word up gossip

angie · Post by **angie** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:50 pm

Today marked the first occasion of an ANGIE ANDY record being broken by one of the members flying solo - I got DAZZLINGLY (440) in The Ark, Glasgow, though in fairness to Andy, SEQUENTIALLY, the team record, which was his brainchild, is a more impressive word. (surely 6 commas in that last sentence is also a record)

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:36 pm

Still amazed one of you hasn't got QUIZZICALLY yet given the number of QUIZZES and QUIZZINGs you've had.

tka · Post by **tka** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:48 pm

Is this for real?

http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums ... _id=394494

Word Down? Come on

I know games get cloned but this is stupid

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:37 am

From reading that it seems to be part of a university project or something to learn programming / game designing, rather than a real rip-off.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:40 pm

got my third best solo score at lunchtime 1972 in the wetherspoons behind the high court. i had been in the dock for EMBEZZLING but my point is this:
i seem to play better when i'm exhausted (work/sleep ratio has been shocking for the last two weeks and i've only put in about two hours of pubbing & SWPing this week).

surely this shouldn't be right. also when Mr Bob picked up my gauntlet a while back i'd just met a deadline too. but i put in what i think was a pretty strong challenge.

so is there any reason why exhaustion enhances word game functionality of am i just superhuman?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:58 pm

unknownpseudonym wrote: so is there any reason why exhaustion enhances word game functionality of am i just superhuman?

It might be the case that when you're tired, your brain can do little more than focus on the word upping in front of you, so perhaps facilitates concentration.

In my case, I think fatigue doesn't seem to effect my WU or pure anagramming ability much, but crushes my scrabble ability. Maybe because scrabble requires more multi-tasking/is constructive rather than destructive. Dunno, really.

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:39 pm

It may be that word-spotting is mainly subconscious, and the 'awake' player, in trying to force himself to spot words, overrules the natural spotting capacity.

Drpepper · Post by **Drpepper** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:48 am

After playing puzzle word for most of my time i should be spending on homework, i'm starting to see how it's possible to do well.

Allthough i'm still terrible and have yet to clear, i managed a none clearence of 1150 odd which made me happy, also after devouring a bacon sarnie, i managed to find sizzles

.

Still got a long way to go yet, i always get stuck with J's and X's

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:27 am

shamelessly c&ped from Ernest's website:

Useful Words
Some useful three letter words:
ism, ooh, aha, qua, baa, moi, mic, gnu, vac, veg, vim, viz, vow, biz, wiz, rev, ova, eve, ain, wok, yak, ivy, guv, luv, lav, fez, yow, yup, ump, ugh, poi, oxy, och, moa, ohm, lei, kop, eng, eth, kef, haj, eff, eau, dui, who, adz, ads, mas, sol, abs, cay, ids, dis, ret, coz, sae, ser, dev, fem, vas, oho

Some handy words:
czar, czarina, czarism, czaritza, tzar, tzarina, tzaritza, jowl, adz, adze, viva, vive, vivid, vulva, vixen, vista, mauve, maven, icy, ivy, chivy, chivvy, cacao, cavy, coda, kayak, boxy, fazed, flavor, fervor (American spellings), civet, covey, civic, xenon, zinc, doxy, poxy, pixy, zine, chic, choc, coco, memo, limn, vise, viol, vial, matzo, ditz(y), putz, whom, schwa(s), schnapps, schmuck(s), schmaltz(y), schism(s), kirsch, borscht(s).

Vowel-heavy words:
eau, iota, aeon, aura, aria, aqua, ooze, ouzo, audio, adieu(x), luau, etui, moue, roue, ouija, aquaria, olio, sequoia

Vowel-free words:
rhythm(s), sync, lynx, psst, lbw, ssh, shh, hmm, nth, grr, gym(s), pry, ply, cry, dry, fly, fry, thy, try, shy, sky, sly, spy, sty, wry, why, spry, cyst(s), glyph(s), gyp(s), hymn(s), lymph(s), lynch, nymph(s), sylph(s), synch(s), crypt(s), tryst(s), myth(s), myrrh, gypsy, pygmy, flyby, dryly, shyly, slyly, spryly, wryly, syzygy, psych(s)

Ways of burning JQXZ:
hajj(es), jeez, jinx(ed/es/ing), quiz(zes, zed, zers, zing, zical, zically, zicality), equinox(es), xerox(es,ed,ing), squeez(es/ed/ing), quartz(es), pzazz, jazz(es/ed/ing/ier/iest), jacuzzi(s), pizzazz, quixotic(ally)

Q without U words:
qwerty

Endings of words to look for:
-ing, -ed, -ily, -ity, -tion, -er, -ies, -ier, -iest, -ness, -less, -ism, -tic, -ck

Beginnings:
re-, pre-, out-, un-, dis-, mis-, acc-, ex-

(some of these are specific to the newer (itbox/ind:e) release)

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:01 am

i got a 1623 n/c yesterday, stymied at the end with not enough vwls. there's always ifs and buts and on this occasion they pointed to a near miss tilt at the WR or third at least. i had an X and a Z amongst the unusable letters.
anyway the story doesn't have a happy ending just 90 seconds looking gloomily at a load of consonants.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:06 am

Fotherz and I almost beat the WR in Guildford yesterday: an early QUIZZICALITY, followed by QUIZZES and QUEANS took us to an 1841 non-clearance. Clearing was possible, but we bottled the pre-clear a little.

tka · Post by **tka** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 10:04 pm

1841?? Very good guys I would take that for a clearance on 1341!

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:41 am

i once had a tentative foray in guildford, a very dear friend works there. i think the queens head is where i went to. anyway. i laid down a cheeky 17 on friday:

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 1:34 pm

Leapfrogged :x I'm gonna EEG your ass...

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:08 pm

tee-hee

good luck with EEGically. you've got buckley's

the best bit about EXTRATERRESTRIALS is that when i pressed the help button with 17 letters left, that is what it offered me.