My Scrabble Victory (And Other Thoughts on Board Games)

I play quite often with my 2 friends.

Last night I pulled off a miraculous win! My buddy had gotten a Bingo for 50 extra points (he used all of his 7 tiles).

But I added to the word ‘fist’ and came back with the word ‘squid’ on a triple and double square for the letter ‘q’ for 73 points! I think that was one of the highest word scores I’ve ever had.

Aahh, chess and scrabble…my 2 favorite board games!

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I remember I used to like backgammon years ago as well, but I forget how to play now.

Cribbage and Euchre are also fun card games.

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I can play chess but not so good. I do like games like monopoly though. Backgammon isn’t so bad and I wasn’t the worst player. Never played much scrabble which is odd for an English major.

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Facebook has a scrabble-ish kind of game as well. It’s called…

“Words With Friends”

You should check it out if that style of game suits you. It’s really fun, actually.

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Fisting a squid = win

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I was just playing wwf. I love scrabble. No one will play with me. I take it too seriously and I always win by lots. I’m always after the 7 letter words. fisting a squid for the win was defo a good one.

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Lots of luck in Scrabble…with a hearty dash of skill.

The power letters Q, J, X and Z are important…as are the esses and blanks.

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I love Scrabble. There’s a similar game called UpWords and you can stack tiles to create words in addition to the regular Scrabble type play.

My girlfriend has started teaching me to play chess. She’s really good but I’m a beginner so i have a ways to go.

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I only play games I’m good at cheating at. I played a lot of Monopoly as a child.

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I used to play words with friends. I enjoyed it. Good job winning!

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I like to rob the bank in Monopoly when no one is looking. :smiley:

I like to play Spades, Scrabble (cause I always win), and a host of board games. Board games have become really popular since COVID.

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@anon39054230 I’ve not played scrabble for quite a few years. I played for a while at https://www.isc.ro/. I stopped when someone wanted to get chatty… That often involves what job you do,which if you haven’t had one is awkward. I’m very much a play for fun person rather than ultra competitive as some players are. I’m not into obsessively looking for words in order to get mind bogglingly high scores.

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I’m a near die hard backgammon player. My old therapist and I used to play. Now I found two cool backgammon servers and a group south of me that hosts online backgammon tournaments every Thursday night. Yay!

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I used to play scrabble with my cousins every week but haven’t done so in many years. I miss it. Online scrabble just isn’t the same.

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The kids got me this Scrabble Dictionary for my birthday. I love it…so useful when we play!

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