MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Pastor and author John Piper was reportedly crushed to find himself unable to draw any tiles depicting a hyphen during a recent, intense Scrabble match with his wife Noel, sources confirmed Friday.

A crestfallen Piper was totally unable to score a single word during the duel of words and wits, seeing the match go to his wife in a historic defeat with a final score of 3748 to 0.

"I could play off Noel's 'centered' word there in the middle and get a double word bonus with 'Christ-centered,' 'gospel-centered,' or 'cross-centered,' but - geez, no hyphens again," Piper reportedly muttered as he took a tenth turn in a row to exchange letters with the bag, hunting for that elusive hyphen tile.

According to witnesses, Piper grew increasingly frustrated as golden opportunities

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