Instead of tapping and moving around your letters, you have actual tiles you have to place on the board.

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We know the following to be true: microelectromechanical systems ( MEMS) technology can foster some very inventive gadgetry, and it's a wonderful four-turn, 45-point Scrabble word (barring special tiles and presuming an abnormally-large board).

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On my walk down the corridor to board my plane home, I saw loose and chipped wall tiles.

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