le Week-end

I always seem to have the supreme misfortune to draw the letter W when playing Scrabble in French, as there's barely one-quarter of a page in the French dictionary devoted to words that begin with that letter. (People use "Wu" for Chinese money; although I allow them, it's not in the French dictionary so I'm not sure that's in the official rules.) In spite of their high-value, I always am irked when I pull that dreaded W tile.

But I'm not a Scrabble expert, plus the fact the French have ...