Alex Nancarrow
Many students at Burris have started to play word games. There is the classic game of Scrabble and a new adaptation called Word With Friends. Whether at school or at home, students seem to love to pass time by playing these educational games against each other.
A variation of Scrabble was created in 1938 by Alfred Mosher Butts. This game was called Lexiko, coming from the Greek lexicos, meaning “words”. Lexiko was later named Scrabble. For those that don’t know how to play Scrabble, there are two to four players allowed and each person has seven tiles with letters on them and points for how much each letter is worth. On each person’s turn they attempt to form a word to get the most points. There are certain tile spaces on the board which award bonuses; double letter, triple letter, double word, and triple word. Letters on a double or triple letter space get the amount of points for that tile doubled or tripled. Words lying on a double or triple word space get to double or tripled the total of that word. The person with the most points in the end wins. Some students enjoy playing this with each other on an actual board, but others actually play on the site Facebook. "Scrabble is a fun way to pass time and even learn new words!" said Burris junior Molly Boylan. This gives students a chance to play the game over a span of days, rather than taking the time to sit down with each other and play a full game, which can take quite a while.
Scrabble, which is Words With Friends. The two are almost exactly the same except the bonus spaces are in different spots in the two games. The latter version seems to be very popular amongst Burris students because it is available on iPods, iPads, iPhones, and Android phones. This gives students easy access to the game when they have downtime in school or at home so they can brush up on their vocabulary while enjoying a friendly word game with their peers. "I am addicted to Words With Friends," said Burris senior Hannah Clemmons, "I play it all of the time."
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