Re:Othello Is Solved
by _justinfunk on Saturday November 04, 2023 @06:15PM
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And in American Football it's fine to deflate the ball if no one measures it.
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Not the same. Because there is a penalty to challenging a word that turns out to be a real obscure word found in the dictionary (the official Scrabble dictionary if you playing seriously), it is a legitimate strategy (not cheating) to use obscure words early on, be proven correct when challenged, and then use fake words that opponents are wary of challenging.