The nationals concluded over the past week in Mumbai with serious WESPAC implications. Sherwin won it in some style. Ranga second, Udayan third and your's truly in fourth. Here are some game boards:
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Scrabble Word Study Tools
My colleague Ishika takes you through some useful tools for word study namely Zyzzyva, Aerolith, and Anagram Quizzer. I chip in on my favor...
Thursday, 6 June 2019
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
Goa Scrabble Tournament 2019
Sherwin won the 2019 WESPA rated scrabble tournament in Goa the venue for the 2019 WESPAC tournament. Here are some game boards courtesy WESPA and Yash who finished a very credible 6th in a tough field. The winners pic is courtesy The Goan:
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| Sheer brilliance from Sherwin for playing idealities through 3 floating i's and Carol for her 9X Quaffing for 260 plus |
Monday, 18 March 2019
Probability or Playability?
So how should you study words? by probability or playability, look at the following set of words, amelcorn, cornmeal, cornrent and naricorn: Which of these should you study first?
The following or the probability and playability ranks of the above mentioned words:
source: The lucksack tournament helper
The pros will tell you that you are better of studying words words by playability and thus you should study the low probable but highly playable cornrent and naricorn ahead of the highly probably amelcorn/cornmeal.
The following or the probability and playability ranks of the above mentioned words:
Word
|
Probability
Rank
|
Playability
Rank
|
Amelcorn
|
5242
|
7427
|
Cornmeal
|
5243
|
8966
|
Cornrent
|
13944
|
3442
|
Naricorn
|
12588
|
3672
|
The pros will tell you that you are better of studying words words by playability and thus you should study the low probable but highly playable cornrent and naricorn ahead of the highly probably amelcorn/cornmeal.
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