Scrabble is My Beatch

[Seahawk]

I have some proposals to edit today and I always warm up with Scrabble.



I'm ready!

[M.D. Holloway]

I'll help you out. Abstemious and facetious...two (and the only two) words in English that use all of the vowels in there proper order. I suppose you can add an 'ly' to them for added points!

[tabs]

And I thought I was the king of the arcane and inanity, but boy was I foolish to have thought that.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by tabs

And I thought I was the king of the arcane and inanity, but boy was I foolish to have thought that.

Custers bugler John Martin was an avid Scrabble player and won this carbine two weeks before Little Bighorn in a Scrabble match:



True story.

[Bob Kontak]

My Dad's Dad was a crossword nut and I was following him play when I was 12.

He nailed "tepid" for lukewarm water. Sent him to God status in my book.

At 12, what the hell is a tepid?

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

My Dad's Dad was a crossword nut...

I am as well.

Games are like stretching the mind. It helps me anyway.

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Custers bugler John Martin was an avid Scrabble player and won this carbine two weeks before Little Bighorn in a Scrabble match:



True story.

Either he won that abstemiously, or you meant that facetiously.

[M.D. Holloway]

He abstained from losing and was jesting inappropriately about it!

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Games are like stretching the mind. It helps me anyway.

I am one bad azz Tic-Tac-Toe player...never been beaten !

[john70t]

Dad professed English (locally, versus the hundred other possible languages to exchange information with) but I no no it gud lik U.

[kghjr]

I had this double triple bingo once, uncurbed, played off the r; the d and the u are on triple word squares.

[wdfifteen]

Congratulations! There is an element of chance to scrabble, but you have to have chops to beat the box. Anything that makes you think is good for the mind. They say crossword puzzlers are less likely to develop Alzheimer's. Backgammon and chess against the computer, and logic puzzles are my games of choice.

[onewhippedpuppy]

I enjoy playing with my kids, spelling fart never gets old.

[rattlsnak]

Do any of you guys play Words with Friends? I always have a few games of that going with various people.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Yep, it’s hugely addictive. I usually have a dozen or so games going and they make for good occasional five-minute breaks throughout the day. Had two 100+ point words yesterday and dropped a seven-tile 63 point bomb a few minutes ago.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

There is an element of chance to scrabble...

Exactly right. How many times I have I stared at: IUIOOAE

Originally Posted by rattlsnak

Do any of you guys play Words with Friends? I always have a few games of that going with various people.

Uh-oh.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

At 99 my grandmother regularly dismantles all 3 generations of descendants at Scrabble. It's humbling to watch (and participate).

I've beaten her...once.

[Tobra]

She let you win.

[Seahawk]

Must resurrect.

The yellow letter highlighted are the words the game submitted:




Maybe I am spending to much time at the massage parlor

[rattlsnak]

Did you ever get words with friends?