Quiniela

[vaneramos]

This afternoon on Jomarco.com I broke my previous Scrabble record, set in 2005, for a high word score. Today's word was QUINIELA, for a basic score of 17 points, hitting two triple word scores and earning a 50 point bonus for using all the tiles, for a total of 212. I've played over 1,500 games on the site since 2003.

Comments

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I'm unfamiliar with quiniela, but I see that Merriam-Webster online admits it. Thrusted, however, I would reject out of hand.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

In these games the computer automatically checks words against the dictionary used in North American tournaments, so it must be acceptable.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Oh, and my dream (not that I ever play Scrabble these days) is to make quixotic in that position -- or rather in the other half of the row so that the X is on the double-letter square: 356.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I had the right setup to play QUIXOTIC, but on the wrong side. In fact, I already had the Q and U on the rack when I played NAZI, and was hoping against hope my opponent wouldn't use the spot, but I didn't expect it to work out so well.