I had never heard of this word. I figured it was a fake, a Democrat ploy. This will teach me to never question the NYT.

Happy Scrabbling!

Main Entry: chad

Pronunciation: 'chad

Function: noun

Etymology: origin unknown

Date: 1947

: small pieces of paper or cardboard produced in punching paper tape or data cards; also : a piece of chad - chadB7less /-l&s/ adjective

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), November 13, 2000

Answers

Watch it Lars!!! Last time I told somebody around here "i feel ya" they almost ran me off.

But, as for "chad" wonder how many points we can get with it on the scrabble game, shucks I never knew it was a word.

-- (shh@4get.it), November 13, 2000.

I never knew the term either... my cute, but 'geeky' hubby did though.

Gosh, I love that guy..sorry..OT!!!

-- Peg (em@i.l), November 13, 2000.

c (3) h (4) a (1) d (2)-you would get a straight ten points in scrabble for this word, unless you place it on a double or triple word score, or if you can get the c or the h on a multiple letter score. The possibilities are multitudinous, but I would say the range of scrabble scores would be 10 to 35.

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), November 13, 2000.

Isn't there a penalty for incorrectly challenging a word? Until this week, I would have challenged "chad", being quite certain it was simply a small country in Africa.

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), November 13, 2000.

Lose a turn, Lars. Tragic.

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), November 14, 2000.