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Saturday 6 February 2016

Cape Town International Scrabble Tournament 2016 Standings after 33 Rounds

Nigel continues to lead after 33 rounds in the Cape Town International Scrabble Tournament. Here are the standings from the original coverage on poslfit.com:
Rank
Name
Home
W-L
Spread
1
29.0-4.0
+3271
2
25.0-8.0
+2861
3
24.5-8.5
+1378
4
23.0-10.0
+2010
5
22.5-10.5
+1928
6
20.5-12.5
+769
7
20.5-12.5
+540
8
20.0-13.0
+1041
9
20.0-13.0
+683
10
20.0-13.0
+651
11
20.0-13.0
+564
12
20.0-13.0
+415
13
19.0-14.0
+1393
14
19.0-14.0
+1135
15
19.0-14.0
+1119
16
19.0-14.0
+772
17
19.0-14.0
+746
18
19.0-14.0
+487
19
19.0-14.0
+170
20
19.0-14.0
+47
21
18.5-14.5
+992
22
18.5-14.5
+250
23
18.0-15.0
+951
24
18.0-15.0
+710
25
18.0-15.0
+127
26
18.0-15.0
-28
27
17.5-15.5
+603
28
17.0-16.0
+504
29
17.0-16.0
-127
30
16.0-17.0
+346
31
15.5-17.5
+159
32
15.5-17.5
+27
33
15.0-18.0
-291
34
12.0-21.0
-972
35
12.0-21.0
-992
36
12.0-21.0
-1269
37
11.5-21.5
-1282
38
11.0-22.0
-1829
39
10.0-23.0
-1896
40
10.0-23.0
-2623
41
9.0-24.0
-1657
42
9.0-24.0
-2451
43
8.0-25.0
-2031
44
7.0-26.0
-1775
45
5.0-28.0
-3014
46
3.0-30.0
-4412
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Thursday 7 January 2016

Nigel Dominates UK Scrabble Open Yet Again

Nigel continued his winning streak at the UK Scrabble open winning by 5 clear games. Here are the final standings from the original coverage at CentreStar:

RankWon-LostSpreadClassPlayerLast Game
125–5+3224ANigel Richards (A1)1W:532-313:A11
220–10+875BKwaku Sapong (A11)2L:313-532:A1
318–12+1396AWayne Kelly (A2)1W:452-372:A10
418–12+771BColin Northmore (A10)2L:372-452:A2
518–12−81BYing_Ming Poh (A14)2W:347-343:A8
617–13+395AJames Squires (A8)1L:343-347:A14
716–14+874AElie Dangoor (A3)2W:467-359:A9
816–14+234ANeil Rowley (A9)1L:359-467:A3
916–14+137ACecil Muscat (A5)1W:434-326:A12
1015–15−415BRick Blakeway (A12)2L:326-434:A5
1115–15−464BNuala O'Rourke (A13)2W:452-382:A4
1214–16−148APaul Burton (A4)1L:382-452:A13
1312–18−700AJack Durand (A7)1W:455-439:A6
1412–18−1022BPhil Kelly (A16)2W:418-398:A17
1511–19−112ASteve Perry (A6)2L:439-455:A7
1610–20−1256BRuth MacInerney (A15)1W:372-355:A18
1710–20−1572BKevin Synnott (A17)1L:398-418:A16
187–23−2136BDavid Shenkin (A18)2L:355-372:A15
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Sunday 8 November 2015

2015 WESPA Scrabble Championship Finals, Wellington Jighere Wins

Wellington Jighere from Nigeria lifts the 2015 WESPA Scrabble Championship beating Lewis Mackay 4-0. Here are the annotated games from Cross-Tables:
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Saturday 7 November 2015

WESPA Scrabble Championship 2015 Standings - Day 4

Here are the standings after day 4 from Scrabble Australia's coverage of the WESPA Scrabble Championship 2015:

Rank
Player
Wins
Spread
1
Wellington Jighere (NGA)
25
1347
2
Lewis Mackay (ENG)
23.5
1054
3
Esther Perrins (AUS)
22
1125
4
Komol Panyasoponlert (THA)
21.5
1031
5
David Wiegand (USA)
21
1200
6
Marlon Prudencio (SGP)
21
640
7
Evans Clinchy (USA)
20.5
1326
8
Nigel Richards (NZL)
20
1287
9
Craig Beevers (ENG)
20
913
10
Austin Shin (ENG)
20
910
11
Cameron Farlow (AUS)
20
693
12
Jakkrit Klaphajone (THA)
20
536
13
Akkarapol Khwansak (THA)
19.5
678
14
Allan Oyende (KEN)
19.5
557
15
John O'Laughlin (USA)
19.5
250
16
Ayorinde Saidu (NGA)
19
916
17
Emmanuel Umujose (NGA)
19
793
18
Marty Gabriel (USA)
19
762
19
David Webb (ENG)
19
686
20
Peter Armstrong (USA)
19
651
21
Alastair Richards (AUS)
19
564
22
Paul Allan (ENG)
19
526
23
Neil Scott (SCO)
19
287
24
Waseem Khatri (PAK)
19
77
25
Toh Weibin (SGP)
18.5
83
26
Andrew Fisher (AUS)
18
931
27
Mark Nyman (ENG)
18
866
28
Adam Logan (CAN)
18
708
29
Jesse Day (USA)
18
648
30
David Koenig (USA)
18
588
31
Russell Honeybun (AUS)
18
559
32
Mark Kenas (USA)
18
488
33
Richard Jeremy (AUS)
18
484
34
Femi Awowade (ENG)
18
176
35
Yeo Kian Hung (MYS)
18
164
36
Mohan Chunkath (IND)
18
-260
37
Puneet Sharma (USA)
18
-619
38
Chris Lipe (USA)
17.5
1408
39
Hubert Wee (SGP)
17.5
1198
40
Stanley Njoroge (KEN)
17.5
-63
41
Cyril Umebiye (NGA)
17
765
42
Wayne Kelly (ENG)
17
751
43
Tony Sim (SGP)
17
441
44
Onota Oteheri (NGA)
17
331
45
Peter Kougi (AUS)
17
293
46
Joanne Craig (NZL)
17
285
47
Trevor Halsall (AUS)
17
216
48
Thacha Koowirat (THA)
17
97
49
Yong Jian Rong (SGP)
17
5
50
Mythili Rudra (AUS)
17
-147
51
Jeff Grant (NZL)
17
-232
52
Steve Perry (ENG)
17
-251
53
Puttapong Moonsarn (THA)
17
-336
54
Robert Linn (USA)
17
-364
55
Daniel Piechnick (AUS)
16.5
682
56
Jason Keller (USA)
16.5
606
57
Naween Fernando (AUS)
16.5
-68
58
Howard Warner (NZL)
16
567
59
Elie Dangoor (ENG)
16
508
60
Jesse Matthews (CAN)
16
285
61
Bob Jackman (AUS)
16
275
62
Moizullah Baig (PAK)
16
219
63
Lakshan Wanni (LKA)
16
120
64
Udayan Grover (IND)
16
111
65
Eric Kinderman (ARE)
16
23
66
Gerry Carter (THA)
16
-62
67
Andrew Goodwin (ENG)
16
-95
68
James Squires (SCO)
16
-149
69
Paul Kalumba (ZMB)
16
-161
70
Alex Tan (MYS)
16
-286
71
Peter Sinton (NZL)
16
-447
72
Cheah Siu Hean (SGP)
16
-486
73
Jared Robinson (ENG)
16
-680
74
John Ashmore (ENG)
16
-763
75
Geoffrey Newman (CAN)
15.5
-8
76
Eta Karo (NGA)
15
647
77
Irfan Siddiqui (BHR)
15
571
78
Gitonga Nderitu (KEN)
15
225
79
Andy Kurnia (SGP)
15
177
80
Evan Cohen (ISR)
15
122
81
Ron Baginski (AUS)
15
71
82
Manop Phiphat (THA)
15
29
83
Chris Vicary (ENG)
15
-55
84
Rich Baker (USA)
15
-158
85
Cecilia Le (USA)
15
-247
86
Lawson Sue (NZL)
15
-258
87
Omri Rosenkrantz (ISR)
15
-312
88
Shaila Amalean (LKA)
15
-352
89
Andrew Golding (CAN)
15
-379
90
Pat John (TTO)
15
-509
91
Jarrod Page (ZAF)
14.5
492
92
Michael Tang (MYS)
14.5
-36
93
Taewan Sutthasin (THA)
14.5
-450
94
Trevor Hovelmeier (ZAF)
14
162
95
Steve Polatnick (USA)
14
-88
96
Martin Teo (MYS)
14
-200
97
Blue Thorogood (NZL)
14
-225
98
Leslie Charles (TTO)
14
-255
99
Jackie McLeod (ENG)
14
-411
100
Somphong Phosai (THA)
14
-489
101
Karen Richards (AUS)
14
-587
102
Albert Martono (IDN)
14
-766
103
Hassan Hadi Khan (PAK)
14
-937
104
Tariq Pervez (PAK)
14
-1055
105
Dan Sandu (ROU)
14
-1077
106
Scott Garner (USA)
13.5
-270
107
Chang Ching Wei (MYS)
13
-269
108
Patrick Mpundu (ZMB)
13
-361
109
John McNaughton (NZL)
13
-403
110
Anlaug Frydenlund (NOR)
13
-600
111
Naomi Landau (ISR)
13
-746
112
Abdullah Abbasi (PAK)
13
-789
113
Mohamed Kamara (SLE)
13
-805
114
Nuala O'Rourke (NIR)
13
-861
115
Tony Leah (CAN)
12
-249
116
Ashley Coldrick (ENG)
12
-287
117
Rod Talbot (AUS)
12
-397
118
Odette Rio (PHL)
12
-545
119
Sandy Nang (USA)
12
-674
120
Mario Saliba (MLT)
12
-680
121
Jennifer Lee (USA)
12
-895
122
Rob Rosenthal (ARE)
12
-1351
123
Johnson Tsang (HKG)
12
-1480
124
Mariam Arif (PAK)
11
-1114
125
Moira Fenech (MLT)
11
-1249
126
Wimal Fernando (LKA)
11
-1423
127
Warodom Geamsakul (JPN)
11
-1503
128
Shakir Reshamwala (KWT)
10
-996
129
Pam Morris (AUT)
8
-1917
130
Robert Springer (FRA)
6
-2799
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Different Words Same Meaning

Citolas, Citoles, Cithrens, Citherns, Cithers, Citterns - A Guitar
Waivode, Waiwode, Woiwode, Voivode - An army leader
Cagouls, Cagoules, Kagouls, Kagoules, Kagools - An anorak
Eulachan, Eulachon, Oulachon, Oulakan, Oolakan, Ulikon - A candlefish
Kiester, Keister, Hurdies, Patootie - The Buttocks
Didakei, didakai, Diddicoy, Didicoi, Didicoy - A Tinker
Cabala, Cabbala, Kabala, Kabbala, Kabbalah, Qabala, Qabalah - a Jewish doctrine
Yoghurt, Yaourt, Yogurt, Yoghourt - A type of curd
Narwal, Narwhal, Narwhale - An Arctic aquatic mammal
Lekythus, Lecythus, Lekythos - An ancient oil Jar
Germen, Germain, Germaine, Germin - Something that serves as an origin
Filemot, Philomot, Philamot - A dull brown shade
keblah, Kibla, Kiblah, Qibla - The direction muslims face while praying
Litchi, Lichi, Lychee, Lichee - A fruit
Poursue, Pursue, Persue, Poursew Pursew - To follow
Pummelo, Shaddock, Pompelo - A citrus fruit
Repreeve, Reprive, Repryve - To delay
Baklava, Baklawa, Baclava - A middle eastern desert
Nilgai, Nilgau, Nilghai, Nilghau, Nylghai, Nylghau - a large antelope
Cassina, Cassene, Cassine, Cassena - an evergreen tree
Narghile, Narghily, Nargile, Nargileh, Nargily - a hookah
Dirdam, Dirdum, Durdum - uproar
Shechita, Shehitah, Shehita - krosher killing of animals
Mezuzot, Mezuzoth, Mezuzah, Mezuza - a Jewish scroll

Combo Words of Two Words that are Good Both Ways

Bedrail - Railbed
Dovering - Ringdove
Hangover - Overhang
Turnover - Overturn
Runover - Overrun
Roadside - Sideroad
Outburn - Burnout
Woodworm - Wormwood
Linecut - Cutline
Outpass - Passout
Outspeak - Speakout
Comedown - Downcome
Upclose - Closeup
Outback - Backout
Pinhead - Headpin
Mateship - Shipmate
Cutover - Overcut
Upstart - Startup
Outshoot - Shootout
Overwing - Wingover
Fantail - Tailfan

Common Words with Not so common Anagrams

Tailors - Oralist, Rialtos, Sliotar
Almonds - Dolmans
Mustard - Durmast
Stadium - Dumaist
Romance - Cremona
Cauldron - Crunodal
Acolyte - Cotylae
Cilantro - Contrail
Decagon - Congaed
Ethical - Alethic
Strongly - Strongyl
Ungrazed - Gazunder
Expires - Prexies
Detangle - Danegelt
Teardown - Danewort
Erasions - Sensoria
Innovate - Venation
Inundate - Antidune
Invocate - Conative
Antidote - Tetanoid
Liaises - Silesia
Coalise - Celosia
Isotherm - Moithers
Heroism - Moreish
Sedation - Astonied
Marries - Simarre
Tsunami - Manitus, Santimu
Cheerio - Echoier


Those Handy Pyramid Words!

Pyramid words are words which start at 2 letters but can be extended to 7 letters and beyond. For example take the word loofahs, we start with lo, next we get to loo, followed by loof, loofa, loofah and loofahs. Thus by knowing loofahs we get to know a total of 6 words. Other examples include:
Abasers, Amenders, Amusers, Barbers, Bingers, Chained,
Chiasmal, Daledhs, Divests, Erasers, Fasties, Godsons, Hookahs, Jambees, Jamboks, Kaingas, Kinases, Lapsers, Maliced, Mentors, Nursery, Parkiest, Poleyns, Reeders, Reposes, Singers, Skaters,Tapetis, Teasers, Ureases, and Woosells.

There are some reverse pyramid words too. Take the word drooped for example, we start with ed, then ped, then oped, then ooped, rooped and finally drooped.Other examples include:
Aemules, Afeared, Borates, Cleared, Demures, Escapes, Glaired, Hamates, Lemures, Mananas, Penates, Retapes, Scraped, Testates, Upreach, Vacates, Whooped, Yslaked and Zananas.