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Scrabble Babble 2011
| Edgy DC Jan 01 2011 08:20 PM |
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If you'd like to view the last Scrabble Thread, you can find it here. When that disappears, go the Archives and look for threads starterd in January 2010.
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| Willets Point Jan 01 2011 11:35 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I finished off the year strong after sucking for several months.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 02 2011 12:37 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Reeling, I am.
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| metsmarathon Jan 02 2011 06:51 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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yikes! quite the dropoff since october...
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| Fman99 Jan 02 2011 06:27 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I spent a good solid two weeks getting my ass kicked on 4-5 boards at a shot, but I've had a resurgence of late.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 02 2011 06:29 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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If DAWNRISE was actually a word I think I woulda finished 2010 on top. Oh well.
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| Edgy DC Jan 02 2011 06:58 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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It wasn't a bingo, but I got away with BEAVERING today.
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| Fman99 Jan 02 2011 07:24 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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It's always a good day if you can get away with some beavering.
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| Ceetar Jan 02 2011 07:40 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I always enjoy the long words. glad it wasn't worth much though. :-D
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| Willets Point Jan 03 2011 08:39 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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WE'RE BUILDING A BETTER SCRABBLE FOR YOU!
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| metsmarathon Jan 04 2011 06:56 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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how is MANX not a valid scrabble word?
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| Frayed Knot Jan 04 2011 07:24 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I got that one slam-dunked once too. My guess is that, like Persian, it is considered a proper name.
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| Ceetar Jan 04 2011 10:15 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Going through another spurt of games. challenge me if you dare.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 04 2011 10:49 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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No, seriously. I'm pretty sure I'm losing to Seawolf in, like, three different matches. I've got, like, 7 going and am only ahead in 1.
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| Willets Point Jan 05 2011 09:17 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Beating Seawolf really does wonders for my rating as I've soared to 1522 and am at the top of the list of people I play SCRABBLE with. I expect that when I fall I will fall hard.
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| seawolf17 Jan 05 2011 09:40 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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It's not pretty; he's bingoed three times in this game.
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| Ceetar Jan 05 2011 01:24 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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A bought a word a day calendar, Scrabble themed. the answers are upside down in the bottom right corner though, so I have to be careful not to spoil them on myself.
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| seawolf17 Jan 06 2011 08:04 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I bought a few Scrabble puzzle books this fall; they've helped me immensely with learning new obscure words. No idea what the hell most of them mean, but I'm learning 'em.
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| Ceetar Jan 06 2011 08:05 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I just learn them by you beating me with them.
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| seawolf17 Jan 07 2011 11:37 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I finally beat Willets after losing at least three in a row. I was down 255-145 halfway through the game but stormed back, bingoing on ARBORIST (82) to start the rally and then bingoing on EXPRESS/SQUIRE (93) on my penultimate play to take the lead. 422-333 is your final.
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| Willets Point Jan 07 2011 11:39 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I took a screenshot of my Scrabble rating at 1543 because I expect that will be my peak. It's all downhill from here. Thanks for letting me beat you a couple of times, seawolf!
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| Fman99 Jan 11 2011 03:57 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I'm knockin CPF'ers out the box.
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| Ceetar Jan 21 2011 12:40 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I'm out of games.
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| metsmarathon Jan 21 2011 12:50 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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nominal.
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| Edgy DC Jan 22 2011 09:12 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Seawolf, imrprobably, continues to rise. Durn him for reading Scrab literature. Climbing up a notch: Willets and Seawolf --- the latter of whom moves up by standing still.
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| Willets Point Jan 22 2011 11:02 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Sure, you miss the weeks at which I was at 1543.
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| Ceetar Jan 24 2011 07:10 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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| seawolf17 Jan 24 2011 07:43 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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202.
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| Edgy DC Feb 10 2011 06:56 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Oh, the air is thin up there my high-vocabulary friends.
The gulf between five and six is impressively daunting, and I'm beginning to think it's a difference of kind as much as degree. The players north of that ravine are playing a different game. Mercy.
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| Ceetar Feb 10 2011 07:01 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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It is daunting. But I'm up to the challenge. Bring it #5.
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| Willets Point Feb 16 2011 08:28 AM Scrabble '11 |
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Finishing the most frustrating game ever against 'Bucket. I had bingos on my rack at least 6-8 times with no place to hook them. Kept playing lesser words and getting another bingo on my rack and not being able to hook it anywhere. 'Bucket schooled me. I hate this game.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 16 2011 08:32 AM Re: Scrabble '11 |
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Um, this was a rematch of a 510-289 pummeling by WP, and really was one of those games that turned on a cheapie (QI/QI). Let's start the rubba game ... NOW!!!!
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| Willets Point Feb 16 2011 08:43 AM Re: Scrabble '11 |
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That reminds me. I tried playing FORESTAGE in a game and it was denied. It should be in the SCRABBLE dictionary because it is a word.
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| Willets Point Feb 16 2011 08:43 AM Re: Scrabble '11 |
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We both started rematches. Do you want to play two?
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 16 2011 08:45 AM Re: Scrabble '11 |
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Sure, just one at a time though. Edit -- let's go with mine first seeing as we both opened with Bingos.
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| metsmarathon Feb 16 2011 08:46 AM Re: Scrabble '11 |
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Out`laŽbor v. t. 1. To surpass in laboring. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 16 2011 08:47 AM Re: Scrabble '11 |
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Tell it to Scrabble. They wouldn't accept it.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 17 2011 02:44 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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The rubber game (or just game 3 since we've already queued up game 4) of the Willets-Bucket series features the 10-letter word EQUALITIES built in two parts (he did EQUAL for 80, making 4 two-letter words along the way and tripling the Q twice) I followed by stretching it all the way to the double-word with the -ITIES suffix, collecting 40 points.
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| Ceetar Feb 17 2011 03:00 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I'm about to go out on a Bingo, but unless I can find a better spot, I'm going to lose by ~15.
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| Ceetar Feb 17 2011 05:41 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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ADE always annoys me that it's not a word because it's such a popular crossword.
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| Willets Point Feb 24 2011 02:12 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Someone challenge me. I'm getting bored.
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| Chad Ochoseis Feb 24 2011 02:28 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I've been spending February working sixty hour weeks to keep the world safe for insurance. So I have had to sacrifice many things, including necessities like the CPF and Scrabble. But if and when I get home from work tonight, consider yourself challenged.
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| Willets Point Feb 28 2011 03:07 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Oh no, stuck in LOAD I again. Stupid SCRABBLE app.
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| Edgy DC Feb 28 2011 05:49 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Yeah, we've got to find a new room.
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| seawolf17 Feb 28 2011 05:50 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I know it's not "Scrabble," but the Words With Friends app on my iPod Touch is WAY more user-friendly.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 28 2011 06:12 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I've solved that problem by opening in ie. I know, but it works
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| Willets Point Mar 01 2011 09:39 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I'm really annoyed that I keep getting bingos on my rack with nowhere to play them. Edgy just schooled me even though the one bingo I did play was 113 points.
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| Ceetar Mar 01 2011 09:45 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I've been struggling to find, and when I do to place, bingos lately. I think I just suck though. also: Today's calendar is NTTSRAI
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| Edgy DC Mar 02 2011 05:42 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Seawolf, after mounting a furious comeboack, is looking at a tie with me. I think.
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| Chad Ochoseis Mar 02 2011 07:31 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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STRAINT is good, I think. For someone who sucks, you're not bad. Close game we've got going on there. In a game with a non-CPFer, I've got BLURED?, which can be scrambled into something like a zillion bingos, none of which seem to have a home on the board.
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| Ceetar Mar 02 2011 07:34 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Yeah, our game isn't bad. Sometimes things click, or it just happens that I get a favorable set of tiles. Maybe I'm like a hitter that can smash a fastball, but can't hit much else? for instance, it's now March and I think I've figured out the bingo on the calendar only once or twice of the roughly 20 there have been. I saw STRAINT, wasn't sure that was actually a word though. I'll check next time i load scrabble. the calendar says teh word was TRANSIT though.
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| Edgy DC Mar 02 2011 07:41 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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And Seawolf nutpunches me by playing out on an unexpected GROTS/GRIP hook.
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| Ceetar Mar 02 2011 07:46 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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on that note, what's your favorite vowel-heavy words?
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| Frayed Knot Mar 02 2011 07:48 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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STRAINT = Not Valid
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| Edgy DC Mar 02 2011 07:49 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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ZOEA.
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| seawolf17 Mar 02 2011 08:13 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Or, better, ZOEAE (plural). Threw GROTS out there and hoped it would stick. Like a game-winning bunt single from Charlie O'Brien.
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| Edgy DC Mar 02 2011 08:15 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I was suprrised you went for VIM on the previous play and didn't take UP/PI/TI on the TWS square.
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| Ceetar Mar 02 2011 08:15 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I wonder if Scrabble would be better without these obscure latin-root words.
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| seawolf17 Mar 02 2011 08:20 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Didn't see it. Plus, I only had one vowel left -- the I -- with a bunch of high-value consonants. I needed to get some of those off my rack to avoid getting stuck with them in a close game, especially the V, which is the worst letter in the history of written language (except for its use in the word VAV) and hold my I for my last play.
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| Willets Point Mar 04 2011 07:54 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Holy crap! I just finished a game with Edgy in a 403-403 draw.
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| Edgy DC Mar 04 2011 07:56 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Congratulations. I didn't think you had it in your rack. LOWN? What's that.
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| Willets Point Mar 04 2011 08:00 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I didn't have it in my rack. Getting the points from your tiles was what put us even. LOWN was a desperation move and I was just as surprised as you when it went through. I just looked it up in the SCRABBLE dictionary which defines it as "peaceful."
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| TheOldMole Mar 04 2011 04:18 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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The Scrabble dictionary does not accept "Metly."
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| Rockin' Doc Mar 04 2011 07:16 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Sounds like grounds for a book burning. "Metly" isn't a word, but "AE", "HM", and "NE" are acceptable. Stupid book.
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| Edgy DC Mar 11 2011 12:19 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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We have a new head atop the totem pole.
Wife of Kong is ranked above him and beneath the Mole.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 11 2011 12:26 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I wish there were a "I Just Horsewhipped* The Two Guys In Front Of Me On The Ladder, And All I Got Was 40 Points And A Lousy T-Shirt" tee I could buy.
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| Ceetar Mar 11 2011 12:28 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Sweeeeeet, i dropped to 10th. good stuff.
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| Edgy DC Mar 11 2011 12:29 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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There seems to be a delay in adjuting rankings.
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| seawolf17 Mar 11 2011 12:30 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I've been struggling. Edgy's trouncing me right now.
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| Edgy DC Mar 11 2011 12:31 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Yeah, and I just split a three-game series (1-1-1) with Willets. But when I last played Bucket, I was a fly on his windshield. BAM! --- first play to last.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 11 2011 12:33 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I had a stretch (just before the holidays, I think) where I just went Scrabble-blind for a week-and-a-half; I ended up losing something like 12 matches consecutively/simultaneously to friends ranging in prowess from novice to 'Wolf-class.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 11 2011 12:42 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Yes, I had to see an analrapist after that one. I've been doing OK I guess with the occassional stinker where I can barely get 200 points.
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| seawolf17 Mar 11 2011 12:49 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I'm on an incredible streak over on Words With Friends, however, where I won twelve straight at one point, then lost two out of four, and am now winning handily all three of my games.
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| Ceetar Mar 11 2011 01:03 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I wish WWF had stats. I've also been fighting with a bug taht seems to 'lose' games and they just don't show up either as my turn or my opponents.
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| Edgy DC Mar 11 2011 01:07 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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You never met PiazzaFan411.
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| Willets Point Mar 11 2011 01:09 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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BOC!
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| The Second Spitter Mar 12 2011 02:47 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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How much does Wojciech Szczesny score on scrabble?
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| Ceetar Mar 12 2011 02:50 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I'm now playing Words With Friends with Mets minor leaguer Matt den Dekker.
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| Edgy DC Mar 12 2011 03:00 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Throw the game and get an interview with him out of it.
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| Ceetar Mar 12 2011 03:02 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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So far he doesn't seem very good. played a bland word that opened up TW for me. He probably hits a fastball better than me though.
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| Edgy DC Mar 12 2011 07:19 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Take it easy on him. He probably speaks Hollandaise or something.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 29 2011 02:32 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Just to mix things up some, and cuz I'm bored, I started up some 4-way action.
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| Edgy DC Apr 29 2011 02:45 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Four-ways can be fun, but I wish there was a bigger board and more letters for them.
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| Frayed Knot Apr 29 2011 02:51 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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The Baseball/SCRABBLE All-Stars - both names are legal words.
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| Edgy DC Apr 29 2011 03:06 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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OK, let's sort that out.
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| seawolf17 Apr 29 2011 04:01 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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TERRY
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| Chad Ochoseis Apr 29 2011 04:07 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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WILLIE MAYS makes lots of all-star teams, but MAYS isn't good enough to be on the scrabble all-stars. You can put BOBBY BONDS in CF and substitute BILLY MARTIN for BOBBY COX on the coaching staff if you don't want to double your BOBBYs.
 OE - I'm wrong and seawolf17 and FK are right...MAYS is good
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket May 02 2011 08:49 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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It's also easy for the games to go on forever. Pssst, LWFS: Your move. Seawolf: On deck.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 02 2011 09:20 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Sorry about that-- until we can get our home browsers right, I'm Scrabble-dark on nights and weekends.
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| metsmarathon May 02 2011 09:31 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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hurry! quick! do another of them leaderboard things!
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| Edgy DC May 06 2011 07:43 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Current game with Willets (coming down to the wire with the board seeimingly locked up) has PEE and CUM and JAM and SKAT al one board.
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| Willets Point May 06 2011 07:47 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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No wonder the board is so messy.
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| Willets Point May 06 2011 09:44 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I seriously thought I had Edgy beat by at least two points even counting the tiles still on my rack, but he just beat me by four points. More proof that I suck at math. And SCRABBLE.
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| Edgy DC May 11 2011 10:01 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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The new word list has been released. Though I haven't seen a list of the additions, second-hand sources say it includes THANG, INNIT, a handful of terms from Indian cookery, and drug slang. Supposedly, there's also a healthy dose of new Q words.
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| Willets Point May 11 2011 10:02 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Does it include SUBPRIME? I tried playing that in a game today.
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| seawolf17 May 11 2011 10:08 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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QIN is one of the new ones; it's not in the FB Scrabble yet, because I just tried to play it.
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| Edgy DC May 11 2011 10:13 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Sounds like a Chinese dynasty. I looked it up, and it's a seven-stringed zither.
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| Chad Ochoseis May 11 2011 10:39 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I think that just applies to the UK and Aussie dictionaries (so, Spitter, take note). North America uses a different word list.
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| seawolf17 May 11 2011 11:01 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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That's too bad, because I like to use "innit" in conversation. (Because I think I'm British.)
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| Willets Point May 25 2011 04:49 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Excellent endgames produced victories in close matches with LWFS & Seawolf and I've been propelled to the top of the CPF SCRABBLE Leader Board.
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| Kong76 Jun 03 2011 07:51 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Is Scrabble broken again? I get a facebook is not responding
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 03 2011 08:00 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I had to launch with Explorer, it works there, not on Firefox.
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| Kong76 Jun 03 2011 08:21 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Thanks, I didn't even think about another browser. It opens in
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| Willets Point Jun 05 2011 12:47 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I need to play some SCRABBLE so I'm open to all challenges.
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| Edgy DC Aug 25 2011 09:32 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Seawolf 179
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 25 2011 10:03 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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LWFS is beating my ass over and over. Last game was a travesty, lost despite a bingo, both blanks, superior tiles throughout, etc.
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| Edgy DC Aug 25 2011 10:08 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Get him in a four-way (that's what she said) and sneak out of the crowd. It's the only way. He's that good sometimes.
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| Ceetar Aug 26 2011 05:33 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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i use facebook less and less so have been sloppy about keeping up in my games, but WWF is on my phone I carry everywhere so I generally play a turn at least 3-4 times a week if you want to challenge me there.
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| seawolf17 Aug 26 2011 06:33 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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If you're on Android, Scrabble has a free app there that links to FB. I still have 14 or so WWF games going at any time, but at least I've started playing Scrabble again.
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| Ceetar Aug 26 2011 06:40 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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yeah, I saw that. even downloaded it. I guess i could play that too.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 06 2011 09:20 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Just lost by one point to Edgy.
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| Willets Point Sep 07 2011 09:12 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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No one plays me in Scrabble anymore. I guess because I don't have a smart phone with lots of cool apps.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 07 2011 09:13 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I went months without a challenge myself. Also no smartyphone app.
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| Willets Point Sep 07 2011 09:20 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I've challenged you.
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| Ceetar Sep 07 2011 09:24 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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I guess I need to get in the habit of using the smartphone for the facebook 'real' scrabble thing. I've been sticking to Words with Friends mainly.
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| metsmarathon Sep 07 2011 11:09 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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nobody likes to get beaten by me anymore. nobody likes to beat me either. i feel rather unloved. scrabbliciously, that is.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 07 2011 11:26 AM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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Maybe it's time to launch another roomwide scrabble championship tourney
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| Ceetar Sep 07 2011 12:08 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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challenge me. i'll start using the app.
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| Ceetar Sep 07 2011 08:49 PM Re: Scrabble Babble 2011 |
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okay, on this scrabble EA Origins app thingy.. there some trick? I can't seem to log in. doesn't recognize my email/password. I even changed it online now, but not working on the app.
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