Spectrum Computing

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...

Sadly I missed out on the Amiga days (Speccy broke when I was 17, then I was a poor student). I didn't even own a PC or laptop until after about 12 years of working as a games programmer lol :) (I did have a PS1 and an N64, then an XBox and Gamecube, but nothing to program on except at work). I also...

All the people I ever worked with who programmed on the Amiga (which was before my time, I started with C on PS1) used to do it in assembly (same CPU as Megadrive as well) so I don't think C was that popular at the time. I think C only became very popular for games when the PS1, Saturn and N64 days,...

When I was on Facebook I used to play my friend on that as well. She used to cheat though (looking up words, using anagram solver) so I stopped playing her online after a while, it's not fun when one person is cheating ;) Facebook scrabble did not let you play invalid words IIRC as well though. But ...

Yeah I tend not to play online games against random peoples much cos of trolling/abuse, but ISC was pretty good for not having much of that. I think I got accused of cheating because I play quite fast usually (I started out playing way too slowly, losing on time - you get 20 mins (each) default time...

As an aside, do you guys play Scrabble irl against other people? I'm aware how accomplished Scrabble players know hoards of those two/three letter words that most of us mortals haven't heard of. If I was playing a mate and started playing those, I'd probably get eyerolls and people not wanting to p...

Yeah I will carry on after 6PM tonight, give time for other suggestions and such. I thought it was FAHRT (I remember AUSFAHRT from signs) is the T optional or is it defo wrong? I see the website which translates it has no T either. I have a glass tankard with Mój poduszkowiec jest pełen węgorzy engr...

Also makes sense in German LUFT = air KISSEN = cushion FAHRT = vehicle? (or is it drive, can't remember) ZEUG = thingy https://i.postimg.cc/3RPFCY0v/game4rack7.png Lunchtime bonus play of FAULT/TOT for 30 CPU plays SWIZ for 32, could have just played WIZ and kept the S https://i.postimg.cc/yd6M4hLP/...

Adding the S later isn't that great really, you only get to use premium squares once. Best use for an S is pluralising a word whilst playing another word perpendicular same time (preferably a bingo) - as I did with NATTERS (I think NUTTERS would have been a better choice for the blank though in hind...

Also I did a google image search for jetbike... there's like a bazillion images and references lol. It was the name of the vehicle in Return of the Jedi looks like. EDIT: Nope, that was a speeder bike... Jetbike is a Warhammer 40K rip off of that though looks like. Neither have 2 wheels which is kin...

Yeah he did claim that, said he thought of the tune when on the toilet. I don't think it's a sample though, piano notes are in reverse order? Anyway should have given Queen/Bowie credit and royalties, I think they took him to court. Apparently it was a sample. $4M damages paid https://loudwire.com/q...

For some reason I had dismissed ERS as a possibility but I think it is ok yeah now I think about it. I think cos ER is an interjection I wasn't sure if it took an S (probably does though). It is a waste of an S though, my rule of thumb is usually make a bingo or make more than 20 points better than ...

Did say I'd check the first rack for bingos before bed. No bingos, could have scored 2 more points with IATRIC, whatever that is lol. https://i.postimg.cc/j53kS78T/firstrack.png Would have left an I next to a double letter score though which is asking for trouble. Wasn't interested in words with 4 o...

That's something to do with the foreman of the Danube shipping company or something IIRC ;) I'll always remember Krankenversicherung because Duolingo used to quiz me on it daily it seems like :) Ja, Ich habe eine gute Krankenversicherung. Didn't you ask me that yesterday lol. Also, Mein Luftkissenfa...

Have you played German version of scrabble as well? I heard that lets you have 8 tiles on your rack (obvs the letter distribution and points per letter will change a lot, Z is probably worth 1 or something lol, presumably Y is worth 10?). I guess there's no umlaut letters or sharp-S either? Does tha...