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* In the German movie ''Ödipussi'', [[MommasBoy the titular character]] is playing TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}} with his mother and her friends. "Hund" (dog) is on the board, so the old lady whose turn it is turns it into "Hundnase" (dog nose - and yes, that's not correct German). When the others protest, she instead puts down "Schwanzhund" (taildog) - "a dog which has a tail". Which isn't accepted either, of course. Then another of the old ladies complains that she couldn't play "Quallenknödel" (jellyfish dumplings) either.
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* In the German movie ''Ödipussi'', ''Film/{{Odipussi}}'', [[MommasBoy the titular character]] is playing TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}} with his mother and her friends. "Hund" (dog) is on the board, so the old lady whose turn it is turns it into "Hundnase" (dog nose - and yes, that's not correct German). When the others protest, she instead puts down "Schwanzhund" (taildog) - "a dog which has a tail". Which isn't accepted either, of course. Then another of the old ladies complains that she couldn't play "Quallenknödel" (jellyfish dumplings) either.
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* Used in ''Series/{{Bottom}}'', as part of a long string of jokes about not comprehending the point of a crossword puzzle. Asked to come up with a six-letter word meaning 'fish', Eddie takes it literally and ''comes up with'' "vzzbks".
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* Used in ''Series/{{Bottom}}'', as part of a long string of jokes about not comprehending the point of a crossword puzzle.CrosswordPuzzle. Asked to come up with a six-letter word meaning 'fish', Eddie takes it literally and ''comes up with'' "vzzbks".
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'': Extremely rich guy Duke makes up the word "quyzbuk", and when Marty calls him on it, Duke phones Noah Webster himself (ignoring the fact the man has been dead for 150 years) and bribes them to make it a real word. Which he did, with a definition he made up on the spot ("How about...a big problem?"). Another character uses the word later in the same episode. It might be noticed that the writer for ''The Critic'', Jon Vitti, also wrote the ''The Simpsons'' "Kwyjibo" episode ("Bart the Genius"), making it a bit of a [[RecycledScript Recycled Joke]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'': Extremely rich guy Duke makes up the word "quyzbuk", "quzybuk", and when Marty calls him on it, Duke phones Noah Webster himself (ignoring the fact the man has been dead for 150 years) and bribes them to make it a real word. Which he did, with a definition he made up on the spot ("How about...a big problem?"). Another character uses the word later in the same episode. It might be noticed that the writer for ''The Critic'', Jon Vitti, also wrote the ''The Simpsons'' "Kwyjibo" episode ("Bart the Genius"), making it a bit of a [[RecycledScript Recycled Joke]].
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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', this, along with LanguageEqualsThought, is why [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Khazalid]] has so many words to describe gold. The dwarfs have a drinking game called the Gold Song, where each participant takes a turn singing a verse about gold, using a different word each time. Since any dwarf who fails to think of a new word for gold has to pay for another round of drinks, this leads dwarfs to invent new words for gold that, if unchallenged, get added to the dwarf lexicon. Thus we have ''gal'' for any type of gold, ''gorl'' for soft and yellow gold (or the color yellow in general), ''konk'' for ruddy gold (or a bulbous red nose), ''ril'' for gold ore that shines brightly in rock, ''bryn'' for gold or anything else that shines brightly in the sunlight, ''galaz'' for ornamental gold, ''galbaraz'' for "oathgold"...
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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', this, along with LanguageEqualsThought, is why [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Khazalid]] has so many words to describe gold. The dwarfs have a drinking game called the Gold Song, where each participant takes a turn singing a verse about gold, using a different word each time. Since any dwarf who fails to think of a new word for gold has to pay for another round of drinks, this leads dwarfs to invent new words for gold that, if unchallenged, get added to the dwarf lexicon. Thus we have ''gal'' for any type of gold, ''gorl'' for soft and yellow gold (or the color yellow in general), ''konk'' for ruddy gold (or a bulbous red nose), ''ril'' for gold ore that shines brightly in rock, ''bryn'' for gold or anything else that shines brightly in the sunlight, ''galaz'' for ornamental gold, ''galbaraz'' for "oathgold"...
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Had to double-check and it turns out "oxidize" was spelled correctly.
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** "Kwyjibo": "[[TakeThat Uh... a big, dumb, balding North American ape. With no chin. ...And a short temper.]]" (Homer then becomes angry and threatens to hurt Bart, prompting Bart to quip: [[StealthInsult "Uh-oh, kwyjibo on the loose!"]]) Admittedly those were pretty lousy letters (and Marge, Homer, and Lisa had been playing 2- and 3-letter words, leaving him little to work with). Inverted in the same episode, where Homer complains of having a bad set of tiles -- that spell out (albeit incorrectly) "oxidize." Oddly, unlike many examples, combining both these "words" into a single game is still entirely possible with the rarity of certain letters. However, the score given is incorrect, as pointed out [[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/7G02.html here]].
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** "Kwyjibo": "[[TakeThat Uh... a big, dumb, balding North American ape. With no chin. ...And a short temper.]]" (Homer then becomes angry and threatens to hurt Bart, prompting Bart to quip: [[StealthInsult "Uh-oh, kwyjibo on the loose!"]]) Admittedly those were pretty lousy letters (and Marge, Homer, and Lisa had been playing 2- and 3-letter words, leaving him little to work with). Inverted in the same episode, where Homer complains of having a bad set of tiles -- that spell out (albeit incorrectly) "oxidize." Oddly, unlike many examples, combining both these "words" into a single game is still entirely possible with the rarity of certain letters. However, the score given is incorrect, as pointed out [[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/7G02.html here]].
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A RulesLawyer may note that even according to official Scrabble rules, players are still technically ''allowed'' to play such words -- you just have to pay a points penalty [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught if your opponent challenges them]]. Also, contrary to the trope, asking an opponent to actually ''define'' a challenged word is considered bad form in high-level play; tournament Scrabble players are [[SeriousBusiness too busy memorizing huge lists of allowed words]] to bother with trivial things like what the words mean. (Case in point: the French world championship was won by a man who ''[[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33606449 didn't speak French]]''.) It also doesn't ''have'' to [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible specifically be Scrabble they're playing]]; it could also be TabletopGame/{{Boggle}}, the aforementioned Bananagrams, VideoGame/BookwormAdventures, or whatever.
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A RulesLawyer may note that even according to official Scrabble rules, players are still technically ''allowed'' to play such words -- you just have to pay a points penalty [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught if your opponent challenges them]]. Also, contrary to the trope, asking an opponent to actually ''define'' a challenged word is considered bad form in high-level play; tournament Scrabble players are [[SeriousBusiness too busy memorizing huge lists of allowed words]] to bother with trivial things like what the words mean. (Case in point: the French world championship was won by a man who ''[[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33606449 didn't speak French]]''.) It also doesn't ''have'' to [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible specifically be Scrabble they're playing]]; it could also be TabletopGame/{{Boggle}}, ''TabletopGame/{{Boggle}}'', the aforementioned Bananagrams, VideoGame/BookwormAdventures, ''Bananagrams'', ''VideoGame/BookwormAdventures'', or whatever.
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%%* Ironically, it's been averted by both game shows based off ''Scrabble'': [[Series/{{Scrabble}} the one with Chuck Woolery]] and ''Series/ScrabbleShowdown''.
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%%* Ironically, it's been averted by both game shows based off on ''Scrabble'': [[Series/{{Scrabble}} the one with Chuck Woolery]] and ''Series/ScrabbleShowdown''.
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** This may actually play off the author's real-life issues with the game, thanks to his mother.
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** This may actually play off on the author's real-life issues with the game, thanks to his mother.
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"quizzify" is indeed in some Scrabble dictionaries, but not others
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** Although "[[http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/quizzify quizzify]]" is a real word, it's not recognized by the Scrabble Dictionary. If it were, though, it would be worth up to 419 points.
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** Although "[[http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/quizzify quizzify]]" is a real word, it's not recognized by the all Scrabble Dictionary. If dictionaries. Assuming it were, is, though, it would could be worth up to 419 points.
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* Parodied in the French-Canadian series ''Series/LeCoeurASesRaisons''. Brett and Criquette are playing a friendly game of scrabble. Criquette places the letters "W-Q-T" to spell the word "Waquetue", a (fictitious) nocturnal aquatic animal. Brett spells the word "quixict" (QXTC), also a nocturnal aquatic animal. Criquett then adds an "s" to "QXTC" to spell the word "helicopter"...
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* Parodied in the French-Canadian series ''Series/LeCoeurASesRaisons''. Brett and Criquette are playing a friendly game of scrabble.Scrabble. Criquette places the letters "W-Q-T" to spell the word "Waquetue", a (fictitious) nocturnal aquatic animal. Brett spells the word "quixict" (QXTC), also a nocturnal aquatic animal. Criquett then adds an "s" to "QXTC" to spell the word "helicopter"...
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* [[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]], in response to Hasbro's (or, more specifically, ''Mattel's'') proposed rule change, revealed his "new" middle name, Q[[VideoGame/ColossalCave xyzzy]]. it requires 0-point blank tiles to spell out, as it contains a second "z", but otherwise would be a legal word under the new rules (if it were his actual middle name). However, under those rules, Xexex (an actual arcade game) would be legal (albeit low-scoring due to 2 zero-point blanks).
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* [[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]], in response to Hasbro's (or, more specifically, ''Mattel's'') proposed rule change, revealed his "new" middle name, Q[[VideoGame/ColossalCave xyzzy]]. it It requires 0-point blank tiles to spell out, as it contains a second "z", but otherwise would be a legal word under the new rules (if it were his actual middle name). However, under those rules, Xexex (an actual arcade game) would be legal (albeit low-scoring due to 2 zero-point blanks).
