Scrabble: Classic or dud (triple word score

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You all seem a literate lot, so would you call The Crossword Game (TM) boardgame viagra or mogadon with letters on? And as a corollary, longest words/highest score/most disputed word/lowest scoring game/letters your dog ate.

― The Barnet Ape, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I love Scrabble, and I'm pretty damn good at it. I'm pretty upset right now, since the version I had on my computer bugged out on me, and I can't play it anymore. I think the computer was pissed because I kept beating it. At one point, I made the word "swim". Computer attached an "ahe" to it and tried to give itself points for "aheswim". I challenged it and made it take "aheswim" back. On its next turn, it hesitated a bit and then poutily threw an "n" down right in the middle of nowhere. Honest to god.

I once got into a nasty fight with my roommate over the viability of "quo". He was pro-"quo", I was against. Boy, you wouldn't believe how pissed he was. And then I beat his ass.

My proudest accomplishment was "quahog" on triple word score.

― Kerry Keane, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I've never played Scrabble in my life, it's been computer games not board games for me (apart from the Thomas The Tank Engine game).
Tenuously related rant: I hate Monopoly.

― DG, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Areola. On a triple.

― JM, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

qua·hog also qua·haug (khôg, -hg, kwô-, kw-) n.

An edible clam (Venus mercenaria) of the Atlantic coast of North America, having a hard rounded shell. Also called hard-shell clam, round clam.

― JM, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i once gout Quxotic on a triple
i consider this a life highlight

― anthony, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Scrabble=kilo-klassik. It's great! It Rules!!! My Wife ALWAYS hammers the fux0r out of me!!!! Gah!!

x0x0

― Norman Fay, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Scrabble is a violent sport in my family. I'd rather not talk about it.

― Ally, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yahoo has a free net version online. It is fun until you realize that you are getting whipped by 85 year old women.

I like the word 'tarmac'.

― bnw, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Grate triple-word scores disallowed in the Fay household: fuXor, suXor, roXor

― mark s, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Rude Scrabble was always a success, and given that it allowed compound words, single word scores in the hundreds were common. The only one I can remember now is AHUGEFI, which you will understand, Pete.

― Magnus, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Never felt any desire to go back to the old (c.1972) edition I had as a child. Therefore, certainly not classic, though not quite dud.

― Robin Carmody, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I had a near brawl one night in a cottage up north, when the man used the fairly unusual 'karet' - which was fine - no really - but then he had the nerve to add an 's' to it on the next turn for a double word score. Sly bastard.

Anyone ever played that other thing on Yahoo called Word Racer (or something very close to that). Very addictive. Had to quit cold turkey.

― Kim, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

MeeSTeR SiNK3R S3Z:

Grate triple-word scores disallowed in the Fay household: fuXor, suXor, roXor

Damnit, I'm not allowed to use k-rad or k-lame either. They should do an 31337-hax0r-sp34k version of scrabble. That would undoubtedly r0x0r, d00d.

Or something

x0x0

― Norman Fay, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I love Scrabble. Kerry, the dictionary of the computer version is like the one on a word-processor, you can add yr own words to it, so it was probably somebody cheating and adding words they *weanted* to use...best to stick to the board version!

Highest scoring word is caziques (native American tribal leaders, I believe)...gets you 512 on both triples!! Never managed anything like that myself, did get 'redounds' on a triple once. Best to avoid arguments by grabbing yrself a copy of Official Scrabble Words.

― MarkH, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two months pass...

I broke 300 last week !

― anthony, Wednesday, 26 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Scrabble is the greatest game on earth. There is a scrabble faq which says that the highest scoring LOSING score was somewhere in the 500s. The winner had 700+.

― hans, Wednesday, 26 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

three years pass...

2005 Nationals (USA) begin this Saturday in Reno. I will be going out early Saturday to root on a friend.

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:55 (twenty years ago)

Wow, someone else apart from me had the Thomas The Tank Engine board game.

The last time I played Scrabble, my opponant got an eight-letter word. On a triple word score. On HIS FIRST GO.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:28 (twenty years ago)

(his word was "moraines")

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

i had 'booziest' on a triple word/z on the double letter at literati fairly recently, i was all proud.

obv k k k k classic

― juliaaa, Friday, 19 August 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

I got such a beatdown from Edward O in the Lit tournament that I haven't played Lit or Scrabble since then. I think I'm ready to get back on the horse that threw me, though.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

classic ...here is a decent place to play online against friends.

― drone/a/saur (william), Friday, 19 August 2005 19:58 (twenty years ago)

I have only played Scrabble like three or four times in my life. I have played Upwords probably about 100, though.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 19 August 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

Best play of the tournament:

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/images/board08262005123034.jpg

14 letter word!!! Unbelievable.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 1 September 2005 21:26 (twenty years ago)

Other than Scrabble pimp Ed O, do any other ILXors play on the isc.ro server?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 1 September 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

Yo! Screen name is wmcrump. I haven't played much lately, hopefully I will get back to it.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 1 September 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

i play on isc.ro, i'm julesb74.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Thursday, 1 September 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

juror8 if kidz wanna challenge

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 1 September 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)

Scrabble Pimp. Ho, I'm using that from now on. I'm also going to rock up to tournaments dressed as Snoop Dogg. That'll get RESULTS.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 1 September 2005 22:28 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, librarian ho's be all over you.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 1 September 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

SHIZZLE on a 3W would rock the house, yo.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 1 September 2005 23:26 (twenty years ago)

Hahah that reminds me of the John Safran skit where Eminem and Insane Clown Posse (or someone) were playing scrabble, and Derryn Hinch was refereeing words like "ho" and "shizzle" and "phat".

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 1 September 2005 23:36 (twenty years ago)

That was quite a good skit. Even if Derryn himself is a bit of a twerp and not much of a player, and his not-very-well-selling but impressive looking Scrabble book was mostly written by someone else.

HO: yes. PHAT: yes, and you can have PHATTER and PHATTEST. The definition of it in Chambers Dictionary is fantastic, too.

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 2 September 2005 00:15 (twenty years ago)

Ha! Why did Hinch release a Scrabble Dictionary of all things!? Is he some sekrit Scrabble cabal leader?

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 2 September 2005 00:16 (twenty years ago)

He wrote a book on strategy, you know, playing the game "properly" in the 70s, that was OK, but a bit before the days of standardised rules and such. So he updated it a few years ago, but because he's no expert, he drafted a real expert to write those bits for him.

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 2 September 2005 00:17 (twenty years ago)

Huh. Wonders will never somethingsomething.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 2 September 2005 00:19 (twenty years ago)

Scrabble is the greatest game on earth. There is a scrabble faq which says that the highest scoring LOSING score was somewhere in the 500s. The winner had 700+.
-- hans (hansgree...), September 26th, 2001 5:00 PM

I whole-heartedly agree. An ILXer has agreed to teach me online Literati, since I got all wigged-out whe I saw the thread that says it is like scrabble and I have never heard of Literati, save for the nearby cafe of the same name in my neighborhood. I can only hope that Literati is half as fantastic as Scrabble!

― Wiggy (Wiggy), Friday, 2 September 2005 02:22 (twenty years ago)

I revived a Scrabble thread yesterday to brag about my awesome 128-point word and nobody looked. :(

― nabiscothingy, Friday, 2 September 2005 03:16 (twenty years ago)

I am terrible at Scrabble :( Which considering I like to think I'm pretty good with words is inexcusable really. Dont play it drunk I say. This one time, someone played "zo" as a word (it is legit) and every time it was my turn I'd exclaim "whats this? ZO isnt a word! What word is this?" and it'd be explained to me, I'd go ok, cool...then my turn would come around again and .. "whats this? ZO isnt a word!"

My friends still take the piss out of me about it :/

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 2 September 2005 08:09 (twenty years ago)

Nitsuh! Tell us of your MAGIC SCORE!

I play as ooh goodness, I've forgotten it's been so long. Oh, no, it's starry292 if you want to add me, though I can't go on much anymore :(

― Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Friday, 2 September 2005 13:36 (twenty years ago)

I revived a Scrabble thread yesterday to brag about my awesome 128-point word and nobody looked. :(

i noticed! that's fucking impressive! i just don't post much is all.

i'm starting to go on isc more again now since the literati tournament seems to be slowing down...

wiggy, literati probably isn't as cool as scrabble on isc, but it's still fun. just different. and if you play random internet people they get all antagonistic if you play well, which gets rather tiresome. i've gotten accused a good bit of cheating for using sciency words. i'm just trying to put my bachelor's to good use though!

― Juulia (julesbdules), Friday, 2 September 2005 16:10 (twenty years ago)

Oh wait, it was actually 143 points -- INQUIRE was 128, and then the E made a triple-scored YE, for 15 more.

I assume the game pictured above spent several turns being all about which player would get an R first -- whoever plunked down the triple-scored RE on REMATERIALIZE(D) cleaned house. I wonder what how the AIDE cut-off got on the bottom. Or rather, I wonder what the Scrabble wordbook would have to say about a janky construction like REMATERIALIZERS, which would have triple-scored that string yet again.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 2 September 2005 16:42 (twenty years ago)

I think MATERIAL was turned into REMATERIALIZE, the D hooked last. REMATERIALIZERS is no good.

― edward o (edwardo), Saturday, 3 September 2005 13:10 (twenty years ago)

I thought under scrabble rules you couldn't score a bonus+50er with your last seven letters? I was housing someone by like 80 points earlier on with seven left on the rack, and they went and played "oilcans" of all things. Bastard.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 3 September 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

i think you can...i have a bunch of times (on computer programs as well as irl). had that done by an opponent too while i was winning originally...ouch.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Saturday, 3 September 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)

Course you can. It's a key part of strategy, to hive off your seven letter until the last move to catch your opponent with a full rack, and such.

― edward o (edwardo), Saturday, 3 September 2005 23:43 (twenty years ago)

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