Mrs. Jean McGiffen & Scrabble board.You have to be quite a devotee to play any game for 12 hours straight.But keen Scrabble player Mrs. Jean McGiffen, who did just that, says a 12-hour stint is just a lot of fun.Mrs. McGiffen, one of the supervisors for T

Mrs. Jean McGiffen & Scrabble board.You have to be quite a devotee to play any game for 12 hours straight.But keen Scrabble player Mrs. Jean McGiffen, who did just that, says a 12-hour stint is just a lot of fun.Mrs. McGiffen, one of the supervisors for The Sun 1978 NSW Scrabble Championship, has been playing the word game for 20 years.''It's a very inexpensive hobby. I've taken my Scrabble set all around Australia with me,'' she said.''Anybody can play. It's very similar to a crossword in that you have to join words on to an existing word.''It helps to have a good vocabulary of course, but if you don't, playing Scrabble is the best way to get one.'' January 10, 1978. (Photo by Keith Edward Byron/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).