Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Bingo!

Over at my favorite Scrabble site, there were two chances for bingos with 9x scores. In the bottom right going down you had an E on the seventh square between two triple-word scores, and on the top right across you had an L in the seventh square between two triple-word scores.

Here were the letters in the rack: E R R B O H I. What can you make of it?

I'll let you think a while....






















...okay, here's the answer. HORRIBLE across. That's worth a whopping 176 points--highest score ever on this site.

The new rack is S S W I R E T K. Any suggestions?

6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Slip one of the tiles back before your opponent notices you took eight.

11:08 AM, June 25, 2008  
Blogger LAGuy said...

Good point. An extra R slipped in there, somehow.

Though it does occur to me that taking extra tiles is an excellent way of winning at Scrabble.

11:17 AM, June 25, 2008  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Stewkies" and make'em challenge you

11:37 AM, June 25, 2008  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Herrings are Red
Stewkies are blue
Samphire’s Sweet
and so are you.

www.stevehandley.co.uk - The farm & condiment poet

11:43 AM, June 25, 2008  
Blogger LAGuy said...

"Stewkies" would be worth 250 points. A great score, but certain to be challenged.

11:55 AM, June 25, 2008  
Blogger New England Guy said...

Too bad the farm poet can't spell. The word refers to (As its usually spelled) Stewkey Blue Cockles "Stewkey" being the way residents of the isle of Stiffkey pronounce the name of their island- go figure.

Its also a derivative shortening of Stewkey Blue Cockles (equivalent to calling jaguars "jags") and a proper name- not up on the rules but I don't think the Gods of Scrabble will permit.

Has anyone ever had a Stewkey Blue Cockle? (OK whats a cockle?- I only know they are better if they're alive, alive-oh)

5:37 AM, June 26, 2008  

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