Scrabble
Trying to get a decent Scrabble game these days is a real gamble.
Facebook currently seems to offer Wordscraper (which doesn't use all the rules of Scrabble and has a different board) or Scrabble Worldwide. In theory, Scrabble Worldwide is the better option and appears to be legal, but in practise the site is down most of the time and a lot of the turn notifications don't seem to reach me.
Lexulous - http://www.lexulous.com/ - seems to be working almost properly now. The bugs have been reducing over the last few weeks and email games are starting to work. Notifications of turns are slow getting to me though.
Lexulous is probably the overall best at the moment, but is lacking the Facebook interface that makes it so convenient to challenge one's friends. My main fear is that like Scrabulous before it (because it is just Scrabulous with a different name) it will end up being taken down for Copyright reasons.
I'm starting to get back into the swing of playing again. It's surprising how you can lose the ability to mentally juggle letters, but it's reassuring how quickly it comes back again. There's also the pleasure of seeing good words/moves, even when they're played against you. megamole just played 'qadi' on a double word score. That's the kind of word I love. I love it because it's a word that has a real meaning that I already knew (a judge of Islamic law), but is also a lovely word for Scrabble players as it uses Q without needing a U.
My other Scrabble annoyance is that my access to the OED (via Dorset Libraries) has got almost impossible to use. The log-in procedure has got messier and the login expires very quickly. Thus, I can't follow my normal habit of looking up obscure Scrabble words to learn what they mean. Other online dictionaries don't have the full Scrabble vocabulary - there's some pretty obscure words in SOWPODS (the combined list of UK/US valid words).
Anyhow, if you want a game, challenge me on Lexulous (on the grounds that I haven't even been able to access the Scrabble Worldwide site today or most of yesterday). Usual caveats apply. I may spend long gaps between turns if my neck/shoulder start playing up. Part of the time you'll be playing Richard as well as we like to see which of us can find the best move.
So, who fancies a game?
Facebook currently seems to offer Wordscraper (which doesn't use all the rules of Scrabble and has a different board) or Scrabble Worldwide. In theory, Scrabble Worldwide is the better option and appears to be legal, but in practise the site is down most of the time and a lot of the turn notifications don't seem to reach me.
Lexulous - http://www.lexulous.com/ - seems to be working almost properly now. The bugs have been reducing over the last few weeks and email games are starting to work. Notifications of turns are slow getting to me though.
Lexulous is probably the overall best at the moment, but is lacking the Facebook interface that makes it so convenient to challenge one's friends. My main fear is that like Scrabulous before it (because it is just Scrabulous with a different name) it will end up being taken down for Copyright reasons.
I'm starting to get back into the swing of playing again. It's surprising how you can lose the ability to mentally juggle letters, but it's reassuring how quickly it comes back again. There's also the pleasure of seeing good words/moves, even when they're played against you. megamole just played 'qadi' on a double word score. That's the kind of word I love. I love it because it's a word that has a real meaning that I already knew (a judge of Islamic law), but is also a lovely word for Scrabble players as it uses Q without needing a U.
My other Scrabble annoyance is that my access to the OED (via Dorset Libraries) has got almost impossible to use. The log-in procedure has got messier and the login expires very quickly. Thus, I can't follow my normal habit of looking up obscure Scrabble words to learn what they mean. Other online dictionaries don't have the full Scrabble vocabulary - there's some pretty obscure words in SOWPODS (the combined list of UK/US valid words).
Anyhow, if you want a game, challenge me on Lexulous (on the grounds that I haven't even been able to access the Scrabble Worldwide site today or most of yesterday). Usual caveats apply. I may spend long gaps between turns if my neck/shoulder start playing up. Part of the time you'll be playing Richard as well as we like to see which of us can find the best move.
So, who fancies a game?