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|name=Stacy Keibler

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| image_link = [[Image:scrabble board in play.jpg|250px|A game of Scrabble in progress]]

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| image_caption = A game of Scrabble in progress

|names=Nitro Girl Skye<br>Miss Hancock<br>Stacy Keibler<br>Super Stacy<br />

| players = 2-4

|real height=6 ft 2 in

| ages = 8+

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| setup_time = 2-5 minutes

|real weight=130 lb

| playing_time = [[National Scrabble Association|NSA]] tournament game: ~50 minutes

|height=5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

| complexity= Low

|weight=125 lbs (57 kg)

| strategy = Medium

|birth_date={{birth date and age|year=1979|month=10|day=14}}

| random_chance = Medium

|death_date=

| skills = [[Mathematics|Counting]], [[Strategy]], [[Vocabulary]]

|birth_place=[[Baltimore, Maryland]]

| footnotes =

|resides=[[Los Angeles, California]]

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'''Scrabble''' is a popular [[word game]] and [[board game]] in which 2 to 4 players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a 15-by-15 game board. The words are formed across and down in [[crossword]] fashion, and must appear in a standard [[dictionary]]. Official reference works (e.g. ''The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary'', now in its 4th edition) that provide a list of permissible words, some of which are rarely found in standard English writing, are also available.

|trainer=[[WCW Power Plant]]<br />[[Debra Miceli|Madusa]]<br />[[Dave Finlay|Fit Finlay]]<br />[[Nora Greenwald|Molly Holly]]

|debut=[[September 1999]]

|}}

'''Stacy Ann-Marie Keibler''' (born [[October 14]], [[1979]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]], former [[professional wrestler]] and [[manager (professional wrestling)|manager]] for [[World Championship Wrestling]] and [[World Wrestling Entertainment]].

The name ''Scrabble'' is a [[trademark]] of [[Hasbro|Hasbro, Inc.]] in the [[United States|US]] and [[Canada]] and of [[J. W. Spear & Sons]] PLC elsewhere. ''Scrabble'' was a trademark of Murfett Regency in [[Australia]], until [[1993]] when it was acquired by Spear. The game is also known as '''Alfapet''', '''FUNWORDER''', '''Skip-A-Cross''' and '''Palabras Cruzadas'''.

==Early life==

The game is sold in 121 countries in 29 different language versions. Worldwide, one hundred million sets have been sold, and sets are found in one out of every three American homes.<ref>{{cite web | title=http://www.history.com/exhibits/toys/scrabble.html | work= | url=http://www.history.com/exhibits/toys/scrabble.html | accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/proprietary/scrabble/features/history.html | work= | url=http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/proprietary/scrabble/features/history.html | accessdate=}}</ref>

Born the only child of Gary and Patricia Keibler and raised in [[Rosedale, Maryland]], a community within [[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore County]], Stacy started dancing at the age of three and studied [[ballet]], [[jazz dance|jazz]] and [[tap dance|tap]] at a local studio, Jean Kettell Studio of Dance, in [[Dundalk, Maryland|Dundalk]]. Keibler attended Catholic High and [[Towson University]], earning near-perfect grades in [[Mass communication|Mass Communication]]{{Fact|date=March 2007}} at the latter. She later became a [[NFL Cheerleading|cheerleader]] for the [[Baltimore Ravens]] [[American football|football]] team, being the youngest of the group.

==HistoryCareer==

===World Championship Wrestling===

[[Image:Nabokov Scrabble.JPG|thumb|right|Scrabble board owned by [[Vladimir Nabokov]] ]]

In 1999, Keibler entered a contest held by [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]] to find a new member of [[Nitro Girls]] dance troupe, which she won. Initially a Nitro Girl, Keibler would perform dance routines every week on WCW's flagship show Monday Nitro under the name '''Skye'''. However, this didn't last long as she soon accepted a larger role and became a [[manager (professional wrestling)|valet]] using the provocative [[stage name]] '''Miss Hancock''' (originally Miss Handcock), briefly serving as an associate for the [[tag team]] of [[Leonard Carlson|Lenny Lane]] and [[Brad Cain|Lodi]] dubbed "Standards and Practices". Despite wearing [[Suit (clothes)|business suits]], her character would often climb on top of the announcers table and start dancing sensually, much to the announcers' and fans' delight. It was also during this period that she began using what would become her trademark ring entrance. [[Image:StacyEntrance1.jpg|frame|left|Keibler's trademark Ring Entrance]] At 5' 11", Keibler was one of few women in professional wrestling tall enough to step over the middle of three ropes that surround the ring. She would do so while pausing momentarily to give the audience a peek of her famed "assets," as her ring attire usually included either hotpants or a miniskirt with a skimpy [[thong]] ([[G-string]]). This tease, among others, would remain a staple of Keibler's risque gimmick throughout the rest of her professional wrestling career.

The game was created by architect [[Alfred Mosher Butts]] in 1938, as a variation on an earlier word game he invented called ''[[Lexiko]]''. The two games had the same set of letter tiles, whose distributions and point values Butts worked out meticulously by counting letter usage from the various sources including The ''[[New York Times]]''. The new game, which he called "Criss-Crosswords", added the 15-by-15 game board and the crossword-style game play. He manufactured a few sets himself, but was not successful in selling the game to any major game manufacturers of the day.<ref name="fatsis">Fatsis, Stefan. [[Word Freak (book)|Word Freak]] : Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players. ISBN 0-14-200226-7</ref>

After Standards and Practices "fired" her, Keibler went on to become the manager for Los Fabulosos, a Latin American tag team consisting of [[César González|Silver King]] and [[El Dandy]], leading them to their first major victories within WCW.

For a brief period, she dated [[David Flair]] (both on screen and off), who was already involved in a faux relationship with [[Shannon Spruill|Daffney]]. This led to Keibler's in-ring debut at the Bash at the Beach in a Wedding Gown Match, which she lost after she, as well as David Flair and the referee, were left in the ring in their underwear. Keibler removed her own gown.

In 1948, lawyer [[James Brunot]], a resident of [[Newtown, Connecticut]], bought the rights to manufacture the game in exchange for granting Butts a royalty on every unit sold. Though he left most of the game (including the distribution of letters) unchanged, Brunot slightly rearranged the "premium" squares of the board and simplified the rules; he also changed the name of the game to "Scrabble", a real word which means "to grope frantically," and sold sets to, among other customers, [[Macy's]] [[department store]], which created a demand for the game.<ref name="fatsis" />

Hancock was next brought into a brief feud with [[Kimberly Page]], but Page quit the company at the beginning of the feud after problems with [[Scott Steiner]] and a refusal to wrestle Keibler on Pay-Per View.

In 1953, unable to meet demand himself, Brunot sold manufacturing rights to [[Selchow and Righter]] (one of the manufacturers who, like [[Parker Brothers]] and [[Milton Bradley Company]], had previously rejected the game). [[J. W. Spear & Sons]] began selling the game in [[Australia]] and the [[United Kingdom|UK]] on [[January 19]], [[1955]]. They are now a subsidiary of [[Mattel]], Inc.<ref name="fatsis" /> In [[1986]], Selchow and Righter sold the game to [[Coleco]], who soon after sold the game to [[Hasbro]].<ref name="fatsis" />

Keibler and Flair began a feud with the Misfits in Action [[stable (professional wrestling)|stable]], which saw her fall to [[Tylene Buck|Major Gunns]] in a mud wrestling match at [[New Blood Rising]].

==Game details==

The game is played by 2 to 4 players on a square (or nearly square) board with a 15-by-15 grid of cells (individually known as "squares"), each of which accommodates a single letter tile. In official club and tournament games, play is always between two players (or, occasionally, between two teams each of which collaborates on a single rack).

In another notable angle, Keibler feigned pregnancy and later broke up with Flair. Originally, the angle called for her to reveal the baby's father as [[Vince Russo]]. She began to use her real name and became the valet for [[Shawn Stasiak]].

Each letter is worth a set number of points, with the value depending on the letter's frequency in standard English writing; commonly used letters such as E or O are worth one point, while less common letters score higher, with Q and Z each worth 10 points. The board is marked with "premium" squares, which multiply the amount of points awarded: dark red "triple-word" squares, pink "double-word" squares, dark blue "triple-letter" squares, and light blue "double-letter" squares. The center square (H8) is often marked with a star or logo, and counts as a double-word square.

===World Wrestling Entertainment===

{{see|Scrabble letter distributions}}

====2001-2003====

When WCW was purchased by the WWF in 2001, her contract was one of 24 that were retained by the WWF. She portrayed a [[heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] character in [[The Alliance]]. She made her WWF TV debut on the [[June 14]], [[2001]] episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]'' when [[Shane McMahon]] brought her to the ring to distract [[Terry Gerin|Rhyno]], causing him to lose a match. Keibler originally teamed up with real-life friend [[Torrie Wilson]] and the pair feuded with [[WWE Diva|WWF Divas]] [[Trish Stratus]] and [[Amy Dumas|Lita]]. During this feud, the four Divas competed in the first-ever tag team bra and panties match at the [[WWF Invasion]] pay-per-view which Trish and Lita won.

Towards the end of the [[The Invasion (professional wrestling)|WCW/ECW Invasion]], Keibler managed [[Dudley Boyz|The Dudley Boyz]], during which time she was [[nickname]]d the "[[Duke|Duchess]] of Dudleyville" by announcer [[Paul Heyman]]. She proved to be a fan favorite in this role, which lead to newfound popularity for the tag team. An early highlight of her career, Keibler made her WrestleMania debut at [[WrestleMania X8]] alongside The Dudleyz. Keibler's main angle at the time was getting pantsed by her opponent, revealing her white lace panties. Jacqueline, [[Matt Hyson|Spike Dudley]], and Torrie Wilson were among those to strip Keibler. During this time, she also feuded with former ally Torrie Wilson after Wilson left The Alliance. Keibler helped The Dudley Boyz put Torrie through a table. However, Torrie got her revenge after first giving Keibler a [[wedgie]] and pantsing her reveling her panties on an episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]''. She then defeated Keibler in the first-ever [[lingerie]] match at [[WWE No Mercy#2001|No Mercy 2001]]. Keibler's role with the Dudley Boyz came to an abrupt end when she was powerbombed through a table after accidentally costing the team a match. Keibler was still a heel after the Alliance broke up. She set her sights upon the WWE Women's Championship at [[WWE Judgment Day#2002|Judgment Day 2002]] facing Trish Stratus in a losing effort. She would face Stratus a few more times in the proceeding weeks, losing every time.

===Notation system===

In the notation system common in tournament play, columns are labeled "A-O" and rows "1-15".

A play is usually identified in the format '''xy WORD score''' or '''WORD xy score''', where: '''x''' denotes the column or row on which the play's main word extends; '''y''' denotes the second coordinate of the main word's first letter, and '''WORD''' is the main word. Although unnecessary, additional words formed by the play are occasionally listed after the main word and a slash. In the case where the play of a single tile formed words in each direction, one of the words is arbitrarily chosen to serve as the main word for purposes of notation.

Keibler was originally [[WWE Draft|drafted]] to the ''SmackDown!'' brand in 2002, where she participated in a comedy segment involving WWE Chairman [[Vince McMahon]] hiring a personal assistant. McMahon was ready to hire another attractive female until Keibler interrupted and demonstrated why she should get the job by giving him a [[table dance]] in the ring. Keibler became Vince's personal assistant as well as his on-screen mistress, frequently shown flirting and even 'making out' with him in backstage segments, until Stephanie McMahon became [[List of authority figures in professional wrestling|general manager]] of the ''SmackDown!'' brand. [[Dawn Marie Psaltis|Dawn Marie]] made her debut on ''SmackDown!'' as Vince's legal assistant, who competed with Keibler for McMahon's affections.

When a blank tile is employed in the main word, the letter it has been chosen to represent is indicated with a lower case letter, or, in handwritten notation, with a square around the letter. Parentheses are sometimes also used to designate a blank, although this may create confusion with a second (optional) function of parentheses, namely indication of an existing letter or word that has been "played through" by the main word.

A key [[angle (professional wrestling)|storyline]] for Keibler's on-screen character occurred when she left ''SmackDown!'' for ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]''. Keibler made her official ''RAW'' debut on [[August 12]], [[2002]]. After her acquisition was announced by then-General Manager Eric Bischoff, she greeted the cheering crowd and then removed her skirt as she performed one of her signature table dances on the ''RAW'' announcer's table. During her ensuing time on ''RAW'', Keibler managed [[Scott Steiner]] and [[Andrew Martin|Test]], the latter of which was her real-life boyfriend at the time. She was also involved in the eventual feud between these two. As Test's on-screen marketing agent, she came up with the idea that Test should call his fans "Testicles," cut his hair and reshape his image. However, Test became jealous of Keibler wanting to also be Steiner's manager. During a match on ''RAW'', Test turned heel and began verbally abusing Keibler. Steiner managed to defeat Test for Keibler's services, and Keibler seemed happy as Steiner's new manager, as the two characters even alluded to having more than a professional relationship. Test, however, was not happy at all, and petitioned for an intergender tag team match, pitting himself and former rival [[Chris Jericho]] against Scott and Keibler, to win back the services of Keibler. Test faked a leg injury to pick up the win.

Example:

A match was set for [[WWE Unforgiven#2003|Unforgiven 2003]], the stipulation being if Test won, he would not only retain Keibler's services, but acquire those of Scott Steiner as well. During the match, Keibler attempted to distract Test by lifting her skirt and shaking her bare butt for the crowd. This was unsuccessful. Keibler then attempted to whack Test with a chair, but he ducked and she accidentally hit Steiner instead. As a result, Test won the match and the services of both Keibler and Steiner. Steiner would then turn heel by attacking Keibler when she botched another interference on the next ''RAW''. For a time, Test and Steiner would work as a tag team, sharing the services of Keibler. Finally, General Manager [[Mick Foley]] put a stop to the abusive Test and Steiner and freed Keibler from her obligatory contracts with the pair by temporarily firing them.

<!--Note the paragraph above.-->A(D)DITiON(AL) D3 74<!-- The second I is supposed to be lower case.-->

====2004====

(played through the existing letter D and word AL, using a blank for the second I, extending down the D column and beginning on row 3, and scoring 74 points)

[[Image:Dvd-vivalasdivasofthewwe.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Keibler on the cover of the ''Viva Las Divas'' DVD]]

Keibler was chosen to record a track on the album ''[[WWE Originals]]''. She and WWE music producer [[Jim Johnston (composer)|Jim Johnston]] recorded the track "Why Can't We Just Dance?" for the album. Other tracks were performed by Superstars such as [[Chris Jericho]], [[Lilian Garcia]], and [[John Cena]], each of which had their own music career. Her track was used on an episode of ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' for herself, during the [[WWE Diva Search|2004 RAW Diva Search]] and even on the ''Viva Las Diva of the WWE'' DVD.

Stacy then got involved with SmackDown! Divas Torrie Wilson and Sable. She aligned herself with Miss Jackie and they made it clear to everyone that they belonged in Playboy, not Wilson and Sable. Stacy and Jackie challenged Sable and Wilson to a Tag Team Evening Gown Match at Wrestlemania 20, which they lost. Jackie ended up losing the fall to Wilson after a roll up. Because Sable was having problems with her breasts, the divas began the match with their gowns off making it more of a Tag Team Lingerie Match than an Evening Gown Match. The fued was dropped after the match.

===Sequence of play===

Before the game, the letter tiles are either put in an opaque bag or placed face down on a flat surface. Opaque cloth bags and custom [http://www.protiles.net Protiles] are staples of clubs and tournaments, where games are rarely played without both.

As one of the more popular RAW face Divas, Keibler took over the 2004 RAW Diva Search for a few weeks. That was followed by a dance competition with [[Nora Greenwald|Molly]]. This led to a push with her participating in several tag matches against the heel girls, then WWE Diva, [[Gail Kim]]; then heel and then WWE Diva, [[Trish Stratus]]; and then WWE Diva, [[Nora Greenwald|Molly Holly]]. Her partners were WWE star, [[Nidia Guenard|Nidia]] and then babyface, [[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]]. Keibler showed off much improved wrestling skills, managing to get upset victories over Molly, Gail, and Trish. She even got herself a Women's Championship title match on [[October 11]], [[2004]]. However, Trish defeated her to retain the title. Stacy also competed in the first-ever Fulfill your Fantasy Diva Battle Royal for the WWE Women's Championship at the 2004 Taboo Tuesday Pay-Per-View along with Victoria, Nidia, Gail Kim, Molly Holly, Jazz & the champion Trish. She got eliminated second to last as she was jumping over the top rope to avoid hitting the turnbuckle, Molly punched her in the face and knocked her off the apron thus eliminating her. Trish quickly disposed of Molly to retain.

Next, players decide the order in which they play. According to NSA tournament rules, players who have gone first in the least number of games in the tournament have priority. In both the case of a tie and in the regular Scrabble rules, players instead draw tiles, then reveal them. The player who picks the letter closest to the beginning of the alphabet goes first (with blank tiles ranked higher than A's), and redraw in the case of a tie.

Keibler was voted as the 2004 [[WWE Diva#WWE Babe of the Year|WWE Babe of the Year]], being the first WWE Diva to defeat [[Trish Stratus]] in the Babe of the Year competition (Stratus was 2001-2003 Babe of the Year). As a result of this, Keibler appeared on ''RAW'' following her victory and told everyone that she would bend over backwards to make the fans happy. Keibler's Babe of the Year photoshoots would be posted on WWE's official website on a monthly basis throughout 2005.

At the beginning of the game, and after each turn until the bag is empty (or until there are no more face-down tiles), players draw tiles to replenish their "racks", or tile-holders, with seven tiles, from which they will make plays. Each rack is concealed from the other players.

====2005====

During a turn, a player will have seven or less letter tiles in their rack from which to choose a play. On each turn, a player has the option to: (1) pass, forfeiting the turn and scoring nothing; (2) exchange one or more tiles for an equal number from the bag, scoring nothing, an option which is only available if at least seven tiles remain in the bag; (3) form a play on the board, adding its value to the player's cumulative score; or (4) challenge the previous player's move on the grounds that an unacceptable word was made.

[[Image:Super Stacy.jpg|thumb|right|145px|Keibler had a brief run as Super Stacy, complete with her own superhero costume.]]

Keibler soon began an angle with popular superstar [[Randy Orton]]. After kissing him on the cheek during a backstage segment on ''RAW'', there looked to possibly be a romance there. Randy even saved her from receiving a Pedigree from the villainous [[Triple H]]. She supported him from backstage and was never considered his manager. The storyline never really made any advances, and as Randy challenged [[The Undertaker]] to a match at ''[[WrestleMania 21]]'', Randy ended the relationship by giving her an RKO, justifying this evil act by claiming he was demonstrating just how ruthless he could be in order to defeat The Undertaker. In the end, Keibler's involvement with Orton was a device for his inevitable heel turn. Orton was the third on-screen boyfriend to betray Keibler.

Keibler would go on to join forces with [[Hurricane and Rosey]]. She became 1/3 of their trio as '''Super Stacy''', complete with her own superhero costume. During this time, Keibler was credited as having one of her best matches to date with [[WWE Diva]], [[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]], on an international edition of [[WWE Heat]].

{{seealso|Scrabble#Acceptable words|Scrabble#Challenges}}

After a long tenure on Monday nights, Keibler and fellow ''RAW'' Diva [[Christy Hemme]] were moved to [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|''SmackDown!'']] as part of a trade, bringing [[Torrie Wilson]] and [[Candice Michelle]] to ''RAW''. Upon their debut, the two former ''RAW'' Divas participated in a bra and panties pillow fight that was deemed too hot for television (the match could be viewed on WWE's official website.) After a short absence, Keibler started a short feud with [[Jillian Hall]], which lead to the two having a match on [[WWE Velocity|''Velocity'']], during which Hall captured the victory through cheating. The match represented Keibler's final match and final appearance on WWE television.

A proper play uses any number of the player's tiles to form a single continuous word ("main word") on the board, reading either left-to-right or top-to-bottom. The main word must either use the letters of one or more previously played words, or else have at least one of its tiles horizontally or vertically adjacent to an already played word. If words other than the main word are newly formed by the play, they are scored as well, and are subject to the same criteria for acceptability.

====2006====

When the board is blank, the first word played must cover H8, the center square. The word must consist of at least two letters, extending horizontally or vertically. H8 is a premium square, so the first player to play a word receives a double score.

Keibler appeared on the hit show ''[[Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' (see [[#Outside of wrestling|Outside of wrestling]]), placing third. Recaps were aired weekly on ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'', which was believed to be because of a conflict with ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]'' and [[UPN]] not wanting to promote a rival network. After a few weeks, her profile was moved from ''SmackDown!'' back to ''RAW''.

In April 2006, Vegas Magazine reported that Keibler was done with WWE and moving on to other endeavors. Keibler posted a message on her official website saying that her WWE contract expired on [[July 21]], [[2006]], and she went on to sign a contract with [[ABC Television Studio]], formerly Touchstone Television, which is owned by Disney.

A blank tile may take the place of any letter. It remains as that letter thereafter for the rest of the game. Individually, it scores no points regardless of what letter it is designated, and is not itself affected by premium tiles. However, its placement on a double-word or triple-word square does cause the appropriate premium to be scored for the word in which it is used. While not part of official or tournament play, a common "house rule" allows players to "recycle" blank tiles by later substituting the corresponding letter tile.

==Outside of wrestling==

After playing a word, the player draws letter tiles from the bag to replenish his rack to seven tiles. If there are not enough tiles in the bag to do so, the player takes all of the remaining tiles.

[[Image:Tony and Stacy Tango.jpg|right|thumb|140px|Keibler dancing the [[Tango (dance)|tango]] with partner [[Tony Dovolani]]]]

For several months, Keibler wrote a monthly fitness column for ''[[Stuff (magazine)|Stuff Magazine]]'' titled ''Getting Fit''. Although her legs are famed for their length and beauty, she has great strength as well. In one issue, she speaks of how she recently attempted a 450 lb leg press. Although unable to push it, she did manage a 405lb leg press. In addition to posing for a total of five full pictorials, Keibler has graced the cover of ''[[Stuff (magazine)|Stuff Magazine]]'' twice, in [http://www.stuffmagazine.com/cover_girls/girl.aspx?id=470&src=wiki June 2005] and [http://www.stuffmagazine.com/cover_girls/girl.aspx?id=541&src=wiki March 2006]. ''Maxim'' named her #5 in their 2006 [http://www.maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?slideId=1910&imgCollectId=94&src=wiki Hot 100] issue and #70 in their 2007 Hot 100.

Keibler has refused at least three offers to pose for [[Playboy]], believing that it would be better if she "left something for the imagination."

After a player plays a word, his opponent may choose to challenge any or all the words formed by the play. If any of the words challenged is found to be unacceptable, the play is removed from the board, the player returns the newly played tiles to his rack, and his turn is forfeited. In tournament play, a challenge is to the entire play rather than any one word, so a judge (human or computer) is used, and players are not entitled to know which word or words caused the challenge to succeed. Penalties for unsuccessfully challenging an acceptable play vary within club and tournament play, and are described in greater detail below.

She competed in the second season of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''. Her dance partner was [[ballroom dance]]r [[Tony Dovolani]]. Keibler managed to score a perfect 10 in the earliest round of the competition ever. Keibler received a perfect score of 30 from the three judges for her [[Samba (dance)|samba]] dance routine in week five. This prompted the judges to nickname her a "weapon of mass seduction." The following week, two perfect scores were awarded, one going to Keibler, the other to fellow contestant [[Drew Lachey]]. Overall, Keibler and Tony received four perfect scores. Keibler came in third to Jerry Rice, who placed second in the final round of the competition, and Lachey, the winner of the season. However, some viewers and two of the judges, [[Bruno Tonioli]] and [[Len Goodman]], felt she should've at least placed second.

With North American rules, the game ends when (1) one player plays every tile in his rack, and there are no tiles remaining in the bag (regardless of the tiles in his opponent's rack); or (2) when six successive scoreless turns have occurred and at least one word is on the board.

Keibler has also appeared on [[MTV]]'s [[Punk'd]] twice. Once, as an accomplice to [[Triple H]]'s punk, along with [[Stephanie McMahon]], in season five. Keibler was then seen again in season seven, this time being Punk'd herself by her boyfriend, [[Geoff Stults]].

When the game ends, each player's score is reduced by the sum of his/her unplayed letters. In addition, if a player has used all of his or her letters, the sum of the other player's unplayed letters is added to that player's score; in tournament play, a player who "goes out" adds double this sum, and the opponent is not penalized.

Keibler (along with Stults) is part-owner of the [[Hollywood Fame]], a [[2006]] expansion franchise of the [[American Basketball Association (21st century)|American Basketball Association]].

Scoreless turns can occur when an illegal word is challenged off the board, when a player passes, when a player exchanges tiles, or when a word consists only of blank tiles. This latter rule varies slightly in international play.

In February 2007, Keibler began her recurring role on ABC's Monday night dramedy, [[What About Brian]]. She plays the role of Brian's new neighbour and love interest, Stephanie. This marks Keibler's first significant acting role, compared to her previous minor roles in both "Bubble Boy" and "Pecker".

===Scoring===

[[Image:Scrabble tiles wooden.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Wood]]en Scrabble tiles.]]

Each word formed in the play is scored this way:

* Any tile played from the player's rack onto a previously vacant square that is a "double-letter" or "triple-letter" premium square has its point value doubled or tripled as indicated.

* Add the normal point value of every other letter (excluding blanks) in the word (whether newly played or existing).

* For each newly played tile placed on a "double-word" premium square, the total is doubled (or redoubled).

* For each newly placed tile placed on a "triple-word" premium square, the total is tripled (or re-tripled).

* Premium squares affect the score of each word made in the same play by constituent tiles played upon those squares. Premium squares, once played upon, are not counted again in subsequent plays.

Keibler also guest starred on [[The George Lopez Show]] on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] when the show returned in January. According to an interview on E! Television, she hopes to have her own sitcom soon and is also working on [[The Comebacks]], a comedy film produced by [[Punk'd]] producer Adam Goldberg.

If a player uses all seven of the tiles in his rack in a single play, a bonus of 50 points is added to the score of that play (this is called a "[[bingo (Scrabble)|bingo]]" in Canada and the United States, and a "bonus" elsewhere). These bonus points are not affected by premium squares.

Keibler has also worked as an entertainment correspondent for the ABC show ''[[Good Morning America]]'', covering the premiere of the [[Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)#Season 4|fourth series of ''Dancing with the Stars'']].

===Acceptable words===

Acceptable words are those words found as primary entries in some chosen [[dictionary]], and all of their [[Inflection|inflected]] forms. Words that are hyphenated, capitalized (such as proper nouns), marked as foreign, or appear only as part of multi-word phrases (such as "brac" from "bric-à-brac") are not allowed, unless they also appear as acceptable entries: "Jack" is a proper noun, but the word '''[[jack|JACK]]''' is acceptable because it has other usages (automotive, vexillological, etc.) that are acceptable. Acronyms or abbreviations are not allowed. Variant spellings, slang or offensive terms, archaic or obsolete terms, and specialized jargon words are allowed if they meet all other criteria for acceptability. "College" level dictionaries are generally used in preference to unabridged dictionaries. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}

==Personal life==

In Scrabble [[tournament]]s, pre-compiled official word lists are used (usually compiled from combinations of several college dictionaries), along with an official dictionary for backup. The pre-compiled word lists generally contain only words with uninflected forms of two to nine letters &ndash; those most frequently used in the game. (One-letter words are not recognized in play, and with racks only containing seven letters, it is rare to have words longer than nine letters.) Longer words are looked up in an official dictionary or a separately compiled long-words list.

During her days with WCW, Keibler was romantically linked with [[David Flair]], the son of legendary wrestler [[Ric Flair]]. After joining WWE, Keibler was in a relationship with [[Andrew Martin|Test]] for several years. The couple were reported to have separated shortly before Martin was fired by WWE while he recovered from neck surgery, but maintained a friendship.

In [[June 2005]], Keibler was rumored to be in a relationship with actor [[Geoff Stults]], best known for his appearances on ''[[7th Heaven]]''. The couple were photographed at many places together and seen as an [[wiktionary:item|item]]. The pair also appeared together on [[MTV]]'s [[Punk'd]], with Keibler as the recipient of the prank. The [[September 2005]] edition of the tabloid, ''[[Star Magazine]]'', claimed that Keibler was involved in a [[love triangle]] with Geoff Stults and actress [[Jennifer Aniston]]. It was later announced that Aniston was in a relationship with the man that supposedly got her and daniels together, [[Vince Vaughn]]. Keibler denied rumors of a relationship with Stults in two interviews and gave a "no comment" to [[Todd Grisham]] when asked about it on [[WWE Byte This!|Byte This!]].

There are two popular competition word lists: the North American 2006 ''Official Tournament and Club Word List, Second Edition'' (OWL2), which became official for use in American, Canadian, Israeli and Thai club and tournament play on March 1, 2006 (or, for school use, the [[Thomas Bowdler|bowdlerized]] ''[[Official Scrabble Players Dictionary]], Fourth Edition'' (OSPD4)) and the British ''[[Official Scrabble Words]]'' (OSW). Early printings of OWL2 and OSPD4 must be amended according to [http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/boards/dictionary/octwl2.html corrigenda] posted at the National Scrabble Association web site. North American competitions use the ''[http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/boards/dictionary/olwl.html Long Words List]'' for longer words, while the British use the ''[[Chambers Dictionary]]'' (but may soon change to the ''[[Collins Dictionary]]''). Many online Scrabble sites use some version of the ''Tournament Word List'' (TWL), which is a combination of the OWL2 and ''Long Words List''.

On [[May 16]], [[2006]], Keibler suffered a [[seizure]] at the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Upfront Presentation in [[New York City]], and was hospitalized. The seizure was said to be minor and Keibler was released from the hospital shortly after. Four days later, Keibler appeared on the [[ESPN]] pre-race telecast of the [[Preakness Stakes]], in an interview with [[Kenny Mayne]].

The OWL2 and the OSPD4 are compiled using four (originally five) major college-level dictionaries, including Merriam-Webster (10th and 11th editions, respectively). If a word appears (or historically appeared) in at least one of the dictionaries, it is included in the OWL2 and the OSPD4, unless the word has only an offensive meaning or is used only as a trademark, in which case it is only included in the OWL2.

==Wrestling facts==

The key difference between the OSPD4 and the OWL2 is that the OSPD4 is marketed for "home and school" use, and has been expurgated of many words which their source dictionaries judged offensive, rendering the ''Official Scrabble Players Dictionary'' less fit for official Scrabble play. As well, the OSPD4 is available in bookstores, whereas the OWL2 is only available from the [[National Scrabble Association]] to current members.

*'''Finishing and signature moves'''

:*'''''Keibler Kick''''' ([[Professional wrestling attacks#Spin kick|Spinning Kick]])

:*[[Cartwheel (gymnastics)|Cartwheel evasion]]

:*[[Professional wrestling holds#Corner foot choke|Corner foot choke]]

:*[[Professional wrestling throws#Snapmare|Hair-pull snapmare]]

:*[[Professional wrestling throws#Scoop slam|Scoop slam]]

*'''Wrestlers Managed'''

Many international competitions use the combination of the British and American word lists; the union of the two lists is commonly referred to as [[SOWPODS]], derived from an [[anagram]] of OSPD+OSW. Many countries in the [[English language|English]] Scrabble-playing world now use SOWPODS (published in the UK as ''Official Scrabble Words International'', or OSWI) for their own tournaments year-round, with the United States, Canada, Israel, and Thailand being notable exceptions.

:*Lenny Lane & Lodi

:*Silver King & El Dandi

:*David Flair

:*Sean Stasiak

:*Shane McMahon

:*The Dudley Boyz

:*Test

:*Scott Steiner

:*Randy Orton

:*Hurricane & Rosey

*'''Nicknames'''

===Challenges===

:*"The Legs of WCW"

The penalty for a successfully challenged play is nearly universal: the offending player removes the tiles played and forfeits the turn. (However, in some online games, an option known as "void" may be used, wherein unacceptable words are automatically rejected by the program. The player is then required to make another play, with no penalty applied.)

:*"The Duchess of [[Dudley Boyz|Dudleyville]]"

:*"The Weapon of Mass Seduction" (''Dancing With the Stars'')

:*"Super Stacy" (with The Hurricane and Rosey)

*'''Entrance Theme'''

The penalty for an unsuccessful challenge (where all words formed by the play are deemed valid) varies considerably, including:

In [[WCW]], she used a generic dance theme called "Universal Love".

During The Invasion she used a generic theme.

* The "double challenge" rule, in which an unsuccessfully challenging player must forfeit the next turn. This penalty governs North American (NSA-sanctioned) tournaments, and is the standard for [[North America]]n clubs. (It is also the standard in [[Israel]] and [[Thailand]].) Because loss of a turn generally constitutes the greatest risk for an unsuccessful challenge, it provides the greatest incentive for a player to "[[bluff (poker)|bluff]]," or play a "phony" &ndash; a plausible word that they know or suspect to be unacceptable. Players have divergent opinions on this aspect of the double-challenge game and the ethics involved, but officially it is considered a valid part of the game.

Her final and most famous theme was "Legs" by [[Kid Rock]].

* A pure "single challenge" or "free challenge" rule, in which no penalty whatsoever is applied to a player who unsuccessfully challenges. This is the official rule in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], as well as for many tournaments in [[Australia]].

Prior to departure from [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]], the band Zebrahead recorded new theme music for her titled "With Legs Like That" which was given to [[Maria Kanellis]] after she left.

* A modified "single challenge" rule, in which an unsuccessful challenge does not result in the loss of the challenging player's turn, but is penalized by the loss of a specified number of points. The most common penalty is 5 points. The rule has been adopted in [[Singapore]] and [[Malaysia]] (since 2000), [[South Africa]] (since 2003), [[New Zealand]] (since 2004), and [[Kenya]], as well as in contemporary [[World Scrabble Championship]]s (since 2001). Some countries and tournaments (including [[Sweden]]) use a 10-point penalty instead. In most game situations, this penalty is much lower than that of the "double challenge" rule; consequently, such tournaments encourage a greater willingness to challenge and a lower willingness to play dubious words.

==ClubChampionships and tournament playaccomplishments==

*'''[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]'''

Tens of thousands play club and tournament Scrabble worldwide. The intensity of play, obscurity of words, and stratospheric scores in tournament games may come as a shock to many parlor players. All tournament (and most club) games are played with a [[game clock]] and a set [[time control]]. Typically each player has twenty-five minutes in which to make all of his or her plays. For each minute by which a player oversteps the time control, a penalty of ten points is assessed. The number of minutes is rounded up, so that if a player oversteps time control by two minutes and five seconds, the penalty is thirty points. In addition, the players use special tiles called [http://www.protiles.net Protiles] which are not engraved, like wooden tiles are, thereby eliminating the potential for a cheating player to "braille" (feel for particular tiles, especially blanks, in the bag).

:* 2004 [[WWE Diva#WWE Babe of the Year|WWE Babe of the Year]] (1 time, first person to defeat Trish Stratus in the competition)

*'''Other'''

:* Has appeared in Stuff Magazine on numerous occasions, even appearing on the cover twice.

==Filmography==

Players are allowed "tracking sheets", preprinted with the letters in the initial pool, from which tiles can be crossed off as they are played. Tracking tiles is an important aid to strategy, especially during the "endgame", when no tiles remain to be drawn and each player can determine exactly what is on the opponent's rack.

*''[[Pecker (film)|Pecker]]'' (1998) ... Blonde on Bus (uncredited)

*''[[Bubble Boy]]'' (2001) ... Working Girl

*''[[George Lopez (TV series)|George Lopez]]''

:George's House Has Two Empty Wombs (2007) ... Lindsay

:George Thinks Vic's Fiancée Is Lion About Being a Cheetah (2007) ... Lindsay

*''[[What About Brian]]''

:What About Finding Your Place... (2007) ... Stephanie

:What About Temptations... (2007) ... Stephanie

:What About Strange Bedfellows... (2007) ... Stephanie

:What About All That Glitters... (2007) ... Stephanie

:What About Secret Lovers... (2007) ... Stephanie

*''[[The Comebacks]]'' (2007) ... All-American Mom

==External links==

The most prestigious (regularly held) tournaments include:

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#'''The [[World Scrabble Championship]]''': held in odd years, the last was in London in [[2005]].

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#'''The [[United States Scrabble Open|former National Scrabble Championship, now the US Scrabble Open]]''': an open event attracting several hundred players, held in the summer every year or two, most recently in Phoenix on August 4-9, 2006. The event will not be held in 2007.

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#'''The [http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/csc Canadian National Championship]''': invitational to the top fifty players, held every two to three years.

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[http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/clubs/roster.html Clubs in North America] typically meet one day a week for three or four hours and some charge a small admission fee to cover their expenses and prizes. Clubs also typically hold at least one open tournament per year. Tournaments are usually held on weekends, and between six and nine games are played each day. During off hours at tournaments, many players socialize by playing consultation (team) Scrabble, [[Clabbers]], [[Anagrams]], [[Boggle]] and other games.

==Strategy and tactics==

The object of the game is to score more points than your opponent. The key skills are knowing which words are acceptable or unacceptable (according to the official tournament reference) and being able to find them from a jumbled set of letters. Almost all serious tournament players study word lists extensively, and practice solving words from [[alphagram]]s or randomly jumbled letters. Only a few players know all the acceptable words for international play. But it is almost certain that the premier players know almost all, if not all, of the words they are likely to come across in their lifetime. For instance, there is no practical advantage in knowing a word like '''[[Zyzzyva|ZYZZYVAS]]''', as this would require an extremely [[probability|improbable]] rack containing both Ys, both blanks, and the only Z. By contrast, there is great value in learning and reliably finding the word '''[[atresia|ATRESIA]]''', which uses a very common group of letters.

For a beginning club player, the most important list to memorize is acceptable

[[List of two-letter English words|two-letter words]], because these allow one to play parallel to existing words, often scoring more points than merely extending or crossing a word. After mastering the two-letter words, a beginner can greatly benefit by studying the shorter words containing high scoring tiles (e.g. '''[[Qat|QAT]]''', '''[[Gulag#Terminology|ZEK]]''', '''JEUX'''), as well as "hook" lists which show what letters can be added to the front and back of words and are therefore essential for forming multiple words in a turn. Until March 2006 and the release of the OWL2, which for the first time included '''QI''' as an acceptable word, an important strategy was to memorize [[List of English words containing Q not followed by U|the words which have a Q but no U]], in case they had a Q on their rack without a U. The addition of '''QI''' has made the U-less Q words less critical, since the probability that a player will have an unplayable Q has been significantly reduced. Another important tip for beginners is to strategically utilize S's and blanks, which are by far the most useful for hooks and for bingos. Above a certain level of play, a good rule of thumb is that holding onto an S is worth 8 to 10 points, and a blank upwards of 25 points.

Esoteric words do not necessarily score more points than common words. For example '''FAERIE''', depending on board placement, may score fewer points than '''FAIRY'''. The word '''[[Wiktionary:Cwm|CWM]]''' is quite famous for being a three-letter word with no vowels &ndash; not even a Y, which is often used as a vowel substitute &ndash; but it generally scores less than '''MACAW''', for example. In this particular case, the player who plays '''CWM''' also risks overloading his rack with vowels. However, experienced players often choose to forgo points on an individual turn in favor of practicing good rack management.

Letters that are worth four or more points should be played on premium squares if possible, and letters such as X, H, and Y are powerful if they can score in both directions, for four or six times their face value. A vowel next to a double- or triple-letter score creates a ''hot spot'' where a valuable consonant can potentially be played for many points. A good strategy for intermediate players is to memorize all the words that involve the "power" tiles (K, J, Q, Z, and X) that are five letters long or shorter. Knowledge of these words can increase a player's scoring by 10 to 20 points per game when applied correctly.

Rack management is the strategic element most overlooked by beginners. It is disadvantageous to keep duplicates of most letters or to have a large imbalance between vowels and consonants. For example, the highest-scoring whole word that can be formed with the letters AADIIKR is '''DARK'''. However, this leaves the player with no consonants and a double I. Because vowels are more commonly represented in Scrabble, it is entirely possible that the player will enter the following turn holding the unpromising letters AIIEUAO, for example. If the player had instead played '''RADII''' &ndash; which scores fewer points than '''DARK''' &ndash; he or she would have been left with an A and K, a combination which is common. Experts who know all the four-letter words might also have played '''KADI''' or '''RAKI''' to good effect, leaving an R and a D respectively.

Defense is another important part of strategy. Experienced players consider how opponents could exploit their tiles and avoid creating easy setups. For instance, the word '''QUIT''' provides a 14-point hook to any opponent who has the letter E (thus making '''QUITE'''). A seasoned player would rather put a consonant next to a bonus tile than a vowel. Players take care to place the letter U in inconvenient locations if the letter Q has not yet been played.

Because of the 50-point bonus for using all seven tiles in one turn, many players manage their racks specifically to score as many bingos as possible. Making seven- and eight-letter words is generally the fastest way to achieve a high score. The letters A, E, I, N, R, S, and T are the most useful letters for this purpose, and so a good player will be reluctant to play off these letters without some benefit in return. Conversely, good players will strive to play off undesirable tiles, at times even if that play is not the highest scoring one available, and will use a turn to exchange tiles if necessary.

A good tactic for intermediate level players is to memorize "bingo stems," or groups of six letters that combine well with almost any seventh letter to form a bingo. The best bingo stem to have is TISANE, followed by SATIRE and RETINA. With TISANE on the rack, any seventh letter except for Q or Y (or, in North America, J) will create a seven letter word (TISANE + A = '''TAENIAS''' or '''ENTASIA'''; TISANE + B = '''[[Basinet|BASINET]]''' or '''BANTIES'''; TISANE + C = '''CINEAST''' or '''ACETINS'''; etc.) Since many of these seven-letter words are obscure, it is useful to memorize not only the stem, but all the possible bingos that may be created with it. In order to speed up this process both for memorization and during play, some players utilize [[mnemonic]]s, including a specific type known by the coined term "[[anamonics]]" (see links below).

Experts at the highest level average over two bingos a game, and four bingos by a player in a single game is not at all uncommon. Given that a bingo conveys a 50-point bonus, at the tournament level the number of bingos is often the determining factor in a game. At the highest level of competitive Scrabble, knowledge of the words that are acceptable for gameplay &ndash; along with their "hooks" &ndash; is by far the most important factor. Scrabble experts tend to play games that provide ample openings for their opponents to utilize premium squares, unlike intermediate players, who tend to be more concerned about blocking their opponents. The need for defensive strategy decreases as word knowledge increases.

It is a good idea to manually "shuffle" one's tiles while searching for

playable words, as a study has proven that players who physically manipulate tiles using their hands generate more possible words than those that do not. <ref>[http://cogsci.ucsd.edu/~kirsh/Cogsci-paul-teenie/cogsci-final2.HTML Interactive Skill in Scrabble.] Paul P. Maglio, Teenie Matlock, Dorth Raphaely, Brian Chernicky, David Kirsh. 1999.</ref>

==Computer players==

Scrabble has been an object of interest for many [[artificial intelligence]] researchers and enthusiasts. As already outlined above, playing the word with the highest score is not always the best strategy, so teaching a computer to play well requires knowledge of a number of much more subtle strategies.

The game is especially interesting to implement because it can be broken down into two phases that are, from a computer's perspective, fundamentally different. The first lasts from the beginning of the game up until the last tile in the bag is drawn. During this phase, it is not known what the other players' tiles are, and the game has an element of [[randomness]]. However, when the last tile is drawn and the bag is empty, the computer can deduce from the overall letter distribution what letters must be on the other players' racks. In particular, when playing against a single opponent, the computer knows exactly the tiles on your rack and thus what your possible moves are for the rest of the game.

The best-known Scrabble AI player is [[Maven (Scrabble)|Maven]], created by [[Brian Sheppard]]. The official Scrabble computer game in North America uses a version of Maven as its artificial intelligence and is released by [[Atari]]. The official downloadable version which uses Maven was created by [[Funkitron]]. An open-source challenger to Maven has been created, called [http://www.quackle.org Quackle], which may soon surpass its talents. Outside of North America, the official Scrabble computer game is released by [[Ubisoft]].

==Computer versions==

There have been many software versions of the Scrabble game.

* Monty Plays Scrabble ([[Commodore 64]]) (1984)

* Computer Scrabble ([[Commodore Amiga]]) (1988)

* Super Scrabble ([[Game Boy]]) (1991)

* Hasbro Scrabble 1 CD-ROM (1996)

* Hasbro Scrabble 2 CD-ROM (1999)

* Funkitron Scrabble Download (2001)

* Atari Scrabble Complete Online CD-ROM (2003)

* Handmark Scrabble (for [[Pocket PC]], [[Palm OS]])(includes [[Official Scrabble Players Dictionary|OSPD3]]) (2003)

* Scrabble Complete CD-ROM (2006)

There have also been some derivative works from Scrabble.

* Scrabble Blast (Boggle-like Scrabble)

* Scrabble Rack Attack (Anagram game)

==Other Versions==

=====Lottery=====

[[Loto-Québec]] has released a lottery version of the game "Scrabble". The grand prize is $30,000 Canadian.

==Records==

The following records were achieved during competitive club or tournament play, according to authoritative sources, including the book ''[[Everything Scrabble]]'' by Joe Edley and John D. Williams, Jr. (revised edition, Pocket Books, 2001) and the [http://home.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/contents.html Scrabble FAQ]. When available, separate records are listed based upon different official word lists: 1) OSPD or OCTWL, the North American list also used in Thailand and Israel; 2) OSW, formerly the official list in the UK; and 3) SOWPODS, the combined OSPD+OSW now used in much of the world. To date, new editions or revisions of these lists have not been considered substantial enough to warrant separate record-keeping.

* '''High game (OSPD)''' &ndash; 830 by Michael Cresta (MA), October 12, 2006. Cresta defeated Wayne Yorra 830-490.<ref name=lexington>http://www.wolfberg.net/scrabble/lexington/score830/</ref><ref name=slate_cresta>http://www.slate.com/id/2152255/?nav=ais</ref>

* '''High game (OSW)''' &ndash; 793 by Peter Preston (UK), 1999.<ref name=stevena>http://home.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/faqtext.html#Records</ref>

* '''High game (SOWPODS)''' &ndash; 750 by Edward Okulicz (Australia), 2004. As Edward's opponent passed without playing on the majority of his turns, this record is of debatable legitimacy. The recognised record for Australian SOWPODS play is 698 by Chris May, 2006.<ref name=ASPArecords>http://www.scrabble.org.au/records/alltime.htm</ref>

*'''High combined score (OSPD)''' &ndash; 1320 (830-490) by Michael Cresta and Wayne Yorra, in a Lexington, MA, club, 2006.<ref name=lexington /><ref name=slate_cresta />

*'''High combined score (SOWPODS)''' &ndash; 1082 by Helen Gipson and David Webb, 2000.<ref name=stevena />

*'''Highest losing score (OSPD)''' &ndash; 545 by Kevin Rickhoff (CA) to Mark Milan's (CA) 558, Round 18 of the 2006 U.S. Scrabble Open.<ref name=stevena />

*'''Highest tie game (OSPD)''' &ndash; 502-502 by John Chew and Zev Kaufman at a 1997 Toronto Club tournament.

*'''Highest opening move score (OSPD)''' &ndash; '''[[Bezique|BEZIQUE]]''' 124 by Sam Kantimathi (CA) in Portland, OR Tournament in 1992. The highest possible legal score on a first turn is MUZJIKS, 128.

*'''Highest single play (OSPD)''' &ndash; '''QUIXOTRY''' 365 by Michael Cresta (MA), 2006.<ref name=lexington /><ref name=slate_cresta />

*'''Highest single play (SOWPODS)''' &ndash; '''CAZIQUES''' 392 Karl Khoshnaw.<ref name="khoshnaw">{{cite web| url=http://www.wscgames.com/cgi/player.cgi?given=Karl&surname=Khoshnaw&country=Germany&exact=1| title=WSC Player Information: Karl Khoshnaw| accessdate=2006-04-27}}</ref>

*'''Highest Average Score (two-day tournament) (OSPD)''' &ndash; 467 by [[Joel Sherman]] over 11 rounds; Wisconsin Dells, WI 1997.

In the absence of better documentation, it is believed that the following records were achieved under a formerly popular British format known as the "high score rule", in which a player's tournament result is determined only by the player's own scores, and not by the differentials between that player's scores and the opponents'. As a result, play in this system "encourages elaborate setups often independently mined by the two players",<ref name=stevena /> and is profoundly different from the true competitive game in which defensive considerations play a major role. While the "high score" rule has unsurprisingly led to impressively high records, it is currently out of favor throughout the world; associating its records with normal competitive play is extremely misleading.

*High game score of 1,049 by Phil Appleby of Lymington, Hants, [[United Kingdom|UK]], on [[June 25]], [[1989]] in Wormley, Herts, UK. His opponent scored just 253 points, giving Appleby a record victory margin of 796 points.

*High single-turn score of 392, by Dr. Saladin Karl Khoshnaw<ref name="khoshnaw"/> in [[Manchester]], UK, in April [[1982]]. The word he used was '''CAZIQUES''', meaning "native chiefs of West Indian aborigines".

Other records are available for viewing at [http://cross-tables.com/totalscrabble.pdf Total Scrabble], an unofficial record book which includes the above as sources and expands on other topics.

==International versions==

Versions of the game have been released in several other languages. For more information, see [[Scrabble letter distributions]].

The game is commonly known as [[Alfapet]] in [[Sweden]].

In [[2005]], a [[Welsh language]] version of Scrabble was launched, with separate tiles for [[Welsh language|Welsh]] digraphs such as ''[[ch (digraph)|ch]]'', ''[[dd]]'', ''[[ff]]'', ''[[ng]]'', ''[[ll]]'', ''[[ph]]'', ''[[rh]]'' and ''[[th]]''.

==Game board formats==

[[Image:Scrabble racks.jpg|thumb|250px|A pair of green plastic racks]]

The game has been released in numerous game board formats appealing to various user groups. The original boards included wood tiles and many "deluxe" sets still do.

===Travel editions===

Editions are available for travellers who may wish to play either in a conveyance such as a train or plane, or who may wish to pause a game in progress and resume later. To accommodate this many including methods to keep letters from moving, such as pegboards, recessed tile holders and magnetic tiles. Players' trays are also designed with stay-fast holders. Such boards are also typically designed to be folded and stowed with the game in progress.

* Spear's Games 1980s &ndash; boxed edition with pegboard, plastic tiles with small feet to fit snugly in the pegboard. Racks are clear plastic, allowing some sorting while holding tiles fairly snugly. Set comes with a drawstring plastic bag to draw tiles and a cardboard box. It is possible to save a game in progress by returning the board to the box. There is risk of players' trays being mixed and upset, and the box lid, held on by friction, is subject to upset.

* _____ 1980s &ndash; pocket edition with plastic "magnetic" board and tiles. Tile racks are also plastic with asymmetrical shape to provide handhold. All elements fit in a plastic envelope for travel and to permit a pause in the game. Plastic letters are very small and tend to lose their grip if not placed with slight lateral movement and if they are not perfectly clean. Game format is extremely small, allowing Scrabble games for backpackers and others concerned about weight and size.

* Hasbro Games 2001 &ndash; hinged plastic board with clear tile-shaped depressions to hold tiles in play. Board is in a black, zippered folio such that board and tiles may be folded for travel, even with game in play. Reverse side of board contains numbered mounts for racks, holding tiles face down, allowing secure and confidential storage of tiles while game is paused. Tile racks have individual tile slots, thus not permitting easy sorting of tiles in rack.

===Deluxe editions===

At the opposite end, some "deluxe" editions offer superior materials and features. These include editions on a rotating turntable so players can always face the board with the letters upright. More serious players often favor custom Scrabble boards, often made of Lucite or hardwood, that have superior rotating mechanisms and personalized graphics.

==Works detailing tournament Scrabble==

An entertaining and highly informed introduction to tournament Scrabble and its players can be found in the book ''[[Word Freak]]'' by [[Stefan Fatsis]]. In the process of writing, Fatsis himself progressed into a high-rated tournament player.

There have been numerous documentaries made about the game, including:

*''[[Word Wars]]'' ([[2004]]) by Eric Chaikin and Julian Petrillo, about the "tiles and tribulations on the Scrabble game circuit".

*''[[Scrabylon]]'' ([[2003]]), by Scott Petersen, which "gives an up-close look at why people get so obsessed with that seemingly benign game..."

*''[[Word Slingers]]'' by Eric Siblin and Stefan Vanderland (produced for [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], [[2002]]), which follows four expert Canadian players at the 2001 World Championship in Las Vegas.

==References in literature, television, music and film==

{{Main|Scrabble references in popular culture}}

==References==

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==See also==

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*[[Scrabble letter values]]

*[[List of two-letter English words#Words acceptable in Scrabble|List of two-letter English words acceptable in Scrabble]]

*[[Scrabble variants]]

*[[Super Scrabble]]

*[[Literati (game)|Literati]] &ndash; a variant created by Yahoo! Games

*[[Scrabble (game show)]]

*[[Anagram]]

*[[Blanagram]]

*[[Clabbers]]

*[[Anamonic]]

==External links==

* {{US patent|2752158}} &ndash; "''Game apparatus''" &ndash; This patent used to protect the jagged edges of bonus squares, which were added so that one need not lift previously placed tiles in order to see the bonus. It expired decades ago.

* Mattel's [http://www.mattelscrabble.com/en/adults/index.html Scrabble website]

* Hasbro's [http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/home.cfm Scrabble website]

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* [http://www.scrabulous.com/scrabble_dictionary.php Online Scrabble dictionary] &ndash; Contains online dictionaries of SOWPODS and TWL where you can look up words.

* [http://www.scrabblewordfinder.com Avalanche's Scrabble Word Finder] &ndash; Calculates the highest scoring word to play at the highest scoring position on the board.

* [http://www.math.toronto.edu/jjchew/scrabble/analysis/19970615.html Analysis by John Chew and Joel Sherman] of the aforementioned 502-502 tie game (John Chew ''v.'' Zev Kaufman, Toronto, 1997)

* The American [http://www.scrabble-assoc.com National Scrabble Association]

* [http://www.absp.org.uk Association of British Scrabble Players]

* [http://www.scrabble.org.au/ Scrabble Australia]

* [http://www.fisescrabble.org/ FISE International Scrabble Federation (Spanish Scrabble)]

* [http://www.cns.com.ve/ National Scrabble Club (CNS) &ndash; Caracas, Venezuela (Spanish Scrabble)]

* [http://home.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/faq.html Scrabble FAQ]

* [http://www.cross-tables.com/ cross-tables.com] &ndash; Repository of stats on North American tournament Scrabble players

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