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The cast is sitting around playing Scrabble when someone plays a nonsense word and gets called on it. The cheater will be forced to "prove" it's a real word by giving its definition. If the writers know something about Scrabble, expect the word to contain copious amounts of the high-scoring consonant tiles (J, K, Q, X, and Z). But let's ignore the fact that actual English-language Scrabble sets only contain one each of those tiles (and the game's wildcards, the two blank tiles, are worth no points whatsoever). A similar game, Bananagrams, contains two each of those consonants.

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  • The cast is sitting around playing Scrabble when someone plays a nonsense word and gets called on it. The cheater will be forced to "prove" it's a real word by giving its definition. If the writers know something about Scrabble, expect the word to contain copious amounts of the high-scoring consonant tiles (J, K, Q, X, and Z). But let's ignore the fact that actual English-language Scrabble sets only contain one each of those tiles (and the game's wildcards, the two blank tiles, are worth no points whatsoever). A similar game, Bananagrams, contains two each of those consonants.
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  • The cast is sitting around playing Scrabble when someone plays a nonsense word and gets called on it. The cheater will be forced to "prove" it's a real word by giving its definition. If the writers know something about Scrabble, expect the word to contain copious amounts of the high-scoring consonant tiles (J, K, Q, X, and Z). But let's ignore the fact that actual English-language Scrabble sets only contain one each of those tiles (and the game's wildcards, the two blank tiles, are worth no points whatsoever). A similar game, Bananagrams, contains two each of those consonants. Usually, but not always, a Sitcom trope. A Rules Lawyer may note that even according to official Scrabble rules, players are still technically allowed to play such words -- you just have to pay a points penalty if you get caught. Also, contrary to the trope, asking an opponent to actually define a challenged word is considered bad form in high level play; tournament Scrabble players are too busy memorizing huge lists of words to bother with trivial things like what the words mean. Subtrope of Neologism. See also Perfectly Cromulent Word and Antidisestablishmentarianism. Examples of Scrabble Babble include:
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