Brag: 119 point Scrabble turn.
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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How much did you lose? [/ QUOTE ] 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. [/ QUOTE ] 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 [/ QUOTE ] 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. [/ QUOTE ] 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 [/ QUOTE ] Trust me, you haven't. |
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worst edit ever. Ban
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[ QUOTE ] i've gone over 200 points in one turn and i'm only a casual, very infrequent player [/ QUOTE ] Trust me, you haven't. [/ QUOTE ] 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. [/ QUOTE ] |
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[ QUOTE ] 55 for that, not bad. also you scored 120, not 119. [/ QUOTE ] Nope, it was 119. [/ QUOTE ] 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 [/ QUOTE ] 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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[ QUOTE ] 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 [/ QUOTE ] dude, you would remember the word if you did. you haven't done this. i tripled tripled 'laterals' against the computer the other day. [/ QUOTE ] 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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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] 55 for that, not bad. also you scored 120, not 119. [/ QUOTE ] Nope, it was 119. [/ QUOTE ] KA is 18. AZURITE is 51. AT and NE aren't even there yet. That makes 18+51+0+50 = 119. [/ QUOTE ] |
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[ QUOTE ] 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. [/ QUOTE ] Just looked at the first 3 pages on BBV and don't see anything on scrabble. [ QUOTE ] 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 [/ QUOTE ] 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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[ QUOTE ] 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. [/ QUOTE ] can you post a link? i'd be keen for some games. [/ QUOTE ] BAM |
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this is pretty interesting http://slate.com/id/2152255/ [/ QUOTE ] 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? [/ QUOTE ] 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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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] 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 [/ QUOTE ] dude, you would remember the word if you did. you haven't done this. i tripled tripled 'laterals' against the computer the other day. [/ QUOTE ] 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 [/ QUOTE ] 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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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] 55 for that, not bad. also you scored 120, not 119. [/ QUOTE ] Nope, it was 119. [/ QUOTE ] KA is 18. AZURITE is 51. AT and NE aren't even there yet. That makes 18+51+0+50 = 119. [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] Well I didn't know what. Also yeah, I forget about the double letter score. |
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[ QUOTE ] this is pretty interesting http://slate.com/id/2152255/ [/ QUOTE ] wtf is VROWS? [/ QUOTE ] 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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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] this is pretty interesting http://slate.com/id/2152255/ [/ QUOTE ] wtf is VROWS? [/ QUOTE ] 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 [/ QUOTE ] How the [censored] did the other guy think that was a word? haha |
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