KSSA Indian Open 2022

India's best player Sherwin Rodrigues has won the KSSA Indian Open Scrabble tournament organized by MuSigma. Here are some gameboards from the event:

Did find patinized through ZE:

and nostalgia starting with NO:

 

Nothing like yahrzeit through a floating A and poorwill(s) from the champ:

Here are some more boards from the top tables:

Scrabble Puzzle - Hook Words

The Karnataka State Scrabble Association (KSSA) recently looked at front and back hooks as part of their monthly Scrabble Shabble event.  

Can you identify the front and back hooks for the following words?

Cred, Anti, Clad, Envy, Cute, Akin, Hone, Hang, Bore, Aura, Plink, Plook, Onium, Samba, and Redia

Crescent City Cup 2022

A fabulous tournament with some excellent game coverage from Will Anderson and Conrad Bassett-Bouchard. The post-game analysis is a must-watch. Dave Koening ran out the winner. Here are some game boards from organizer and runner up Austin Shin:

Game 1 was a 476-410 win for Austin, Conidian was a nice play:

Game 2 ended up in a 418-451 loss. Interestingly at one point, both players had the exact same rack AEIMORT. Tribunal or turbinal would have clinched it:

Game 3 ended up in a 408-431 loss:

Game 4 was a huge 528-312 win, aided by the 9X ferrites:

Game 5 was a 407-493 loss:

Game 6 was a big 576-372 win, thanks to 5 bingos:

Game 7 was a good 486-389 win:

Game 8 ended up in a 546-384 win:

Game 9 resulted in a 401-445 loss, Fedayeen was nice:

Game 10 was a 468-326 win, and the scoring never stops en route  to an 8 game win streak:

Game 11 was a narrow 417-408 win, veratrium was a phoney but terrarium would have been a valid 9:

Game 12 was a come from behind (125 points) win, after surviving the 9X play staggier:

Game 13 a game between National champions ended in a 472-377 win. Parquets would have scored 137: 

Game 14 was a 512-392 win, prosely was a phoney, only leprosy in that rack:

Game 15 was a come from behind (135 points) win, the parallel play of brownest was nice, acini almost stopped the comeback blocking wiremen. Quins left no vowels and resulted in a VVJ rack for the opponent, which secured the 477-470 win:

Game 16 was a 506-420 win, meadowed was a phoney:

Game 17 was a 464-437win, budgies secured the win:

Game 18 saw the 8 game win streak come to an end with a 352-452 loss:

Game 19 began a 2 game series with the eventual champion and ended in a 416-525 loss:

Game 20 shows you why scrabble can be a game of inches, the play of iodic would have stopped anhedral that came right after agio was played and completely changed the game resulting in a 352-454 loss:

All in all a great tournament, with some great coverage.

Scrabble Puzzles

Can you find the best plays in the scrabble puzzles below? These are courtesy of my colleague Srinivas:

Wordaholix Scrabble League 2021

The 2021 edition of the Wordaholix league concluded in September. Team Vorago ran out the winner. Here are some game boards from the participants Ishika, Rahil, and Samrath:

CSW21 Deletions

There are no new word additions in CSW21. Here are the 2-8 letter CSW21 deletions largely inspired by Mattel (source: WESPA):

      

3 Letter Deletions		5 Letter Deletions		6 Letter Deletions
ABO		ASPIE		ASPIES
GOY		BAKRA		BAASES
JEW		BANTU		BACKRA
LES		BINTS		BAKRAS
LEZ		BOCHE		BANTUS
WOG		BOONG		BINGHI
YID		BUBBA		BOCHES
		BUFTY		BOHUNK
4 Letter Deletions		CHOLO		BOONGA
		COOLY		BOONGS
ABOS		CRIPS		BOSCHE
BINT		DAGOS		BUBBAS
CRIP		DARKY		BUCKRA
DAGO		DIKEY		BUFTIE
GOYS		DOGAN		BUMBOY
HORI		DYKEY		CHOLOS
JEWS		FAGGY		COOLIE
KIKE		GINZO		CRACKA
LEZZ		GIPPO		DAGOES
MICK		GOYIM		DARKEY
MUNT		GYPPO		DARKIE
OFAY		HAOLE		DIKIER
SPAZ		HONKY		DOGANS
SPIC		HORIS		DYKIER
SPIK		JEWED		GAMMAT
TAIG		KAFIR		GINZOS
WOGS		KIKES		GIPPOS
YIDS		LESBO		GOYISH
		LESES		GRINGA
		LEZES		GRINGO
		LEZZA		GYPPED
		LEZZY		GYPPER
		LUBRA		GYPPOS
		MICKS		HAOLES
		MUNTS		HONKEY
		MUNTU		HONKIE
		NANCE		HUNKEY
		NANCY		HUNKIE
		NEGRO		JESUIT
		NIGER		JEWING
		OFAYS		KAFFIR
		PIKEY		KAFIRS
		POOFS		KANAKA
		POOFY		LESBOS
		POOVE		LEZZAS
		POOVY		LEZZES
		REFFO		LEZZIE
		SAKAI		LUBRAS
		SKIMO		MOFFIE
		SPAZZ		MONGED
		SPICS		MONGOL
		SPIKS		MUNTUS
		SQUAW		NANCES
		TAIGS		NIGERS
		VENDU		NIGGER
		WIGGA		PAPISH
		ZAMBO		PAPISM
				PAPIST
				PIKEYS
				POLACK
				POOVES
				POPERY
				POPISH
				REFFOS
				SAKAIS
				SCHIZO
				SCHIZY
				SHIKSA
				SHIKSE
				SKIMOS
				SPICKS
				SQUAWS
				VENDUS
				WIGGAS
				WIGGER
				ZAMBOS

7 Letter Deletions		8 Letter Deletions
BACKRAS		BOSSBOYS
BINGHIS		BULLDIKE
BOHUNKS		BULLDYKE
BOONGAS		CHINKIES
BOSCHES		FAGGIEST
BOSSBOY		FAGGOTRY
BUCKRAS		GOLLIWOG
BUFTIES		GOLLYWOG
BUMBOYS		GYPSTERS
CHINKIE		HARELIPS
COOLIES		HASBIANS
CRACKAS		JESUITIC
DARKEYS		JESUITRY
DARKIES		JIGABOOS
DIKIEST		MULATTAS
DYKIEST		MULATTOS
FAGGERY		NANCIEST
FAGGIER		NEGROIDS
FAGGOTY		NEGROISM
GAMMATS		NIGGERED
GINZOES		NITCHIES
GIPPOES		OCTAROON
GOYISCH		OCTOROON
GOYISHE		PAPISHER
GRINGAS		PAPISHES
GRINGOS		PAPISTIC
GYPPERS		PAPISTRY
GYPPING		PICCANIN
GYPSTER		PICKNEYS
HARELIP		POOFIEST
HASBIAN		POOFTAHS
HONKEYS		POOFTERS
HONKIES		POOVIEST
HUNKEYS		POPERIES
HUNKIES		POPISHLY
JESUITS		POUFTAHS
JIGABOO		POUFTERS
KAFFIRS		QUADROON
KANAKAS		QUASHEES
LEZZIES		QUASHIES
MOFFIES		QUEERDOM
MONGOLS		RAGHEADS
MULATTA		REDNECKS
MULATTO		REDSKINS
NANCIER		SCHIZIER
NANCIES		SEMIMUTE
NEGRESS		SHEENEYS
NEGROES		SHEENIES
NEGROID		SHEMALES
NIGGERS		SHICKSAS
NIGGERY		SHIKSEHS
NITCHIE		SHKOTZIM
PAPISMS		SHVARTZE
PAPISTS		SPASTICS
PICKNEY		SPAZZING
POLACKS		SQUAWMAN
POOFIER		SQUAWMEN
POOFTAH		UMLUNGUS
POOFTER		WETBACKS
POOVERY		WOOFTAHS
POOVIER		WOOFTERS
POUFTAH
POUFTER
QUASHEE
QUASHIE
RAGHEAD
REDNECK
REDSKIN
SCHIZOS
SCHIZZY
SHEENEY
SHEENIE
SHEGETZ
SHEMALE
SHICKSA
SHIKSAS
SHIKSEH
SHIKSES
SPAZZED
SPAZZES
UMLUNGU
WETBACK
WHITEYS
WHITIES
WIGGERS
WOGGISH
WOOFTAH
WOOFTER