Scrabble II highlights: FOGGIEST FOIBLES...

[Donald Sauter]

Here are the highlights from the four (4) Scrabble games
played last night, Wednesday, June 24 2009, at the
Dover Scrabble Club (Delaware). We use the American Heritage
dictionary and do not allow phony words. Still, we make
longer words and score more points than the champs. Heck,
over 40% of their oddball plays wouldn't even be allowed in
our club. See:

http://www.geocities.com/donaldsauter/national-scrabble-championship.htm

We had a slightly sub-average session, scoring only 25.6
points per turn as a group. No 9-letter words, neither.
Even the Q-words were mundane (but never a QI!)

There were no blanks at all in the first 3 games. One oddball
game had 14 I, 15 O, and 7 U, not to mention 3 X. Every
game is fresh and different!

Hey, folks, it shouldn't take so much work trying get a
little dialog going on Scrabble II vs. "classic" Scrabble -
"classic" in quotes because the modern game drowning in
silly little 2- and 3-letter words nobody's ever used in
his life can't possibly be what the inventors had in mind.
Scrabble II is to "classic" Scrabble as a Thanksgiving
feast is to stale crackers and lukewarm water. What's more
exciting - JO, QI, XU, and ZA game after game after game
(snore) . . . or the nice, fresh, juicy words you see below?
Try it and come back and tell me what an idiot I am.

Here's what we played last night in just 4 games:

*** 9-letter Words ***

none :-(

*** 8-letter Words ***

CAROUSED
FOGGIEST
GRIDDLES
MUTTERED
RECITING
WRINKLED

*** 7-letter Words ***

ABETTED
DENOTED
ELUTION
EXAMINE
EXTREME
FOIBLES
LOANERS
NOVICES
SLAVING
WITTIER

*** 6-letter Words ***

ASHORE
EQUALS (NOTE: not QI)
FENNEL
FOILED
GOODIE
GOOFED
GUSHED
HYMNAL
LOTION
MOANER
MOURNS
PAINED
PAUPER
RELIVE
RETOOL
RULING
SENATE
SPORTS
TINDER
VISION

*** 5-letter Words ***

ALIEN
ATTIC
BURNS
CABIN
EDGES
EQUAL (NOTE: not QI)
FERRY
GORED
GRAIN
HONEY
IDIOM
LARVA
NINJA
ONION
POWER
PREYS
QUILT (NOTE: not QI)
QUOIT (NOTE: not QI)
QUOTA (NOTE: not QI)
RADAR
SAVVY
SHOCK
TABBY
TEARS
THINS
VOUCH

*** Selected 4-letter Words ***

ANTE
BLIP
CRAG
IFFY
KALE
LOGE
OINK
PORK

You, too, can set your Scrabble board ablaze with
REAL WORDS found in a REAL DICTIONARY, and used by
REAL PEOPLE:

http://www.geocities.com/donaldsauter/scrabble.htm

Donald Sauter