# Scrabble board with no plays.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-board-with-no-plays/502606>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 10, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-board-with-no-plays/502606 "2009-07-10T20:51:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-board-with-no-plays/502606/41 "2015-03-13T19:08:51Z")

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I was also going to mention [voxel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voxel), common in computing circles but I don’t know if it’s officially allowed.

edit: never mind, already answered by zombies

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**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-board-with-no-plays/502606/42 "2015-03-13T21:42:31Z")

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[Here](http://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1le3x3/can_2_words_finish_a_scrabble_game/) is a definitive-seeming discussion of this question.

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-board-with-no-plays/502606/43 "2015-03-16T13:06:08Z")

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For those who didn’t bother reading the whole thread, I think it’s worth quoting the person who responded to the linked thread (titled “can 2 words end a Scrabble game?”) with “wanna fuck?”. Actually the whole thread is quite a good read.

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