Sep 17, 2023

SCRABBLE


Playing the "12-Tile" variant of the game(*), I drew (in alphabetical order) 

E I K L M N O O R S T V

(*) Using the longer 'rack' invented by Montgomery Spoonbill, and applying the 3-words per turn rule which is the norm in countries with 27 or more (sometimes many, many more) letters in their alphabets.  Worth a visit. They are all south of the Equator as you would expect.

I was playing against myself (Harbinger's 'Solo' Rules).  As soon as I saw these letters, three words sprang to mind but, as often happens under Harbinger, were instantly forgotten.

So, working from left to right (English system), I made - first

LIKE MOON RVST      The judge disqualified RVST as not being a real word (c'mon! It's RUST. Well, nearly) and told me he didn't LIKE the way I was MOONing around. Awarded a Harbinger Score of ZERO and a Yellow Card.  Said I must try harder.  OK, what next?
  
MORE VOLT SINK      Three real words at last!  YEAH!  Harbinger score 377, a Fibonacci number!   

LINK ROTS MOVE.    Better. Makes sense, but not a lot.  Harbinger Score 128, or 2^7 if you're binary.    

KIT LOVES NORM.     All the letters in a sensible order. A little story, too!  Best wishes to both. 

RON MOVES KILT.     Another little story. 

MOVE TORN SILK     Why?  You might well ask.

MORONS LIKE TV    Now I'm really on fire!  Making a social comment, too.100 Bonus points.

ROOM V TINKLES.    Better see what Room 5 wants.  (Harbinger permits Roman numerals in lieu of the actual words, so . . . )

LIV MORE KNOTS.    Fiftyfour more knots, geddit?

And make what do you will of the following.

MONK LIST OVER. 

OK, MINT LOVERS 

KLIMT ROVES ON  

TONS MILK OVER

SILK ROOM VENT

SILKEN TV ROOM

Then, out of nowhere, my first three words came back to me!  Without wasting a moment, I rearranged the tiles.  I laid the words out on the Scrabble board.  They looked familiar.  I'd seen them somewhere before . . . . 

STORM  INK  LOVE 

 . . .  scoring 351

And leaving me just 18 words to explain where this nonsense came from. It came from HERE





9 comments:

  1. Might say 'Scrabble' to you, Doc, but to my poor addled brain, it clocks in as 'SCRAMBLED'...thinks:- does that leave me with egg on my face? Snort, giggle and guffaw. :-)

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  2. I like Scrabble (and Upwords - have you played that?) but I don't think I would be able to beat you in a game.

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  3. That's stupendous and the last line brought a real good smile

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  4. What fun you had here! I love the anagrams you made from these words, they're like a cryptic poem in themselves. My favourites are Ron Moves Kilt, Ok, Mint Lovers, and Klimt Roves on - brilliant :-)

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  5. lol that's a great game to play Very cool

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  6. Your post was a welcome addition to my reading list. Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Thanks for being a beacon of inspiration, encouraging others to reach their full potential.

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