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a dictionary can be used whenever you want, to look up a specific word in mind only (you cannot leaf through it for ideas) I really dislike this idea. It turns
by frabbit 8y ago
a dictionary can be used whenever you want, to look up a specific word in mind only (you cannot leaf through it for ideas)
I really dislike this idea. It turns the human into a mere mechanical Turk, searching through the dictionary. Fails to reward those who have built up a large vocabulary and draws out turns agonizingly.
I would argue that it makes it much less "skillful".
Horrible ;)
- IanCal 8y ago> searching through the dictionary. Sounds like they explicitly forbid this. > Fails to reward those who have built up a large vocabulary You need to know the word exists to search for it, and larger vocabs will still be an advantage.
- frabbit 8y agoI did not say searching through the _entire_ dictionary. It is still removing one of the skills that Scrabble traditionally rewards: knowing how to spell.
- shishy 8y agoHe said... ...to look up a specific word in mind only (you cannot leaf through it for ideas) So you wouldn't be a mechanical turk searching through it under his ruleset.
- frabbit 8y agoSo just searching through a smaller space in the dictionary rather than the entire dictionary. It's still turning a feat of human skill and memory (remembering what words exist and how they are spelled) into a mere sideshow.