Scrabble Anyone?

I don’t play a lot of games (board or other). I play solitaire and some Yahtzee clone on my phone. I would play charades in a room full of people, no problem. But my favorite game to play is Scrabble.

I’m not a great Scrabble player. I know all the big words, but I’m not good at what gets the real points in the game — placing tiles that give multiple words. I knew a woman who had this skill, and she could play 600-point games. I never beat her at Scrabble.

I think being able to play multiple words by playing laterally is a spatial skill and this is why I lack it. I lack spatial skills, but my verbal skills are almost enough to get me through in Scrabble. Almost. Still, it’s my favorite game.