Cat Scrabble Game Thread

[Gonzo]

Good word. It isn't about winning, it is how you play the game!

Tile pieces are a great deal of luck, while placement is mostly strategy. That Q and double word score gave cep an early lead, but all it takes is a 7-word score for 50 points and/or a few special squares to jump ahead.

ROUND THREE

Score Board
Nightson	35
Megatron	28
ceptimus	83
Leesifer	15

[ceptimus]

Agreed! To do well at Scrabble you have to memorize all the allowed two letter words. For example EF is legal (though I don't know what it means) so you could have played the same letters you did there horizontally from square D1, to make ALONE across a double word tile, and you'd have made a few extra points for the EF going down.

You could have probably scored a lot more placing the letters elsewhere to make two or more two-letter words. I've not checked, but I saw the ALONE possibility as soon as I looked at your play.

Maybe you didn't want to do that though, as it would have opened up the triple word square for Nightson!

[Leesifer]

Yeah, I was trying to find how I could get any 2 letter words out of it.

[Nightson]

JOLT starting at C9 and going horizontal.

Frustrating when you just cannot make it to the bonus tile but could if you had one more letter.

[Gonzo]

Cat Scrabble Board - Game One: Megatron vs ceptimus vs Nightson vs Leesifer
ROW A	3XW	2	3	2XL	5	6	7	3XW	9	10	11	2XL	13	14	3XW
ROW B	1	2XW	3	4	5	3XL	7	8	9		11	12	13	2XW	15
ROW C	1	2	2XW	4	5	6	2XL	8					2XW	14	15
ROW D	2XL	2	3	2XW	5	6	7		9		11	2XW	13	14	2XL
ROW E	1	2	3	4								12	13	14	15
ROW F	1	3XL	3	4	5	3XL	7		9		11	12	13	3XL	15
ROW G	1	2	2XL	4		6			2XL		2XL	12	2XL	14	15
ROW H	3XW	2	3	2XL					9	10	11	2XL	13	14	3XW
ROW I	1	2	2XL	4		6		8	2XL	10	2XL	12	2XL	14	15
ROW J	1	3XL	3	4			7	8	9	3XL	11	12	13	3XL	15
ROW K	1	2	3	4			7	8	9	10	2XW	12	13	14	15
ROW L	2XL	2	3	2XW			7	2XL	9	10	11	2XW	13	14	2XL
ROW M	1	2				6	2XL	8	2XL	10	11	12	2XW	14	15
ROW N	1	2XW	3	4	5	3XL	7	8	9	3XL	11	12	13	2XW	15
ROW O	3XW	2	3	2XL	5	6	7	3XW	9	10	11	2XL	13	14	3XW

Score Board
Nightson	54
Megatron	28
ceptimus	83
Leesifer	15

[Megatron]

Cat Scrabble Board - Game One: Megatron vs ceptimus vs Nightson vs Leesifer
ROW A	3XW	2	3	2XL	5	6	7	3XW	9	10	11	2XL	13	14	3XW
ROW B	1	2XW	3	4	5	3XL	7	8	9		11	12	13	2XW	15
ROW C	1	2	2XW	4	5	6	2XL	8					2XW	14	15
ROW D	2XL	2	3	2XW	5	6	7		9		11	2XW	13	14	2XL
ROW E	1	2	3	4								12	13	14	15
ROW F	1	3XL	3	4	5	3XL	7		9		11	12	13	3XL	15
ROW G	1	2	2XL	4		6			2XL		2XL	12	2XL	14	15
ROW H	3XW	2	3	2XL					9	10	11	2XL	13	14	3XW
ROW I	1	2	2XL	4		6		8	2XL	10	2XL	12	2XL	14	15
ROW J	1	3XL	3	4			7	8	9	3XL	11	12	13	3XL	15
ROW K	1	2							9	10	2XW	12	13	14	15
ROW L	2XL	2	3	2XW			7	2XL	9	10	11	2XW	13	14	2XL
ROW M	1	2				6	2XL	8	2XL	10	11	12	2XW	14	15
ROW N	1	2XW	3	4	5	3XL	7	8	9	3XL	11	12	13	2XW	15
ROW O	3XW	2	3	2XL	5	6	7	3XW	9	10	11	2XL	13	14	3XW

Still not much to work with.

[Gonzo]

Score Board
Nightson	54
Megatron	50
ceptimus	83
Leesifer	15

cep's turn

[ceptimus]

Cat Scrabble Board - Game One: Megatron vs ceptimus vs Nightson vs Leesifer
ROW A	3XW	2	3	2XL	5	6	7	3XW	9	10	11	2XL	13	14	3XW
ROW B	1	2XW	3	4	5	3XL	7	8	9		11	12	13	2XW	15
ROW C	1	2	2XW	4	5	6	2XL	8					2XW	14	15
ROW D	2XL					6	7		9		11	2XW	13	14	2XL
ROW E	1	2	3	4								12	13	14	15
ROW F	1	3XL	3	4	5	3XL	7		9		11	12	13	3XL	15
ROW G	1	2	2XL	4		6			2XL		2XL	12	2XL	14	15
ROW H	3XW	2	3	2XL					9	10	11	2XL	13	14	3XW
ROW I	1	2	2XL	4		6		8	2XL	10	2XL	12	2XL	14	15
ROW J	1	3XL	3	4			7	8	9	3XL	11	12	13	3XL	15
ROW K	1	2							9	10	2XW	12	13	14	15
ROW L	2XL	2	3	2XW			7	2XL	9	10	11	2XW	13	14	2XL
ROW M	1	2				6	2XL	8	2XL	10	11	12	2XW	14	15
ROW N	1	2XW	3	4	5	3XL	7	8	9	3XL	11	12	13	2XW	15
ROW O	3XW	2	3	2XL	5	6	7	3XW	9	10	11	2XL	13	14	3XW

[Gonzo]

[ETA: Following scores are incorrect]

Score Board
Nightson	54
Megatron	50
ceptimus	107
Leesifer	15

Lees' turn

[ceptimus]

Didn't my last play only score 19?

WANE = 4+1+1+1 (x2) = 14
EF = 1+4 = 5

Total 19

I should only be on 102. The double word score applies to WANE but not to EF.

If the double word score square had been under the E, then it would have applied to EF as well, but it was actually under the N.

[Gonzo]

Okay the real-life board I am scoring on got shifted a little at some point.

Will reconfigure the scoreboard by going through the scoring history and each word one by one to see where I went wrong.

[Gonzo]

Okay, sorry everyone. I deserve some s for that, my bad. That happened at the start of round two, so I was off a little on a few scores. I have since moved the board to a stable and out-of-the-way table.

Score Board
Nightson	63
Megatron	41
ceptimus	102
Leesifer	16

That should be right. Please if it's wrong.

Lees' turn.

[Gonzo]

Scoring History

ROUND ONE

Nightson spells 'NODS' and scores 10 points.

Megatron spells 'PNEUMA' and scores 20 points.

ceptimus spells 'QIS' and scores 35 points.

Leesifer spells 'ODE" and scores 6 points.

ROUND TWO

Nightson spells 'HOT' and scores 34 points.

Megatron spells 'TOONS' and scores 12 points.

ceptimus spells 'FLOURIC' and scores 48 points.

Leesifer spells 'EOLIAN' and scores 10 points.

ROUND THREE

Nightson spells 'JOLT' and scores 19 points.

Megatron spells 'ALMOND' and scores 9 points

ceptimus spells 'WANE' and scores 19 points

[Gonzo]

Everything looks corrected now.

[Gonzo]

There is one other mistake that resulted from the rest of the debacle, a misplaced (man, it took awhile to figure out when it came into play ). Lees had an which was placed on the board, even though it was never used. This happened because 'FLOURIC' and 'EOLIAN' share an 'I', but with the board offset I used one from her letter pool which was incorrect. Therefore one extra tile was drawn and Lees has it. This can be solved simply then everything should be on-par. I am going to give her the choice to swap any letter she has with her long lost of she wants, then the extra tile will just go back in the pile.

[ceptimus]

I make 33 for HOT?

UH 13
MO 4
AT 2
HOT 14

[Megatron]

Yep, that H is worth 12 points both times.

[Leesifer]

Cat Scrabble Board - Game One: Megatron vs ceptimus vs Nightson vs Leesifer
ROW A	3XW	2	3	2XL	5	6	7	3XW	9	10	11	2XL	13	14	3XW
ROW B	1	2XW	3	4	5	3XL	7	8	9		11	12		2XW	15
ROW C	1	2	2XW	4	5	6	2XL	8						14	15
ROW D	2XL					6	7		9		11	2XW		14	2XL
ROW E	1	2	3	4								12		14	15
ROW F	1	3XL	3	4	5	3XL	7		9		11	12	13	3XL	15
ROW G	1	2	2XL	4		6			2XL		2XL	12	2XL	14	15
ROW H	3XW	2	3	2XL					9	10	11	2XL	13	14	3XW
ROW I	1	2	2XL	4		6		8	2XL	10	2XL	12	2XL	14	15
ROW J	1	3XL	3	4			7	8	9	3XL	11	12	13	3XL	15
ROW K	1	2							9	10	2XW	12	13	14	15
ROW L	2XL	2	3	2XW			7	2XL	9	10	11	2XW	13	14	2XL
ROW M	1	2				6	2XL	8	2XL	10	11	12	2XW	14	15
ROW N	1	2XW	3	4	5	3XL	7	8	9	3XL	11	12	13	2XW	15
ROW O	3XW	2	3	2XL	5	6	7	3XW	9	10	11	2XL	13	14	3XW

Sorry but can somebody work out the score for me.

[ceptimus]

I think JOLTY scores 15 and DYAD scores 9. But both use the double word square, so that's 48 points altogether!

[Megatron]

Double Word Score can only be used on the word it was used on.

[ceptimus]

Yeah, well that's both of Lees' words as it's under the Y she placed that forms part of both the words.

[Megatron]

OSHIT I didn't notice that.

[Megatron]

also fuck you all of you fuck you

[Gonzo]

for Leesifer!

Score Board
Nightson	63
Megatron	41
ceptimus	102
Leesifer	64

ROUND FOUR

Nightson's turn.

[Nightson]

Adding A to E2 and X to F2 to form WAX. Worth 29 points I'm pretty sure.