Not quite entered as time ran out

[2cute]

The successes mask the considerable number of failures and miscues. But failure is just success waiting to happen. If you never fail, you'll never succeed. How frigging inspirational is that?

Think what defines the really talented is consistency. That I be not. Inconsistent still. Impressive at moments.

Have learned a lot of new words from your games. So, thanks for the help.

Very inspirational.

I don't think consistency is always required to be successful. Think of a cheetah she runs after the gazelle for her dinner, she doesn't always succeed, yet eventually she does & enjoys a meal, its enough for her to survive. If she were successful every time she may not have developed her need for speed (ability to run 75mph in one shot). So inconsistency can be a good thing too.

[Naboka]

Tried to type in "blacktie" twice and it didn't take, then time...poof! Is that not an allowable word here?

[2cute]

we need a laugh button.

... And push the new game button.

Here here! Yes, we need more emoticon expressions. A laugh would be great! Also puzzled (confused is not the same), thinking (this is one of my favs) & exclamation (!).

[Naboka]

I'd say that's pretty inspirational, Naboka.

I'm very inconsistent as well. I've played grids with a generous amount of words and scored low, yet I've scored high on grids with half the words as the generous grids.

I seem to be improving on the 5X5 grids as this month I bested my previous high score by 139 points and my previous most words by 10 (877/140). I've also been finding some pretty stellar long words.

As always, happy playing.

Jbud,

139 points! Wowser! That's quite a jump.

Congratulations on moving up a couple of notches. All in one go.

Sometimes, it's a shock to see the points after playing some game--both good and bad. Played games that seemed to be going spectacularly and the total points were abysmal. Played others that just seemed normal and the total points were out the roof.

Guess all we can do is keep on keeping on.

[John13verse34]

Oh, what a bummer John, and yes, STRAINLESSNESSES is a valid word. I played it a while back, and of course, it had already been found. Best of luck!

Ah... thanks for letting me know! Bummed that I missed it, but at least I know for next time now :-)

[jbud1980]

Thanks, Jbud.

Definitely moved from welter weight to light heavy. Still can't compete in the heavy weight and super heavy weight ranks. But have been beating those players when they bother to drop down to lighter classes.

My play still isn't consistent. Scored a 173 vs the high 438 a couple of days ago. Barely got 400 yesterday against one of your games where you were at the doorstep of 600.

The successes mask the considerable number of failures and miscues. But failure is just succes waiting to happen. If you never fail, you'll never succeed. How frigging inspiratioinal is that?

Think what defines the really talented is consistency. That I be not. Inconsistent still. Impressive at moments.

Have learned a lot of new words from your games. So, thanks for the help.

You're not doing too shabby yourself: averaging over 100 words and close to 500 points per game. And your average points per word is impressive. All the top 9 average pointers play few words.

I'd say that's pretty inspirational, Naboka.

I'm very inconsistent as well. I've played grids with a generous amount of words and scored low, yet I've scored high on grids with half the words as the generous grids.

I seem to be improving on the 5X5 grids as this month I bested my previous high score by 139 points and my previous most words by 10 (877/140). I've also been finding some pretty stellar long words.

As always, happy playing.

[jbud1980]

I was just playing a new board, and my high-scoring word was STAINLESSNESSES... then just as time was about to run out, I realized that I could also play STRAINLESSNESSES. I started typing and the bell rang, and I never got to find out if it would count. If anyone plays this board and gets a chance at STRAINLESSNESSES, I'd love to know if it worked! :-D

Oh, what a bummer John, and yes, STRAINLESSNESSES is a valid word. I played it a while back, and of course, it had already been found. Best of luck!

[Naboka]

WTG, Naboka, and congrats on the high scores. Happy playing as always, and I hope all is well. It seems as though all of that studying has paid off as it appears you are turning into one of the big fish.

Thanks, Jbud.

Definitely moved from welter weight to light heavy. Still can't compete in the heavy weight and super heavy weight ranks. But have been beating those players when they bother to drop down to lighter classes.

My play still isn't consistent. Scored a 173 vs the high 438 a couple of days ago. Barely got 400 yesterday against one of your games where you were at the doorstep of 600.

The successes mask the considerable number of failures and miscues. But failure is just succes waiting to happen. If you never fail, you'll never succeed. How frigging inspiratioinal is that?

Think what defines the really talented is consistency. That I be not. Inconsistent still. Impressive at moments.

Have learned a lot of new words from your games. So, thanks for the help.

You're not doing too shabby yourself: averaging over 100 words and close to 500 points per game. And your average points per word is impressive. All the top 9 average pointers play few words.

[John13verse34]

I was just playing a new board, and my high-scoring word was STAINLESSNESSES... then just as time was about to run out, I realized that I could also play STRAINLESSNESSES. I started typing and the bell rang, and I never got to find out if it would count. If anyone plays this board and gets a chance at STRAINLESSNESSES, I'd love to know if it worked! :-D

[jbud1980]

Well, I got a chance to find out.

Didn't score as much, but...

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WTG, Naboka, and congrats on the high scores. Happy playing as always, and I hope all is well. It seems as though all of that studying has paid off as it appears you are turning into one of the big fish.

[Naboka]

So, got aggluninates, saw the "hemo", so why not...

and miracles of miracles

but the brain said, "isn't it hemagglutination without the '0'?"

So, rushed to type in hemagglutinate, wanting to add the "s" next,

but..

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Well, I got a chance to find out.

Didn't score as much, but...

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[Naboka]

So, got aggluninates, saw the "hemo", so why not...

and miracles of miracles

but the brain said, "isn't it hemagglutination without the '0'?"

So, rushed to type in hemagglutinate, wanting to add the "s" next,

but..

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[jbud1980]

That was a good find you made, jbud. That was the first time I ever played that word. I thought it might not have been accepted. I knew transmitted and intermittent were valid but was unaware INTERMITTED was a word.

Thank you, lalatan. I was also unaware that INTERMITTED is a word, and in all honesty, the find was a lucky guess. It seemed like a plausible word...

[lalatan]

That was a good find you made, jbud. That was the first time I ever played that word. I thought it might not have been accepted. I knew transmitted and intermittent were valid but was unaware INTERMITTED was a word.

[jbud1980]

My most recent sad story on this topic happened last week when I found LITHOHETEROTROPHAL for 34 pts. -chemic was on the bottom of the board and I kept trying to weave that into the equation as a suffix. Too late I realized I could've tacked on chemo- to the front of the word I found for likely a 40+ pt record of CHEMOLITHOHETEROTROPHAL. But now I should remember it for next time...

I agree that -ness(es) is sometimes in the puzzle but there's nothing available to add to it. In my folder of words I've found worth 22+ pts (and set records with) I did a search for how many -ness(es) words were there. I thought it could go as high as half of them. Very surprisingly, there were only 1,370 of them out of a total of 4,370.

Fwiw, I'm pretty sure I tried playing OVERMASTERINGS in the past and it was rejected. Enjoy the games!

The timer ended just as I was about to type the second S in QUINQUAQUINQUAQUINQUEESTS, which was a total bummer.

Haha, kidding aside, I did tie your best word/longest word record on a fun grid. The word caught my eye in the last 15 seconds giving me enough time to type it (UNINTERMITTEDNESSES).