Farter.
― ian, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 19:23 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ for a start that's German
― snoball, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
they are called "phonies"!
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
fuck u holden.
― ian, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
bottyhutty
― sarahel, Monday, 23 August 2010 21:01 (fourteen years ago) link
CLIT always a disappointment.
― A Chart Hit of Some Sort (Eazy), Monday, 23 August 2010 21:01 (fourteen years ago) link
ian
― sarahel, Monday, 23 August 2010 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
My brother once played the word "unrewaxed". I had to allow it, because I knew I could use it in a sentence.
― Aimless, Monday, 23 August 2010 21:27 (fourteen years ago) link
kegel
― Count Scrofula (corey), Monday, 23 August 2010 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I got away with a scrabble on "ruineth" once, but I had to live with that as my moniker for the next week.
― Ground Zero Mostel (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 August 2010 22:32 (fourteen years ago) link
a friend and I played this really dumb girl in the Yahoo version (called Literati) and we played on challenge mode, where everything stood unless you challenged.
she was so dumb that she was afraid to challenge anything, so some of the big word scores of the night were words like "gambanans".
― the master of unlocking (San Te), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 00:35 (fourteen years ago) link
you sir are a cad
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 00:37 (fourteen years ago) link
i am not proud of my days as a scrabble-hustler but we all gotta come from somewhere right? scrabble was how I put food on the table
― the master of unlocking (San Te), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 00:39 (fourteen years ago) link
if that was a legit way of earning one's corn I'd be having bacchanalian rite every evening
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 00:40 (fourteen years ago) link
well it wasn't 'legit', ya know, it was played in back alleys with bootlegged boards and grain alcohol...
― the master of unlocking (San Te), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 00:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Weighted blanks in the drawsack.
― A Chart Hit of Some Sort (Eazy), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 00:45 (fourteen years ago) link
all playing 'qi' two ways on a triple letter score and getting your face kicked in
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 00:46 (fourteen years ago) link
za is good too
― sarahel, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 00:47 (fourteen years ago) link
for waking up without kidneys
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 00:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Scrabble-inspired shankings - c/d?
― the master of unlocking (San Te), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 00:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Worst shanking I ever got was some dude doing UNCLES one line from the top and then busting out triple-letter madness by making NUNCLES. From King Lear, he said. NUNCLES.
― A Chart Hit of Some Sort (Eazy), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 00:57 (fourteen years ago) link
imparade
― sarahel, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 01:00 (fourteen years ago) link
anybody ever had a truly valid high-scoring word nullified because the majority of the players didn't believe it was a word?
― the day the Marc Lois took over (San Te), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link
the other day, 'anoxides'
but it's a good thing because that isn't a word at all :D
still won by over 100 points
my greatest triumph was a few months ago when in a 4-player game i came back from MILES behind to win with a bingo on my last go - FEELINGS and ROOFS were made - it was one of the best moments of my life, coming as it did in front of my best friend, his gf, and our best other friend
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 01:30 (fourteen years ago) link
coming as it did?
― sarahel, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 01:32 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks sarahel, the mental image of LJ dispensing cocksoup is exactly what I needed.....
― the day the Marc Lois took over (San Te), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 01:33 (fourteen years ago) link
no megadome! (but yes megadose which I won the game with)
― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 01:34 (fourteen years ago) link
I've got five bingos in this game - my proudest achievement in months.
― Not the real Village People, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 02:06 (fourteen years ago) link
quim
― sarahel, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link
perf
― sarahel, Thursday, 26 August 2010 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
I posted this on an ILM thread a couple a weeks ago: I was playing the Quackle computer, and it wouldn't allow me to lay "crunkier."
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 August 2010 20:54 (fourteen years ago) link
There is a great part in the book Word Freak where some guy is defending his Scrabble word book at a trial. The lawyer is grilling him with words like, "Would you say UNBANANAS is a word?" "No?" "But REBANANAS is a word?" "Yes, rebananas would count." Best trial dialogue!
― sharkless dick stick (Abbbottt), Thursday, 26 August 2010 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link
God, I loved that book, even though it sent me down a path I wish I'd never got anywhere near to.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 August 2010 21:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Ah, no kidding. I want to buy The Scrabble Word Book but I'm afraid it would make me a very hated person. I feel like I don't need any further help in socially marginalizing myself.
― sharkless dick stick (Abbbottt), Thursday, 26 August 2010 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
The lawyer is grilling him with words like, "Would you say UNBANANAS is a word?" "No?" "But REBANANAS is a word?" "Yes, rebananas would count."
Ha, apparently it was no to REBANANA but yes to ANTIBANANA.
― jaymc, Thursday, 26 August 2010 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
<3 you jaymc!
I've read that book at least four times. It's what I read when I want to sleep but can't get my mind off troubles x worries.
― sharkless dick stick (Abbbottt), Thursday, 26 August 2010 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
MANX
(it's capitalized)
― Mosquepanik at Ground Zero (abanana), Thursday, 26 August 2010 21:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Weirdly, I haven't read Word Freak, but I saw the documentary Word Wars.
― jaymc, Thursday, 26 August 2010 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
The crew making "Word Wars" were hanging out with Fastis while he was writing his book, and there's a fair amount of overlap between the two. They focus on all the same main players, iirc. SO it's weird if you've read the book getting to see these people IRL. I liked "Word Wars" but the graphics in it really annoyed me.
― sharkless dick stick (Abbbottt), Thursday, 26 August 2010 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
"Unbananas" should be a word, for when this shit is not bananas, obv
― vampire headphase (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 26 August 2010 22:03 (fourteen years ago) link
"amirite" for the win
― funky brewster (San Te), Thursday, 26 August 2010 22:04 (fourteen years ago) link
but when is this shit ever not bananas??
― Mordy, Thursday, 26 August 2010 22:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I wonder if AMIRITE is in anyone's crossword database.
― jaymc, Thursday, 26 August 2010 22:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I watched Word Wars for a second time recently; only read the book once. The film is very good, but not as good as the book. Obviously you can't get as deep into the subject in a 90-minute film as you can in a 400-page book. Marlon Hill is great--he was the highlight of the film for me. What the film misses most is what frames the book: Fastis's own developing addiction. There's a thing in Ontario for junior-age kids called the Silver Birch Awards. Teachers at my school sign up to read one book, and last year I ended up reading Susin (sic) Nielsen's Word Nerd, about a 12-year-old kid who takes up Scrabble (to ward off all the cliches of such books: divorce, bullying, etc.). Pretty good; all the chapter titles were 7-letter anagrams.
http://tundrabooks.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/word-nerd.jpg
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 August 2010 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Does its author have a peanut allergy? Or, more broadly, why is the book advertised as being "peanut free"?
― sharkless dick stick (Abbbottt), Thursday, 26 August 2010 23:13 (fourteen years ago) link
The lead character Ambrose does, one of the reasons he gets bullied.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 August 2010 23:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Just remembered something that happened a couple of months ago. I was on the Internet Scrabble Club, and Joel Sherman ("G.I. Joel") was on there playing one of the computers. If you're familiar with the ISC, you'll know that some of the same players from Word Freak/Wars are on there, that the interface lets you know when they log on, and that (if the person hasn't disabled his chat) you can message anyone who's online when you are. So I got this sudden urge to message Sherman and tell him how much I liked the book and the film. Couldn't do it--couldn't think of how to say it so that I'd be confident he wouldn't tell me to get lost. It was like finding yourself face-to-face with Willie Mays in an elevator and being too nervous to speak.
If you've seen Sherman in Word Wars, I'm sure this will seem somewhat amusing.
― clemenza, Friday, 27 August 2010 00:14 (fourteen years ago) link
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 00:46 (3 days ago)
Honestly the person who leaves an open vowel by a trip deserves what he/she gets
― Ground Zero Mostel (Hurting 2), Friday, 27 August 2010 00:21 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^^^^^
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 27 August 2010 00:43 (fourteen years ago) link
My opponent did FRUITED, and I thought I could do DEFRUITED for a triple word, but, alas, no.
The pear tree was defruited, and we ate a delicious breakfast.
― A Chart Hit of Some Sort (Eazy), Friday, 27 August 2010 04:38 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha clemenza, that is a golden celebrity-encounter story.
― sharkless dick stick (Abbbottt), Friday, 27 August 2010 04:58 (fourteen years ago) link
the young gentleman was defruited, and lived out the rest of his days as a god-fearing christian
― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Friday, 27 August 2010 05:12 (fourteen years ago) link
douchier
― sarahel, Monday, 11 October 2010 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
squeam
― Michael Jones, Monday, 11 October 2010 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
That's not fair: if bearish means you resemble a bear, then squeamish must mean you're acting like a squeam.
― clemenza, Monday, 11 October 2010 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Exactly.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 11 October 2010 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link
And then you've got things like Neil Simon films and romance novels, which are heavy with mawk.
― clemenza, Monday, 11 October 2010 22:17 (fourteen years ago) link
DANCIER
thank you very much early 2000s post-punk revival
― 69, Monday, 11 October 2010 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
(although tbh i got away with it!)
― clemenza, Friday, August 27, 2010 12:14 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark
hey btw who here is on ISC? im PLSMITH on there, and always stoked for a game if im signed on, especially from an ILXor! generally only like to play 25min DOUBLE TWL rated games, but ill play unrated games (and could settle for games over 12min/person) too.
― 69, Monday, 11 October 2010 22:23 (fourteen years ago) link
I've got a half-dozen different handles: sayhey, clemenza, stengel, rushmore, kane41, travis76. I've sworn off playing till Christman, my 532nd moratorium.
― clemenza, Monday, 11 October 2010 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Christ was a man, yes--the holiday's called "Christmas."
― clemenza, Monday, 11 October 2010 22:32 (fourteen years ago) link
twink
― sarahel, Sunday, 1 May 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Mung. Thought that was one of the better established beans...
― misty sensorium (Plasmon), Sunday, 1 May 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
SAXY
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 01:24 (thirteen years ago) link
"Truthers"--not for now, anyway.
― clemenza, Thursday, 5 May 2011 03:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Speaking of SAXY, would "Yakety" be a valid play?
― Aimless, Thursday, 5 May 2011 04:30 (thirteen years ago) link
ZOHAN
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 5 June 2011 01:12 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― Princess TamTam, Sunday, 5 June 2011 01:16 (thirteen years ago) link
"Mofo."
I did manage to hook "frosted" onto "mug" for a bingo--frosted mugs. And then, after a week-long binge, I've sworn off ISC yet again.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I once played Scrabble at a college party and scored what I argued was a scrabble with the word "ruineth," (i.e. archaic verb form of ruin/ruins). We had a long argument about it and they ultimately accepted but proceeded to call me "ruineth" for about a week. I've occasionally wondered since then if it was a valid play. What sayeth ILX?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 1 June 2022 16:14 (two years ago) link
Why you should decide on a dictionary to consult before the game.
― adam t. (abanana), Thursday, 2 June 2022 11:31 (two years ago) link
The stuff the Merriam-Webster Official Scrabble Dictionary accepts as words boggles (see what I did there) the mind.
― THE VEIVET UIUERABOUIU (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 2 June 2022 13:23 (two years ago) link
Although thanks to that dictionary I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten rid of a Q by playing “Qi”.
― THE VEIVET UIUERABOUIU (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 2 June 2022 13:26 (two years ago) link
According to this, no:
https://scrabble.hasbro.com/en-us/tools#dictionary
(Do you call seven-letter words Scrabbles--is that a British thing? The common name for them in North America is a Bingo.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 2 June 2022 14:42 (two years ago) link
We (british) used to call them scrabbles, I was surprised when I first heard them call bingos and even more surprised when I went back to the rules in our old box and saw that was the official term, I figured scrabbles was peculiar to our family - obviously not!
― buffalo tomozzarella (ledge), Thursday, 2 June 2022 15:33 (two years ago) link
Really, Scrabble makes a lot more sense; no one with a winning Bingo card yells out "Scrabble!"
― clemenza, Thursday, 2 June 2022 16:08 (two years ago) link