I have been playing Scrabble at Word Biz. I'm back over 500 in the rankings (I
had dropped to about 390 or so for a while), but I can't get any closer
to getting to .500 in games played, i.e. more wins than losses.
What
really becomes clear to me is that it's the tiles. If I get good tiles,
I win, if I get bad tiles, I lose. Anyone can score big if they get all
the power tiles (X, Z, Q, and J) and their opponent doesn't!
I
have lost a handful of times because of stupidity on my part, opening
up a triple without figuring all the options. (Unfortunately, this game
allows people to see the last 7 letters that their opponent has. So I
look at 'em, think, oh, they can't get to the triple if I spell this. I
spell it, they get to the triple! With a common word, mark you , not one
that I don't know.
About 3 months ago I'd talked about
how I'd have to start studying seriously for the upcoming spelling bee
(August 11) and the upcoming Scrabble Tournament in Irvine Texas (Sept
1).
Well..I still have to start studying seriously for them!
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