On Apr 1, 1:41 am, bill van <bill...@shawcanada.ca> wrote: In article <8d0af7dd-aa3c-49a4-a079-ee058db9c...@n58g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, "Richard R. Hershberger" <rrhe...@acme.com> wrote: On Mar 31, 3:10 am, Peter Boulding <p...@UNSPAMpboulding.co.uk> wrote: On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:46:17 GMT, bill van <bill...@shawcanada.ca> wrote in <billvan-2003C4.18461530032
Boron wrote on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:49:20 -0400: ??>> Justin wrote on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:06:41 GMT: >> Those are all acceptable words in the current Scrabble >> Dictionary. Memorizing two letter words, aside from >> 'gaming' the system, also helps bring the game to a >> definite end when your remaining rack consists of all >> vowels, four of which are 'i's. (Shudder
On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:24:06 GMT, "James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton@verizon.not> wrote: Justin wrote on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:06:41 GMT: Those are all acceptable words in the current Scrabble Dictionary. Memorizing two letter words, aside from 'gaming' the system, also helps bring the game to a definite end when your remaining rack consists of all vowels
bill van <billvan@shawcanada.ca> wrote: Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote: bill van <billvan@shawcanada.ca> wrote: People who are into scrabble at a high level memorize lists of allowable two-letter words; they're handy for making overlapping words that score good points with modest letters. That you don't know them is your shortcoming, not the computer's. But the words
bill van <billvan@shawcanada.ca> wrote: In article <qKSdneSUJK0AqnbanZ2dnUVZ_ufinZ2d@speakeasy.net>, No, the rules were consistent, they just allowed for cheating under certain circumstances. It was kind of like politics in that regard. Ah, but those words you think of as examples of the computer cheating -- ar and qi, say -- are consistent with an official set of rules that
