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These are all the games played in the first season of the Dover Scrabble Club (Delaware) after I whipped up my Scrabble Game Summarizer program. Season 1 was the Third Quarter of 2007 (Jul-Aug-Sep 2007).
As with all of my web pages, it is offered in the spirit of "for what it's worth", although it's no secret that I would be thrilled for people to rediscover vocabulary-based Scrabble; that real Scrabble CAN be played using a real dictionary, and that Scrabble boards do NOT have to be smeared over with tons of high-scoring baby words not actually used by anybody anywhere.
I challenge any Scrabble club on Earth to demonstrate that it produces more beautiful Scrabble boards. Heck, I challenge you to post a single game that would not embarrass any fan of words and the English language. So, go ahead and put up a page of your representative games. If you link to me, I will link to you.
These games were played under the Dover Scrabble Club rules:
Pretty boards, eh? If you look closely you will see lots of neat little things that could never happen in conventional Scrabble. In the first ten games alone, find the game with 8 G's. Find the game with 15 powers tiles. Find the game with 9 U's. Find the game with only 73% of the expected number of vowels. Find the game with 6 F's, and the one with no H's. Find the game with 19% more vowels than you would expect. Find both games with 3 J's. Find QI, QAT, and QAID. (Trick question - don't bother!)
Note that three-letter minimum means that, of all the words formed in a given play, at least one of them must be at least three letters long. See my impassioned plea for "real word" Scrabble in my main Scrabble page.
In this season, the official word set was the American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition (AmH2). I switched over to the American Heritage Fourth Edition (AmH4) in season 2.
For each game, I present the board twice. The second grid has all the tiles flipped across the diagonal. This makes words that were vertical on the original board horizontal on the flipped board. Thus, you can see all the words played just by reading left to right and simply ignoring anything going on vertically.
"Total points" is the total points scored by all the players - two, three, or four.
"Scrab-o" is what we call "bingoes". Bingo is a dumb word for Scrabble. Do bingo players yell out "Scrabble!"?
"Power tiles" shows all the power tiles in the game, played and unplayed.
"Anomalies" shows the cases where there was less than half, or more than twice, the number of a given letter in the standard 100-tile set.
"Percent expected vowels" shows the deviation from the expected number of vowels (A E I O U) in the bag, based on 42 per 100 tiles in the standard set.
* = unused 3W score.
 
Game 037 - August 15, 2007 * * _ * * YEAR A A TANK A AUNTS V PERM Total points: 594 U ZERO EH I N I LA N O WEE T O BALER O Scrab-o: T LIBEL EH O N A U SNOOK O X AZO KIND DIET Total tiles played: 104 I D I E E Y B * B NEED JUTE * R LODE E R Unplayed tiles: I I VIAND U O TO I DUAL A L AH L A B HOG_ I Power tiles: 7 J X Z _ _ S S PLEAD LOUT N WE U O S YEAR I G O F KEEL JOLT AWE Anomalies: no Q no C 1G ER EYE _OAR A HE U ORE AM OUT WELT EXIT L Percent expected vowels: 119% R BRAISE E _AITH E FATE Game 038 - August 15 2007 * Z E * * V P * SA_LIES MUD AJAR JEANS Total points: 752 ON F WOE U LO O A JOY LOX A JET P MICE Scrab-o: SALLIES ISLANDS SISTERS VALET OR L SOOTS S JOTS WAGE P ZANY W F LOOP_ Total tiles played: 105 A WHEY A I _ H I A I PROP R ENVY D ELF WERE N _ Unplayed tiles: C D I I T FIERY I I AY R D KIT JAM E O E LOG EYES E Power tiles: 16 J J J X Z Z _ _ _ S S S S S S S E ISLANDS BEET SWORE N Z R A C O O OX V BOOKS Anomalies: 3J no Q 1G N E O K ZOA ME PAY E A S P I K U E Percent expected vowels: 102% * _I_TERS * *DUAL IDIOT * Game 039 - August 15 2007 CUED I WEED CRAVE GRIT * R FAN I Y U NOW U Total points: 661 A JIB Q LORE E J ZO_N V R CURRY O D I O Scrab-o: EN A A B BRAN OZONE QUITE EMU Total tiles played: 102 WO MAT U O A J R G _ U E E REV IF C TEAL CAP Unplayed tiles: N N N N RUN JAWS E A AQUA WO Z I LOT L I N R QUESTS RE Power tiles: 11 J J Q Q Z Z _ S S S S T SEED R R U E ID I R WILY I LEIS W Anomalies: no X no H 1G C RISKY E O TORE D K I RAZED E E ROBE E RYES Percent expected vowels: 103% * P WISE DYE VAIR E Game 040 - August 15, 2007 * PEAL NOTE * NUDGED * DAINTY R T AZO U FONT Total points: 707 TIC B EL LOX I GIG U L O B AVID CLOTS PAD Scrab-o: TOELESS A O V Y X E D O BARER Z TOELESS U ABOVE C I E Total tiles played: 111 NOGS T PI L U P G A U I CUB ARK * EN BYE BOUGH C* Unplayed tiles: R DUG O C Q AT S N T HO G B PUNK U LYE STACKS L Power tiles: 10 Q X X Z S S S S S S EF PA G SIRE LAX R I D DO ARIGHT A P N V K R G Anomalies: no _ no W NUDE S O O LIEU QUEASY T REACH GYMS TROD M Percent expected vowels: 91% * *OLD E E X * POSE Game 041 - August 22, 2007 * Q* GIVEN* * PEP * JUG O Y I U F Total points: 633 I FIRM WE NUBILE VOLT _HOD A VOTES U Scrab-o: WON E Q N T ON A PORKY YET U D H J L T L E Total tiles played: 105 EAT FAD M V QUITE FADES PINS FADE ZONE *G FAT L * Unplayed tiles: M I E U PLAT N A T _QUAD LEAF PUB O D YOUNGS G H DENY A Power tiles: 9 J Q Q X Z _ S S S I R ELL F I FOND OFT R FLUKES E TWO VOID Z U WO Anomalies: no C 6F E Y A OXEN E R MOAN OX FAR O N MATH N G E Percent expected vowels: 93% * * B * VETS NO Game 042 - August 22, 2007 * ENTRY W* * DROWNIN_ L JOT Z U R Total points: 642 JIFFY F N E S BET I S A ORT SPEAK O E N Scrab-o: READING PRIDE ORE H J R YORE ZEE E A A I I I ZA_Y Total tiles played: 104 A STACK _ V FADES WED DUSK A NICE ELF E TAMES * Unplayed tiles: Q R M N N Y A A U O Y WEAK G T C K INN Power tiles: 14 J J J Q Z Z _ _ _ S S S S S W BOOZES JOSH R OAK J W N E RAD I V A Y FOR N OVA Anomalies: 3J no X 3K 5Y 1G 1L I TEE_ UNWARY J REA_INGS RUN N Y N U WONT C HAY Percent expected vowels: 88% _RIN * N * *T HIVE * Game 043 - August 23, 2007 * T MOTION * _ * * VARY O Total points: 621 _OYS B M A Y H GUM FAT QUA PAUSED SQUATS APEX Scrab-o: U L D K I E U I O I N HAIL IDIOT X BALLS L CHI Total tiles played: 103 T SHOT T I V HARES E * SO AN SHEET TAMP ONE RAW Unplayed tiles: O O G REB N R ADIT BENTS U E E J MY U D Power tiles: 14 J Q X X _ S S S S S S S S S MAILS N O O SKITS P P T PLOYS T E O H LOOM Anomalies: 1G 9S no Z FENCERS O I I ADIT E O U AX H A O O ENJOY S Percent expected vowels: 100% * T I W MUSK N EXIT SI K Note: Board not 100% accurate and complete; it was recreated from memory after being dismantled. Game 044 - August 30, 2007 * * D * BLUNT J_Y L U O HAW Total points: 632 ZOOM_ RAFTER B HEX T HOUR Scrab-o: B EGO R H MART M L V A BO MOP VIA G ARC Total tiles played: 100 U I L R AGO BE N EF N NOR MANAGED R * GALA RING * Unplayed tiles: C F Q R V T AHA DO Z T O G G Y FORGER WAIF_ H BRED Power tiles: 9 J Q X X Z Z _ _ _ TUT FIG N P ZERO DOWN N HER N P LOX A G A Anomalies: 5E 8G 4I no K no S JAR MANGY GILT O MA ZIPPING _W R N A M HOG F L Percent expected vowels: 73% Y C * NAG X DU_T PORT_ TAX Note: I lost FLINGER; disallowed by AmH2 (and still disallowed by AmH4!) Game 045 - August 30, 2007 * GO_TERS B * *A * * AGO KILO C GRACE ARE Total points: 664 R EQUATE A R GO N RAJA OFT ANON X E A O O O E O Scrab-o: SCALENE GOITERS C E L N _ EN GAMER ER CITE T Q J C DIG Total tiles played: 107 A JIG TO E U I E P * JOG ENDOWS G R AXE GENE I Unplayed tiles: E A A N AN C I S T N N EMCEE W A F KEEL DAW DAYS Power tiles: 10 J J Q X Z _ _ S S S O E P _IT I TON PAY FORD DAZED L COW Z Anomalies: 5C no H 1U no V AT I AY NO BOA I SCA_ENE R G Y ELM T IDOL Percent expected vowels: 104% *E PINS Y *CRANE GIFT MY Note: I lost TENNERS; disallowed by AmH2 (but added to AmH4.) I lost SEANCES; disallowed by AmH2 because of ' (and still disallowed by AmH4.) Game 046 - August 30, 2007 MASH T__GIEST M WORTH HAIL C JAY ACHE U Q Total points: 705 HOUR R O S ON F G MUG WEN U GO BUD W H U FEES VIA Scrab-o: TANGIEST O FIRES O E RUIN EL R FEN N AWARDS J R PE B Total tiles played: 107 T E EL L I A GENE MA U HUGS E G* TYROS LEAVENS * Unplayed tiles: I MAW BUGS _ WE PAVED U S _ A DEAF Power tiles: 13 J Q X _ _ S S S S S S S S VEE E E N E G BOWL B U H MIL N A NIX I U A U R Anomalies: no K 9U no Z AQUA BUS FURY E D R GUNNY I G S DIGS I Percent expected vowels: 97% L * * T OWES * SEX * Game 047 - August 30, 2007 * * Q_IT * N WRAP * U C AH EYE B Total points: 819 _ E I W _OMBERS GAD U COY Q_ESTION Y R F PONY Scrab-o: TRUSSED EERIEST BOMBERS M R N O MICE NAB JET I VAT J OX Total tiles played: 107 HERO R E E DO HAKES W R DUNS L * Q TRUSSED T Unplayed tiles: P RES MOOS T I _ N LOX A AY FIX S R E EERIEST L I Power tiles: 15 J Q Q X X _ _ _ S S S S S S S PEG C HELLOS G S ROIL D APE ADO IT PE QUIT V STAB Anomalies: no Z DO K X LAVA _ I A V B N E B C I WONT PACE Percent expected vowels: 90% *BUY STAID BEE T N LIEGE E Game 048 - September 5, 2007 BURNT SIZE * BANNER O WAFTS A I E U E V COG Total points: 632 N EYE R R U A AN NEUTER VIOL C N T MULL P G Scrab-o: E T E IS O T ETA WED R R MADE SI COX ER DUCT A OVA Total tiles played: 113 U U H O A Y E HAD T D OVAL C WOVEN G SIEVE WADER_ E Unplayed tiles: A A E K O R L THAW E U I I SHOW E C AD H SAFE ZERO I V HEMS Power tiles: 10 X Z _ S S S S S S S WO WADE E O E LI E A AGAPE REM B E SCONES BIG Anomalies: no J no Q F N DOT_ SAILS O A L T V G COX FOES Percent expected vowels: 108% S GRADE * * AGUE * Note: I lost LOANERS; disallowed by AmH2 (but added to AmH4.) Game 049 - September 5, 2007 GAY FILES R * G * * WADED FIX TAUS AW Total points: 687 WIN N I G E YAW T A I N GORE R DINGO U N Scrab-o: SERRATED GAMMA E R FEN AY T N TOY R A ID M HO V_ULTS Total tiles played: 104 HUMP D _ L M U O * AUTO O ZONE EF ARMORS GO C Unplayed tiles: A A I O U R Z D SING P E E L V SEW HEN X O WET A Power tiles: 12 X Z Z _ _ S S S S S S S _ EWES IRE W N U GET L B T E Z HELLOS Anomalies: no J no K no Q LOO LOVE RAG DOZES O T O ID U N N VIA Percent expected vowels: 98% * INNS CLANS AS *SERRA_ED BEDS Game 050 - September 5, 2007 * * D H * * KENO N GAR I Z Total points: 527 V O Z TAD R VIA GRIP O I SAID I YORE N A O U N Scrab-o: ANY _OWN I NOSY Y E R E PIP_ FANGS A PEERS ILKS Total tiles played: 107 E E U A ZI_I Y * AYE DRECK R * DOPED TAILED Unplayed tiles: U U R A MI W_ R EM I GOES TEEN I G IN E E AN Power tiles: 8 Z Z _ _ S S S S R YAM TIED AT F CANT AGE K I I I DRAY AUK I U Anomalies: no B no J 3K no Q no X E PURL L A E DO N E EEL N K E AGUE RIG MID E Percent expected vowels: 114% OZONES DINE LEA HIRE SARI A Game 051 - September 5, 2007 HOOP SPEW B HILT WAKE TAU I I Q O T O O _ I V Total points: 721 L G U N CAVIL O U E L AHA T_USTING C E PIGS BLAN_HES Scrab-o: TRUSTING BLANCHES D O NO T A T SUN O V SQUIDS TALE Total tiles played: 106 B AXES I P N U E Q W ELATED EMBER E GONAD U T Unplayed tiles: B D F I M A A A Z WON X A W KILN L I W E ZIT I Power tiles: 14 Q Q X Z _ _ S S S S S S S S E _ EQUATES E C NOSE E F N AH T L TACO M STOWS Anomalies: no J 1R 5W no Y T HE FOIL V B I AVAST W S I VIE WELLS Percent expected vowels: 97% U TWINS * BOLE R * Game 052 - September 12, 2007 * HEX PINE * * DRAM A J L N V DARN O Total points: 807 VAULTS E A S A P O LO AH ZANY T U U VAV H ON Scrab-o: LORRIES RECEIVES PUMA I_ R LAM E ICIER WANTS BYE THAW E T R Total tiles played: 111 HO O HAS AHA SLID *DOVE AN YOUR E NONE E* Unplayed tiles: E I U A A EF F T E X ZIT FLAIRS R VIE LIEU C JEA_S I _ Power tiles: 14 J X Z Z Z _ _ _ S S S S S S N C A N E N FEN Z D HITS I F I PLAY Y U FEZ Anomalies: no G no K no Q 3Z R E L R_ZED _ I BOOT DO A LORRIES ZONE N TRY U N Percent expected vowels: 102% MOON D* S ENS E RECEI_ES Note: RECEIVES my first 9-timer!!! Game 053 - September 12, 2007 * A DEAF _E * * * MUD E ADO A M THREE Total points: 483 HOCKEY P IF UH I WOO R PA MI ADO RUG WEE Scrab-o: IRATE U EH L C A LAX U A T E EEL K TAJ T T Total tiles played: 97 G JIBS P E DEE E I CUBED I * O BETTOR E Y BOAT NOON Unplayed tiles: I I O U W CAVED * A RUTS V T N TO UT E FA BEEF I Power tiles: 5 J X _ _ S HOWL B F D PEEPED E R EATEN OPAH T _ Anomalies: 1G no Q 1S no Z E EX DOT E T E O _AIM E O Percent expected vowels: 118% * TINNIE_ * E FILLER* * Game 054 - September 12, 2007 SIRE * AGED SQUATTED MUTE Q I W O I A O A Total points: 621 U BAN OAF N RIB JOGS V A CIVIC F WE E ACE A Q Scrab-o: T EX HATCH NIX RERUN T T ZEE O V ZIP N E R Total tiles played: 100 E I A YAM I E EGG I D PET * * CHEAT A ROAM Unplayed tiles: I AJAR G O A GRIND_ O ENGAGE WAFT Y E D Z Power tiles: 9 J Q Q X Z Z _ S S G R R B A F C A BITE MOSQUE RIDING A WHOM N Anomalies: no K no L U N ON T O GONE AGO TAV ADZE E Percent expected vowels: 106% E TRIM_ * D * * Game 055 - September 12, 2007 * JAILER C * * C * D A N TAW Total points: 682 V HID D R VEE JAY EN TI GALA NIX FUN Scrab-o: DAMPENS NEIGH V MOM T G Z N X O FAN P HOT ARK Z Total tiles played: 103 TWINE E J H WAX E I A * AT IN NAY ADIT FIT STUPID Unplayed tiles: N O P R U ZAX GOB_ A I DIVAN O F R S HER M L NEIGHS R Power tiles: 11 J J X X Z Z _ S S S S JUNKET SLAPS E M NOEL E TAN U TOO R GO BRATS D Anomalies: no Q CAY ZIP SLY DAMPEN_ POLO W I O L A SOY Percent expected vowels: 88% * ADORED * CARAT YAM * Note: NEIGH played twice, plus NAY, hee hee. Game 056 - September 19, 2007 * WHAT NAG * TINT * J XI O PAID Total points: 651 TAG BET V PIX C REM_VES FARE RE ENDURE R Scrab-o: PENS L NO TENT O A PI T CLUE D JAMS A Z Total tiles played: 105 AXE OH N O G_ CURL E TI N A G W V OAR UND_ Unplayed tiles: L X ID D CRAWL M H BELCH A R N U U EAR HA AXES L WE E Power tiles: 12 J X X X Z _ _ _ S S S S T ROAR R O TIT NUN LARDY E LURED _ FOE R AGE Anomalies: 4I no K no Q 3X N YAMS NOVA M A CRAZED G E A R HO_SES Percent expected vowels: 89% * _ EASY G E DOGMA Y Game 057 - September 19, 2007 * * R HEEL * QUIZ Z * F RAJ Y I TORN WIG Total points: 584 R I LEERY R FREED O BIT E TIC I FA R SHALT Scrab-o: BLANKET Q E Z O DAG_ A RITZY A U DRY GLOW ERR_ A I I _ Total tiles played: 107 IT IT I U J COG N K ZOOS L LIP N * LILT E V* Unplayed tiles: H R H INTO I L DOT OR_ A N A RUNG RYE AW U GUM Power tiles: 10 J Q Z Z Z _ _ _ _ S BLA_KE_ GO E G LINGO P WIT GOAL C H RI_E I GOAD Anomalies: 1S no X 3Z ZIT U DOVE E Y RIP LO G VAMP N E FAR V Percent expected vowels: 90% * * T LIRA _UN CENT Note: I lost LINTIER; disallowed by AmH2 (but LINTY added to AmH4.) Game 058 - September 19, 2007 ALE * AQUA A FLUB A * ANTIC G U LA I I Total points: 508 V U I A A ENVOY ODOR ODOR TANNER I T D T I Scrab-o: Y TOO KID I O INN F WOOL CURT COGS A Total tiles played: 103 L TIC E V O B EGG I U O NOBLE FINES * TOWEL TOOT R Unplayed tiles: I U U BIDING R N A O E T WOS O SETTEE D GIN O E COX Power tiles: 6 Q X S S S S AIR GO E N L FREER GO CRAPS A E I A Anomalies: no H no J no M no Z no _ TWO A QUARK N P E OX G U I VEND SAGE Percent expected vowels: 117% * AIRS EEL A AID S L Neat play: GO/GO/TOOT. Game 059 - September 19, 2007 *BONG * Q F * * N AID HAE F L _ TOGS BL__DY U L A Total points: 637 N_DE A RAZ_R I O D I O O O I _ L L G X N E T N N R Scrab-o: FAIRNESS DITTO MOPES G T BIKED N AY FACES O ALOFT O ICE Total tiles played: 108 I T R C A AN V S DUO ON EKE * CROW HAES Unplayed tiles: G N T B AWAY R E NARC ONION R T Q_ALMS Y O A Power tiles: 15 Q X X Z Z _ _ _ _ S S S S S S H K COIF Z O TIT PI ALONE H TAX T_ P FAZES Anomalies: no J 1U E DIVA Z FORGE E X N C E PENT G SOCK T Percent expected vowels: 88% FAIRNESS AIS * *SIX E * Game 060 - September 26, 2007 Y Q * ZEAL YEH J MEDIA B EM U I A MICROBE NUKE Total points: 800 HI I SANE N E B N HE D CENT L G K QUINT_ U FEWER Scrab-o: MICROBE R T HATED T C TAX A JOB_ Y R R R MU Total tiles played: 110 B CRYPTS T Y M N MENU E GOON * PEGS J I Unplayed tiles: E H O Q E T GAPER X H T A ROUT D FARMS A _ SLAYS P T Power tiles: 13 J J Q Q X X Z _ _ S S S S I HEX OPENS A T E O ANEW R E H ZINGER GRAPE Anomalies: 5H U E JOT O E E D O E V K RAM U VOW A TOX_N O Percent expected vowels: 90% BED UNIT Y LANK N SHOWY Game 061 - September 26, 2007 * JAILED H * * * O A BUY Total points: 620 COON F B N U V K UVULA OLD JOCKS AGATE Scrab-o: DARNERS BUSH AT M A O H I A V U COPSE BET I O N AXE DO Total tiles played: 104 Y US E I L NU C E SAT * VAIN STORED M E V O SUNS RE Unplayed tiles: E N N O G U I E D U PUT LAND A A N HONEY_ LASSO H U E Power tiles: 11 J X _ S S S S S S S S TAXES TO O FATE RIOTS R E E LUST G E NOTES Anomalies: 4I no Q no W no Z S A E AM BOMBED E DARNERS A L E YOGA Percent expected vowels: 106% * VOTED T HAND TIME_ MAT Game 062 - September 26, 2007 * V GREET * * SIN P A A N IF A Total points: 597 _COLDER PINTO H R T A LAST D N I _ Scrab-o: SCOLDER G WHITE VA_T E _TTEND QUAIL U R C Q F DO Total tiles played: 109 P Y O N G O GUYS O B RE SNIDE SQUADS LO GALA A QUOTED Y Unplayed tiles: C H I L O R I N U NO E R D I U T E E NIT _FOOT N V E EL LOAN F Power tiles: 9 Q Q _ _ _ S S S S FONT T G WE E RAW DONG C T BEEF NORM T SHUNS N A Anomalies: no J no K no X no Z HIED D R TI WORLD NOR CALM T LEVER MA Percent expected vowels: 87% PAR_D EYE DAM * ERGO M M Note: Vivian lost CAGER; disallowed by AmH2 (and still disallowed by AmH4!) Game 063 - September 26, 2007 * BRA * * STINK_ER P O WAR Z A E Total points: 656 INANE G T PIKE L QUAD K E MAGIC N D LUAU O Scrab-o: TALLIES EDITION ZED R T C L A I TEEN FIE FOX BONER E E Total tiles played: 106 I PIE R E FIBS N G S BALLOTS E AW M I A THE Unplayed tiles: I I L T V TALLIES I EL AGATE L BOOM I U ER D R G LIE O P Power tiles: 8 Q X Z _ _ S S S N AT AH I TIC O RAN K QUEEN BONE TO C F T HEEL Anomalies: no J no Y _ U E TO E IF LOPS E A N HOP L OF XI EDITIO_ Percent expected vowels: 107% REDO GEM _* * EEL OFF*
 
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