Achievements and Accomplishments Thread

[Naboka]

Still in pursuit of a perfect game with all ultra-rare words.

A purely red unfolding.

Kind of tough to remember which is and which isn't. When cose is ultra-rare but coses is wide. Or eserine is rare but eserines is ultra-rare. And the hundreds of similar events.

Not to mention mistypes--like ice instead of tice.

Which makes for the challenge.

sigh

Not to mention the thought it was typed like eens when it wasn't.

Thought I'd post the read out, which will give a list of ultra-rares for people learning. It also provides the order they were entered.

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Hope they're big enough to read. And the methodology comprehensible. In case anyone is interested....

[JedMedGrey]

Thanks, my friend!

[bwt1213]

Congratulations! It's always nice to find a good one; it can make your day, or even your month!

[JedMedGrey]

My best for April . . .
Best word: ENGINEERINGS (22 pts.) New record!
Longest word: ENGINEERINGS (12 letters) New record!

[JedMedGrey]

Most times when I try to add "-ness" to a word I get the "invalid word" message. This time it was accepted, and was a new record for the board.
Best word: TERSENESSES (20 pts.) New record!
Longest word: TERSENESSES (11 letters) New record!

previous record:
PUZZLE STATS:
Best Word: LITENESSES (18 pts)
Longest Word: LITENESSES (10 letters)

With Spring attempting to beat back Winter, perhaps we'll get a board with "vernalization" or "vernalisation" in it!

[bwt1213]

Congratulations, Kate! That's really impressive! In 8+ years of playing, I've never surpassed a standing record by that much.

[crazykate]

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I just managed to get a new high score for this board, which had been played 15 times, by nearly 100 points more than the previous record holder (the previous high score was 389), and undercutting the total word record by 20 words. (46 words is a LOT for my current playing style, I usually get between 20 and 40 words on a 5x5 grid.) I'm pretty much just competing against myself, but getting the odd record here and there is pretty gratifying.

[crazykate]

I just attempted to play a board which supposedly had more than 150 9+ letter words hidden in a 5x5 grid. I managed to (probably temporarily) snag the best& longest word records, and I got a score of 506 points with 51 words played.
Here's an extract of my word list (if the screenshot works...)Screenshot_20230326-213638.png

[lalatan]

The definition I saw for CIRCUMDUCTING was leading in circles. (I guess the way I used the word was a bit of stretch. I had the image of someone confused and going round in circles.) Don't know which dictionary it was and I can't find it again. PROBLEMATIZTION meant something more than what I thought it did: a process of stripping away common or conventional understandings of a subject matter in order to gain new insights. In a sense that's what we're doing by using an unorthodox way of playing Boggle.

[Naboka]

Thanks for the compliment. Some of the words accepted make me lol. Two recent finds in that category were ROMANCEISHNESSES (30/16) and FANTISTICATES (24/13). Some players may think I'm CIRCUMDUCTING them by playing such words. However, much like yourself, I'm just engaging in some PROBLEMATIZATION (33/16).

So funny.

Had to look up circumducting as the only definition I had was like when you're circling your arms while exercising.

The rest...not about to look them up. Self explanitory.

Think you're right about what some players think. There are a lot of very, very smart people playing here. But, some can't imagine anyone being smarter. Like the girl I ran across in college. She was the smartest person she'd ever met. And everyone seemed to have reinforced that idea her entire life. That anyone could blow her out of the water academically was absolutely beyond her reality. And when it happened... Talk about a woman scorned. The indignation radiating from her could have lit a stadium. If looks could kill--and every other bromide.

It's probably how some people view your ability to find crazy words. It's just unreal. It challenges their self assessment. As smart as they are, if they can't do it, there's no way someone else can. It insults them in some strange way.

Probably how they view megaword.

btw, beat a certain player by 270ish today. Talk about unreal. The advantage of having a new dictionary I guess. Thought of posting it, but.. just didn't feel right.

[lalatan]

The number of records you set boggles the mind. No pun intended.

Hugeousnesses? Cracks me up. The reason why it's so interesting to play What Word Did Lalatan Find: jawdropping combinations making actual words--some of which are hilarious.

Thanks for the compliment. Some of the words accepted make me lol. Two recent finds in that category were ROMANCEISHNESSES (30/16) and FANTISTICATES (24/13). Some players may think I'm CIRCUMDUCTING them by playing such words. However, much like yourself, I'm just engaging in some PROBLEMATIZATION (33/16).

[bwt1213]

[QUOTE=Naboka;n32356]

Think parthenogenesis was how the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park were reproducing. Also think a lot of Gen Xers and Millenials are attempting it.

I seem to remember that it's also possible for humans. Yes, virgin birth is indeed possible, though rare. The baby basically comes from a single egg that somehow was spurred to begin division. Generally, the child is defective in a number of ways (intellectually among them). And, of course, the child is ALWAYS female; to be male, the child would have to get a y chromosome from somewhere, and that's not going to come from mommy.

[lalatan]

Thanks for the link to the discussion of system glitches. Think I'll shrug and let it be. Ended up with 17 lost most points records yesterday. Mostly I use them as benchmarks for the day's games goals. It's also kind of interesting to see how often someone is beating you. Now I'll just have to speculate: wow, someone knocked me off 5 times today--then again, maybe not. For a while I was going days without losing anything. (other than most words) So, on the plus side, I can blame all my losses now on the game glitch with no burden to my inflated/fragile ego.

Think you might find these game stats interesting. Closing in on a perfect game of all red--ultra-rare words. It's just been a bit hard to abandon all those go-to rare words. Not to mention the mistyping--like trying to type deare and getting dear.

You're welcome. That's why I built my spreadsheet to track my records. There were some wild swings in the totals, as I detailed in my other post, and I didn't trust the system. Overall, the numbers ironed out over time with a few more long word records that I didn't earn. I raised the issue with Stephen twice, trying to be conscientious, but he didn't have the will to look into it. But, I figured if it's happening for me it is for others too. However, I lost a little less than 1k records because of server upgrades which I doubt happened for others.

Yeah, I can see why 1 mistyped word could be a real bummer. To get 100 ultra-rare words in 1 4x4 is an amazing achievement. You not only have to find and type them but also know which words are ultra-rare, all within 2 minutes. So large kudos to you. I believe you're going to reach your goal of all ultra-rare words in a game. Just a matter of time and the right board...

[Naboka]

[QUOTE=lalatan;n32354]
That was an interesting occurrence, never heard of it happening before. Occasionally when I spot -nesses there doesn't seem to be anything to pair with it. It may be I don't see it or don't have enough imagination to fabricate something. Recently I was confronted with -nesses on a board and the only other word that could be formed was "huge." But they couldn't be joined. I typed in HUGEOUSNESSES and it was accepted for 24 pts. The definition said it's an archaic form of huge. I thought, "Well, we asked for all the obsolete/archaic words to included in our dictionaries." It is sort of interesting to see different words used in the past...

btw, I learned TERATOGENETIC through a word study a few months ago. You mentioned it some time ago. I haven't found it yet but was fortunate enough to learn PARTHENOGENETIC and then had a chance to play it.[/QUOTE

The number of records you set boggles the mind. No pun intended.

Hugeousnesses? Cracks me up. The reason why it's so interesting to play What Word Did Lalatan Find: jawdropping combinations making actual words--some of which are hilarious.

The downside is that I'll get obsessed and have to dump the board whether I've found it or not.

Think parthenogenesis was how the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park were reproducing. Also think a lot of Gen Xers and Millenials are attempting it.

One of my game problems is spelling. I'll know a word, but not necessarily which vowel is producing the schwa sound for example. Someone is probably thinking, "just look at the board, stupid," but that's not how I play.

Thanks for the link to the discussion of system glitches. Think I'll shrug and let it be. Ended up with 17 lost most points records yesterday. Mostly I use them as benchmarks for the day's games goals. It's also kind of interesting to see how often someone is beating you. Now I'll just have to speculate: wow, someone knocked me off 5 times today--then again, maybe not. For a while I was going days without losing anything. (other than most words) So, on the plus side, I can blame all my losses now on the game glitch with no burden to my inflated/fragile ego.

Think you might find these game stats interesting. Closing in on a perfect game of all red--ultra-rare words. It's just been a bit hard to abandon all those go-to rare words. Not to mention the mistyping--like trying to type deare and getting dear.

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ps: if kajambur reads this, I tried to give you a like for your post, but doing so fileed all of you social bars. From none to all. Seems like the system needs to recalibrate that feature. Anyway, consider your post liked.

[lalatan]

Sure wish this player and Thunderrock tried lesser boards. Be fun to see what happens when the superior typing skills are neutralized. There were probably well over 60 common/wide words I saw but didn't bother to type--like meaningless, lessening, snideness, randiness, (lots of e-a-r combos) blah, blah, blah. There was -nesses, but nothing seemed to connect, so... maybe lalatan can find it.

That was an interesting occurrence, never heard of it happening before. Occasionally when I spot -nesses there doesn't seem to be anything to pair with it. It may be I don't see it or don't have enough imagination to fabricate something. Recently I was confronted with -nesses on a board and the only other word that could be formed was "huge." But they couldn't be joined. I typed in HUGEOUSNESSES and it was accepted for 24 pts. The definition said it's an archaic form of huge. I thought, "Well, we asked for all the obsolete/archaic words to included in our dictionaries." It is sort of interesting to see different words used in the past...

btw, I learned TERATOGENETIC through a word study a few months ago. You mentioned it some time ago. I haven't found it yet but was fortunate enough to learn PARTHENOGENETIC and then had a chance to play it.