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

ggdr · Post by **ggdr** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 1:58 pm

New best for me at lunch: 2270 at the Hoop and Grapes, South Kensington. NECROTIZING was the not particularly impressive best word.

ggdr · Post by **ggdr** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:06 am

INFLEXIBILITIES scored me 69x points at the weekend. Was chuffed.

ggdr · Post by **ggdr** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:49 pm

And just to post three times in a row: 2338 is my new best, with QUIZZICALITIES (sorry Istenem) and QUADRATIC helping out. Gave me a princely £4, which might have been more but for a visiting member of these boards CALLOUSLY QUEERING MY PITCH (and leaving a few bons mot on the high scores). Venue was the Queen's Head, Sloane Square.

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:12 pm

You'll have the new record by Boxing Day at this rate, ggdr.

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:08 pm

angie wrote:Hmmm DMAC is closing in on my Scottish record I see (assuming he's Scottish and VBOB / Fotherz / WORDUP aren't)

I'm also Scottish, but my solo record is not very good, partly because I very rarely play solo, and when I do it's usually for big words.

whiteybrown · Post by **whiteybrown** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:30 pm

Anyone know which wordlist word soup uses? The one I have doesnt seem to match the game.

QuizMaster · Post by **QuizMaster** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:21 pm

Yes I've managed to find a copy of this at http://www.whogivesatoss.com

QM

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:08 pm

Apologies to the new poster, but QM: your 'dry' approach to this game always makes me quietly chuckle...

WhiteyBrown: Think it's a revised version of SOWPODS, although I'm sure one of the many wordsmiths here will be able to advise further...

cool · Post by **cool** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:15 am

for somebody who doesnt like word up/soup quizmaster is always keen to leave a message on the thread.

WaterGate · Post by **WaterGate** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:37 am

I'm not keen on dog poop, but i'll always say it stinks!

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:36 am

asking the barman for a pen so i can write (and he can watch me write) SUBLIMINALLY on my hand. ooh i feel like david blaine*

* a complete tosser

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:50 am

Despite probably having played thousands of games of this- i saw a first in a CIty of London pub the other day.

The £1 was at about the 1150 mark and 2nd game it threw in the game with first quid at around 500 (normally when this happens the second £ is at its normal place).

To my surprise however more or less every subsequent word advanced the score to the next prize on the ladder for the easisest of JPs at around 1050.

I then played another game to find that the first quid was still at the 1050 mark. The JP then presumably is a "free" one that it just throws out from time to time.

ZAX · Post by **ZAX** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:47 pm

Northern Monkey wrote:Despite probably having played thousands of games of this- i saw a first in a CIty of London pub the other day.

The £1 was at about the 1150 mark and 2nd game it threw in the game with first quid at around 500 (normally when this happens the second £ is at its normal place).

To my surprise however more or less every subsequent word advanced the score to the next prize on the ladder for the easisest of JPs at around 1050.

I then played another game to find that the first quid was still at the 1050 mark. The JP then presumably is a "free" one that it just throws out from time to time.

Yeah that's what happened the one and only time when I JP-d it. Was it WU or WS though? Mine was on the original.

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:41 pm

I had this once or twice on WU, sadly, not at all on WS. A pleasant surprise, nonetheless.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:47 am

whiteybrown wrote:Anyone know which wordlist word soup uses? The one I have doesnt seem to match the game.

it is effectively SOWPODS with some of the bad swears taken out. my opinion is that it is overly permissive of words which have been adopted by lazy scrabble players because they score well or use awkward tiles. it allows iffy words like CREMATIONISTS which nobody has ever used and IIWI. (although i suspect this is a copyrighting mechanism.)