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09-22-2009 , 09:23 PM

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grinder

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Searched Couldn't find it but figured hey we need a thread.

Read "Official Scrabble Player's Handbook "

and "The Champion's Strategy to Winning at Scrabble"

both picked up used for less than 5$ total.

What site does everyone play on? / Any local clubs/school have a team?

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09-22-2009 , 11:38 PM

All-inMcLovin

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I'm on the local team.

We call ourselves the Scrabble RabbleRousers

I'm captain but only board 3.. hoping to move up to board 1 by mid-season!

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09-23-2009 , 08:59 AM

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grinder

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What state are you in?

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09-23-2009 , 11:08 AM

All-inMcLovin

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I don't know.

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09-23-2009 , 06:56 PM

kioshk

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I read Word Freak a few years ago, got Lexpert, starting playing a lot on the ISC against the computers there. Haven't played for 2 or 3 years now.

Everything Scrabble is a great book that helped me a lot.

Does anyone know what happened to Lexpert? It was a study tool that a Michigan couple gave away for free, and it was priceless.

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09-25-2009 , 09:31 AM

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grinder

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Originally Posted by kioshk

No but if anyone finds it please PM it to me.

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09-25-2009 , 03:37 PM

kioshk

Nixonian

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I hadn't googled it in a while. Looks like you can now get it from John Chew's site, http://poslfit.homeip.net/scrabble/

It's not free anymore, but you can use it free for 40 days.

I wish my old computer still worked; I had a copy on there.

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09-25-2009 , 04:47 PM

gammoner

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Woo scrabble!
If you can't find lexpert, I think Zyzzyva is the software you want. It's free and has a bunch of useful features like the cardbox system for practicing words.

I'm bryceblitz on ISC these days (playing 3 minute games). I play some 15 minute games too.

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10-01-2009 , 12:50 PM

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grinder

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Excellent links I will check them out when I get home

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10-01-2009 , 02:02 PM

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RoundTower

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time to pimp my Scrabble-themed game in POG:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/59...-peehs-593878/

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10-02-2009 , 08:39 AM

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grinder

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Saw that before , thought it looked interesting, I will check it out

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03-03-2012 , 08:47 AM

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bigpooch

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Had a great result playing with my wife: three bingos including the first two which were back to back after she got to the H1 triple-word square with an S: "Shunters" up to A1 and then "Spirited" accross to A8! After playing a third bingo, she said something like "I don't want to play any more!" and despite all that went well, barely snuck over 500.

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03-25-2012 , 08:10 PM

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Henry_Sugar

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does anyone play on WordBiz/ISC?

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03-31-2012 , 04:24 PM

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DaMaGor

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I play on ISC. Same name as here.

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04-02-2012 , 06:27 PM

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Henry_Sugar

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mine is Trojans22

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04-12-2012 , 12:15 PM

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mightytiny

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Normal opponent I have been playing...close games...nothing out of the ordinary. Out of the blue his/her last two plays are

1. Bezant using the z off of Adz
2. Halvah off of an ah for a triple word.

Really...have to cheat at scrabble or do ordinary people know these words.

Had to look up Bezant which is a gold coin of Constantinople

Halvah is a middle eastern pastry made of seasame seeds...

Didnt know I was playing a world traveler...

Words were played within minutes of each other following my plays which took 5 minutes

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04-12-2012 , 04:41 PM

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bigpooch

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Maybe your opponent read through all the six-letter words and has a good memory.

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06-27-2012 , 08:41 PM

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Five-Star

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Anyone else a USAPA rated player? I've only been playing a year in tournaments and am currently in the 500s. I have a tournament this weekend to play in.
I don't have anyone local club to play with, so I play a little on ISC and Scrabble on my iPod.

Currently Zyzzyva, Quackle and ISC are on my computer.
My iPod has Scrabble, Zarf, Zyzzyva, AdNoto.

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06-28-2012 , 06:32 PM

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the orange crush

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I play on facebook, with tons of other people. They use the ELO rating system, like chess uses. My highest ranking was 1860 and I am roughly 2300-700 so far. I love playing scrabble while watching netflix. High game is 582. Gives me something to do with poker out of the way.

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06-29-2012 , 09:31 AM

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airwave16

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i knew halvah, but i'm also a jew, so...

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06-29-2012 , 02:10 PM

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EGarrett

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I watched the documentary on Scrabble players, it was really interesting, except that I find it pretty unsatisfying that so many two-letter combinations that are so far away from normal language are acceptable as words.

By the way, is the "words with friends" game that everyone was playing a few months ago the same as Scrabble?

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06-29-2012 , 08:50 PM

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the orange crush

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By the way, is the "words with friends" game that everyone was playing a few months ago the same as Scrabble?

No the multipliers are in different spots a spaced differently too. Bingos are worth 35 not 50 points. You play with 104 instead of 100 tiles. So its quite different.

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