Scrabble

Ah, Scrabble! So much fun, though I haven't played in a while. I can't remember my best score, but my favorite play was the time I managed to lay down the word 'cazique,' which I had learned from the Guinness Book of World Records as a kid. The plural is the highest-scoring word of all time in tournament play - 392 points! Sadly, I had neither the s nor the perfect conjunction of triples, but I was still proud of the feat. And yes, my opponent challenged it, and lost.

Of course, it's not always fun. I once had the word 'wyverns' sitting on my rack (no blanks!) with nowhere to put it, and I passed four straight turns hoping my opponent would lay down something that would let me play it. Nope! I basically sacrificed the entire game because I wanted to play a cool word I'd probably never get again, and I didn't even get to do it. Grrr...

Ever play Bananagrams? It's a similar kind of fun, but with a speed element as you're racing your opponents to use all your letters.

Last night I was one letter away from a 7-letter word, then I drew it, but I had nowhere to play it. That hurt. BTW, I'd use the word quim sometime, but we use the official Scrabble dictionary, and it's "family friendly." But, oddly enough, it does include the word fellatio and a few others that wouldn't seem all that family friendly; makes me wonder how the editors go about it, do they sometimes snicker among themselves, or do they simply say, "fuck it, let's not go overboard about this.".