Let's play SCRABBLE

A-frame.

Hyphenated words aren't allowed!
Good effort though.
I'm a bit dubious about my word though... I'll open it up to a stewards enquiry before I draw the next rack if it is the winning word.

If you reveal the word everyone else gets to know what to beat... that's why I suggested PMing me.

Bring it on!

Exam or fax, depending on wether the X lands on bonus points. Edit: Frame would be better at 28. And I get to keep the X.

[Edited by - jfclavette on May 22, 2006 7:41:32 PM]

Quote:

Original post by Paradigm Shifter Hyphenated words aren't allowed!

It's in the dictionary. Therefore it's a valid word.

I suggest using an online dictionary. Then everyone can see exactly whats a recognised word and/or spelling variation. And it's more fun without the PMs [grin]

You need a 5 letter word to get a double letter score on the first go...

EXAM would be worth 26 wherever it was placed. FAX is 26 too.

Checking the rules... it doesn't say what happens if two different words win a round with the same score... so I'm going to say alphabetical order wins and that's what is placed on the virtual board for the next turn. I am the law! Unless anyone has a better suggestion or knows the proper rules!

I don't mind whether you PM me or not. The winning word will be placed on the board when the next rack is drawn (tomorrow). No duplicates are allowed except via PM then, so it's first come first served.

From my scrabble rules:
"Any words listed in a standard english dictionary are permitted except those only spelt with an initial capital letter, abbreviations, prefixes and suffixes and words requiring apostrophes and HYPHENS". So a-frame is not allowed I'm afraid.

If anyone has a list of official scrabble words they can act as the arbitrator if they volunteer.

Current scores:

Me: 38 (pending steward's enquiry)
jfclavette: 26 (must specify exact word and placement if this wins round)
OrangyTang: Denied! But feel free to have another go until you get a legal word

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Original post by Paradigm Shifter Current scores: Me: 38 (pending steward's enquiry)

What's your word? I think it is better if everyone posts their word. And you don't need a word-checker, just look online. Only if there is a disagree ment and someone challenges the validity of the word, do you need an officail dictonary.(Which I happen to have a copy of...)
Oh, and Imageshack can upload pictures if you need to.

[Edited by - Servant of the Lord on May 22, 2006 9:06:33 PM]

I got redirected to the Collins site when searching for Official Scrabble Words on Google. The bad news is, "FAXER" (one who faxes in my eyes) wasn't listed. Is it in the Official book? I'm not too hopeful. I'm going to have to go for "MAX" then, since frame has already gone. That's only worth 24 points.

Current best word (which will be placed as if everyone played it next rack): FRAME (F double letter, double word score = 28 points) say across from H4.

Current leader board:
FRAME 28 (left over: A(1) X(8))
EXAM 26
FAX 26
MAX 24

No, 'Faxer' is not in "The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary: Fourth Edition"

OK then. MAX it is, although my dictionary is so out of date it lists that as just an abbreviation, so wouldn't be allowed in my house.

Just realised jfclavette posted two words, hence hogging the bandwidth! I'll let you off though, instead drawing another rack straight away.

Here is the board...



(* = start square = double word score)
2 = double letter
3 = triple letter
t = triple word score
d = double word score

Here's the first move:



Scores:
jfclavette, OrangyTang 38
me 24
[EDIT: I'll award OrangyTang 38 for frame too, since he/she got a-frame so must have considered frame too)]

One word only next round chaps...

Remaining: A(1), X(8)
Draw: UEUES (really bad draw folks), all worth 1 point

Rack: UEUESAX

I'm going for "MA/AXES/EX" as my next go, the A of MA and E of AXES doubled for...

MA: 3 + 1*2 = 5
AXES: 1*2 + 8 + 1*2 + 1 = 13
EX: 1 + 8 = 9

...a big 27. Lots of U's left over though. Bring on a Q

[EDIT: My maths was rubbish there, forgot I played axes not axe)

Sod that, I'm going for "FAXES" down from the F for a double word score, 15 doubled is 30 points.

Feel free to join in if you can post a two word score with letters in the order FARMAEX/UEUES, or different combos to get in the leaderboard.

I'm on 54 so far, with MAX and FAXES.

faxes, down from the original F.

Edit: Damnit, 13 seconds, I should type faster.

So the first poster with the highest scoring word wins the round. No-one else can post the same word and score for it after someone has gone public with their word. I'm sure there's a higher score than 30 though, and I've used my 2 goes now.

I'm going to let anyone post 2 attempts from now on to get a word with the highest word combo not already claimed. So jfclavette gets another go at a word.

Leaderboard:
me 54 after 2 goes
jfclavette, OrangyTang: 28 after 1 go.

I will leave this until tomorrow until drawing another rack. Oooh, the suspense.

I'm going to award jfclavette 30 for faxes since he posted his word while I was posting the same word, in the interest of fair play.

LEADERBOARD:
58 - jfclavette (FRAME, FAXES) after 2 goes
54 - me (MAX, FAXES) after 2
28 - OrangyTang (FRAME) after 1

FAXES and MA/EX/AXES are now closed.

Anyone can have two goes at getting a better start than that to get on the leader board, although EXAM and FAX are closed too because of the earlier reveals.

Next rack to be drawn tomorrow night at midnight UK time.

So the ad-hoc rules I made up earlier I'm going to stick to, these are:

Up to 7 tiles are drawn (first 15 racks must have 2 vowels and 2 consonants) [if there are less than this the whole rack is void and redrawn], everyone competes for the highest scoring move. Everyone scores their own score but the highest value word is placed on the board, if two or more words tie then earliest alphabetical order is placed. Then a new rack is drawn subject to the 2 vowels and consonants rule (after 15 rounds: only racks with all vowels or consonants are void and placed back in the bag).

Any words listed in a standard english dictionary are permitted except those only spelt with an initial capital letter, abbreviations, prefixes and suffixes and words requiring apostrophes and hyphens.

You can post 2 words per rack, highest being your posted score, which you are awarded when a new rack is drawn. Once a word has been posted no-one else can claim it unless the same word was posted within a short time period.

Servant of the Lord with his official scrabble words vol 4 book can sit in dictionary corner.

Wouldn't

    A    XFRAME

be the better starting move? You'd get the 50-point bonus for using up all your tiles, in addition to the letter values. Or is making more than one word not allowed?

Sorry, placing more than one word is only allowed if you play all of your tiles in a single row or column.

Here's a list of 2 letter words my scrabble set says are legal, to help newbies:

AA AD AE AH AI AM AN AR AS AT AW AX AY BA BE BI BO BY CH DA DI DO EA EE EF EH EL EM EN ER ES EX FA FY GI GO GU HA HE HI HO ID IF IN IO IS IT JO KA KO KY LA LI LO MA ME MI MO MU MY NA NE NO NU NY OB OD OE OF OH OI OM ON OO OP OR OS OU OW OX OY PA PH PI PO QI RE SH SI SO ST TA TE TI TO UG UM UN UP UR US UT WE WO XI XU YE YO YU ZO

RESEAUX, down off the R, double word score, 28 total

It doesn't beat FAXES, but it gets rid of those nasty letters. [rolleyes]