Next time you play Scrabble, don’t feel too proud when you generate a word using the letters Q or Z. Apparently, the once daunting task has gotten easier.
Some researchers are now arguing that as the English language evolves, so too should Scrabble's scoring system, the BBC first reported. The letters with the highest value -- Q and Z -- are now much easier to use in words than when the game was initially invented. Thus, the researchers claim, their corresponding tiles should be worth fewer points.
"The values of the titles haven't changed since the game was created in the 1930s,” Joshua Lewis, a researcher advocating changing letter values, told The Huffington Post. "What has happened over the years is that the list of words for playing Scrabble has changed. Since the words have changed, now the letter values should change too," said Lewis, who has created a software program that assigns new point values to Scrabble tiles.
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