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I dreamt the other night that I got a near-perfect score on a spelling test, mispelling "yahtzee".
oatcake Diary Entry oatcake 2002
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The real fun actually comes in figuring out the bidding -- if the last bid was "yahtzee", does a bid of "100 paper-wrapped dry cleaner hangers" MATCH that bid or RAISE it?
Ask MetaFilter Stewriffic 2009
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According to a "senior Democratic aide" -- who went unnamed lest we all start clamoring to press our flesh upon the body of this political genius, to absorb his wisdom -- Democrats, by not voting on something that everyone wants, actually scored a massive checkmate-yahtzee-touchdown against the GOP:
Dems' Tax Cut Punt Doesn't Make Any Sense Jason Linkins 2010
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According to a "senior Democratic aide" -- who went unnamed lest we all start clamoring to press our flesh upon the body of this political genius, to absorb his wisdom -- Democrats, by not voting on something that everyone wants, actually scored a massive checkmate-yahtzee-touchdown against the GOP:
Dems' Tax Cut Punt Doesn't Make Any Sense Jason Linkins 2010
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According to a "senior Democratic aide" -- who went unnamed lest we all start clamoring to press our flesh upon the body of this political genius, to absorb his wisdom -- Democrats, by not voting on something that everyone wants, actually scored a massive checkmate-yahtzee-touchdown against the GOP:
Dems' Tax Cut Punt Doesn't Make Any Sense The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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According to a "senior Democratic aide" -- who went unnamed lest we all start clamoring to press our flesh upon the body of this political genius, to absorb his wisdom -- Democrats, by not voting on something that everyone wants, actually scored a massive checkmate-yahtzee-touchdown against the GOP:
Dems' Tax Cut Punt Doesn't Make Any Sense The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Of course, if I find 5 wrecks on the same table at the store, do I get a wreck-yahtzee?
The Amercian Way 2009
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And these same friends just managed to show up every few days to play cards or yahtzee with me.
Things people have done for me recently that had a major impact Becca 2009
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| Reply | Permalink checkmate yahtzee and gin my friends
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JIM CAREY, COMEDIAN: Bingo, yahtzee, is that your final answer?
treeseed commented on the word yahtzee
Yahtzee is the trademarked name of a popular dice game made by Milton Bradley (now owned by Hasbro). The object of the game is to score the most points by rolling five dice to make certain combinations. The dice can be rolled up to three times in a turn to try to make one of the thirteen possible scoring combinations. A game of Yahtzee consists of thirteen rounds during which the player chooses which scoring combination is to be used in that round. Once a combination has been used in the game, it cannot be used again.
Each of the scoring combinations has a different point value, some of which are fixed values and others of which have the cumulative value of the dice. A Yahtzee is a five-of-a-kind and holds the game's highest point value of 50.
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February 18, 2008