Talk:Challenge (Scrabble)

When is a Challenge a Challenge?

If I say I challenge a word, am I able to change my mind before looking it up?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.0.195.55 (talk • contribs) 13:33, August 28, 2008 (PST)

Not clear what this means:

Under "double challenge", we find (confusing section italicized):

A criticism of double challenge is that it is more conducive to bluffing. A player may play a word he knows is invalid in the hope that his opponent will not risk a challenge or even wait for their opponent to make a word that can help the player play an eight letter word to try and gain even more points.

I'm not sure who is "even waiting" for which opponent to make whose word to help who play what... can someone clarify? Or is that part even needed, since the idea of a player being able to bluff if there is no penalty is the key point, and I think that idea is clear enough.--NapoliRoma (talk) 09:15, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

I went ahead and removed it.--NapoliRoma (talk) 19:04, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Search challenge

I think we need to make mention of the 'search challenge'. If a word is challenged, the word is typed into the search bar at the homepage of the agreed-upon search engine. If the word returns more than a certain number of hits, it is deemed valid. Standard penalties apply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.181.160.60 (talk) 16:15, 28 December 2011 (UTC)