The Most Searched For Game Cheat In 2013 Was… Scrabble?

Australians searched Google for scrabble cheats more than any other game this year, according to Google’s own statistics. In a surprise result, the Mattel board game took out the top slot for most searched game cheat, beating out the likes of GTAV, Minecraft and Candy Crush.

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At the end of each year, Google reveals Australia’s top searches for 2013 divided into various categories. While many of the results are predictable (The Block was the most searched for TV show, for instance), we were somewhat taken aback by the cheats category. Grand Theft Auto V was the only non-mobile video game made it into the top five, with word games dominating the list. Behold:

    Cheats (Most Searched)

  1. Scrabble Cheat
  2. GTA 5 Cheat
  3. Draw Something Cheat
  4. Fantasy Football Cheat
  5. Words Cheat
  6. Letterpress Cheat
  7. Sims 3 Cheats
  8. Crossword Cheat
  9. Minecraft Cheat Codes
  10. Candy Crush Cheats
  11. [clear] [clear]
    Just who are all these vocabulary blackguards and what sort of cheats are they expecting to find? We didn’t even realise it was possible to cheat in Scrabble — especially if there’s a dictionary on hand to challenge dubious looking words.

    You can check out the rest of Google’s Aussie search barometre results in the video below:


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