Achievements and Accomplishments Thread

[Naboka]

Naboka, VERY NICE 116 words with zero commons! You may have a tough time topping that, but give it a try. Your typing speed must be improving.

Thanks danny.

Typing speed had been an emphasis last year. Got it up over 150 a game. But like for most of those aging here, that puts too much of a stress on the system: joint inflammation and the like. So, I've dropped the speed to comfortable cruising. Two minutes of pushing it is just too much. Ten second bursts are about the max. Can't imagine trying to do 5x5 with the extra minute.

Are you making any progress on your graphic novel?

[dannyb]

Naboka, VERY NICE 116 words with zero commons! You may have a tough time topping that, but give it a try. Your typing speed must be improving.

[Naboka]

This will be completely meaningless to most players, but it's been a personal goal: ultra-rare-word finds.

It's something I practise constantly in very short games (1o seconds or so), trying to turn the found words list completely red--only 13 will appear at any time.

As this developed, I started trying to do it with even more esoteric ultra-rare words.

Turns out finding ene, enes, een, reen, ean, rean, sean, teres, utes over and over can get boring also.

Finding words like eat, ate, tea, ear, are, era got boring very early on, so I wanted something more challenging.

Seems that every challenge met simply leads to a search for a new challenge.

Anyway, just found 106 ultra-rare words on a board. Since it's a category without records, who knows what the most ever found has been. Seem to remember Megaword having posted getting a couple over 100 as a new high for him.

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Since the wide words here were mistypings, and the rare ones were partially from adding an s to an ultra-rare that reduced it's rarity...

It's still a work in progress. Learning which words to include and which to eliminate. Learning/remembering where an s helps and hurts.

[bwt1213]

Plus, you averaged over 9 points a word!

748 points with just 80 words!

Sweet.

ps: How did you manage to block out the other player's names?

I blocked out the other players' names by using ctrl-C to copy the block of scores, then ctrl-V to insert it in my comment. Then I just moved the cursor where I wanted and backspaced over the names. The downside of that is that my typefont and size got changed. I downsized it, but it was still bold. I'll bet I could have fixed that, but I didn't.

[lalatan]

Congrats bwt! Your quest is finally over. I have no way of knowing who has bettered my records so I suggested that you probably had beaten me before because others had done so. Ironically, exactly 1 week ago I played the same board, saw the alternate path and tried your word.

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John13verse34, I don't know if you'll see this post. Just to give you some feedback: while playing 4x4 for the last month, I tried to better your best/longest word records 10 times. The stats suggested there could be more. I couldn't surpass you until the 10th attempt. You found EVIDENCES (8/9) and I found COUNTEREVIDENCES (30/16). So, you're doing a great job of locking up the board with your finds. That's a difficult thing to do when pt values are low. I accidently beat another of your records when I manufactured DEXTROROTATIONS and it was accepted. I can't fault you for that one since I'd never seen or heard the word before I tried it.

[Naboka]

I know lalatan said that I beat him, and I was sure I never had. But now I know I have and here's the evidence. So, for maybe the first time in about ten years of trying:
Game Results

YOUR STATS:Total points: 748 New record!
Total words: 80 (39 common,17 wide,3 rare,21 ultra rare)
Best word: SQUITTERED (22 pts.) New record!
Longest word: SQUITTERED (10 letters) New record!



PUZZLE STATS:
Played: 6 times
Average Score: 410.6 points
Average Words: 64.3 words
High Score: 533 points by
Most Words: 90 words by
Best Word: SQUITTERS (20 pts) by lalatan
Longest Word: SQUITTERS (9 letters) by lalatan

Plus, you averaged over 9 points a word!

748 points with just 80 words!

Sweet.

ps: How did you manage to block out the other player's names?

[bwt1213]

I know lalatan said that I beat him, and I was sure I never had. But now I know I have and here's the evidence. So, for maybe the first time in about ten years of trying:
Game Results

YOUR STATS:Total points: 748 New record!
Total words: 80 (39 common,17 wide,3 rare,21 ultra rare)
Best word: SQUITTERED (22 pts.) New record!
Longest word: SQUITTERED (10 letters) New record!



PUZZLE STATS:
Played: 6 times
Average Score: 410.6 points
Average Words: 64.3 words
High Score: 533 points by
Most Words: 90 words by
Best Word: SQUITTERS (20 pts) by lalatan
Longest Word: SQUITTERS (9 letters) by lalatan

[crazykate]

This goes in achievements and accomplishments instead of favourite words because I learned this word through hard study... I'm studying for a bachelor's degree in music therapy at the moment, which includes courses in anatomy and neurology and psychiatry along with the music-related stuff, and my studies just helped me get this best/longest word record:
ACETYLCHOLINESTERASES (40 pts.) New record!

[BoggleOtaku]

Thanks to the new boards, I broke 1000 score in 5x5 and am close to breaking 200 words--seems possible for me now.

[Brisul]

I'm feeling pretty good about myself tonight-I set two records today for best word-farters and receptive. 16 letter word? I doubt I'll ever have one.

Nice work! Always gotta keep an eye (and nose) out for farters

[oddcouple]

I'm feeling pretty good about myself tonight-I set two records today for best word-farters and receptive. 16 letter word? I doubt I'll ever have one.

[Naboka]

Ironic indeed, lol

I am sorry. I take no responsibility for target fixation timeouts while looking for 1 of my words. (I can't add a disclaimer.)

I'm still enjoying my stroll through 4x4 finding long words and making up some others. I was amused to find HOBGOBLINISMS. Likewise SCANDALMONGERIES. DEXTROROTATIONS was my favorite manufactured word. It has my vote for most unlikely to succeed but nevertheless did. The tap seems to be reducing the flow of new words somewhat. I'm starting to see more of my games. Those 2 aspects usually mean the beginning of the end. But there are still a lot of lucrative targets.

I know not why total pts isn't recorded as a zero. This website is shrouded in many mysteries.

2-3 months ago I thought I'd send you a PM but was informed you no longer receive them. I hope some crazy person wasn't harassing you...

The first two words are easily recognizable. The last one? Awesome find.

The concepts contained in words we don't know... fascinating.

Playing the "what-word-did-latatan-find" game has definite time limits. If I haven't found it in a minute, I dump the game. Don't want to know the word if I can't find it. Takes away the satisfaction. Knowing that such a word is sitting there should be clue enough.

As a computer idiot, I often find I've inadvertently pushed something I shouldn't. I'll see if I can unblock whatever got inadvertently pushed.

ps: think it's fixed now.

[JedMedGrey]

Knowing that someone has found a 16-letter word on a 4x4 board provides motivation & incentive to try to find it. This was an easy board, but it still feels good to have succeeded! I will never be a high scorer except on brand new boards; I have yet to break 300 pts or 70 words as I am a miserable typist, but I enjoy the game and the camaraderie!

YOUR STATS:
Total points: 112
Total words: 9 (3 common,1 wide,1 rare,4 ultra rare)
Best word: UNSHAMABLENESSES (30 pts.)
Longest word: UNSHAMABLENESSES (16 letters)

PUZZLE STATS:
Played: 7 times
Average Score: 191.6 points
Average Words: 40 words
High Score: 354 points by c...
Most Words: 83 words by c...
Best Word: UNSHAMABLENESSES (30 pts) by lalatan
Longest Word: UNSHAMABLENESSES (16 letters) by lalatan

[lalatan]

rocking to Sly's I Want To Take You Higher

(how ironic)

while looking for someone's (who shall not be named, lalatan) loooooong word...

Ironic indeed, lol

I am sorry. I take no responsibility for target fixation timeouts while looking for 1 of my words. (I can't add a disclaimer.)

I'm still enjoying my stroll through 4x4 finding long words and making up some others. I was amused to find HOBGOBLINISMS. Likewise SCANDALMONGERIES. DEXTROROTATIONS was my favorite manufactured word. It has my vote for most unlikely to succeed but nevertheless did. The tap seems to be reducing the flow of new words somewhat. I'm starting to see more of my games. Those 2 aspects usually mean the beginning of the end. But there are still a lot of lucrative targets.

I know not why total pts isn't recorded as a zero. This website is shrouded in many mysteries.

2-3 months ago I thought I'd send you a PM but was informed you no longer receive them. I hope some crazy person wasn't harassing you...

[Naboka]

After vowing to discipline my attention span and whip it into adult-like focus...

once again...

distracted by a business call...

to the hall bath...

rocking to Sly's I Want To Take You Higher

(how ironic)

while looking for someone's (who shall not be named, lalatan) loooooong word...

another goose egg.

Without yolk or protein.

Zip.

But, this has become too common to bother with--and the advantage of not playing for anything specifically is the freedom to laugh at complete failures.

However, the purpose of this post: does anyone know why there isn't a zero for total points? (as shown in the attachment)

I think I deserve that zero.

As it is--nothing.

As if I never existed at all.

An existential insult.

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