Monday, April 21, 2008

I THINK I MIGHT WIN THIS ONE

So I was playing Scrabulous with this dude on Facebook that I won't name because I don't know if he would want me to and he proceeded to kick the pants off of me. It was somewhat embarrassing. Not having too many games going, I decided to start another game with him and keep my fingers crossed that I would lose not quite as badly as I did before. He has quite the impressive record. The first set of letters I got were

MN?UEDW

I thought, “Huh, those look like promising letters.” I began to think of words and came up with "mewed", the noise a cat makes. The remaining letters were “un”. I wondered if unmewed was a word. I put it on the board, although not in the smartest place cause I didn’t really think it would work. It worked. The definition doesn’t have anything to do with the cat sound. Apparently, "mew" means to confine and to "unmew" means to set free and therefore someone can be "unmewed". Nifty, I scored me 78 points, learned something, and got my next letters.

TORANIE

I thought, “Huh, these look like very promising letters.” I really wanted to spell “anterior” but the other r was nowhere to be found. However, there was a D on the board and “rationed” soon appeared on the board netting me another 70 points. I don’t know if I have ever scored two seven letter words in a row and certainly not the first two moves of a game. My opponent wrote an “aw HELL no” after my move. I just smiled to myself and got my next letters.

TESET?O

I thought, “Huh, these look like very promising letters.” I mixed them and mixed them and wasn’t having much luck. Then I thought ETTE is a pretty common ending of things. I mixed the rest of the letters around and was oh so glad I watched Project Runway like a mad woman because “rosette” was suddenly staring back at me. I couldn’t believe it. It even fit on the board, and over a triple word score. I netted another 70 points.

There the game sits. Three moves in and I have a score of 218. The last time I played dude I had a total score of 274. After his first two moves he is sitting on 60 points, not a shabby score at all. While he could catch me I think I might have this one wrapped up. I don’t have another seven letter word on my board though; at least I don’t think I do.

EDYOEED

No, "doeeyed" isn’t a word. Even if I had one and you saw it I couldn’t accept help cause that would be cheating and cheating is for losers. Then again, since I have been all self-congratulatory on my blog I will probably lose anyway due to overconfidence. That would suck.

1. Well I’m reading this poem and it’s so profound/ and I/ I like its rhythm/ and I/ I like its sound. Lies, Violent Femmes

2. Can I come over/ Tonight/ Can I come over/ Tonight/ What do you think I wanna do/ That’s right/ Can I come over/ Tonight. Real Cool Time, The Stooges

3. I got bullets in the clip/ So what you want/ I got a lyric I can spit/ So what you want. Ghetto Pop Life, Dangermouse and Jemini

4. Andy would bicycle across town in the rain to bring you candy/ and John would buy the gown for you to wear to the prom/ With Tom the astronomer who’d name a star for you. The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side, Magnetic Fields

5. Loyal fans and new found followers/ What’s up ya’ll/ Hello how are you doing out there/ You chillin/ I’m winnin/ Oh by the way the album’s out/ Go get it. Here We Go Again. DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Natalie Unleashed!!!

Wowzers. I don't think I will ever be able to beat you at Scrabble again. I am mightily impressed.

And it made me smile to see that you have DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince on your iPod (even though I didn't initially recognize the song).

Mrs. Loquacious said...

Great words, Natalie! I love Scrabulous but I lose almost as often as I win :( One of my regular opponents is also a ruthless defensive player and always wins, which doesn't help :(

Still, this is one of my fave games online or on a board. :) Readers with bigger vocabularies totally have an advantage!

Anonymous said...

I love that nerdy side of you.

Foofa said...

Mom- I am sure you will be able to beat me. The thing is we aren't playing challenge and the computer won't let you put something on the board that doesn't work so things like unmewed would never happen in a normal game when I thought I was making it up. Plus, this is a freak game and I am really not as good as my first three moves would lead someone to believe

Mrs L- Tony won't play Scrabble with me often because, while he is fine at it, I am much more experienced than he is. Scrabulous lets me get my geek on.

Citizen of the world- It is oh so nerdy