Article for 2012 Aug 15

2012

2012 Aug

Aug 15 Wed

Scrabble today. I had both an S and a blank in my rack. BOTHI[E]S/BUYS got me 75 points, without making use of any double- or triple- word-scores.

In the next round, Round 5, I also found an S and a blank in my rack, enabling me to play BLE[N]DERS with the B of BOTHIES, onto a double-word-score; I got 72 points for that.

Round 5 was also quite a good round for Mum, who played her second-best play of the game so far - her 30-pointer RASH. Round 5 was an even better round for Dad, who got all seven tiles out with a rack containing two blanks, 3 Ns, an E, and an A: [P]ENNAN[T]/[T]RASH, for 75 points (the [P]ENNAN[T] was on a triple-word-score, making it worth 18).

For end-of-game scores I had 528, my second-best score this year; Mum had 457, her second-best score this year; and Dad had 445, his very best score this year.