Scrabble
September 3rd, 2007 by Fraser
It seems that I, despite having a linguistics degree, am crap at scrabble.
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September 4th, 2007 at 11:15 am
I’ve been wanting to play scrabble again for ages…
do you have a set?
September 4th, 2007 at 11:20 am
I’ve been playing Scrabulous with people on facebook.
September 4th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
oh right.
I wanna play the real thing- with real people - in person
September 5th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
make words up. when people accuse you of making words up, tell them that you have a linguistics degree…
September 6th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
You certainly have the vocab… you just need to utilise the bonus squares more effectively… for eg ‘titty’ would have got you 8 extra points if you’d made it one square to the right…
September 7th, 2007 at 8:34 am
It’s not just about vocab, or placement, but the major skill involved is reshuffling the letters in your head to see the possibilities — so that then you can choose the best one each turn.
September 7th, 2007 at 10:17 am
LOL i have decided that university education makes no difference when it comes to scrabble, I am the only one in my family to have a degree (actually 2) and the rest of my family always beat me, including my youngetr sister who is still at secondary school!
September 14th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
As I found out last weekend I suck at Scrabble but probably because I do not know enough words.