Sometimes Always Never

The film is based on a short story called Triple Word Score, written by the script writer Frank Cottrrel Boyce.

This movie takes places in the UK; UK Scrabble players will note the following inaccuracies:

A character in the movie says that there are 101 two-letters words playable in Scrabble, but the UK list of playable Scrabble words has had 120 or more two-letter words since at least 2003. There was a time when the North Amercan list of playable Scrabble words had exactly 101 playable two-letter words; it is now up to 107. (The UK list is up to 127.)

(Side note: ZO is playable in the UK but not in North America.)

The term "bingo" for playing all seven letters on one's rack in one term is primarily a North American usage; "bonus" is used more often in the UK.