Tag: Maven
Maven, You Fiend!
596! That’s what I scored in computer Scrabble minutes ago. Beat my inhuman nemesis, Maven, by over 250 points. Played five seven/eight-letter words: reliers, earrings, seamiest, foreign, toadying. Ah, but he got the last laugh. He knows I’m dying to break 600 — and he kept me from doing so …
Missed It By That Much!
I almost broke 600 the other day, playing computer Scrabble! I made four seven-letter words — one on a triple, triple — for a total of 378 points in four plays! I had 598 and four letters left (cing) when Maven played an eight-letter word and went out and I …
Seven Bingos in One Game!
Played a helluva game with Maven last week: seven bingos between us! Three for him, four for me, for a final score of 516-487 and a combined total of over 1000 points!
Maven Blunders Again!
I’m beginning to wonder about Maven’s learning curve. Sure, he’s the nearly infallible inhuman brain behind computer Scrabble, but he just doesn’t seem to understand what a bad idea it is to play into the outer rows and columns between the triple word scores. You may recall how I exploited …
Hard Cheese on Maven!
Maven, the virtually infallible brain of computer Scrabble, blew it again today. It was near the end of the game: I had played two bingos (vinegar and clenched) and was leading by more than 100 points, but Maven closed the gap with a bingo of his own (pigtails). Unfortunately, for …
Death to Maven!
Maven, the virtually infallible brain of computer Scrabble, made a big mistake yesterday. On his second turn, he played a horizontal word starting with g in the far left column, halfway between the two triple-word scores, setting me up for a triple-triple, eight-letter bingo (9x the total point value, plus …