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Originally Posted by Brocktoon
TBH, the whole challenging and requisite knowledge of obscure words and game specific 2 letter words is my least favorite part of playing scrabble with people anyway.
I actually enjoy being told right away whether or not the word I'm trying is acceptable and think it makes the game more fun and fair to beginners.
I'm a diehard scrabbler and I think that challenging is the only way to go for high level live games, but for beginners it does make things more fun. And in the WWF format challenges would make the game go pretty slow/people would just look up the word.
In record scoring scrabble games the use of phonies is always a source of contention, because if someone gets burned challenging QAT or PHT early on they are likely to just stop challenging and an opportunist can really rack up the points without actually being particularly good.