Achievements and Accomplishments Thread

[BoggleOtaku]

I think some zero boards are glitches as well.

[Spike1007]

"Zero" boards resulted when someone got an unplayed board but didn't enter any words before the time ran out. This was when boards were counted as played but no words had been entered. I assume that these zero boards are holdovers from that time & haven't been recycled yet.

[Naboka]

I'd play it, just on the chance that one of the 27 ultra-rare words was 16 letters long and more than 30 points. If I see ANY 4x4 board with even one 7+ ultra-rare word, I'm going for it.

There is that.

Another 16/30 plus. Always fun.

Then again, you're at an all-you-can-eat buffet, having been stuffed on shrimp, steak, pie etc. Eating another morsel of anything has reached such diminishing returns you're no longer interested.

The oddity of encountering this board and the opportunity to do something unusual seemed more interesting than playing it. Even if fleeting.

There's always another 16/30 around the corner. I've dumped a fair number of boards after finding those and going off the rails so badly that my average score would have suffered--though I did make an exception a couple of days ago when I found a super rare chemical term that contained trans-. That board turned into a complete trainwreck, but I couldn't let it go even when I realized the final score was going to knock 5 points off my average.

The unconventional has its siren call. Probably why I got bored with common words and gravitated to the ultra-rare ones. My brain's just a bit unconventional.

[bwt1213]

I'd play it, just on the chance that one of the 27 ultra-rare words was 16 letters long and more than 30 points. If I see ANY 4x4 board with even one 7+ ultra-rare word, I'm going for it.

[Naboka]

Talk about a negative accomplishment.

Never run across a board with all zeros for scores. Much less one by this player.

Couldn't bring myself to play it. Cracked me up so much.

Had to let it loose back into the system.

Someone's going to love it.

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[dannyb]

I finally made it to 10,000 records. I got close twice before but then fell well back. This may be short lived, but I made it.Screen Shot 2024-09-09 at 6.53.42 AM.png

[crazykate]

I didn't play much in August, but it turns out taking a bit of a break did my poor fingers some good

Total words: 172 (94 common,37 wide,5 rare,36 ultra rare) New record!

Very impressive! Congratulations!

[tufts]

I didn't play much in August, but it turns out taking a bit of a break did my poor fingers some good

Total words: 172 (94 common,37 wide,5 rare,36 ultra rare) New record!

[bwt1213]

Well, I wasn't going to get 132 words. But I didn't need that many. And I was fortunate; the board had only been played 7 times before. I think all my records will fall before the board is retired, but I'll be happy to hold them for a little while. My efforts on the 4x4 game seem to help me on the 5x5. Anyone else notice this effect?

Total points: 884 New record!
Total words: 76 (30 common,10 wide,7 rare,29 ultra rare)
Best word: QUANTISERS (22 pts.) New record!
Longest word: QUANTISERS (10 letters) New record!



PUZZLE STATS:
Played: 7 times
Average Score: 565.2 points
Average Words: 81.9 words
High Score: 846 points by ba
Most Words: 132 words by ba
Best Word: SQUALLERS (20 pts) by l
Longest Word: RESETTING (9 letters) by l

[DrPlacebo]

I may have forgotten a lot from the two years I was in med school (almost 20 years ago now), but I remembered enough to get PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS.

[Emerging]

What an interesting best word, even by your standards.

As addictions go, I think this is a healthy one.

[Naboka]

Could not...

could...

NOT... !!!!!!

frigging find the keys so far today. Every board was a disaster. The mind was foggy. The fingers were all drunk and unavailable. An utter mess.

The worst playing day in months.

So, went out and tore out a sagging double-hung gate, replumbed/reinforced/reclad the support posts, made a couple of new gates with new hardware, and wondered why this was so unchallenging when...

At least, now we can get the bobcat back and forth.

sigh

Then, this morning the wife informed me one of the toilets had stopped filling . So replaced the fill valve. Most of us are prone to taking modern conveniences like toilets for granted. Until...you don't have one.

Such easy things to do.

But not playing this game.

At least, not today.

Was about to throw the computer against the wall in frustration.

Until this game. Not a high scorer especially, but there's something satisfying and rewarding about gettng green stars when the game's been played 40 times.

It's like being a gambler, losing for days in a row, then hitting a jackpot.

Just one more.

Just one...

Or an alcoholic on the wagon, smelling whiskey.

If this were Wordtwist Anonymous, I would have to confess, "hello, my name is Naboka, and I have an addiction."

It's a good thing there are gates and toilets to fix.

Green stars. Maybe next game...

Just one more.

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[dannyb]

I was amazed to read that hostas were originally cultivated as FOOD, and that all hostas are edible. I imagine there are sources online to tell you how to prepare them or cook them. My own hostas are growing like weeds and need dividing. Now that I know they can be eaten, I'll have to do some investigating.

Wow. Thanks for the information bwt1213. I will add hostas to my spring foraging list.

[Naboka]

I was amazed to read that hostas were originally cultivated as FOOD, and that all hostas are edible. I imagine there are sources online to tell you how to prepare them or cook them. My own hostas are growing like weeds and need dividing. Now that I know they can be eaten, I'll have to do some investigating.

Did not know that.

Looked it up and thought, "why not?" Told my wife, who said, "ewwww!" Went out to the back gardens and tried it out --and realised it wasn't bad.

I suppose someone who's never had lettuce or kale might think what's the point on first tasting it.

Though most survived, we had to replace around 40+ hosta that didn't make it through the winter. Very unusual. Usually they're the toughest, the last thing to go. The coral bells go before the hosta, and we had to replace several dozen of those. Think it was a moisture fiasco--as in too little.

Anyway. Tried several cultivars. Some taste similar to kale. Some a bit like lettuce. The larger leafs have too much fibre to eat uncooked. Reminds of kale that has matured. A teeth grinding experience. The younger leafs are more palatable eaten fresh.

Unlike the wife, I'll be adding them to the diet. Might even sneak a few into something I cook up; see how she responds.

[bwt1213]

Time to go plant a couple dozen hosta I've been putting off. Or build the floating mantle the wife has been on me about. Or rebuild the gates that have started to sag. So many things I've been putting off. Which to chose? Ah, that's a tough one. Think I'll eat some left over pizza and think about it. Maybe read a novel and wait for the gods to send me an answer.

I was amazed to read that hostas were originally cultivated as FOOD, and that all hostas are edible. I imagine there are sources online to tell you how to prepare them or cook them. My own hostas are growing like weeds and need dividing. Now that I know they can be eaten, I'll have to do some investigating.