7 letter word: S S S E N A D

3 letter words
ADS
AND
ASS
DEN
END
ENS
NAE
SAD
SEA

4 letter words
DEAN
DENS
ENDS
SAND
SANE
SANS
SASS
SEAS
SEND

5 letter words
ASSESS
DEANS
SANDS
SEDAN
SENDS

6 letter words
SASSED
SEDANS

7 letter word
SADNESS

Time Goes Fast

I've been playing Scrabble online, but haven't input my words into my dictionary (via highlighter) or into my Excel checklist.

And now its Christmas.

Regular posts return December 26.

How To Play Scrabble by Phone

I have a relative who is housebound with MS. She does not have a computer. (Well, she had a laptop, but for some reason it has been given to her son (who is an aviation mechanic and therefore, in my opinion, has a well-paying job and can damn well afford to pay for a laptop for himself, especially these days when they are so damn cheap!) and he isn't giving it back.

To cut a long story short, I suggested playing Scrabble by phone.

Here's how it works.

Decide who goes first.

The person who goes first chooses their 7 letters - and then tells their opponent what 7 letters they are. The opponent chooses these same 7 letters.

Both people get a certain amount of time to spell a word. The person who spells a word with the most points, "wins" that round. Their word stays on the board.

The person who spelled the word gets to choose more letters to get up to 7, and the opponent chooses the same letters.

Then, round 2. They each try to spell a word that will give them the most points - the person with the most points wins that "round". The word with the most points is the one that stays on the board, and the person whose word it is, gets to choose letters to get back up to 7 - and his or her opponent replenishes his rack with the same letters.

So in one sense strategy is bypassed... there's no spelling a word in order to set up spelling a different word that will get more points...it's all about getting the most points during each "round."

We've only played it once (I've only recently reconnected with this relative) but it seems like it will be fun.

So if you know people who are housebound and have a phone but no computer...give it a try.

6 letter word: A L E U V D

3 LETTER WORDS
Ale
Due
Lad
Lav
Lea
Led
Luv

4 LETTER WORDS
Dale
Deal
Dual
Duel
Lade
Laud
Lave
Lead
Vale
Veal
Vela
Veld

5 LETTER WORDS
Laved
Value

6 LETTER WORD
Valued

18 Dec: Words Added (4 games)

3 letter words
Hey
Mar
Jug
Den
Sod
Bey
Voe
Pat
VeUrn
Max
New
EWe
Wat
Ail
Cop
Met
Net
Jet
Got
Aal
Ran
Car
One
Con
Cop
Eft
Bur
Qua
Zee
Bat
Van
Oil
Zas

4 letter words
Dale
Vale
Gait
Lost
Loge
Zoos
Nice
Oats
They
Berm
Spud
Dies
Dins
Jean
Anew
Quit
Gran
Hair
Cone
Dare
Dice
Kern
Trog
Ogre
Dare

5 letter words
Cider
Dunks
Blare
Spree
Goods
Tinea

6 letter words
NONE

7 letter words
NONE

17 Dec Words added - 3 games

3 letter words
Fox
Oba
Tas
Hat
Vig
Eek
Dib
Lar
Run
Lar (yes, 2 lar's
Git
Let
Jot
Her
Fox
Zin
Die
Min
Tax
Wax
Bad
Qis
Par
Hey
Mar
Jug
Fer
Den
Sod
Bey
Voe

4 letter words
Axon
Fast
Goth
What
Aide
Grot
Jete
Dive
Lobe
Wise
Frat
Aqua
Grow
Drag
Gone
Lone
Laze
Jolt
Band
Azon
Reef
Moth
Slur
Gout
Vier

5 letter words
Juice
Wispy
Drape
Lover

6 letter words
Ranked
Ciders
Nester

7 letter words
Franked

7 letter word: Y T N L H O M

3 LETTER WORDS
Hon
Hot
Lot
Mot
Not
Nth (seriously?) [and on research, I see it's been used since 1850, for the "nth" deegree]
Ohm
Tho
Thy
Tom
Ton
Toy
Yon

4 LETTER WORDS
Holy
Homy
Hymn
Loth
Molt
Moth
Myth
Only
Tony

5 LETTER WORDS
Hotly
Month

7 LETTER WORDS
Monthly