Scrabble

[cyberfairy]

what happened to our scrabulous thing cyberfairy, is it over before it started? or maybe you saw my Facebook site and thought i'm not going to play online games with that arse..

I tried to PM you several times to say I could not find you on Facebook but your box was always full

 

[marty21]

so is

aa
ka
xi
qui

depends on which scrabble dictionary you use, sowpods wouldn't allow qui as far as i know, will allow qua, qat, qis

 

[marty21]

Newharper is playing now on isc and wants to know how do you challenge words? Surely foreign and nonexistent words aren't allowed?

if he sets his game to void, they aren't allowed, otherwise anything goes, but you can challenge words, there should be a box he presses to challenge it, if he's wrong he misses a go (I can't access it at work, will check later)

 

[stavros]

Big bump to ask if anyone can recommend a decent online Scrabble, that's free, for the period of lockdown. Does Board Game Arena have it?

 

[oryx]

Big bump to ask if anyone can recommend a decent online Scrabble, that's free, for the period of lockdown. Does Board Game Arena have it?

My sister has recommended Wordfeud.

Disclaimer - I myself haven't tried it.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

dessiato was interested in online games - backgammon, but he might be interested in this.

 

[moomoo]

I play words with friends

 

[stavros]

The Internet Scrabble Club looks like it could be what I'm after. Anyone got any comment on that?

 

[RubyToogood]

The Internet Scrabble Club looks like it could be what I'm after. Anyone got any comment on that?

I and quite a few other urbanites used to use this but now I use Wordfeud.

 

[marty21]

The Internet Scrabble Club looks like it could be what I'm after. Anyone got any comment on that?

Used to use it a lot , liked it , but use FB scrabble now. Could go back to ISC I guess.

 

[marty21]

Blimey , just had a game on ISC , haven't been on it for years (my account had been deleted ) . It hasn't really changed, it's old school internet. I'm mjt21 on there if anyone wants to find me.

 

[seeformiles]

I’ve had the regular version on the iPad for years - just playing against the computer at least half a dozen times a day. It seems that they’re abolishing this version in favour of some nonsense called “Scrabble Go” which is annoying since I’ll lose all my stats, highest scoring word, etc. I’m quite content to play the basic version against the computer. In this “improved” version it seems you can only play against other people which could take forever. Why mess with perfection?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Blimey , just had a game on ISC , haven't been on it for years (my account had been deleted ) . It hasn't really changed, it's old school internet. I'm mjt21 on there if anyone wants to find me.

It's a blast from the past! Just created an account and I'm FarmerB

dessiato - happy to play scrabble with you if you're bored.

 

[stavros]

I and quite a few other urbanites used to use this but now I use Wordfeud.

Is Wordfeud exactly the same, in terms of letter value and board layout?

I remember playing real life Scrabble against my Mum one Christmas, and, despite getting rid of her Q with it, she claimed not to know what "quim" meant.

 

[MBV]

been playing on ISC nice distraction

 

[Saul Goodman]

I remember playing real life Scrabble against my Mum one Christmas, and, despite getting rid of her Q with it, she claimed not to know what "quim" meant.

Isn't that an Eskimo?

 

[shifting gears]

Is Wordfeud exactly the same, in terms of letter value and board layout?

I remember playing real life Scrabble against my Mum one Christmas, and, despite getting rid of her Q with it, she claimed not to know what "quim" meant.

One of my proudest Scrabble moments - also against my Mum.

Especially when I got the dictionary out cos she didn’t know it, either.

 

[stavros]

One of my proudest Scrabble moments - also against my Mum.

Especially when I got the dictionary out cos she didn’t know it, either.
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I see someone used QI, one of the best cheat words going.

 

[shifting gears]

I see someone used QI, one of the best cheat words going.

My mum’s all over those 2-letter “cheat” words, knows the lot. Forever scoring 40-odd just by putting a couple of tiles down!

 

[stavros]

My mum’s all over those 2-letter “cheat” words, knows the lot. Forever scoring 40-odd just by putting a couple of tiles down!

JO and XI are my other two favourites.

 

[shifting gears]

The Internet Scrabble Club looks like it could be what I'm after. Anyone got any comment on that?

it’s hilariously basic but I’ve had a couple games with the old dear today which we both enjoyed, def worth a look. Tip - play around with the game settings, particularly game time, if you don’t wanna be stressed out but a running-down clock!

 

[stavros]

it’s hilariously basic but I’ve had a couple games with the old dear today which we both enjoyed, def worth a look. Tip - play around with the game settings, particularly game time, if you don’t wanna be stressed out but a running-down clock!

The person I'm going to play with, my aforementioned mother, doesn't take too long, and neither to I, so we don't bother with a timer. We're both of the mindset that we can stare at the board and our letters for as long as we like, but no magic word is going to appear to us. As long as we can moan that we've got shit letters that suffices.

 

[seeformiles]

Is Wordfeud exactly the same, in terms of letter value and board layout?

I remember playing real life Scrabble against my Mum one Christmas, and, despite getting rid of her Q with it, she claimed not to know what "quim" meant.

I was playing with my old man and managed to get “Fuck” on a triple word. He gave me an admonishing look but I wasn’t backing down (it was worth 60 points after all). He seemed to think that it was against the rules to use swear words. Me and Mrs SFM sometimes play the rule that if you get a swear word then it’s score is doubled. It is a good idea to agree on what words are rude before commencing.