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Scrabble and the Mets

Willets Point Mar 07 2008 11:16 AM

Playing Scrabble online I've come across several names of Mets players which are also valid Scrabble words: AGEE PIAZZA WRIGHT KNIGHT JOHNSON VALENTINE STRAWBERRY HUNT GENTRY VAIL REED COOK SMITH SHAW MILLER Can you think of any more? Here's an online dictionary if you need to verify: http://www.scrabulous.com/twl_dictionary.php.

sharpie Mar 07 2008 11:29 AM

Jones

Centerfield Mar 07 2008 11:31 AM

Darling Bass Green Bell Long

Benjamin Grimm Mar 07 2008 11:43 AM

RING. (I'm surprised by AGEE and JOHNSON.)

Fman99 Mar 07 2008 11:52 AM

I know they have not made the team yet, but potentially: Wise Register

Frayed Knot Mar 07 2008 11:56 AM

CARTER FISHER HOOK HUNTER MARTIN HICKS MARSHALL SHORT SHERRY BELL CONE RING BROOKS FOSTER LYNCH VIOLA PARKER LOOPER MASON WALKER WHITE GAFF FOY HALL MINOR ABBOTT HARE BROWN Actually, the more I learn about legit Scrabble words the more I think that ALL 800+ names would be allowed.

Willets Point Mar 07 2008 12:00 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: Actually, the more I learn about legit Scrabble words the more I think that ALL 800+ names would be allowed. Nope. Seaver, Gooden, Dykstra, Wilson, and Hundley are not allowed for starters. Reyes, Beltran, Delgado, and Santana are also no-no's, although maybe they're permitted in the Spanish-language version of Scrabble.

Mendoza Line Mar 07 2008 12:15 PM

CRAM SWAN SCARCE DYER MARTIN SINGLETON I think GARRETT might be legal as a variant spelling of GARRET. Couldn't get Willets' link to work - it might be blocked from the office.

Frayed Knot Mar 07 2008 12:31 PM

GARRETT and ABBOTT both have one too many T's for their own good.

metsmarathon Mar 07 2008 02:13 PM

pagan, church

Benjamin Grimm Mar 07 2008 02:16 PM

MIENTKIEWICZ? No, I guess not, but it raises another question... Valid Scrabble word or not, which Met would have the most points in his name?

AG/DC Mar 07 2008 02:26 PM

FOY (FOYS) a farewell feast or gift

Willets Point Mar 07 2008 02:56 PM

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Valid Scrabble word or not, which Met would have the most points in his name? It's got to be MIENTKIEWICZ due to the M, K, W, C, & Z not to mention the length of the name.

metsguyinmichigan Mar 07 2008 04:49 PM

The sheer volume of things I learn on this forum just continue to amaze me!

metsmarathon Mar 07 2008 05:35 PM

the top ten most scoringest met last names, per my tabulation... M i e n t k i e w i c z 3 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 4 1 3 10 32 C a n n i z z a r o 3 1 1 1 1 10 10 1 1 1 - - 30 M a z z i l l i 3 1 10 10 1 1 1 1 - - - - 28 F i t z m a u r i c e 4 1 1 10 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 - 27 G o n z a l e z 2 1 1 10 1 1 1 10 - - - - 27 G o n z a l e z 2 1 1 10 1 1 1 10 - - - - 27 G o n z a l e z 2 1 1 10 1 1 1 10 - - - - 27 K l i m c h o c k 5 1 1 3 3 4 1 3 5 - - - 26 M a c k e n z i e 3 1 3 5 1 1 10 1 1 - - - 26 P i a z z a 3 1 1 10 10 1 - - - - - - 26 S c h a t z e d e r 1 3 4 1 1 10 1 2 1 1 - - 25 F i t z g e r a l d 4 1 1 10 2 1 1 1 1 2 - - 24 G o z z o 2 1 10 10 1 - - - - - - - 24 H i n c h c l i f f e 4 1 1 3 4 1 1 4 4 1 - - 24 why, no, i don't have too much time on my hands that would allow me to figure out and implement how to do this in excel. not at all.

Mendoza Line Mar 07 2008 06:15 PM

No fair giving credit for those double-Z names - one of those Z's would have to be a blank. The best non-Mientkiewicz name I could come up with sans Excel was Zachry, which scores 23. Yeah, I've got plenty of time on my hands, too.

metsmarathon Mar 07 2008 10:00 PM

well... they work in super scrabble...

cooby Mar 08 2008 07:35 PM

I think agee is a kind of woodwork or joint or something

Rockin' Doc Mar 08 2008 08:31 PM

If I'm not mistaken, I believe you are thinking of ogee. Ogee is an edge treatment used in comtertops and woodworking. It is also an archetectural detail for an arch with a reverse curve near the apex.

Rockin' Doc Mar 08 2008 08:37 PM

Don Aase is not only the first Met alphabetically, but he's probably worth the fewest points in Scrabble.

cooby Mar 08 2008 09:10 PM

="Rockin' Doc"]If I'm not mistaken, I believe you are thinking of ogee. Ogee is an edge treatment used in comtertops and woodworking. It is also an archetectural detail for an arch with a reverse curve near the apex. Thank you! I googled and googled and couldn't find it...ogee is what I was thinking of

metsmarathon Mar 09 2008 04:00 PM

Rockin' Doc wrote: Don Aase is not only the first Met alphabetically, but he's probably worth the fewest points in Scrabble. jae seo, provided the 'weong' isn't part of his surname. there are a number of 4-pointers. A a s e A l o u A l o u N e a l O t i s R o s e R o s e S e l e S o s a T a t e

Frayed Knot Mar 10 2008 09:03 PM

SPRINGER (short-timers Steve & Dennis) is a legal word. Somehow I think I should have come up with that one earlier

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 10 2008 09:17 PM

Best old-school CPF Non-Baseball Thread ever: [url]http://p094.ezboard.com/Im-Stuck-The-Scrabble-Thread/fthecranepoolforumfrm34.showMessage?topicID=4.topic[/url]

AG/DC Mar 10 2008 09:36 PM

Cooby was right about Joe Schultz.

Willets Point Mar 11 2008 08:48 AM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Best old-school CPF Non-Baseball Thread ever: [url]http://p094.ezboard.com/Im-Stuck-The-Scrabble-Thread/fthecranepoolforumfrm34.showMessage?topicID=4.topic[/url] I didn't remember you whoring your posts out for Mets ringtones' ads.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 11 2008 09:32 AM

AG/DC wrote: Cooby was right about Joe Schultz. I didn't do that character nearly as well as a better forumite would have. I wanted him to have the timing of Gus Shiavani (?) and the humor of Purveyor of Pomposity IV.

seawolf17 Mar 11 2008 10:26 AM

For any of you on Facebook, there's a nice Scrabble game on there.

Willets Point Mar 11 2008 10:50 AM

seawolf17 wrote: For any of you on Facebook, there's a nice Scrabble game on there. That's really the only good reason to be on Facebook. And yes, I'm addicted to Scrabulous.