GFF MegaScrabble Game 5

(B)ERIMBAU, 3 x on A, 2 x Double Word = 48
AMEERATE, Double Word = 18

BINGO = 50

Total of 116

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Not quite able to make a bingo, despite trying for quite a while, so went with:

QUILLWORK 25 x 2 x 2 = 100
FAZING 19 x 2 = 38

For 138. Puts me at 254 total. At least I managed to use most of those rare tiles.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I think most people are lucky if they can even see this section to check on the turns without being slain lately. Looks like it may be this way for a while longer as well from the talk among the deceased.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Alright, am I missing something or has this rule:

Quote:

-When your turn comes around, you may play 2 words. If you use all your letters with those 2 words, you get a bingo bonus of 50 points. You may also use one of your moves to trade in letters.

Been totally ignored?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Bah. Think I probably could have done better, and this leaves openings, but ran out of time after work.

VIATICUM, x2 V, x2 Word = 32
DOOWOPS, x2 Word = 26
UT = 2
MI = 3

63 + BINGO for 50

Total = 113

I was speaking idiomatically.

I know, and I really didn't want to do it. Hawkeye or Dullenplain will probably make super huge scores off those which pains me, but I just couldn't make anything work better in the timeframe I had Wed. night. Working out the points now, I think I should have taken a different option, even with the Bingo, but too late for that.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Only a few on this one.

ZELKOVA, x2 K, x9 Word = 252
OUTCITY, x3 U, x2 Word = 22

Total Points = 274

Think that gives me 639, which is just a little ahead of Zerg...

FELIPE NO

God damn that was a horrible letter set. Four I's and 7 vowels total. Ugg.

OUTGUIDING, x2 G, 0x n, x2 Word = 28
ARIOSI, x3 R = 8
LUBES = 7

43 + BINGO (50) = 93

Damn near went crazy just trying to wring a bingo out of that forsaken mess.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

It will be interesting to see how this changes over the full round, as right now I'm actually not too restricted on plays, and on a quick scan I've got a couple possible bingos, but by the end a large quantity of the free space and unbonded letters I'd like to use could be taken. Then again, they may add some more. With the way the letters work out though, full consonants is less detrimental than full vowels as long as they don't all end up rares.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'm pretty sure Zerg has this one in the bag, as I wasn't able to make a bingo.

COMPLECTED, x2 O, x3 D, x2 Word = 40
JENNY, x3 J, x2 Word = 60

Total = 100. Not bad, but still widening his lead.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

It may be possible for me to get 130 points, as I have a Q,C,and V and there are 2L+3W and 3L+2W squares available. But I'll have to think about my turn a bit, and unfortunately don't have two hours right now. Also on work travel tomorrow. If I haven't taken my turn by tomorrow night you can assume I've been stuck on the road and then haven't gotten to use the hotel internet for any length of time.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I had actually been meaning that the game could come to a conclusion, as I didn't want to hold things up for multiple days. But if that's the case, I'll end the wait and get to work on my turn now.

Nope, not quite there.

QI, x3 Q = 31
QI, x3 Q = 31
IF = 5
COTTONS, x3 C, x2 Word = 30

Total = 97.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

No contention on my part. Zerg played a string of great rounds and used what breaks he had smartly. Congrats on the win, it was a well fought game with a lot of fun surprises.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yup, just too tasty of a prize to avoid. I tried a number of variations to get SQUINT into the x2 x3 space in the corner, and while it could be done for 75 alone, plus a few more, the rest of the points never worked out, as a viable bridge was the killer.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Man, you had enough time to not only work out your turns but my ones as well... Guess, those few days of travel helped. Makes me not feel too bad for only taking an hour on the last turn after getting back and figuring I had reached the point of diminishing returns. I tried a few of the other QI or QUI options, and made a bunch of chains between existing stuff, but nothing worked out to getting double-triple on a 10 point letter. Since the gap was just a little too large, I almost wanted to just make some crazy chains using 4+ existing letters for the heck of it.

FELIPE NO