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I just started getting into Scrabble sorta seriously, about 2 months ago.

This game we already had 51 tiles out of the bag, and no "A" had been played. My opponent played a K, right next to the triple word score and I was dying to pick up an A to play something there (KA is the only two letter word starting with a K). I had ZURE on my rack, waiting for the elusive A for KA/AZURE. I replaced 3 tiles when I didn't have much to go on, but still no A. Then I played TIN/HENT and my 3 new tiles with AIT. I got excited and saw that I could play AZURE, when I quickly realized AZURITE was probably a word too. He played something that nobody cares about, leaving my KA/AZURITE 119 point bingo open. SHIP IT.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...on/AZURITE.jpg

I won 395-314

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you got just one triple word or two?

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Just one, he played QUITS a little later.

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55 for that, not bad.

also you scored 120, not 119.

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How much did you win?

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FYP

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so, if he had an s here he could just toss it on the end for 51 points?

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what was your rack when you swapped 3? Your optimal play was prob to play off the Z there and then - playing AZURITE for 119 is sound tho with a Q in the bag still leaving the triple is likely to cost you. You play online at all? I'll give you a game if you fancy. i play at scrabulous

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55 for that, not bad.

also you scored 120, not 119.

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Nope, it was 119.

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what was your rack when you swapped 3? Your optimal play was prob to play off the Z there and then - playing AZURITE for 119 is sound tho with a Q in the bag still leaving the triple is likely to cost you. You play online at all? I'll give you a game if you fancy. i play at scrabulous

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I don't remember exactly, but I'm pretty sure the chronological order of my post was a bit off, and I probably picked up the Z when I swapped. Initially I just wanted A for something, then after the swap I wanted A for AZURE. I also play on Scrabulous (the picture is of a Scrabulous board).

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cool, if i see you i'll play you. if you want to play for $$$ best place is washington square park NY

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any scrabulous(.com) players out there?

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Forhasta and I, so far.

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whats your rating?

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i play under my name which i wont reveal - it starts jamesxxxxx. i'm rated at 2300 tho i only play sowpods - actually notice youre based in uk so you prob play sowpods too

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We have a whole thread going in BBV4L now and we've been looking for other players. Sphere99991 and I have had some epic matches.

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Any NY based players? would be keen to play with them at the NY scrabble club.

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We have a whole thread going in BBV4L now and we've been looking for other players. Sphere99991 and I have had some epic matches.

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can you post a link? i'd be keen for some games.

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this is incredibly non-threadworthy. i've gone over 200 points in one turn and i'm only a casual, very infrequent player

edit: and my dad can beat up your dad

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i've gone over 200 points in one turn and i'm only a casual, very infrequent player

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Trust me, you haven't.

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worst edit ever. Ban

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i've gone over 200 points in one turn and i'm only a casual, very infrequent player

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Trust me, you haven't.

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it was obviously a lucky situation but i assure you i have

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According to Craig Rowland, Scrabble in North America recognizes five words which, if spelled over two triple-word score squares, and with a premium-scoring tile on the double-letter score square, will award the player 392 points on a single play. These five words are: OXAZEPAM, BEZIQUES, CAZIQUES, MEZQUITS, and MEZQUITE.
John Chew says that OXYPHENBUTAZONE is the highest-scoring word known under American tournament Scrabble rules (OSPD+MWCD). It can score 1778 under suitably contrived circumstances listed and credited in the Scrabble FAQ. The highest-scoring opening plays are MUZJIKS (128) in OSPD and QUARTZY (126) or SQUEEZY (126) in OSW.

Bruce D. Wilner says if we include eight-letter "bingos" that use all seven letters on one's rack plus a letter already on the board, then WHIZBANG, QUETZALS, and HIGHJACK score an incredible 374 points for a single play if the highest-point tile is on a light blue square and both the first and last letters are on red squares. QUIXOTIC and MUSQUASH are right behind, scoring 356 and 338, respectively.

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55 for that, not bad.

also you scored 120, not 119.

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Nope, it was 119.

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KA is 18. AZURITE is 48. AT and NE are 2 each. That makes 18+48+4+50 = 120.

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this is incredibly non-threadworthy. i've gone over 200 points in one turn and i'm only a casual, very infrequent player

edit: and my dad can beat up your dad

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dude, you would remember the word if you did. you haven't done this.

i tripled tripled 'laterals' against the computer the other day.

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this is pretty interesting
http://slate.com/id/2152255/

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this is incredibly non-threadworthy. i've gone over 200 points in one turn and i'm only a casual, very infrequent player

edit: and my dad can beat up your dad

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dude, you would remember the word if you did. you haven't done this.

i tripled tripled 'laterals' against the computer the other day.

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who said i didn't remember? i wasn't here to "take over the thread", was just saying. but anyway

word: magazine in top right corner. an A was already down from a horizontal word, M on top right triple world, E on middle right triple word, bingo bonus

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55 for that, not bad.

also you scored 120, not 119.

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Nope, it was 119.

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KA is 18. AZURITE is 51. AT and NE aren't even there yet. That makes 18+51+0+50 = 119.

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We have a whole thread going in BBV4L now and we've been looking for other players. Sphere99991 and I have had some epic matches.



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Just looked at the first 3 pages on BBV and don't see anything on scrabble.

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i play under my name which i wont reveal - it starts jamesxxxxx. i'm rated at 2300 tho i only play sowpods - actually notice youre based in uk so you prob play sowpods too


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Yes, I use Sowpods. Im just learning (e.g been on the site 2 days) at the moment but kinda addicted. However, it wont let me on now because something about a port restricting the access, but, have emailed them about it.


Also, how bad ettiquite is it to resign when you know you can;t win?

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We have a whole thread going in BBV4L now and we've been looking for other players. Sphere99991 and I have had some epic matches.

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can you post a link? i'd be keen for some games.

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BAM

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this is pretty interesting
http://slate.com/id/2152255/

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I thoroughly recommend the book WORD FREAK by the author of this article. It is v funny.

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Also, how bad ettiquite is it to resign when you know you can;t win?


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It can be considered good etiquette, similar to chess, but it affects your rating if you care about that. I think resigning is the equivalent of losing by 200 pts.

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this is incredibly non-threadworthy. i've gone over 200 points in one turn and i'm only a casual, very infrequent player

edit: and my dad can beat up your dad

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dude, you would remember the word if you did. you haven't done this.

i tripled tripled 'laterals' against the computer the other day.

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who said i didn't remember? i wasn't here to "take over the thread", was just saying. but anyway

word: magazine in top right corner. an A was already down from a horizontal word, M on top right triple world, E on middle right triple word, bingo bonus

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Well, nice play sir. But come on bro, you clearly insinuated it was soooooo totalllly yawwwn standard. [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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55 for that, not bad.

also you scored 120, not 119.

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Nope, it was 119.

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KA is 18. AZURITE is 51. AT and NE aren't even there yet. That makes 18+51+0+50 = 119.

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Well I didn't know what. Also yeah, I forget about the double letter score.

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this is pretty interesting
http://slate.com/id/2152255/

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wtf is VROWS?

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this is pretty interesting
http://slate.com/id/2152255/

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wtf is VROWS?

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it makes no difference. all you need to know is whether its acceptable. i dont know the meaning of most of the words i know. beat: i'm a degenerate scrabble player

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this is pretty interesting
http://slate.com/id/2152255/

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wtf is VROWS?

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it makes no difference. all you need to know is whether its acceptable. i dont know the meaning of most of the words i know. beat: i'm a degenerate scrabble player

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How the [censored] did the other guy think that was a word? haha