<p>I often find myself in situations where I have to choose between a high scoring word where the opponent can stick s to score highly, or if I should pick a lower-scoring word that you can't add &quot;s&quot; at the end of to make a parallel word. I suppose it's different for every board, like depending on tile position and lead, but as a general rule, what cases, if any, should I play around &quot;s&quot;?</p>

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2020-08-20T07:58:53.187Z
just to avoid the issue of free points, where I play, we have a house rule that you can't add a lone S after an existing word.
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When is it worth playing around "s" in Scrabble? I.e., trying not to spell words that "s" can be appended to for a parallel word
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# When is it worth playing around "s" in Scrabble? I.e., trying not to spell words that "s" can be appended to for a parallel word

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-18)

I often find myself in situations where I have to choose between a high scoring word where the opponent can stick s to score highly, or if I should pick a lower-scoring word that you can't add "s" at the end of to make a parallel word. I suppose it's different for every board, like depending on tile position and lead, but as a general rule, what cases, if any, should I play around "s"?

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> **username_1**: just to avoid the issue of free points, where I play, we have a house rule that you can't add a lone S after an existing word.  

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