Spectrum Computing

Play that for 47. I have AMCLU left on rack. CPU is holding IIINTRV which is not good lol ;) It doesn't know QI either. Might be able to score double the CPU lol, that would be a proper spanking. https://i.postimg.cc/ydmDQB2S/game4rack16.png CPU play to be posted here once it has a think Plays TIN a...

May as well finish this off tonight. HOUR/EH/WO looks like the high scoring play, probs gonna do that, scores 47. Might be something better but I doubt it, would need to also use the C. That was a bad play from the CPU. Maybe it doesn't know WO is allowed (what you say to a horse to make it stop I t...

what about TOUCH / MU later (after KOP) ? Yeah that's a good idea. Might even draw so I can play TOUCHIER or something. I'll play the higher scoring LOP/KOP/TO then... It challenges KOP. It's a hillock and the name of the Liverpool Football Club (*spits* - I'm an Evertonian lol) home fans end, famo...

KO/KO/ON scores 24. CPU plays the Q I suspected it had... QUALM for 16. Not good enough really but probably desperate to play it lol ;) https://i.postimg.cc/RCGrcyqs/game4rack14.png Tiles left on opponents rack or in bag AEIIILMNRRRTVW KOP/LOP/TO is looking good. I have POUCH on rack but nowhere to ...

I think ENE is the name of an African tribe. But names are not allowed right? Dunno. On my desktop PC (not this laptop) I downloaded the official 2019 list with definitions which you shouldn't do kids... buy a legit copy ;) I think there is an online version with definitions you can search. Website...

https://i.postimg.cc/7YyC2CGM/game4rack13.png CPU plays DAG/ENE/GEY. I thought DAG was not allowed looks like it is lol ;) Could have played it instead of BAG earlier (BAG scored more though) Think it is definition 2 here dag n 1: 10 grams [syn: {dekagram}, {decagram}, {dkg}, {dag}] 2: a flap along...

So CPU plays DA/AN/EN for 7. https://i.postimg.cc/jq1wdgK9/game4rack12again.png I want to open the board if I have a hook though. Only worry is if CPU bingos through 2 double word scores I suspect the CPU has a Q though ;) Looks like the rules are ALL words are challenged so I can look up AGEES I th...

Can't see much else, UNTO and GO for not much (11), for plays that don't use the S. Probably gonna follow my own rule and play ATONES/IFS for 33 since that's 20 points better than a non-S play. Probably do that in about 5 mins then (watch this space). Hmm maths was wrong it only scores 27... probabl...

Looks like the algorithm tends to clog the board. First sets of games were ok though. Once the board start getting blocked it can't work out how to deal with it though I think. Psion Scrabble is worse for blocking the board, especially on the highest level. It shouldn't be blocking the board when i...

DENY/AIN/NOY for 49. Good job I played safe - NUDY, ANDY, UNDYE all bad! AIN - Scots word for "own" as in "my own stuff" NOY - annoyance (also a verb) CPU plays GEES/BADE for 12 BADE - to make an offer of a price, to bid https://i.postimg.cc/L6SDv8g2/game4rack12.png Looks close t...

I'm gonna play PUN I think for just 5. There's no tiles in bag that can go before it except the S I reckon. Might have a few minutes more think time though. PAN is better, SPAN is still ok, still nothing in bag goes before it, gets rid of one of my As, leaves SUNDA. Go for that. CPU plays IO , AI an...

BEDS / DEX was ok btw. Dex = short for a drug. I'll try to use upper case now. ;) That will be the drug that Dexy's Midnight Runners named themselves after I am guessing ;) Can't see much again. Can't remember if AP is ok, think it isn't, can't see anything with UP to the triple either yet. I could...

Too late! I accidentally quoted and it had the red underline which is a bad sign. It was after I had changed though. CPU played SAP for 11 since I missed a go changing 4 New rack https://i.postimg.cc/vTFsCs75/game4rack10.png Still bad I think lol. Don't want to play all my vowels this go I don't thi...

BED/DEW for 19 CPU plays OB/OE/EE for 20. https://i.postimg.cc/xjJVYccY/game4rack9.png No vowels. First thought is change everything except NSR. There are a few low scoring plays don't think I can play more than 1 tile though... will have a better look though. If I can only play 1 tile think changin...

Yeah IFS is fine no ifs or buts about that one ;) Shame there's no room to play 7 letter word onto IFS though. Might be a big scoring move later though, I have the only S, so may as well keep it for a big score. I think I will play bed cycling 3 and it also scores the most. Although BEN/NEW is only ...

Not 100% sure about DEX, think it might be a word though. Might be a REX play (don't think there is though). Could play CESS there for CESS/SEX which scores a lot. Uses the last S though. Scores 22 so I don't think that's high enough scoring for an S. Also opens up double triple word score plays. No...

BED and DEW is best I have seen so far. I can only play 1 letter out if I don't play the E looks like. Can't see anything 5 letters ending with D to make REED and reach the double word score either at the moment. At least that cycles 3 letters though. Could play BRED and REED or CRED and REED (99% s...

Game on again. I play EW/EX/XI for 37. Computer challenges EW - allowed in all dictionaries. Didn't challenge XI or XU so it knows about them already. XI = greek letter, XU = 1/100th of a Vietnamese Dong ;) THAT WAS A GOOD PLAY! Again. Think it has said that for most of my moves now. CPU plays anoth...

I can also see BRED/BADE/RED which scores 24 I think. That leaves XSN. That opens up the board the best I think as well REDS, REDO, playing through the B, etc. I think that's a better use of the E than EX/XI/XU. Otherwise it will be one of NIB/BAG, DIB/BAG. Also see BIRD/RAG and maybe DRIB/BAG (not ...

That does ring a bell now, I think it is valid. NIB just as good though. IBN is also a board blocker. NIB might be a blocker too but SNIB may be ok (risky). I have to avoid quoting posts with non all caps words in them though since my spell checker is pretty good it seems. Akeley you should try SJOE...

I think we are safe if Betelgeuse goes pop though, far enough away, will probably be able to see the explosion in the daytime for a month or so they think. That could happen at any time they reckon (in the next 1000 years anyway probably, could be tonight though!). Someone at WoS said his brother to...

Never heard of IBN before lol ;) I wouldn't want to risk that. Looks like might be an acronym, those aren't allowed usually except for a few exceptions which are now in common use like RADAR, SONAR etc. I will check it later on or after the game. You made me think of NIB and BAG though keeps the D i...

In the early Noughties I worked in a small pub where board games were a big thing, especially Scrabble. After watching the regulars duke it out for some time I started to ask to play myself. At first they were laughing, with "What, you're gonna put some Polish words on?" kinda jokes aplen...

They must make daily backups in banking though so they should cope. I think the Earth's magnetic field is well overdue for a polarity flip as well and when that happens the magnetic field will weaken and turn off for a while (might be a few hundred years of that too IIRC? Not sure how fast they expe...

I was wrong about Quake being written in C++ they only moved onto that for Doom 3 and later games. It was written in a C+ style though (which is to say write C in a style similar to C++, so you would have THING* THING_Create(), THING_Destroy(THING*), and nearly all THING_DoStuff functions would take...