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I had a brief interest in scrabble, but when I played against online players and computers, I lost the interest all together. The problem was that Scrabble dic
by powersnail 4y ago
I had a brief interest in scrabble, but when I played against online players and computers, I lost the interest all together.
The problem was that Scrabble dictionary is too inclusive, and the Scrabble game rewards making multiple words. So, instead of learning fun and obscure words, it’s more important to spot how to make viable grids that gives you five words with one move, while involving some high-scored letters. Hence, tons of cheesy 2-or-3-letter words, “qi” as mentioned in the article, “mm”, “hm”, currency units, etc.
Once in a blue moon, there comes a moment of absolute brilliancy when you piece together a long word that pokes into the corner, earning a devastating 80+ points. That feels glorious.
But most of the game I played, it’s mainly short scuffles that dominates the mid and late game.
I wish that Scrabble would reward long words more, and get rid of the cheesy words. No more units, or non-sensical onomatopoeia.
- adammarples 4y agoScrabble rewards you using all your letters with a 50 point bingo. Pretty hard to get a bigger bonus, and using all 7 letters as often as possible is a critical strategy to winning.
- CannisterFlux 4y agoThe wind off the Faroe Islands, one, a shout of dismay, a three-toed sloth, and cindery lava. Oe, ae, oi, ai, aa. Learning a few cheese words can up the chances of a good score. The problem then becomes convincing family members that they are real words.
- CarVac 4y agoI still remember the time I played "quincunx" across a triple word score…
- sixstringtheory 4y agoWe keep a hall of fame list of all bingo bonuses with their scores. It’s a meta game to play once you’ve reached the point where games regularly come down to the wire in the mid to high 200s and hunting for those two letter words becomes a boring chore.