The strange, the bizarre and the unexpected

[mcdonna]

That must be the most amazing thing when you find words that long. Is it still? Or has it become old hat for you by now? For me, I still get psyched every time I score over 1000 points in a game. I don't think that will ever get old.

It's still a thrill! Sometimes I'll find one in the first minute but more often I'm still scrambling to find something 20 seconds before the timer ends. I'm not quick -- my best score (5x5) was 587 -- so instead of trying to find lots of words, I look for the biggest one I can find. If you were willing to only find a few words and focus on the long ones you'd pick it up fast, but you probably wouldn't be scoring 1000 points any more!

[Brisul]

I am not an anthropologist ... yesterday I set a board record with NONANTHROPOLOGICAL (34 pts). Today set a record on a different board with NONANTHROPOLOGIST (32). Tomorrow I looking for NONANTHROPOLOGISM.

That must be the most amazing thing when you find words that long. Is it still? Or has it become old hat for you by now? For me, I still get psyched every time I score over 1000 points in a game. I don't think that will ever get old.

[mcdonna]

I am not an anthropologist ... yesterday I set a board record with NONANTHROPOLOGICAL (34 pts). Today set a record on a different board with NONANTHROPOLOGIST (32). Tomorrow I looking for NONANTHROPOLOGISM.

[Spike1007]

This was at least somewhat surprising... Today I got both PROLETARIANISING and BOURGEOISIFICATION. I guess WordTwist is trying to teach me about Marxism.

[Razorflame]

An interesting word that I brought up earlier: RIVALIZE...means to enter into a rivalry [with someone]

[Phylactic]

PREPONDERATELY

-apparently means to be greater than something else, as in power, force, quantity, or importance.
Found when building on PONDERATE

[Razorflame]

lalatan When I posted that word INVENTIONAL about 7 months ago, it was more that I was incredulous that it was an actual word

[DrPlacebo]

Here's a pair of words I didn't expect to count: MOFO and MOFOS.

[dannyb]

Yes , the mobile play button was being shown on my desktop too. I hit it once, by accident, and a "landscape only" message came up. I was scratching my head for a few minutes

[mcdonna]

I just set records on two games in a row. In the first one I found CONTROVERSIALITIES (34) and in the second found CONTROVERSIALISTS (32). What are the odds?

[rosedraws]

Play button? Mobile play button? I have no idea what you're talking about. Perhaps you're playing on a smartphone or tablet, neither of which I have (and neither of which I know how to use, though I'll bet I could learn). Nothing has changed on my screen.

It's funny, it was there yesterday (I only play on my desktop) and it's not there today. Glad it was just a glitch so I don't have to keep grumbling at myself for pressing the wrong button!

[bwt1213]

Play button? Mobile play button? I have no idea what you're talking about. Perhaps you're playing on a smartphone or tablet, neither of which I have (and neither of which I know how to use, though I'll bet I could learn). Nothing has changed on my screen.

[rosedraws]

Unexpected to find that there's a new "Mobile Play" button where the old "Play" button used to be...
Bizarre that I can't stop myself from automatically clicking there like I always have...
Strange that no one else is talking about it. :-)

[Spike1007]

I think the game uses a cobbled-together dictionary. I think it was erakis who pointed out that it may start with the Scrabble dictionary, but since only 15-letter words are possible there, they switch to a different dictionary for longer words. Depending on how those are combined, extra words may come into play.

By the way, I liked ZOMBIFICATION as a word here.

[crazykate]

How does one account for a word that was accepted, but when you look it up to see what it means you are told that it is not in the dictionary?

The game itself uses a different dictionary than the one it links to.

By the way, apparently "VAMPIRIZES" is a valid word worth 21 points.