SCRABBLE causes the most family arguments on Boxing Day, a poll found.
Players get miffed with each other for making up words or cheating by using their phones to help them.
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SCRABBLE causes the most family arguments on Boxing Day, a poll found.
A poll of 1,500 families revealed that 31 per cent said their festive break had been ruined by the word game after rows broke out.
Alex Bingham, 46, of Rickmansworth, Herts, said his family had a festive flare-up after his gran accused his brother of cheating at Scrabble when he tried to place the word “whatevs” — added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2019.
Alex said: “She was furious and said it would never have been allowed in her day, point blank refused to play any more and went off to sulk. It put a right downer on Boxing Day.”
In the study by greetings card firm thortful.com, 20 per cent said Christmas or Boxing Day was spoiled by a squabble over games such as Cluedo or Monopoly.
A spokesman said board games were the cause of “20 per cent of festive arguments”.
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