TigerHawk

TigerHawk (ti*ger*hawk): n. 1. The title of this blog and the nom de plume of its founding blogger; 2. A deep bow to the Princeton Tigers and the Iowa Hawkeyes; 3. The nickname for Iowa's Hawkeye logo. Posts include thoughts of the day on international affairs, politics, things that strike us as hilarious and personal observations. The opinions we express are our own, and not those of each other, our employers, our relatives, our dead ancestors, or unrelated people of similar ethnicity.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

My most awesome Scrabble play evah!

By TigerHawk at 12/31/2011 10:23:00 AM

So, last night I was playing cocktail hour Scrabble with the THGF, who almost always beats me senseless. Lady luck and a solid red Zin, however, conspired to deliver unto me the greatest Scrabble hand I have ever had the privilege to play, a solid 83 points (including the seven-letter bonus) for the word "risible."

I rock. Less self-congratulatory blogging will resume shortly.

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15 Comments:

By PD Quig, at Sat Dec 31, 11:00:00 AM:

Glad to see it was accomplished without a blankety-blank blank. I hate blanks.

By pam, at Sat Dec 31, 11:19:00 AM:

How utterly perfect.

By Kirk Petersen, at Sat Dec 31, 11:36:00 AM:

Who won?

By Anonymous, at Sat Dec 31, 11:49:00 AM:

I think his point is that we all win, since we get to bear witness to the Area of Brilliance.

By Ignoramus, at Sat Dec 31, 03:34:00 PM:

risible?

Assist to Anon Attorney. It's one of his favorites

By Anonymous, at Sun Jan 01, 10:20:00 AM:

I could use a new Words With Friends opponent, TH. Do you play?

By Coach Paul, at Sun Jan 01, 10:21:00 AM:

Sorry, didn't mean to be anonymous above. Paul.

By TigerHawk, at Sun Jan 01, 11:32:00 AM:

No, I've never heard of Words with Friends. Is that online Scrabble, or something like it?

Iggy, agreed.

By Coach Paul, at Mon Jan 02, 09:08:00 AM:

Words with Friends is a free ap for tablets, cells, Android or Mac. Very similar to Scrabble, but with enough small changes to avoid copyright infringement.

By Anonymous, at Mon Jan 02, 11:11:00 AM:

The word above your "risible" seems to be "jeep".

House rules, allowing proper names?

Other than that, excellent play.

-Taqiyyotomist

By TigerHawk, at Mon Jan 02, 11:23:00 AM:

Good spot, Taq. No proper names, but we do allow legitimate and widely understood slang. "Jeep" was universal Army slang for "general purpose" vehicle before Chrysler turned it in to a brand. At least that is my position.

By Kirk Petersen, at Mon Jan 02, 09:04:00 PM:

I had the same thought when I saw "jeep," but the official Scrabble dictionary accepts it.

By Brian McD, at Mon Jan 02, 09:12:00 PM:

83! I'll cowbell that.

By Anonymous, at Tue Jan 03, 05:19:00 AM:

TH-

Yeah, who won?

BTW, best part of the post was "THGF".

By E Hines, at Tue Jan 03, 09:05:00 AM:

"Jeep" also is slang for 2d lieutenant--or was long ago....

Eric Hines