Scrabble Traps, Part 3

Apr 13, 2010 23:14

Just discovered another Scrabble trap, thanks to Charlotte's Web, which I'm currently rereading with Kendell. The word is "timothy", which the Scrabble dictionary defines in its usual terse manner as "a European grass". Dictionary.com's etymology implies that it's not limited to Europe:

1730-40; named after Timothy Hanson, American farmer who cultivated it in the early 18th century

Try it on your Scrabble-playing friends today!

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