custom SCRABBLE boards...

I've blogged about custom Scrabble boards before, but here is an exclusive glass Scrabble board coated with 30,000 Swarovski crystals exhibited at the American International Toy Fair in New York earlier this year. Designed by Hasbro, the board marks the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the game. Priced at $20,000, this board is anticipated to be auctioned this summer with all the proceedings donated to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. So, if you had that board ... what would you do with it?

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Huntington Scrabble results

Here are the results from the second Huntington Scrabble club meeting held today at Java Joint.

Brad Mills 3-0, +144
Tina Totten King 2-1, +232
Chris Ross 2-1, +48 (t)
Rob Stanton 2-1, +48 (t)
Lisa Green 1-2, +115
Rafael Barker 1-2, +50
Shelley Schiavone 1-2, -57
Kirstie Trabert 0-3, -580

Notably absent: Aaron McGuffin.

Bingos played were as follows....
Brad Mills: STYMIES (103), TAURINE (85), DENTALS (74), GLISTEN (70), COGREET* (68).
Lisa Green: FILTERED (82), CARRIES (72).
Chris Ross: HEARTHS (76).
Tina Totten King: TEXTILES (75).

Huntington Scrabble this Saturday

Saturday is becoming the Holy Day for Scrabble around these parts! This Saturday, the second meeting of the new Scrabble club in Huntington will take place from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Java Joint. Huntington's club will continue to meet on the first and third Saturdays of the month and the club here in Charleston meets on the second and fourth Saturdays (at Books-a-Million) and the first Tuesday of the month (at Capitol Roasters on Summers Street).


Now no one has to go a week without Scrabble. Oh, happy day...s!!

More Scrabble Blogs

I just stumbled upon this list of Scrabble blogs. While I haven't checked very many of them out, I recognize some of the names. I appreciate the way the list is set up, according to NSA Ratings.

By the way, I will not be adding all these links to the sidebar. Life is too short. (I will add the link to the list, though.)

Priorities

My husband says I'm obsessed with work and with Scrabble. I'm definitely going to cut back on the work.

Huntington Scrabble club - first meeting

The first meeting of the fledgling Huntington Scrabble club was today at Java Joint from 1:00 to 4:00. Two members from the Charleston club - namely, myself and Tina - were in attendance to give our support and to gently guide things in the right direction.

Quite a few people showed up, and I attribute this to two things - Marshall University, and Aaron McGuffin and his power of persuasion. Overall, there were 8 to 10 people present playing Scrabble. Aaron has ordered the Directors Test and, upon successful completion, will become the club's director. If today's turnout was any indication, he's going to have a very active club in short order.

The meeting was disorganized, people came and went at their leisure, and no one tracked wins and losses to my knowledge. The five tournament players present (myself, Tina, Shelley, Aaron, and Steve Wilson) instructed the new people on proper turn protocol and timer operation. One of the newbies - who, Aaron warned me beforehand, was "ready" - handed me a three-point loss and managed his timer with great efficiency.

All in all, not too bad for the first meeting of an unofficial club. The next step in my mind over the short term is a little more organization - and more people from the Charleston club lending their support to the cause. Hopefully, we can get some visits from the Huntington folks as well.

Memorization tips

How did you guys go about learning the 3-letter words? Or, if you're still in the process, how are you doing it?

For the 2's, I just made flashcards, one card per letter. It took about a month to really get them committed, especially the vowels. But now they are second nature.

There are so many 3's, however, that I've kind of hit a wall. Tips...ideas?