# Let's play Scrabble(TM)! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 14, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230 "2008-05-14T02:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/41 "2008-06-19T01:18:45Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Don’t let her trick you into playing for your lunch money. [/QUOTE] Hey, the Philadelphia Water Department definitely appreciated that game we played. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/42 "2008-06-19T02:12:15Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Hey, the Philadelphia Water Department definitely appreciated that game we played. 😉 [/QUOTE] You’re going to have to explain that to me, just like you explained that supercalifragilisticexialidoscious is a word. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/43 "2008-06-19T02:16:33Z")
You’re missing a “p” there. Just wanted you to know that if any money had passed hands – not that it did, of course – said money would not have been frittered away. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/44 "2008-06-19T02:24:45Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] You’re missing a “p” there. [/QUOTE] [Sour grapes]I think the reason Mrs. Plant like Scrabuwhatchamacallit is that you can cheat. With a board and tiles, she spells it, Mr. Plant challeneges, (That’s not a word, Baby) you check the dictionary and lose your turn. Online, you (well, me, too) sit there plugging in letters until something works.[/sour grapes] ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/45 "2008-06-19T14:27:38Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] [Sour grapes] Online, you (well, me, too) sit there plugging in letters until something works.[/sour grapes] [/QUOTE] Not me,only time I “plug in” letters is when I think its a word and am mistaken(which ain’t very often). ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/46 "2008-06-19T14:46:47Z")
I play on Facebook. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/47 "2008-06-19T14:56:33Z")
[QUOTE=Great Dave] I play on Facebook. Anyone else? [/QUOTE] [Scrabulous.com](http://Scrabulous.com) is where we are playin…is that the one at facebook? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/48 "2008-06-19T20:00:15Z")
Ah. I discovered an app for facebook. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/49 "2008-06-22T15:40:32Z")
Hey **twicks** ~ Under the User Statistics, there is a Rating. (One for each dictionary). What does it mean? Mine says 1800. I couldn’t find this answer on the Scrabulous site. I’ve played the Solitaire scrabble on the site for a while now, and just played my first online game with a real human last nite. Fun! BTW my opponent says that if the game freezes up during play, to re-enter the room and challenge the person again; then the game picks up where you left off. According to her. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/50 "2008-06-22T16:30:45Z")
They give you 1800 points to start – you then lose points (a lot, to begin with) when you lose games, and gain points when you win games – there are more ratings points at stake to gain when you’re playing someone significantly higher than you, and more to lose when you’re playing someone significantly lower than you. When a challenge box pops up, it tells you how many rating points are at stake. Note that it’s straight win-or-lose – you don’t get more rating points for beating the pants off someone than you do for eking out a narrow win. I wasn’t paying attention to ratings at all when I started playing there, so plummeted to 1000 points or so – have since built my rating back up, I’m right around 1600 now in TWL, which is the dictionary I usually play (been fluctuating between 1590 and 1610 for the last few days). They’re a reasonably accurate indicator of how good a player someone is – I personally like playing someone right around my skill level. If they’re a lot less capable, it’s no fun – and if they’re skunking me right and left, that’s no fun either. I win about 2 games out of 3. (62.31% win rate, according to my statistics – which also keeps a record of your bingos, BTW.) Yes, if you freeze, you can just log out and go back in – then right-click on the other player’s name to challenge him or her, it will say “you have an adjourned game, do you want to finish it?” and you say yes. I’m playing as twickster there – usually in Coffee House or Cloud Nine. Feel free to come by and play a game if you’d like ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/51 "2008-06-22T18:59:29Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I’m playing as twickster there – usually in Coffee House or Cloud Nine. Feel free to come by and play a game if you’d like [/QUOTE] Ah. Thanks for the explanations and the invite. I will certainly look for you when I’m there. I play as NinetyWt. I don’t know if I’m as talented as you - I used to be rather good when I lived at home with my family - we were all taught by my Dad who is a dreadnought of a Scrabble player. However I haven’t played in ages, so I’m a bit rusty. You may have to bear with me! ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/52 "2008-06-22T19:38:00Z")
Anybody online want to play??? ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/53 "2008-06-22T20:06:00Z")
Oh well, maybe later. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/54 "2008-06-22T21:37:03Z")
[QUOTE=bufftabby] Oh well, maybe later. 🙂 [/QUOTE] I’ll look for any Doper names next time I’m playing. Do you go by **bufftabby** there, too? And any specific room? Say - If we each post what screen name we use, then we could each build a buddy list. It shows when your buddies are online. Did y’all already talk about this? ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/55 "2008-06-23T17:47:48Z")
I’ve actually never played, but I’ve played Scrabble, like 80 bajillion times. I’m signed up over there as bufftabby as well. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/56 "2008-06-25T16:11:27Z")
[QUOTE=bufftabby] I’m signed up over there as bufftabby as well. [/QUOTE] Added. Anyone else? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/57 "2008-06-25T16:42:21Z")
I’m innerstickler over there, but I’m not very good. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/58 "2008-06-26T00:49:59Z")
I play as the same name as here. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/59 "2008-06-26T00:58:52Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] Added. Anyone else? 🙂 [/QUOTE] I play as cwmorrow. I am an easy mark. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230/60 "2008-06-26T01:11:48Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] I play as the same name as here. [/QUOTE] And he is very, very good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-scrabble-tm/449230.md?page=4)