scrabble question

[ArkiStan]

I tried to enter the word "liquor." It says invalid word. Why is that?

http://www.raymondkwan.com/uploader2/files/1111/scrabble.jpg

[gear02]

What's a "Nodie"?

Liquor is right, but in creating that word you have to make sure all the other words involved are real words too.

[ArkiStan]

i see. how a bout that word "piano" on the bottom left? That was the last word that the other player entered. So you can start a new word without using an existing letter as long as it is adjacent to existing letters? Or was it possible because "hon" is a word?

[zippyjuan]

What kind of word is "Ti" also?

[ArkiStan]

That's what i'm saying. How is it that the word piano was a valid entry?

[gear02]

i see. how a bout that word "piano" on the bottom left? That was the last word that the other player entered. So you can start a new word without using an existing letter as long as it is adjacent to existing letters? Or was it possible because "hon" is a word?

Yes you can start a new word without using existing letters so long as the adjacent letters form a word.

And "Ti" is a word of some sort. Scrabble has an official dictionary with a list of 2 letter words.

[ArkiStan]

So in the case of the word, "piano," it was valid because "ti," "sha," and "hon" are all words in some dictionary?
That means that "piano" was a brilliant move....no wonder i'm losing to this girl.

[RoniMan]

So in the case of the word, "piano," it was valid because "ti," "sha," and "hon" are all words in some dictionary?
That means that "piano" was a brilliant move....no wonder i'm losing to this girl.

yes to your first part.

i'm just curious, are u playing scrabulous? if so, try the single player mode with the robot. it'll teach you some really good techniques as well as good 2 letter words.

[ArkiStan]

yes i'm playing scrabulous and I've never played scrabble, so all my friends are wondering why I have the vocab level of a 5-year-old.

[Leon]

Ti:

any of several Asian and Pacific trees or shrubs (genus Cordyline) of the agave family with leaves in terminal tufts

[Agent Plissken]

That dood has scrabble HAX.
Spell out "haxxor" FTW

[RoniMan]

yes i'm playing scrabulous and I've never played scrabble, so all my friends are wondering why I have the vocab level of a 5-year-old.

if you're on facebook, you can play with the rest of the GA crew. but i must warn you, look out for that Maarchk guy, he's pretty good!

[Maarchk]

if you're on facebook, you can play with the rest of the GA crew. but i must warn you, look out for that Maarchk guy, he's pretty good!

I'm good at 10 letter words only worth 8 points.

Chi on the other hand pulled off a 42 point word... The word... Ax...

So yes, its all about playing words that create new words in both directions. You get credit for all the words as if you just laid them all down, but the cost is , they must all be words. You friend did well with piano.

[Freelance Superhero]

Woohoo, I didn't realize you guys were playing Scrabulous. Count me in!

Also, in reference to TI, basically all the notes of a musical octave are acceptable: DO, RE, MI, FA, SO, LA, and TI. Plus, I actually didn't discover this until just yesterday, but if you look right above where both your names appear, there are a number of buttons you can click for all kinds of hints, including a two-letter word list and a dictionary lookup function. Scrabulous is apparently based on two dictionaries, and there are a LOT of acceptable words you never would have thought of. ;)

[ShawnLee]

Seriously. Chi pulls out some random high scoring words. Maarchk is good.
Me, I have a decent vocabulary that seems to disappear when it would be helpful.

[Memo]

http://spod.cx/cheat-o-matic.shtml

:-x

In Scrabulous you can see a list of all the 2 letter words. Ti is a valid one.

[Devhux]

I just might have to install this app (if I haven't already) -- haven't played Scrabble since I was a kid. :)

[avlena]

if you go onto the scrabble.com website, they have a word generator. bit of cheating, but my hubby and i do it against each other all the time.

[ray]

i suck at scrabulous. that is all.

oh yeah, i suck at remembering to play my turns on facebook too.

[RoniMan]

oh yeah, i suck at remembering to play my turns on facebook too.

yes
you
do

:P

[ArkiStan]

This facebook scrabble app is killing me. It's the biggest distraction ever!!

[Freelance Superhero]

I know what you mean mon. I've been spending the 4:30-6 timeslot of my time at work covertly playin Scrabulous with my co-workers. After I get all my day's work done, of course...

[RoniMan]

with this many ppl playing...we could have a scrabble-off

[kalendello]

You cannot play Scrabble without knowing about the scrabble dictionary... they have MANY words in their dictionary that you would never know... (EF - Is defined as the letter F).

They have the Scrabble dictionary online at the following link:

http://www.hasbro.com/games/adult-games/scrabble/home.cfm?page=Dictionary/dict

Here's why PIANO was allowed:
- TI (TIS) - The seventh tone of the diatonic musical scale
- SHA - Used to urge silence
- HON (HONS) - A honeybun

Here's why LIQUOR wasn't allowed:
- Could not find any results for nodie

[kalendello]

Oh, and they have something called "SCRABBLE Word Builder"... cheat away.

[Maarchk]

Look me up on face book. I'm in the got apex group.
Mark Garcia.
I have lots of phone calls, and then 10 minute gaps where i play scrabbluous.
I'd be happy to play with any and all people. one on one or group games. :) But that Chi kid beats people bad... Don't bet him a nickle!

[des1969]

I looked up "nodie" on dictionary.com. It didn't recognize it

[RoniMan]

we should do "team-play"...no more of this teaming up on me! =P

[yippiekiyeh]

It is very addictive no doubt about it.