Comments | scrabblek8: in the best of infinity series

scrabblek8

in the best of infinity series

Mar 04, 2008 08:38

Ben and I played five games this weekend. I didn't even know half the phoneys I played were phoneys. Here's my erstwhile bingo list ( Read more... )

phoneys, coffeehouse series

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hector31 March 4 2008, 15:24:47 UTC

It's funny how EGOTISE* not only misses for 7s, but you have just one possible eight. Go away, tease racks. The longer I play, the more I dislike the G (unless we're looking at ING on a wide, wide, wide-open board with several consonant floats).

anendlessnight March 4 2008, 16:00:14 UTC

Why stop qualifying there? How about with a blank and a hundred point lead as well? :-P

hector31 March 4 2008, 16:02:44 UTC

Once I start qualifying, I just can't stop. But I doubt I'll ever qualify for that big event where EGOTISE# is welcome.

jigsawn March 4 2008, 16:57:25 UTC

peeps get hung up on -ING, but I find the G is most useful when I have AR or AN to go with it.

Plausibility ratings! el_jefe_rey March 4 2008, 17:43:13 UTC

EGOTISE* has promise for your lessers*, I'll give it a 8.5/10

UNwELLER* I first read as a noun, not a comparative, which is why I would insta-challenge. As a second-glance comparative adjective, it has merit, but reeks of inelegance in the construction, 6.7.

qUIETISH* has a certain aromatic flair, but if you were to try it on me you'd have to fast-bag me quickly to promote acceptance. It's less plausible than BEPOUT*, for example, 4.0.

Does Diane have a Defalt for SHEENIER that mentions New York?

As long as we're nominating plausible racks which should be good, I would think ATONIED* would be a plausible synonym for ATROPHIED, alas...

Re: Plausibility ratings! scrabblek8 March 4 2008, 17:57:35 UTC

I think that blanks figure in to plausibility ratings. With UNwELLER*, RELLENo% played, but I honestly didn't remember whether it was good, and I thought the former actually seemed more plausible. But, in part because he saw that I had other playable bingos in ?EELLNR, he let it go.

Re: Plausibility ratings! el_jefe_rey March 4 2008, 18:15:42 UTC

Have you been cheating? I didn't get a % tile!

Re: Plausibility ratings! scrabblek8 March 4 2008, 18:17:21 UTC

i keep them in my shoes.

Asterisk delivery! el_jefe_rey March 4 2008, 17:54:52 UTC

INTERESTIG*

aibretty March 4 2008, 21:10:15 UTC

I played EGOTISE* against Al H. of all people just 6 months ago and he didn't even hold me. I later added the D with another bingo and he didn't blink (well except to bitch that I was winning). This is probably the most pleasurable way to be that guy.

I wonder how EGOTISE* has entered into our collective Scrabble conscious despite it being such a high-prob phoney.

ar_raqis April 23 2008, 14:11:20 UTC

From Word Freak, Worlds. "He just played EGOTISE# in the last game on the second play. This time he did it for twenty points more."