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A Scrabble friend calls the author from an airport in Greenland, excited because he had a real-world sighting of a little-used Scrabble word:
"'I spotted a sign nailed to a tree. In big letters, it said 'Umiaq for Rent!'
"'You're kidding me!' I was as excited as he. This was a word nerd's version of people seeing the image of the Virgin Mary on a piece of toast or a tree stump" (12).
— Apr 01, 2026 03:41AM
"'I spotted a sign nailed to a tree. In big letters, it said 'Umiaq for Rent!'
"'You're kidding me!' I was as excited as he. This was a word nerd's version of people seeing the image of the Virgin Mary on a piece of toast or a tree stump" (12).
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