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Thursday, September 14, 2006
Got Bingos*?
You'd better if you want to win the 1st annual Green Mountain Challenge SCRABBLE Tournament. It's happening at the Inn at Essex November 10-12. I'm hoping to enter, though I haven't dusted off my tile rack in over a year. My poor flashcards are mouldering in their file drawers. Sigh.
I used to play SCRABBLE all the time, but my life's a little more hectic these days, and I rarely have a chance to play. I can't even remember all the 2 letter words, much less the 3s.
I still remember my U-dump song, though. Those are three and four letter words that use two Us. Sing to the tune from "Gilligan's Island": "Ulu fugu guru juju kudu kuru luau, lulu mumu sulu tutu ulus unau urus."
Anybody else planning to register for the tournament? Deadline's Nov. 1. And you've gotta be a member of the National SCRABBLE Association. It's some good, nerdy fun, believe you me.
*To "bingo" in SCRABBLE, you need to use all 7 of the tiles on your rack in one turn. Doing that gives you the points from the word or words that you create, as well as a 50-point bonus. Good tournament players average 2-4 of these turns per game.
September 14, 2006 at 02:32 PM in House Rules | Permalink
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I have to say, I'm stunned.
The U-dump song?
I would think someone with that level of Scrabblocity couldn possibly resist doing anything but registering for this thing...
Go forth and conquer.
Posted by: Vermonter | Sep 14, 2006 8:56:22 PM
Yeah, I'm going to register. I'm just resigned to the fact that I won't do very well. Tournament SCRABBLE is really competitive. People don't understand. It's like a whole different game. My U dump song is nothing. People make all kinds of lists to memorize words, bingo stems (combinations of 6 letters most likely to result in a bingo when the 7th letter is drawn). There are all kinds of strategies.
If you don't want to learn about power tiles, phonies, bingo stems, and u-less q words, don't even bother entering. But if you, like, me, are fascinated by these esoteric terms and would like to learn more, please, by all means, sign up.
Posted by: cresmer | Sep 15, 2006 9:52:55 AM
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