I felt Greg making 'row' plural was definitely against the spirit of it - grin - but it did score him more that way.
It's actually quite hard to break out of the pattern once it gets going, as you can only really play off the ends, and we're both getting quite creative with making two three letter words at once.
I'm in all day, so if you want me to phone any time, just let me know.
I was about to say all my games with beermat seem to be a variation on that! johncoxon came over to mine and saw I was playing and insisted on having a look at the game to help me with my move. When I opened it up he just stared at it for a while and eventually said, "But that's just really weird!"
Interesting. My last game with him was totally different - right out to all four corners and much longer words on average. But the only six and seven letter words were played by me.
I wonder how much impact the length of the first word played has on a game overall?
The thing is, the longer it goes on, the harder it is to break the pattern as the only places you can go are at the ends.
This is precisely why I don't play Scrabble any more. I was once bullied into playing in a local tournament (I went out in the first round) but the final was almost exactly like this.
After I read your definitions it strikes me that most of the unusual words you use are Old English and no longer used or simply alternative spellings of much much more common spellings. To me this makes it more a game of memory or luck (guessing the right two or three letter combination) than skill.
Of course, I could just be bitter because of my atrocious speling. ;)
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It's actually quite hard to break out of the pattern once it gets going, as you can only really play off the ends, and we're both getting quite creative with making two three letter words at once.
I'm in all day, so if you want me to phone any time, just let me know.
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I wonder how much impact the length of the first word played has on a game overall?
The thing is, the longer it goes on, the harder it is to break the pattern as the only places you can go are at the ends.
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I know of Moy as a place in Northern Ireland, but what else is it?
And "zos"? "gon"?
And can "qi" have a plural?
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zos - a zo or zho is a cross between a yak and a cow
yes, qi can have a plural. I guess if you have several individuals, then you have several life forces.
my dictionary defines 'gon' as a geometrical grade (which tells me nothing), but another one gives it as Chaucerian English - a past tense of 'go'.
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That ROCKS.
Play KIT in the top right...
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I could do 'nit' but it wouldn't be such a good score.
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After I read your definitions it strikes me that most of the unusual words you use are Old English and no longer used or simply alternative spellings of much much more common spellings. To me this makes it more a game of memory or luck (guessing the right two or three letter combination) than skill.
Of course, I could just be bitter because of my atrocious speling. ;)
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