Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 11, 2016

Just fold, Calvin.

Just fold.

What word did he say in the second panel? Also, use one of Hobbes’ vowels. Also, can’t one word be seven letters at least unless you’re adding to another one?

Hobbes must be bluffing in the last panel. His tail is not wagging.

If Calvin makes “IN” from the “I” in “ZYGOMORPHIC,” and Hobbes then makes “NUCLEOPLASMIC” from that, that also puts a “U” after the “C.” What kind of word is “CU”?

Sorry, but I tend to think about these things. :-)

My Scrabble game doesn’t have tiles for those symbols.

Wow, Calvin is actually swearing. Never seen that before… at least in this comic.

I play scrabble online on a site and I assure you, those words MrEdCollins listed are listed are acceptable!

You’ve got to know when to hold ’em. Know when to fold ’em. Know when to walk away. Know when to run.

I love Scrabble on these cold winter nights. We usually put on a movie in the background that doesn’t require much attention, such as Planes Trains and Automobiles.

Great strip, but this gives Watterson a place in the Scrabble Hall of Shame!

“B” is worth 3 points, so Calvin would have scored 4, not 2.

“N” and “I” are both worth 1 point, so he would have scored only 2.

With only 7 tiles, Hobbes could not have spelled the 11-letter word “zygomorphic” (and there’s no 4-letter word to build upon).

Nor could he have scored 150 points! While he would get a 50 point bonus for clearing all his tiles, there is no way to score 100 points for “zygomorphic”. The problem is that you cannot hit a triple-letter square AND a triple word square with the same word! (They are not in line.) “Z” is worth 10 points, but a double-letter square & triple word wouldn’t be enough!

Poker, anyone? (Does Hobbes have some cards hidden up his fur?! :-) )

Cats’ tail do a kind of jitter thing when they’re about to pounce.

Am i the only one who just used google…lol

I used it too lol

Sore loser. I’ll bet any game that Calvin loses at, he quits.

Thanks for all this. I will save some of these words for Words With Friends. I always seem to get all consonants or all vowels.

Appearing in tomorrow’s strip:

“Calvin has mysteriously shrunk to the size of an insect!”

Let’s all play a game of 3D Scrabble…

Wouldn’t you prefer a nice game of chess?

I foresee trouble in River City.

Try Calvinball. To beat a tiger, grab his tale.

Only two points for the word “be?” Isn’t the letter “B” worth three and then the “E” one?

I’m leaving now, to play another game of Monopoly, with real money…

Like “fourth” or “tenth” but at position “n.”https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/nth

30 years and you’ll know every word to lose your opponent

Freaking hilarious!!

I think “be” is worth at least 4 points. Give the kid a chance!

When this strip was new, eight dollars was a significant amount of money.