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EE38b

If the game of tick-tack-toe comes out so that neither X nor O wins, you call that ________.

This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.

TIE 7
CAT SCRATCH 4
SCRATCH 4
DRAW 3
A DRAW 1
CAT 1
CAT GOT IT 1
CATS 1
CATS EYE 1
CAT’S GAME 1
DO OVER 1
TYE 1

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