Recent additions to the official Scrabble dictionary -- like za, qi, and zzz -- have upset the letter distribution balance of the game, causing high scoring letters like z & q to become overvalued. The three-point line in college basketball and Monopoly's Vermont Ave. are similarly mispriced.
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