Sarah Palin on Scrabble

Of three posts, I have one on Scrabble and one on Sarah Palin. coincidentally, this caught my eye:

"Everybody in the family played Scrabble and took great pride in hoarding Ks and Qs and slapping them down in long, fancy words on triple-letter scores." -- Going Rogue, p. 12.

Leaving aside the obvious (that others have already pointed out): there's only one Q and K per game, they aren't generally letters you hoard, the main point of playing a long word is to get the bingo, and triple-letter scores are nice but in this context it seems clear she meant "triple-word". You don't play a long word on a triple letter score.

No, what got me what the word "fancy". She came from a smart family, the message is, an educated family, but they never forgot how humble and folksy they truly were. Oh sure, little Sarah might play QUOKkAS on a triple "letter" score (using the blank), but then they'd all laugh about the fancy words and she'd go help with the dishes.

Perhaps after dinner they'd recite Homer in the original Greek, and then make macaroni art together.