Scrabbled

Someone pointed out that in Scrabble you get seven letters and therefore there is no earthly way that a player could play CARRUTHERS as a word.

Which is of course bollocks.

It could happen but only if a number of specific circumstances fall into place one after the other.

Firstly, someone must have already played the word RUTH.


Secondly, both players will then have an argument about whether RUTH is a proper name or not. Which of course it is, but it is also a perfectly valid Scrabble word. What do you mean you don't know what it means? Of course you know what it means: it's the opposite of RUTHLESS, and you know what that means don't you?

Thirdly, you need to have the letters ACERRS available to you. You could play CARERS, RACERS or SCARER, but you won't.

Fourthly, you need enough room either side of RUTH.

Fifthly, you need an opponent too stupid to realise that CARRUTHERS isn't a real word.