word before 😅

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    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings September 1, 2025 / 13:06

      Thanks, Nancy, I have to admit I’ve never watched a single episode!

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  11. messymimi's meanderings's avatar messymimi's meanderings August 31, 2025 / 01:36

    Heeheehee! Yep, people make up words now and they get in the dictionary at some point. Fun story.

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    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings September 1, 2025 / 13:11

      Every word must have been invented by somebody1

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  12. Prior...'s avatar Prior... September 1, 2025 / 04:21

    I love when shows bring in new words and cromulent was new for me

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