HUH??? The only possible reason I can think of is that the Jesuits were part of the 'racist, bigoted, Eurocentric' colonisation of the New World.
Of course, the word may be offensive today to many Catholics and those who are committed to the defence of sanity and order in society, but I seriously doubt that's why it was banned.
(See Players Quit Over Controversial 400-Word Scrabble Change for the backstory.)
From Archyde
Furthermore, they point out, it’s not just slurs that were banned, some of the other less recognized words that have been banned have left experienced players bewildered and frustrated. For example, one of the unexplained banned terms was “Jesuit,” which is defined as “a member of an order of priests founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to carry out missionary work”, and is worth a precious 200 points in the game.
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