So just as we're feeling a warm glow of post-Olympic kinship with our fellow man we have to deal with the news that the noble game of Scrabble – Scrabble!
– has been besmirched by the stain of cheating.
A young player at a tournament in Florida has been disqualified for hiding blank tiles about his person. Well, how else are you going to create a word like "besmirched" without a bit of extra help?
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