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  2. Words with Friends - Wikipedia

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    Words with Friends is a multiplayer computer word game developed by Newtoy. Players take turns building words crossword -puzzle style in a manner similar to the classic board game Scrabble. The rules of the two games are similar, but Words with Friends is not associated with the Scrabble brand. Up to 40 games can be played simultaneously using ...

  3. List of English words with dual French and Old English ...

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    Generally, words coming from French often retain a higher register than words of Old English origin, and they are considered by some to be more posh, elaborate, sophisticated, or pretentious. However, there are exceptions: weep, groom and stone (from Old English) occupy a slightly higher register than cry, brush and rock (from French).

  4. List of English words containing Q not followed by U - Wikipedia

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    Like many of the other English words that use a q not followed by a u, souq is of Arabic origin. In English, the letter Q is usually almost always followed immediately by the letter U, e.g. quiz, quarry, question, squirrel. However, there are some exceptions. The majority of these are anglicised from Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Inuktitut, or other ...

  5. Words With Friends' makers: 'We had no idea that it'd catch ...

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    Speaking with Spectrum, Words With Friends creators Paul and David Bettner (formerly of Newtoy and now Because now you're sitting on a gold mine that has drove at least one guy-a very famous guy ...

  6. Words With Friends helped save a man's life thousands of ...

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    Blue Springs woman Beth Legler was playing a Words With Friends match with a buddy from down under she met years ago through random matchmaking, Georgie Fletcher. During the match, she told Beth ...

  7. Word With Friends Word-O-Meter: Or should we say, Cheat ... - AOL

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    For the cost of 10 Tokens or roughly $1.50 USD, Tile Pile allowed players to see what letters remained in the hidden letters pile, while Word-O-Meter tells you whether you can get a better word ...

  8. Doublet (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Doublet (linguistics) In etymology, two or more words in the same language are called doublets or etymological twins or twinlings (or possibly triplets, and so forth) when they have different phonological forms but the same etymological root. Often, but not always, the words entered the language through different routes.

  9. Word warriors find a new arena in Words with Friends ... - AOL

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    Words with Friends probably wouldn't recognize "wordsmithery" as a word (though, it totally should), but it would make a nasty 72 point triple word score. And soon, fans of the iOS and Android ...