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Do you know your weird words?

Scrabble makers have set the internet alight with talk of changing the rules for the first time in its 62-year history.

However, boardgame purists can remain calm; the new rules – which allow proper nouns such as people and places, as well as spelling words backwards – are all part of a limited edition 'Scrabble Trickster'.

There are plenty of weird and wonderful words in the world to confuse the most accomplished linguists, but do you know your elaborate translations from your exotic phrases?

Find out with this informative multi-lingual mystery that pits your "tingoes" against your "tangoes" to teach you a thing or two about language!

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