The Dumbing Down Of America

Throw out the dictionary!  In a mind-boggling development, Mattel has decided to change the rules of one of my favorite games.

According to the BBC,

The rules of word game Scrabble are being changed for the first time in its history to allow the use of proper nouns, games company Mattel has said.

Place names, people's names and company names or brands will now count.

What?!?  Are you kidding me?  Almost any combination of seven letters would now be playable.  Have you seen what people name their kids?  "Why yes, florrie, there IS a guy named X-L-P-R-O-T-Z somewhere in the world!  His mama calls him Zelprots!  Zelprots the Third, to be precise.  I win!  Hahaha!"

ARGHH!

And how about last names?   For example, the surname Bazzaz?  35 points, thank you very much.

Challenge of the day:  who can come up with the most points for a band name?  Remember, no more than seven letters.  Here's the letter values:

10 points: Q and Z     


8 points: J and X

5 points: K

4 points: H, F, W, Y, and V

3 points: C, M, B, and P


2 points: D and G


All other letters are worth one point.  


Ready, set, go!