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Updated: January 29, 2024

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	noun • (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles
	36%	7		Official dictionary used in this game is the Merriam-Webster Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
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	34%	13		Author of the influential dictionary 'Webster's Dictionary'
	noun • United States politician and orator (1782-1817)

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