Words With Friends idiots

[Rizon]

My wife plays this game still. I call it "Cheats With Friends", cause noway her friends can come up with all these words on their own.

[terpkristin]

Originally Posted by cartman

There is no penalty for trying random combinations in the hope they work, like there is in Scrabble.

That's my biggest frustration. Another thing I've had to "adapt" to is playing words I don't know. Growing up (and to this day), we've had a house rule that if you don't know what the word means, you can't play it. It probably did wonders for my vocabulary. But now, it's crippling. I hate the ones that are "Finnish word for ..." (OE) or "Chinese word...." (QI, XI), or stupid slang that I've only ever heard used on "The Office" (ZA). But one I really really really really really hate is GOX.

Edit: Yeah, I know they're legit, and I've started learning and using them regularly. But they are just so different from how I played in my house growing up...and to this day with my mom and sister, it's just a different style to adapt to. I rarely even look for them...

/tk

[Ben E Lou]

So here's a weird angle. A friend of mine with whom I've never played FTF Scrabble (dude from Charleston..just met him ~3 years ago) started a WwF game with me two or three days ago, and it's pretty bizarre so far. It's like he sees the game as a contest to play the most esoteric words, but with little/no regard for point scoring or defensive play. It looks like we've played about 7 turns each (40 letters are left), and he has already played...

LAEVO
NAE
VUG
NAIF
WALE

..but I am leading him 176 to 101, due in no small part to the fact that he didn't score more than ~15 points for any of the above plays, and several of them opened up double and triple word scores for me to play. *shurg*

[Kodos]

That is really odd.

[spleen1015]

Not Word with Friends, but Scrabble...

CHEATER!

The highs and lows of SCRABBLE: A cheater overshadows a record champion – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

[M GO BLUE!!!]

When your vires fen phiz, you have to suq neem or your qat might loge.

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Not Word with Friends, but Scrabble...

CHEATER!

The highs and lows of SCRABBLE: A cheater overshadows a record champion – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

That's really interesting. Two blanks, two players, why not just give each player a blank to start the game? Or maybe they could consider having some tournaments like bridge, where the order of the tiles is predetermined.

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

So here's a weird angle. A friend of mine with whom I've never played FTF Scrabble (dude from Charleston..just met him ~3 years ago) started a WwF game with me two or three days ago, and it's pretty bizarre so far. It's like he sees the game as a contest to play the most esoteric words, but with little/no regard for point scoring or defensive play. It looks like we've played about 7 turns each (40 letters are left), and he has already played...

LAEVO
NAE
VUG
NAIF
WALE

..but I am leading him 176 to 101, due in no small part to the fact that he didn't score more than ~15 points for any of the above plays, and several of them opened up double and triple word scores for me to play. *shurg*

There are apps that give you words based on what your letters are. I honestly see no point in playing the game.

[Kodos]

Playing this was the highlight of my day...

[Kodos]

I am getting hosed here. STARGATE is TOTALLY a word! I want my 107 points! [((1+1+1+3+3+1+1+1)X 3 X 2)+35 = 107]

[Kodos]

Everything reminds me of JB.

[ColtCrazy]

When I taught in England, one of the upper school teachers told me the key to Scrabble is knowing all the two-letter words. That's when I knew Scrabble (or Words) meant that knowing the obscure was more beneficial than having an extended vocabulary.

[Julio Riddols]

2 letter words are the difference between playing a common word like feet and getting 7 points and playing feet and getting 20+ points. It can also be used defensively, crowding up the board to make it harder for your opponent to do anything but give you more places to play. I feel a scrabble marathon coming on now.

[Dodgerchick]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Everything reminds me of JB.

[Toddzilla]

Originally Posted by MJ4H

One of the first things a decent Scrabble player does is learn all (ALL) of the 2 letter words and the Q no U words. QAT and QAID are the most commonly played on that list. SUQ is pretty common, too.

SUQ MADIK?

[spleen1015]

I always had success by knowing the 2 letter words and being able to make more than 1 word on a turn. With 2 letter words, you can make 3-4 words a turn for a lot of your turns.