Scrabulous dictionaries - written by the illiterate

[whomovedmychocolate]

I'm a massive Scrabulous fan (when it works!)

Unfortunately both of the dictionaries are bizarre. For example, I tried the word 'via' - not allowed. However, today, in the space of three moves I was allowed to include the word 'fuck', later extended to 'fucker' and then added the word 'mother' on the front assuming that this was not possible. But yes, indeed it is (and is quite valuable in terms of points).

You can also have 'spiv', 'eh', 'homey' and even 'homeys'.

But can you have 'felch'?

No of course not.

Gah!

(yes, I know I need to get out more)

know exactly what you mean!

Maybe it's american?

Someone i was playing with was allowed twat, and yet i wasn't allowed quim!

Boco, is that you?

You can have quim, if you use the right dictionary (sowpods maybe)

There was a jolly interesting word on hangman the other day:

PHILANTROPHIC

is this growing people in water?

Anyway the worst thing about Scrabulous is the way it insists on giving you a tray full of vowels - as someone I was playing (before I gave up in disgust) pointed out, the only word you can get with AIEEOOU is an onomatopoeic one which is prob not in either dictionary

Maybe i was on the wrong dictionary, because it said no to quim. And ipod. Is ipod a brand or a thing?

it let me have ZOOEY the other day

i only tried it for a laugh

i would say ipod is not yet acceptable, as hoover would be for example

i have used QUIM

and MINGE

you need sowpods

(Why are you in disguise, dearheart?)

Califrau posted somewhere an image of a game she was playing which included not only quim but a host of other rude words too

Out of the context of this thread, 'i have used QUIM' looks like quite a shocking revelation.

I'm not terribly good at disguises. Someone from real life , a family member, spotted me and read posts, and i knew she knew who i was, but didn't realise she reads what i write.

pmsl boco

Oh no! I'm sorry I used your name then, shall I get that post deleted?

Oh no it's fine, really, i'm just kidding myself that dressed up as Prince no one will realise it's me.

oops, me too

doh

yes you can have quim
and I have had via
but the TWL dictionary is shite

it let me have ebaying

which is a nonsense really

There are two types of Scrabulous game aren't there? One where all words are checked against a dictionary and one where all words are allowed unless you or your opponent challenge it. I should imagine that's why you can have ebaying, which is clearly not a word.

I used quim while playing with tutter just the other day
in my defence, she had used a whole RAFT of appallingly smutty words in the previous game

twere very amusing though

snigger at 'I used quim while playing with tutter just the other day'.

nope
ebaying was in SOWPODS

cali we have the Chambers dictionary. they do a 'special' scrabble one I think but the normal Chambers one is more or less the same and usually cheaper

minty probably thinks I don't know any words as I was so unutterably crap in my game against her. such dreary letters

You can look up the words by hitting 'practice mode' then 'dictionary help' then 'look up words' CalifraundingFathers but it's not available for download AFAIK.

I didn't understand the challenge game type for ages and so lost lots of games to a guy from the philippines who was making up random letters into 'words' and I didn't know they were just being accepted because I didn't challenge them .

What irks me though (and this is probably just me), is that I appear to get the same set of tiles again and again. I've got a frighteningly good memory for images and a couple of times I've looked at my letters and thought - 'I had that exact letter set in another game I'm on six moves ago' but of course at that point the system fails and I'm kicked out, unable to prove it.

However I remain deeply suspicious.

Especially as my SiL has beaten me three times and appears to have nabbed every letter worth over two points on the board at times .