I haven’t put up a list in a while, so here’s a quick one. There are 1015 threes – how many take a y as a back hook? The answer: 91. Here they are:
AIRY- having the nature of air [adj AIRIER, AIRIEST] dfh
ALLY- to unite in a formal relationship [v –LIED, –LYING, –LIES] bdgprstw l
ARMY- a large body of men trained and armed for war [n –MIES] b
ARTY- showily or pretentiously artistic [adj ARTIER, ARTIEST] ptw
–ASHY- covered with ashes [adj ASHIER, ASHIEST] dmw
–AWAY- from a certain place [adv]
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The Old Town Showdown
NASPA Scrabble Club #803 Nacogdoches
www.oldtownscrabble.com
The Nacogdoches Scrabble Club (NASPA Club #803 Nacogdoches, TX) held the first (of many, hopefully) officially-sanctioned tournments on Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 5 & 6, 2011.
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NASPA Scrabble Club #803 Nacogdoches
www.oldtownscrabble.com
06/12/2011 (Sunday)
Next Meeting: See Club Schedule
Attendees: Brent D. Beal, Phillip Collier, David Greer, Marin Beal
Brent D. Beal played in the Portland, OR Tournament (Sept. 3 – 5).
Results are here: http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/2011/lxt/09/003.shtml
NASPA Scrabble Club #803 Nacogdoches is hosting an officially-sanctioned Scrabble tournament in Nacogdoches on November 5 – 6, 2011.
It will be held at the Old University Building and includes a dinner and anagram competition at Auntie Pastas. See the tournament flyer for more details.
Details are also available at www.cross-tables.com and on the NASPA Tournament Calendar.
Our club, NASPA Scrabble Club #803 Nacogdoches, will be hosting an officially-sanctioned tournament in Nacogdoches on November 4 – 6, 2011. It will most likely be held at the Fredonia Hotel (venue details are still being negotiated).
The tournament has been posted on the NASPA Tournament Calendar.
Help us name the tournament! Submit your suggestions here.
Phillip Collier and Brent D. Beal attended the 2011 Bayou Bash Scrabble Tournament in Houston on May 28 – 30, 2011).
MINUTES
NASPA Scrabble Club #803 Nacogdoches
www.oldtownscrabble.com
05/15/2011 (Sunday)
Next Meeting: Sunday, June 12, at 3:00 pm, at Java Jacks in Nacogdoches, TX, 1122 North Street, Nacogdoches, TX, 75961, (936) 559‑9350. We will meet upstairs. Click HERE for a map.
NOTE: The 2011 Bayou Bash is in Houston May 28 – 30 (Saturday-Monday). Click on this link for more information: Houston Tournament.
Attendees: Brent D. Beal, Phillip Collier, David Greer, Arika Kulhavy, Krystal Roach, Seth Brunson, John Mlinar. A special welcome to Arika, Seth and John – all attending for the first time (I apologize if I’ve misspelled any of your names).
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NASPA Scrabble Club #803 Nacogdoches
www.oldtownscrabble.com
04/10/2011 (Sunday)
Next Meeting: Sunday, May 8, at 3:00 pm, at Java Jacks in Nacogdoches, TX, 1122 North Street, Nacogdoches, TX, 75961, (936) 559‑9350. We will meet upstairs. Click HERE for a map.
Attendees: Brent D. Beal, Phillip Collier, Aaron King, David Greer, Madeline Collins, Marin Beal
MINUTES
NASPA Scrabble Club #803 Nacogdoches
www.oldtownscrabble.com
03/13/2011 (Sunday)
Next Meeting: Sunday, April 10, at 3:00 pm, at Java Jacks in Nacogdoches, TX, 1122 North Street, Nacogdoches, TX, 75961, (936) 559‑9350. We will meet upstairs. Click HERE for a map.
Attendees: Phillip Collier, David Greer, Aaron King, Hayden Hibbard, Hunter Cook
Welcome to David, Aaron, and Hunter.
MINUTES
NASPA Scrabble Club #803 Nacogdoches
www.oldtownscrabble.com
02/27/2011 (Sunday)
Next Meeting: Sunday, March 13, at 3:00 pm, at Java Jacks in Nacogdoches, TX, 1122 North Street, Nacogdoches, TX, 75961, (936) 559‑9350. We will meet upstairs. Click HERE for a map.
Attendees: Brent D. Beal, Chrissy Hennessey, Nathan Woodward, Marin Beal
MINUTES
NASPA Scrabble Club #803 Nacogdoches
www.oldtownscrabble.com
02/13/2011 (Sunday)
Next Meeting: Sunday, February 27, at 3:00 pm, at Java Jacks in Nacogdoches, TX, 1122 North Street, Nacogdoches, TX, 75961, (936) 559‑9350. We will meet upstairs. Click HERE for a map.
Attendees: Brent D. Beal, Phillip Collier, Marin Beal, Trishala Roy, Josh Roy
Phillip Collier, Krystal Roach and Brent D. Beal attended the 2011 State of Texas Scrabble Championship in Salado, TX on February 5 & 6, 2011.
To create alphagrams in Excel, you need to be able to alphabetize the letters in a text string (or word). For example, the alphagram of ANEROID is ADEINOR. If you have a couple words, then doing this by hand isn’t a big deal. If you have a list of a thousand words, then you need to automate it. Excel doesn’t have a built-in function that alphatizes text strings (as far as I know), so you need to set up a custom function.
OLD MVP JOGS WITH A CRUTCH
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ERASION an erasure (the act of erasing (to rub or scrape out)) [n –S] */s
COINERS- COINER, one that coins (to make coins (metal currency)) [n] */*
CRONIES CRONY, a close friend [n] */*
ORCEINS- ORCEIN, a reddish brown dye [n] */*
RECOINS- RECOIN, COIN, to make coins (metal currency) [v] */*
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POISON MIGHT KILL OFF THRIVING CHILD
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ARCSINE the inverse function to the sine [n –S] */s
ARSENIC a metallic element [n –S] */s
CARNIES- CARNIE, carny (a carnival (a traveling amusement show)) [n] */*
RANDIES RANDY, a rude person [n] b/t
SANDIER SANDY, containing or covered with sand [adj] */*
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SMUG WIFE KEEPS THE CHILDREN
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CERATIN keratin (a fibrous protein) [n –S] */s
CERTAIN absolutely confident [adj –TAINER, –TAINEST] */*
CREATIN creatine (a chemical compound) [n –S] */egs
TACRINE a drug for treating Alzheimer’s disease [n –S] */s
ANTIRED opposed to communism [adj] */*
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NASPA Scrabble Club #803 Nacogdoches
www.oldtownscrabble.com
01/09/2011 (Sunday)
Next Meeting: Sunday, February 13, at 3:00 pm, at Java Jacks in Nacogdoches, TX, 1122 North Street, Nacogdoches, TX, 75961, (936) 559‑9350. We will meet upstairs. Click HERE for a map.
Attendees: Phillip Collier, Krystal Roach, Brent D. Beal, Heather Beal, Chrissy Hennessey, Nathan Woodward, Marin Beal
The 2011 State of Texas Scrabble Championship is in Salado, TX (about 4 hours away from Nacogdoches). It is being held February 4 – 6.
A few of us from the Nacogdoches Scrabble Club are going to attend. We will leave around 5:30 a.m. on Saturday (Feb. 5) and return fairly late the next day (on Sunday). We have room for a few more folks to carpool. Please let me know ASAP if you would like to attend.
Here is a PDF information sheet: http://www.cross-tables.com/download/2011/02/salado.pdf.
Here’s a general link: http://www.cross-tables.com/.
Brent
NOTE: This schedule was last edited on 10/22/2011 (see below for changes).
We do not currently have any regular meetings scheduled. Please contact Brent D. Beal if you feel like playing a game (he would love to pick up a few games whenever possible; see below, or the About page, for contact information).
Most of the regular members of the club moved during the summer and we are in the process of regrouping. If you’re interested in getting involved in the club, please get in touch with Brent.
ORIGINAL NOTE: This is the 2011 meeting schedule for the Nacogdoches Scrabble Club #803. Our regular meeting is the second Sunday of each month from 3:00 to 6:00 at Java Jacks in Nacogdoches, TX (1122 North Street, Nacogdoches, TX 75961 – 4482, 936 – 559-9350). We meet upstairs. Click HERE for a map. We will also meet on the fourth Sunday in February and June and make trips down to Houston (to play with the Houston Scrabble Club) on the fourth Sunday in March, July, and October. We will attend two tournaments (one in May, the other in August)
January 9 — Regular Meeting
February 13 - Regular Meeting
February 27 - Regular Meeting
March 13 - Regular Meeting
March 27 — Houston Club
April 10 — Regular Meeting
May 8 - Regular Meeting
May 28 – 30 (Saturday-Monday) - Houston Tournament (Bayou Bash)
June 12 - Regular Meeting
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August 6 – 10 (Saturday-Wednesday) - National Scrabble Championship in Dallas
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November 5 – 6 — The Old Town Showdown (Nacogdoches Tournament)
Brent
Brent D. Beal
brent@oldtownscrabble.com
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Here are some stats on the number of words that can be “hooked” from shorter words by adding a single letter. For example, as shown in the table below, there are 8938 five-letter words. 2230 of these words can be created by adding a letter to the front of a four-letter word (a front hook) and 4528 of these words can be formed by adding a letter to the back of a four-letter work (a back hook). The total number that can be “hooked” from four-letter words is 5498. This number drops to 2889 when terminal esses are excluded. The last column is the percentage of the total number of words of a given length that can be created by hooking shorter words (with terminal esses excluded).
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NASPA Scrabble Club #803 Nacogdoches
www.oldtownscrabble.com
12/12/2010 (Sunday)
Next Meeting: Sunday, January 9, at 3:00 pm, at Java Jacks in Nacogdoches, TX, 1122 North Street, Nacogdoches, TX, 75961, (936) 559‑9350. We will meet upstairs. Click HERE for a map.
Attendees: Phillip Collier, Krystal Roach, Brent D. Beal, Marin Beal
MINUTES
NASPA Scrabble Club #803 Nacogdoches
www.oldtownscrabble.com
11/14/2010 (Sunday)
Next Meeting: Sunday, December 12, at 3:00 pm, at Java Jacks in Nacogdoches, TX, 1122 North Street, Nacogdoches, TX, 75961, (936) 559‑9350. We will meet upstairs. Click HERE for a map.
Attendees: Madeline Collins, Marin Beal, Phillip Collier, Brent D. Beal, Heather Olson Beal
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NASPA Scrabble Club #803 Nacogdoches
www.oldtownscrabble.com
10/10/2010 (Sunday)
Next Meeting: Sunday, November 14, at 3:00 pm, at Java Jacks in Nacogdoches, TX, 1122 North Street, Nacogdoches, TX, 75961, (936) 559‑9350. We will meet upstairs. Click HERE for a map.
Attendees: Laura McEntire, Nathan Woodward, Brent D. Beal, Christine Hennessey
BAD SPEECH REVIEW – FLAMING WIT
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ARISTAE- ARISTA, a bristlelike structure or appendage [n]
ASTERIA a gemstone cut to exhibit asterism [n –S] s
ATRESIA absence or closure of a natural bodily passage [n –S] : ATRESIC, ATRETIC [adj] s
BAITERS- BAITER, one that baits (to lure (to attract with something desirable)) [n]
BARITES- BARITE, a mineral [n]