Not quite entered as time ran out

[lalatan]

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!

[Naboka]

Just played a game where I got "overmastering" as the new best/longest word. Saw an "s" after the "g" and frantically tried to type "overmasterings."

No go. Haste makes waste.

Couldn't get the fingers to cooperate because they were so excited. Jumping up and down.

Guess I'll never know if the plural overmastering works in wordtwist.

[Naboka]

Yes, I remember that discussion, about how the person found all these words AFTER the time was over. I have that problem too. Why didn't I find that during the game? Its frustrating.

I'm still hoping to find a game w/this supposedly common 'nesses' ending & then (I know I'm asking for too much) find a word that would go w/that ending. That's my new goal.

we need a laugh button.

I sometimes think red herrings are purposely entered into the game. Like a Q with nothig attached. Or ness nesses. I've finished games with the nesses and sat there searching for long periods, completely unable to find whatever word might be attached. Not that it might not be there, just I can't find it--even with an extra unlimited search.

I just sigh. Give up. (after all, there are other things more important.) And push the new game button.

[2cute]

Yes, I remember that discussion, about how the person found all these words AFTER the time was over. I have that problem too. Why didn't I find that during the game? Its frustrating.

I'm still hoping to find a game w/this supposedly common 'nesses' ending & then (I know I'm asking for too much) find a word that would go w/that ending. That's my new goal.

[bwt1213]

Played a board and posted high score (but not a remarkable number) and at the end discovered "relatednesses" and a slew of similar words. I got them all in and then saw that "interrelatednesses" was also there. Time was really short, so my fingers were flying. And mistyping, over and over. Never got that big one in. So if you see a board where I hold all the records and the score isn't much -- about 480 is what I'm remembering -- now you have two reasons to select that one. First, it's me and I'm easy to beat. Second, because now you know what the best word probably is, and it's not mine.

[bwt1213]

Used to be a thread with a name like this, but here's my contribution: I found myself on a board where, right at the end, I discovered "commutablenesses" for 30 points. And then I saw "incommutablenesses" and got all the way to the "t" before time ran out. I don't even know if it's a word, but I'll bet it is. I guess no one has to serve their sentence! Or, perhaps, that all operators always commute. I'll bet they always associate, too. Can't be arithmetic, then.