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Sa is not a word. Every other word played is valid.
sap, sac
Yes, however neither of those words are complete on the board yet. That's fine if one of them were in the process of being played, but they're not. Rapist/racist is in the middle of being played, meaning that the previous turn ended with just "sa" on the board, which is not a valid word.
But that is the joke. That the decision could be either. This meme is mid move.
I don't think you understand what I'm saying. I'm saying it is impossible for the board to ever look like this during a real game of Scrabble, even if someone is in the middle of their turn.
Oh I get it. But it's not meant to be literal since it's art.
Sa is just the brah version of sup which is the bro version of whats up. Boom. Scrabbled.
Those are both words.
Tree sap.
Sac - A pouch or pouchlike structure in an organism, sometimes filled with fluid.
The tree had multiple sacs of sap^*
^* I don't actually know if trees have sacs of sap, so don't come at me botanists.
As is.
Unless you can't play words bottom-up.
Assuming rapist/racist is the current turn, then the player who placed sa on the previous turn played an invalid word. It’s possible if the other players didn’t challenge. Sap and sac are both valid words.
You are only allowed to play one direction per turn in Scrabble. It must read left-right or top-down.
you forgot about "ra" and "ist", but the point is that those three are about to be completed, so all words are correct
"ra" and "ist" are part of the word in process, just being done out of order for creative flair, as you noted. "Sa" on the other hand, is its own thing and isn't a word. Doesn't mean it couldn't be there though as it would have to be challenged to be removed.
https://wordfind.com/word/sa/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_(Scrabble)
That said if I had a 6 letter word with that bonus I wouldn't challenge homey on like 2 points. I'm dumb, but I'm not stupid.
While not a valid Scrabble word, it does have a meaning: https://www.britannica.com/topic/SA-Nazi-organization
I doubt it was intentional, but it feels kinda fitting.
Acronyms that are capitalized are not allowed in Scrabble. So scuba and laser are allowed, but NASA is not.
"Ra" or "Re" is the ancient egyptian god of the sun "ist" means "is" in german "sa" can mean lots of things in lots of languages
"Sa", as previously noted, is not an accepted Scrabble word. Abbreviations are not acceptable in Scrabble. Foreign words aren't accepted in Scrabble so "Ist" and, "Sa" would be out there as well as it appears we're playing English Scrabble. "Ra" is also not accepted in Scrabble as proper names (like, "Thor" for another example.) are not accepted.
https://wordfind.com/word/ra/
More importantly, words need to connect to an existing word so, "ra", and, "ist" by themselves wouldn't be accepted on those grounds, hence the determination that the person played them on their turn and is actively tying to figure out which letter they should use for the middle bit to finish the single word on a single line they can play on their turn.
https://www.scrabblepages.com/scrabble/rules/
And yes, we are overthinking a political comic ITT.
"sa" is also still in process
You can't play letters/words in two different directions in one turn.
newsflash: this isn't an actual game of Scrabble, it's a cartoon
This line of conversation was discussing it as though it was an actual game. Maybe I misunderstood the point you were trying to make in regards to "ra", and, "ist", in which case my b. To my knowledge there's no rule stopping one from laying letters down however they want in one line so long as it forms a word at the end of them doing so. One could put down "t", then "s", then, "i", or alternate "r", then "t", etc. as they're laying down their word.
Not sure what in my comment made you think I wasn't discussing rules and actual gameplay but if you could elaborate on that for my own future reference, I'd appreciate it.
You can't progress 2 words at the same time.
newsflash: this isn't an actual game of Scrabble, it's a cartoon
That wasn't your position earlier.
"but the point is that those three are about to be completed"
words can be made without playing the game, maybe it's just someone playing around with the letters trying to make valid words without actually playing the game, and so they were forming two words at once
I don't mind which position you take, game or comic, but switching mid argument is just bad form.
I never switched. I always said that if the board was completed, all words would be correct. I never made the assumption that this was an actual game. I always assumed it was someone in the process of setting up the board to create a sentence and have all parts be valid words. No one is creating sentences in an actual game so even pretending that this would be the case is just silly. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.