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Scrabble today: myself, Kari, and Karen, with Kristina observing through a really nasty cold even though she should just go home and go to bed. (Lou was overworked, Christine had stuff to take care of, Jean's getting new floors installed in her condo, and I don't know where Tariq was.)
23 points - GET(A)WAY
19 points - FAMED
36 points - HOIST/MASSAS (MASSA is in the dictionary, surprisingly. It means "master". But Karen put that down, I just pluralized it.)
12 points - LAIR/EL/RA (I had every single vowel plus L and R at that point, so the best I could come up with was to place LAIR vertically next to DETER. I had looked up a few alternates before placing the move, so nobody questioned me when I did it, but then I looked up RA later and found out it's not a word! It's the proper name of the Egyptian sun god and that does not count for Scrabble! Need to remember that!)
20 points - RAJ (see, trying to correct RA so at least we wouldn't have a non-word on the board the whole game)
28 points - QUOTE (Kari then played QUOTED and Karen QI, so it was like I did a public service)
15 points - SICK
15 points - FAB
Minus 6 points to Karen, who went out first, and I ended with 162. Kari finished with a 190, and Karen a 136, so I was right in the middle.
Conversation at Scrabble today included discussion of interesting yet legal words, like QUIRT and COOT, as well as speculation about the parade or demonstration going on outside city hall. It was very noisy--we could hear it two blocks away on the 19th floor. We're not sure what they wanted, but they seemed to want it now.
23 points - GET(A)WAY
19 points - FAMED
36 points - HOIST/MASSAS (MASSA is in the dictionary, surprisingly. It means "master". But Karen put that down, I just pluralized it.)
12 points - LAIR/EL/RA (I had every single vowel plus L and R at that point, so the best I could come up with was to place LAIR vertically next to DETER. I had looked up a few alternates before placing the move, so nobody questioned me when I did it, but then I looked up RA later and found out it's not a word! It's the proper name of the Egyptian sun god and that does not count for Scrabble! Need to remember that!)
20 points - RAJ (see, trying to correct RA so at least we wouldn't have a non-word on the board the whole game)
28 points - QUOTE (Kari then played QUOTED and Karen QI, so it was like I did a public service)
15 points - SICK
15 points - FAB
Minus 6 points to Karen, who went out first, and I ended with 162. Kari finished with a 190, and Karen a 136, so I was right in the middle.
Conversation at Scrabble today included discussion of interesting yet legal words, like QUIRT and COOT, as well as speculation about the parade or demonstration going on outside city hall. It was very noisy--we could hear it two blocks away on the 19th floor. We're not sure what they wanted, but they seemed to want it now.
