Can't find the old WU thread, so I'll just make a new one

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:38 pm

Try here:

http://www.cantab.net/users/nfm24/ewq/scores.html

dmac · Post by **dmac** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:01 pm

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:36 pm

the lowest on EWQ's site is 1190. so that is probably the lowest clearance to have been done. in a way it is more difficult to achieve a 39 than 18xx because you set an artificial constraint on your game.

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:10 am

I've still never done that.

Next time I get a yellow board I'll give it a spin.

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:23 pm

Sub-20 word clearance also still up for grabs.

kingzilla · Post by **kingzilla** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:09 am

Yay, i achieved my first clearance yesterday with a score total of 1453 and a £1.00 prize.......hmmmm

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:42 pm

The lowest scoring clearance is entirely dependent on the weakness of the grid. Assuming you can get 39x3 whatever grid comes up, your final score is just thrice the sum of the tile values plus 500. So the only remaining skill is to notice that your grid is very weak.

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:33 pm

39-word clearance ticked off. Scored about 1490 which is on the high side.

Best word ZIZ for 69.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:33 pm

ZIZ is not a word. boo.

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! · Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:49 pm

I thought I was pretty good at Word Up having got QUIZZICALITIES for 700+ somewhere in Kent, but not mangaing to clear the screen on that occasion.

Was really made up with a score just past the 2200 mark on another one I payed then saw that for a few people this is crap!

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:11 pm

2200 is definitely champions league.

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! · Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:42 pm

Is it? Marvelous! Just that it doesn't happen that often. I just looked on the link above and wondered how to register my scores?

angie · Post by **angie** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:13 pm

Congratulations B-G-M, a very good score by any standards.

One of the words I got recently was THRILLINGLY (385 points, 11 letters). How many longer / higher scoring words are there with only 2 vowels? An obvious one is CHILLINGLY, but I'm sure some of you know some far more interesting / obscure words.

Also, Ernest are you still maintaining the lists of who's got the longest / highest scoring words for each letter of the alphabet? It'd be interesting to see an updated version though I suspect ANGIE with or without ANDY will no longer own any of them

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! · Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:24 am

Would RHYTHMNISTIC be a word?

My spell-checker just passed it ok.

Also, what would the longest/highest scoring word be regarding quizzicalities, or a word of similar meaning?

quizzicalistically - is that a word?

angie · Post by **angie** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:22 pm

Before anyone else points it out, I have now taken the time to count the number of letters in CHILLINGLY and I realise that it is neither as long nor as high-scoring as THRILLINGLY. I'm still struggling to think of many (any) 2-vowel words that are...