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# It’s forbidden to play a game that one normally writes when playing the game. (See the page on [[Kotaiv]].) <Ref> Chaye Adam ([[Shabbat]] 38:11) </ref> Therefore, some say that scrabble shouldn’t be played on [[Shabbat]] because one normally writes when playing the game. <Ref>Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim, pg 135), Tiltulei [[Shabbat]] (Halachos of [[Muktzeh]] pg 24) </ref>  
# It’s forbidden to play a game that one normally writes when playing the game. (See the page on [[Kotaiv]].) <Ref> Chaye Adam ([[Shabbat]] 38:11) </ref> Therefore, some say that scrabble shouldn’t be played on [[Shabbat]] because one normally writes when playing the game. <Ref>Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim, pg 135), Tiltulei [[Shabbat]] (Halachos of [[Muktzeh]] pg 24) </ref>  
# Some hold that it is permissible to play as long as you do not use the scrabble board that has individual squares for each tile (which creates an additional problem of kosev.)
# Some hold that it is permissible to play as long as you do not use the scrabble board that has individual squares for each tile (which creates an additional problem of kosev.)
 
==Binoculars==
# One may focus binoculars on [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Kaf Hachaim 313:73, Ketzot HaShulchan 119:12 explain that this does not pose a problem of [[boneh]] because it is the regular method of use. </ref>
==Jacks==
==Jacks==
# Playing five stone (a type of jacks) is permissible and isn’t an issue of [[Muktzeh]]. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:11 </ref>
# Playing five stone (a type of jacks) is permissible and isn’t an issue of [[Muktzeh]]. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 16:11 </ref>