Scramble with Friends (SWF) - Containment /Strat Thread

[Tony_P]

I would love to hear your plausible back story for gybed.

[divides_by_zero]

Originally Posted by thedirtydirty

my least favorite part of wwf is losing to yeti over and over, and yet i keep coming back for more. i thought i was good, i already know when i do finally beat him, i'm probably gonna screen cap and make it my iphone background for like a month...

You are driving me crazy fwiw. That and the fact that I against you I am getting a neverending parade of vowels. And then when I tried to swap them I got MORE VOWELS. I am so tilted at tile gods right now.

[divides_by_zero]

Also - is there anyway to see how many tiles your opponent has left on their rack during end game? Other than actually counting tiles on the board.

[FlyWf]

We need a WWF strategy thread, I struggle with choosing between swapping and making a crappy word.

Also, my go-to source of bull**** is trying proper nouns because like half of them inexplicably count. What is a "texas"? I have no idea.

[divides_by_zero]

Originally Posted by FlyWf

We need a WWF strategy thread, I struggle with choosing between swapping and making a crappy word.

Also, my go-to source of bull**** is trying proper nouns because like half of them inexplicably count. What is a "texas"? I have no idea.

Eh, just read a scrabble strat book and it's essentially the same. Although the wwf board is set up differently enough that some adjustments must be made. It incentivizes a certain style of play that effectively makes most of the board unusable which is really effing annoying and not very fun. Also, given the placement of bonus tiles, it gives a pretty sick advantage to anyone lucky enough to get J, Q, Z, especially now that Q and Z have two letter words available (in the OSPD3 they didn't, making Q a letter you wanted off your rack ASAP).

[Anacardo]

A texas is the reason that the President's dead, silly.

[thedirtydirty]

heres a free hint: when you drop a word, try not to drop a vowel right next to a 3l tile. if you do, there is a stronger chance of your opponent dropping a high value tile (3,4, 8, 10) on that 3l, and making 2 2l words out of it. for example, say you drop heat, and the 3l is next to the a. i could drop za right on top heat, and make za, za, and at, but since the z is a 3l, that would count as a 64 point word with only 2 tiles used.

if you drop a consonant next to it, then you have to use a vowel next to it to do the 2 letter word strategy, a, e, i and o are worth 1 point, and u are worth 2 points.

[Dr. Spaceman]

Originally Posted by Tony_P

I would love to hear your plausible back story for gybed.

It's what guys sleep on.

[RayPowers]

I was sad that for my first word against offTopic I learned that WWF will not take a certain word that rhymes with hunt.

[divides_by_zero]

Ok has anyone else had this problem with wwf?

I'm getting notified that it's my turn for a couple games. When I open the game board, though, it's showing my last turn and that it's still my opponent's turn. I can't play. It's not doing this for all the games, just two. I was able to play my turn for other games recently.

[JL514]

Try restarting your phone.

[thedirtydirty]

some of my droid friends have that happen to them all the time. they usually have to uninstall and reinstall the game to get it to work, such a pita.

also, for people without droids and iphones, i got an email couple days ago that said they are bringing wwf to bookface soon.

[oddjob]

did i step into the wwf thread?

[Yeti]

dbz,

my only two problems w/ wwf :

1) sometimes when i open it it instantly closes. or it closes when i open my first game a few seconds later.

2) sometimes i open a game and i have no tiles. i back out and go back in and it's fine.

so no, not had your problem.



dirty,

you will be pleased to know fly is about to win our second match.

[Yeti]

also ya we need a containment thread maybe