#New AI Scrabble mod only allows words that don’t exist

“#New AI Scrabble mod only allows words that don’t exist”

A festive game of Scrabble is a time-tested method of surviving the extended company of obnoxious family members. But losing to a crabby relative can make their company even worse.

But this year, uncle Nigel (name changed to protect identity) will face a different challenge. Thanks to a new AI version of the classic board game, his distressing knowledge of the dictionary will be of no use at all — because real words no longer count.

The BLABRECS system is the brainchild of Max Kreminski, an AI researcher and game designer. He describes his creation as “like Scrabble but worse.”

The browser-based tool is designed to run alongside a regular Scrabble game. But under the new rules, you can only play words that the AI says don’t exist –but sound as if they could.

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After arranging your tiles into an order that looks like gibberish, enter the word into the BLABRECS text box to check whether the AI deems it appropriately nonsensical. If it’s accepted, hit the “Play It” button to add the word — and your definition for it — to the lexicon.