# Worst opening draw in Scrabble ever **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 9, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694 "2008-05-09T13:23:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694/1 "2008-05-09T13:23:52Z")
I I I O U I I O ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694/2 "2008-05-09T13:27:39Z")
I O U some new tiles? ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694/3 "2008-05-09T13:38:45Z")
Eight tiles. Am I missing something? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694/4 "2008-05-09T13:45:15Z")
Not only did you get an unplayable rack, you had to miss a go because you took an extra letter? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694/5 "2008-05-09T13:55:25Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] unplayable rack [/QUOTE] I had a girlfriend like that once. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694/6 "2008-05-09T13:56:52Z")
And french words are not allowed, oui? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694/7 "2008-05-09T14:07:28Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] I had a girlfriend like that once. [/QUOTE] I’ll set 'em up, you knock 'em down :). I smirked when I typed it. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694/8 "2008-05-09T14:21:53Z")
Sorry – that was a typo. One too many I’s. Actually a couple too many I’s. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694/9 "2008-05-09T14:24:45Z")
I started with \*\*‘E I E I O’ \*\* once. Fortunately I could make ‘Old McDonald had a farm’ out of it… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694/10 "2008-05-10T08:40:06Z")
You could do a word in binary! ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694/11 "2008-05-10T12:59:52Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] Not only did you get an unplayable rack [/QUOTE] Note quite - you can play OI, not that it would be worth it rather than exchanging them all. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694/12 "2008-05-10T13:55:18Z")
I pulled E E E E E I I once,I traded. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694/13 "2008-05-10T14:54:25Z")
Can’t help but think of [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBeLt2S35G4) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694/14 "2008-05-10T15:05:32Z")
[QUOTE=Gorsnak] Can’t help but think of [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBeLt2S35G4) [/QUOTE] Oi! Oy! Yo! Aha! Eh! ---
**Author:** ![EsotericEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e274bd/32.png) [@EsotericEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EsotericEnigma)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-opening-draw-in-scrabble-ever/448694/15 "2008-05-10T17:03:21Z")
I get nearly that exact rack in every game of Scrabble I have ever played. No kidding, I won’t play anymore because I got so fed up with trying to play with 5 Is and a U.