History PlayingWith / ScrabbleBabble

** This was the only word (as written at least) not shared between the original language and [[ForeignDub the dub language]] in the scene, this was both cheaper than redoing the entire scene and lost less of the story than excising the scene entirely.

* '''Enforced''': "We need more jokes. Why don't we do the classic gag when someone plays nonsense in a Scrabble match?"

'''Basic Trope''': Someone makes up a word and plays it in TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}} [[BlandNameProduct or an obvious knockoff]].

** Sarah plays a rare ([[AluminumChristmasTrees but real]]) word which isn't in the dictionary.

* '''Subverted''': Sarah plays "kixzojq". Later, it turns out that a type of fairy is named "kixzojq".

'''Basic Trope''': Someone makes up a word and plays it in Scrabble [[BlandNameProduct or an obvious knockoff]].
* '''Straight''': Sarah and Billy are playing Scrabble. Sarah needs to get rid of some excess high scoring letters and plays "kixzojq".

** It never becomes clear whether or not "kixzojq" is a real (InUniverse) word.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Sarah plays real but obscure words but gives ridiculous definitions to provoke Billy into challenging them. After a couple of failed challenges, she starts using fake words which Billy won't challenge.

* '''Discussed''': "Darn it, I only have consonants. I'd better start making up words or I'll lose."
* '''Conversed''': After watching the scene in the straight example, Vera the viewer says "Stupid Billy, that's not a word. Show her that it's not in the dictionary."

* '''Played For Laughs''':

** Sarah mumbles loudly "I don't have anything, so I'll just make some stuff up". Billy hears it and asks Sarah to define "kixzojq". The only response he gets is "[[BlatantLies I totally didn't make up that word only to use a lot of high-scoring letters]]".
* '''Played For Drama''':

* '''Played For Horror''': [[DisproportionateRetribution Billy murders Sarah over her use of made-up words.]]

* '''Implied''': Some time after the game, Billy says, "I don't even know half the words that Sarah played." While there are thousands of obscure words in the English language, it seems unlikely that Sarah would bother to memorize real words when she could get away with using fake ones.

* '''Played For Drama''': [[DisproportionateRetribution Billy murders Sarah over her use of made-up words.]]

* '''Parodied''': Some tiles contain symbols for some reason. Sarah plays "g~$7¤t€£w", and it's accepted.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

** Sarah plays a rare (but real) word which isn't in the dictionary.

* '''Played For Drama''': Billy murders Sarah over her use of made-up words.
* '''Deconstructed''': Billy questions Sarah about the made-up word.
* '''Reconstructed''': Sarah makes up a fake definition for the word.

'''Basic Trope''': Someone makes up a word and plays it in Scrabble ([[BlandNameProduct or an obvious knockoff]]).

* '''Zig Zagged''': It never becomes clear whether "kixzojq" is a word or not.

** Sarah bets on her Scrabble games, and uses this strategy to win easily.

* '''Defied''': "And no cheating! If I look up one of your words and it turns out to be fake, I win!"

* '''Conversed''': After watching the scene in Straight, Vera the viewer says "Stupid Billy, that's not a word. Show her that it's not in the dictionary".
* '''Implied''': Some time after the game, Billy says, "I don't even know half the words that Sarah played."

* '''Played For Drama''':
** Sarah plays made-up words because of her learning disabilities.
** Billy murders Sarah over her use of made-up words.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Not applicable. (This trope is always intentional.)

Back to ScrabbleBabble.

** Sarah plays "gmsekhnseriognhaeflnaelnbbkjsf". [[RuleOfFunny Don't ask how she got that many letters]], though maybe a HouseRule allows words to go out-of-bounds.

'''Basic Trope''': Someone makes up a word and plays it in Scrabble (or an obvious knockoff).

** Sarah plays "gmsekhnseriognhaeflnaelnbbkjsf" ([[RuleOfFunny don't ask how she got that many letters or how there's enough space on the board]]).

** Sarah plays "grammer" and claims it's a new spelling of the word "grammar".

** According to the official Scrabble rules, [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught you're allowed to play made-up words as long as you're not caught]].

* '''Parodied''':
** Some tiles contain symbols for some reason. Sarah plays "g~$7¤t€£w", and it's accepted.
** Sarah mumbles loudly "I don't have anything, so I'll just make some stuff up". Billy hears it and asks Sarah to define "kixzojq". The only response he gets is "[[BlatantLies I totally didn't make up that word only to use a lot of high-scoring letters]]".

* '''Lampshaded''': "Sarah, that's not a word."

* '''Defied''': "'kixzojq'? I don't think that's a word. I'll look it up."
* '''Discussed''': "And don't you try to make up any words!"

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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': Immediately after playing "kixzojq", Sarah [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial denies having made up the word]].
* '''Played For Drama''': Sarah plays made-up words because of her learning disabilities.