Switched Keys

I was playing a relaxing game of Scrabble on ISC when I got the simple message from my opponent. "Cheating, Bye." Well, I do have the resources and even have my own app for word searches, but I don't cheat. It's not honest, and it doesn't make sense. 

The accusation came after I played TRITER. I hadn't studied that word but if trite is a word, more trite would obviously be triter.

Then I reviewed some of the other unusual words I played. 

EPEE, is easy to remember if you've studied vowel heavy words.

ULU, is also vowel heavy but I also learned that by studying words with two Us.

FRESHING, wasn't that obvious. FRESH is a word and thought maybe it takes an ING, just as FRESHEN does.

OAKY, okay, I did know that, but not sure if I learned it studying high 4s (words beginning or ending with a 4 point tile), studying 2-5 Ks, or simply high value 4s.

In a different game someone questioned how I knew ZEATINS. That's one of the words you'll learn by studying just the top three stems. 

Knowing words that are not common gives you an advantage in Scrabble, particularly OTB play. Likely to be challenged. At lower levels in online play they may raise some eyebrows. And these aren't that uncommon for anyone who studies at all.