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MatthewV
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 Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:08 pm Post subject: 1 |
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Greedy Scrabble
While Speed Scrabble continues to slowly play along, I came up with the idea of Greedy Scrabble. One complaint players could have about Speed Scrabble is that is favors the people who happen to be on when I update. So this version gives no such bias.
The concept is simple: create the most number of points with the given letters. The winning word will be played onto the board. The player who came up with the word will then receive that many points. If more than one person tie, they will all get the full number of points. If the words are different, I will pick the word I like more.
This game does not encourage hand development at all.
Words should be sent by PM. I won't read the messages until making the board so that people can make edits if they find something better.
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I hope to update every Friday.
There will be a board graphic next week.
No outside sources!
We start off with.......
ARUMEHO
(remember, there is a DLS five spaces to one side and you start with on a double word score)
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:18 pm Post subject: 2 |
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| This is a well known game. |
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:42 pm Post subject: 3 |
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| Does it have a different name you would prefer I call it? Is there any reason not to play it here? |
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lex*
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 4:42 am Post subject: 4 |
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This is actually how some european scrabble clubs have scrabble tournaments I believe  |
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:59 pm Post subject: 5 |
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Personally, I wouldn't want to play a tournament this way. There is no skill in managing your tiles- the only skill is finding the most possible points on a board from a hand.
Jack_Ian, Courk, and Zag are in this week. Any more? |
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lex*
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject: 6 |
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| is there anyway you could post a point value guide and/or put the points next to each letter? I haven't memorized them all yet, sadly |
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:29 pm Post subject: 7 |
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I'll try to do something nicer once I get the board setup...
A
1
, R
1
, U
1
, M
3
, E
1
, H
4
, O
1
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Zag
Tired of his old title
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| Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:09 am Post subject: 8 |
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Really! I thought H was 3.
When you get old, first the mind goes, ... then something else -- I forget. |
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:55 am Post subject: 9 |
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| H is worth neither 3 nor one (forgot to change it with the copy-paste). It is 4. |
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject: 10 |
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HUMOR -- Zag, Courk, Jack_Ian, lexprod
HAREM -- Jack_Ian, groza528, Amb
There were more HUMORs than HAREMs. Jack_Ian also tried "rheuma" which doesn't work.
Now that there is an actual board to play with, maybe there will only be one best word next round!
Note: it is important to locate your words. So PHASE going up/down with the S at the end of HUMOR is different than PHASE going right/left with the E below the M of HUMOR.
Scores
28 Zag, Courk, Jack_Ian, lexprod, groza528, Amb |
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CordInEngland*
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| Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:04 am Post subject: 11 |
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You should do some sort of Ladder system, otherwise people won't really get the opportunity to join midgame...they're already 28 points behind, and there are not very many ways to get that large of a differential between two players on a given word or even five or six successive ones.
As far as names for the game go, I believe in game terminology, the most accurate name would be Duplicate Scrabble, named after the Duplicate versions of card games. They're good for large tournaments. |
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Amb
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| Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:15 am Post subject: 12 |
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HUMOUR is missing the U. It should be disqualified on that basis  |
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Jack_Ian
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| Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:13 pm Post subject: 13 |
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| MatthewV wrote: |
| Jack_Ian also tried "rheuma" which doesn't work. |
Ahh! Just realised it was a German word. I knew I'd seen it somewhere. |
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject: 14 |
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| I was going to make it so only the highest scoring word gets points; most players may get nothing as the highest scoring words are hard to find. |
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject: 15 |
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| Approximately one day left! |
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:37 pm Post subject: 16 |
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New letters:
E
1
S
1
D
2
N
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W
4
L
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O
1
24 SHARPEN—Courk
14 PULSE—lexprod
72 REPLANS—Zag, mathgrant
76 SHRAPNEL – Cordelia, Jack_Ian, Amb, groza528
16 MAPLES-- mole
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ROUND
1 - 2 - TOTAL
Zag | 28 | 72 | 100
Courk | 28 | 24 | 52
Jack_Ian | 28 | 76 | 104
lexprod | 28 | 14 | 42
groza528 | 28 | 76 | 104
Amb | 28 | 76 | 104
mathgrant | -- | 72 | 72
Cordelia | -- | 76 | 76
mole | -- | 16 | 16
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:11 am Post subject: 17 |
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| I think I will keep track of the total scores for everyone [instead of the greedy rules I originally planned]-- people who join late can feel good about themselves by having high round scores while their total is still lower. Players should still maximize their scores on every round, but being 1 point less than someone won't be as bad now. |
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:15 pm Post subject: 18 |
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Bump :-)
Now all I have to do is make the tray! |
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lexprod
NOT not a title
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:59 am Post subject: 19 |
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| Nice Mr. Fancy Pants. |
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Courk
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:17 am Post subject: 20 |
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Scrabble could have increased fun if you had to make a story from the words.
My current story: Sally failed to see the humor of being hit with shrapnel. |
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Jack_Ian
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:03 pm Post subject: 21 |
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I like the the version that shows the "2L" etc.
I don't play enough scrabble to know what the coloured squares mean.
Just my €0.02 |
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scrabbs*
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:20 pm Post subject: 22 |
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Pale = 2x, bold equals 3x
blue is letter, red is word |
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject: 23 |
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| I will hopefully have this ready around my lunchtime. There is a little time for a last minute submission. |
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:51 pm Post subject: 24 |
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New letters:
N
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A
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T
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F
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O
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V
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I
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48 Zag-- SLOWED (and SHRAPNELS)
48 Mathgrant—SNOWED at 15D
33 Cordelia—SNOWED (across the top using the S or SHRAPNEL)
26 Jack_Ian—ENDOWS (also making HUMORS)
24 Amb, groza528-- SWOLLEN (off L in SHRAPNEL)
22 Lexprod—WELDS (using the L of SHRAPNEL)
15 Courk—SNOWED (Using the O in Humor)
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1 - 2 - 3 - TOTAL
Zag | 28 | 72 | 48 | 148
Courk | 28 | 24 | 15 | 67
Jack_Ian | 28 | 76 | 26 | 130
lexprod | 28 | 14 | 22 | 64
groza528 | 28 | 76 | 24 | 128
Amb | 28 | 76 | 24 | 128
mathgrant | -- | 72 | 48 | 120
Cordelia | -- | 76 | 33 | 109
mole | -- | 16 | -- | 16
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:55 pm Post subject: 25 |
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SHRAPNELS is not in TWL words but is in SOWPOWS. I am starting to question this dictionary... The only word that used all seven letters was DOWNLES...which means ???
SNOWED (Cordelia's placement) was the highest scoring word in the TWL dictionary.
I put on the triple word scores...(they were the easiest) and the rest may come at some point. |
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:47 am Post subject: 26 |
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| Side note: if you are not familiar with the rules of Scrabble, finding examples the rules and/or examples online is not considered using an outside source. |
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Courk
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:14 am Post subject: 27 |
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How can you make SNOWED going across the top using the S from SHRAPNEL?
Doesn't that end up like this:
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HUMOR
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meaning NU, OM, WO and DR need to be words? |
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Courk
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:15 am Post subject: 28 |
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| or ER rather than DR |
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Duke Gnome
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:36 am Post subject: 29 |
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| Courk wrote: |
How can you make SNOWED going across the top using the S from SHRAPNEL?
Doesn't that end up like this:
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SNOWED
HUMOR
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meaning NU, OM, WO and [ER] need to be words? |
Thats's right WO, OM, NU and ER are all words in SOWPODS |
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Courk
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:58 am Post subject: 30 |
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| Wow. Can we play with that board since it looks cooler? |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject: 31 |
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| Whats the deadline, Im planning on submitting. |
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:00 pm Post subject: 32 |
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| Fridays will always be the deadline. |
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Cordelia
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:25 am Post subject: 33 |
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I'm a 2-letter queen, Courk! I think I decided that the plural of shrapnel was shrapnel, like water, sand, and other uncountables. Oh well :/
Yeah, the board now isn't nearly as fun :) |
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Cordelia
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:01 am Post subject: 34 |
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| oh, and 3W, 2W, 3L, 2L should be enough for even moslty-unfamiliar people, right (for your reminder text)? |
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Zag
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:44 pm Post subject: 35 |
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| Cordelia wrote: |
| I think I decided that the plural of shrapnel was shrapnel, like water, sand, and other uncountables. Oh well :/ |
I suspect that I didn't think that much about it, or I might have rejected it, too.  |
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Courk
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:37 am Post subject: 36 |
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| Is it perhaps a verb? |
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Courk
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:38 am Post subject: 37 |
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| Dictionary.com claims it as a singular and plural noun. "such projectiles collectively." |
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject: 38 |
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| In future games, I think I will use the TWL word set. It doesn't have as many non-words. SHRAPNELS really shouldn't exist... |
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:54 pm Post subject: 39 |
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| Just the day before reminder. |
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Duke Gnome
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:10 pm Post subject: 40 |
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| I believe SHRAPNELS is valid. More than one instance of shrapnel. |
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