Finding Playable Words When Your Rack Looks Empty
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You stare at your Scrabble rack with just a few vowels and consonants, convinced you'll have to pass. But hidden in that jumble are short, obscure words you never considered: 'ae,' 'el,' 'qi'—two-letter gems that can hook onto existing tiles. A quick scan reveals common prefixes like 're-' or suffixes like '-ed' that turn a useless 'd' into a scoring play. Even a single 'a' or 'i' can find a home next to a triple-word score. The trick is to forget long lists and think minimal: every tile has po…