Anatomy of a losing scrabble game

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current score: Thomas-382, me-112 

Your tray for the entire game has consisted of one-point letters, except for one G (2 points) and one C (3 points).

Your opponent plays both a Z and a J in the first three (or so) rounds, both on multiple word or letter scores.

Your opponent plays a word using ALL of his tiles on a triple-word score.

You now have an entire tray of nothing but vowels.

Seriously? Is this fair??

*UPDATE* Message from said opponent:

amazing game – not my usual luck

1) I’ve never had a word that used my whole tray of letters (50 point bonus)
2) I seldom get a triple word on a long word
3) but 2 triple words? lucky me

Lucky him, indeed. 😉

13 thoughts on “Anatomy of a losing scrabble game”

  4. I’m put in mind of the Scrabble games I used to play with my late mother. We would have boards like that with words of great length and complexity. She had a very good vocabulary, so I’d usually lose when I was young.

    Then I worked out how to beat her, which was to deny her any space in which to put the fruits of her personal lexicon. It was rather negative, I suppose, but I found it better to get 30ish points regularly, by maximizing those little nooks and crannies that appear between words. And as soon as a triple word score became available, it had to be pounced on with some word, however small, just to stop her doing so with something likely to be better.

    The first time I beat her with this technique, I thought I’d be in trouble. Instead, she gave me this huge smile, demanded an immediate rematch and gave me what was for her the ultimate compliment – “You’re worth playing!” I think I came of age intellectually for her that day.

    Sorry to ramble on so. Don’t know what posessed me. {:c)

  6. Oh, and using all your letters in one play is called a “bingo.”

    I’ve been playing wayyyyyyyyyy too much Scrabble during my medical leave! I think I’ve gotten one bingo in 100 games. The robot gets one per game, usually.

    Maybe Thomas is a robot? 😉

  7. By now Samantha may have realized that I got a BINGO in my game with her too. But I assure you I am not a robot. At least, if I AM a robot, I would like someone to explain how they made the thinning hair and second chin so realistic.

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