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* The ''Series/That70sShow'' episode "Burning Down the House" has Red, Kitty, Bob, and Midge playing Scrabble, all of them now knowing that Bob wears a toupée. Accordingly, Red's tiles spell "BALDING," Kitty's spell "A BAD RUG," and Bob's spell "SHOOT ME."[[note]]Midge's spell "ZYGOTES," in case you were wondering.[[/note]] Later, Red also puts tiles on the board to spell "CUEBALL."

* The ''Series/That70sShow'' episode "Burning Down the House" has Red, Kitty, Bob, and Midge playing Scrabble, all of them now knowing that Bob wears a toupée. Accordingly, Red's tiles spell "BALDING," Kitty's spell "A BAD RUG," and Bob's spell "SHOOT ME."[[note]]Midge's spell "[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers ZYGOTES]]," in case you were wondering.[[/note]] Later, Red also puts tiles on the board to spell "CUEBALL."

Name is, [[AsYouKnow of course]], a {{pun}} on the board game TabletopGame/{{Boggle}}. A form of SpellingBonus.

In fiction, however, Scrabble tiles are magic [[InkBlotTest Rorschach's Ink Blot]] style windows to the soul. If we see characters playing a word game, then either the word being played, the only word the character can make, or every word on the board will somehow relate to things that are on their mind. Alternatively, the words will {{foreshadow}} events they are unaware of. The game in question [[SmallReferencePools will usually be Scrabble]], but not necessarily -- other games that can be used include [[CrosswordPuzzle crosswords]], [[SignificantAnagram anagrams]], ''Series/{{Countdown}}'', or any other word game.

Name is, [[AsYouKnow of course]], a [[JustForPun pun]] on the board game TabletopGame/{{Boggle}}. A form of SpellingBonus.

In RealLife, people playing ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'' generally try to play the highest-scoring word they can, or failing that, ''any'' word they can find. [[ScrabbleBabble Even if it's not, strictly speaking, real.]]