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Scrabble rule?

Call me Al · 2018-01-01 20:25:38

Can a new word in scrabble be formed by extending from the beginning or end of an existing word? An example we just had is GLAND running down the board. A player used this G at the start and made FIRING, running directly down from above (not a right angle) so we were left with FIRING and GLAND with the G bridging both. Can…

01-01-2018 8:25pm

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Call me Al

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Can a new word in scrabble be formed by extending from the beginning or end of an existing word?
An example we just had is GLAND running down the board. A player used this G at the start and made FIRING, running directly down from above (not a right angle) so we were left with FIRING and GLAND with the G bridging both.
Can we make a new word in this way?

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#2 01-01-2018 8:27pm

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Nope.

Not unless the new word (which in your example would be "firingland") actually exists.

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