Lol just a suggestion but if you’re interested you might want to check out David Webb and Kenji Matsumoto’s scrabble videos if you haven’t already, they’re top players and make great content, if not its fine too
Forgive me if I missed some. Never played scrabble before. Cleg - a horsefly Cox - (noun) person who sits in the back of a rowing boat and controls its direction (verb) person who acts as cox Bridler - People who puts on bridles (horse gear) (I think) Theorbo - an instrument similar to a lute Buy - exchange something for money // a bought item Cozy - comfortable, warm, snug Kale - type of cabbage Wight - a living or (in fantasy) undead creature Beg - to ask someone humbly/without offering an exchange Ted - to spread something for drying Lid - a covering that is often hinged or attached at one end (for a box, an eye) Awe - feeling of respect, reverence, amazement Tranq - informal version of tranquilizer Indigent - to be impoverished // a destitute person Waul - to cry or wail plaintively like a cat We - abbreviation of wednesday // pronoun Drouk /drawk - to drench something Jefe - leader, chief, boss Jo - sweetheart // japanese mesure of length Veeps - a vice president Ya - designation given to the metal gadolinium // old spelling of yea // informal version of you Uta - type of lizard Any - one, some, every, or all without specification. Antifat - something which has properties that counteract the formation or storage of fats Ta - thanks // middle english version of toe Moo - sound a cow makes Tam - a tam-o'-shanter (type of hat) No - used to express denial To - a direction toward something Oxim - any of a group of compounds containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom, which in turn is doubly bonded to a nitrogen atom Cue - long stick used to strike a cue ball with in pool or billiard Vara - texas unit of length Pi - ratio of a circles circumference to it's diameter Circ/Diam = Pi Strained - having passed through a strainer // forced beyond its limits Ironic - poignantly contrary to what was expected Te - the power through which tao is actualized (in taoism) // the seventh note in a major scale (in music)
Very cool. Thank you. However, you forgot to include the blank T on the end of ANTIFA. That play was "antifat," an adjective describing something which has properties that counteract the formation or storage of fats. That said, fists up fascism down.
I thought you were joking until I realized that my headphone were unplugged and I had been watching the 2019 Scrabble Championship Finals 1 of 3 muted for 37 minutes.🤦♂️
I wished they'd explain the strategy more. I love Scrabble and I'm interested in improving my game, but they're talking about stuff that's obvious to a top-level player but just baffles me.
The commentators are so pompous. Imagine showing these with experts who didn’t try to nerdily outsmart each other and rather instead educated the viewer on how the game works.
@@trainerred6582 kind of funny, just yesterday I saw irregardless was accepted into the merriam webster dictionary, and I repeat my question: why?! Before, it wasn't a word and was considered wrong!
Yes, that's true, but it's used enough that it's a loan word and thus considered an English word. Dinero, vaquero, croissant... Over here in English land we like sharing. Also, "irregardless" was accepted based on the fact that SO FREAKING MANY people used the word incorrectly that it became commonplace. However, it is listed as nonstandard, which essentially means "this is stupid and clunky and there's no reason to use it."
An opponent can challenge the word you use and the referees check if it's in the dictionary. I think when this happens, the clock of the person who challenged the opponent keeps ticking. If the word doesn't exist, the opponent is penalized with less time or points. Remember, you can lose if you run out of time just like in chess
In official tournament play, and even according to the official rules for home play, a dictionary is only allowed to be used as a reference when someone's play has been challenged. High-level Scrabble players spend long and hard hours familiarizing themselves with tons and tons of words. Most of them know every single two- and three-letter word in the English language. It's nuts.
1st, but it’s close. It’s something like 54% chance of winning if you go first, all other things being equal. While going first has its advantages, such as the double word score, the person going second is more likely to bingo because they can make both 7-letter words and 8-letter words.
Slight advantage for first player. The placement of the double letter score along with the required double word score can make for some strong starts, plus you get first crack at trying to open or close parts of the board. Second player has more bingo potential, as their bingo doesn't have to just be a seven-letter word sitting on their rack; they can play an eight-letter bingo. However, they have to play on the terms first player sets, bingo or no. You feel me?
These people have just memorized a bunch of strings of letters that happen to be "legal" in scrabble without knowing what many of them even mean. In the first few minutes of this, the announcers are literally debating whether the word "mortgagee" is a real word. They don't know what it means, but they know how to spell it!
Get into more fun word play by learning how to do the New York Times Crossword Puzzle! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-odR3lx-HPes.html
I agree with you. I have commented before that these commentators are not as professional as in other tournaments, such as Mattel World Championships - watch and compare. The giggling and personal comments are, to say the least, annoying, and unnecessary. Their time would be more beneficial if spent explaining and anticipating plays and words to watchers. NASPA, please change them???
