E's Scrabble Group discussion

This is beyond the "who are we" thread where we can talk about anything, should the mood strike.

And I needed a place for this idea.

Is anyone interested in 7-letter scrabble with a twist? I've been thinking over the last several months that I'd like to play with a goal word in mind. That is, we play as usual, but try to form words that would allow us to form a specific word.

Is this of interest to any of you?

It does, but could you give an example because I'm not sure that I understand.

just forming the rules as we talk here ...

we would start with a word, example "sweater", and the goal might be "plunder".

we would change letters and form words with the idea of getting ourselves to plunder. I think sometimes it can be done in very few words, other times it might take a few pages.

Whenever the goal word was reached, the person posting that word would start us with a new goal word.

Sounds fun and a great way to keep the game fresh.

Elizabeth, I'll follow your games wherever you go.

Elizabeth, I'm not getting my updates. On the bottom right which box should be checked? Updates or email?

Your goal game is picking up!

I think you want the "Email me when people comment" which is above the comment box. The ticks below the comment box are for replies to a specific post or about your comment going out in updates.

But the notifications aren't working very well just now. Goodreads updated to a new version of a widely-used internet interface program and it has caused all sorts of problems.

Well, thanks, at least I'm not alone. I will struggle on.

OK, so what's the first word going to be and what's the goal word?

We're over in that thread Debby.

This will take you to the newest post:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...

I have another idea, too, but I can't decide how we'll know when we've reached the end of the thread.

When I was a child, we had a true game of anagrams. This was before I ever saw a scrabble game, but maybe they came out at the same time. Anyway, the Anagram tiles were the same size little wooden tiles, but had no letter count, and there was no board. You made words, and played them in front of you - like you would meld in rummy. Someone could steal your word by rearranging the tiles and adding a letter - the adding a letter was the important key. And, as I recall, just adding an S or a D wasn't allowed.

A sequence might be:

age
gear
rages (gears wouldn't be allowed)

and so on.

I like this type of game and would be glad to start it if someone has a plan for how far we go or when we know to start another 3-letter word. I'm happy to set 8 letters or some such if that is agreeable.

8 letters sounds good to me.

Ok. This game might be too simple for us, but we'll see if we like it.

7 letter scrabble
8 letter scrabble
Goal 7 letter
True Anagrams

Looks like I'll be here all day! :)

Hahaha, I know! Elizabeth is like the pied-piper of word games and we just follow her along. :)

I have a favor to ask. If you know of books that feature a progagonist over the age of 60, I'd appreciate your adding the title to the following listopia.

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/19...

It says I've "voted" for all of these, but I'm really just trying to compile a list. I can't vouch for most of these (in fact, I've read very few of them).

Thank you.

Happy New year to all my fellow Scrabblarians! It's been a fun year with all of you (we started end of January 2012), and I look forward to learning a few new words in 2013!

Happy new year Elizabeth, and to all the other Scrabblarians. Great new word, Elizabeth!

Wishing you all a Happy and Peaceful New Year.

I love that word, Scrabblarians !

Happy, Healthy New Year to All!

a day late, but heartfelt, health, peace and happiness to you all!!!!!!

so glad you're back, Joyce!

thanks,Elizabeth, good to be
back

Got up to see our new library today. First day it's been opened - we've been without a library since Thanksgiving while they worked on the move. It's beautiful - so happy to have it.

That's terrific, Elizabeth. I love my libraries. I don't know what I would do without them!

Thanks to a heads up from Joyce, I know there was a 7.5 earthquake at midnight, about 100 miles due west of us, which I slept through. Tsunami warnings have been cancelled, but Ketchikan is in very protected waters, so I don't think we would have much of a problem, if any. Power might be the only thing, and as you can see, we have it. As for my house, I am up 250 elevation less than 1/2 mile from saltwater, so you see flooding cannot ever be a problem.

In case anyone is interested, I uploaded 4 photos of our new library on my profile. It was such a nice day today!

http://www.goodreads.com/photo/user/2...

Thanks for sharing Elizabeth - the library looks fab. I think the view would distract me from reading:-)

Maisie wrote: "Thanks for sharing Elizabeth - the library looks fab. I think the view would distract me from reading:-)"

Just staring out the window isn't necessarily a sign of depression. ;-)

Great pictures! Loved the scenic pictures - I was there 15 years ago and would go again in a heart beat. Took the inland waterway and the train through Denali with my entire family (there were 10 of us).

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Maisie wrote: "Thanks for sharing Elizabeth - the library looks fab. I think the view would distract me from reading:-)"

Just staring out the window isn't necessarily a sign of depression. ;-)"

It's a sign of a writer hard at work!

I loved the photos too, Elizabeth - I commented on the photos themselves. Especially loved the fireplace and armchair!!

The fireplace is on the same wall with the view - that whole wall is armchairs of varying widths! On the other long wall are the librarian offices, a couple of quiet study rooms, an Alaskana room, and a small conference room available to the public. The Teen Room in the photo with the lighted shelves is new - the old library did not have one.

I think I'll have to move there for the winter

Beautiful new library, Elizabeth! The fireplace is similar to what we're putting in the new house, but the house is smaller, of course. Alaska is on our bucket list. It would be fantastic to meet you. (you might have to pry me out of the library)

Sharon wrote: "Beautiful new library, Elizabeth! The fireplace is similar to what we're putting in the new house, but the house is smaller, of course. Alaska is on our bucket list. It would be fantastic to mee..."

I'd love to meet more of my Scrabble friends! Let me know when you might be coming through on a cruise. All of the ships stop here.

Thank you all for playing - especially the Goal puzzle that I started a little bit ago.

My brother died on Sunday. The prognosis for his cancer was fatal, but it ended up not being the cancer that got him, and his death much sooner than anticipated (if such a thing can be anticipated). It's been a tough week. I'm so lucky to have you all in my world.

Elizabeth, I am very saddened to learn about your brother. One of my 3 brothers is in remission from cancer, so I can understand how hard this must be for you with your sibling. Also, my husband died 14 months ago, so my grief is fairly fresh. I agree that we are lucky to have our Goodreads Friends to support us. It is some comfort.

How sad Elizabeth. Cancer is such a dreadful disease.
I'm sorry you've had a tough week but death always brings change. I hope you can find some peace to ease your sorrow x

Elizabeth, I'm sending heartfelt condolences and hugs. Death of a loved one is difficult beyond words.

Barbara, I'm sad to learn you lost a husband such a short time ago. Sometimes words aren't enough for what we feel.

The death of a spouse must be at the top of the list of life's greatest stressors. In my recent case, he is thousands of miles away. I'm not obligated to deal with all of the mundane things that accompany a death. Barbara, and others, have so many day to day details to work out.

Speaking of which, Barbara - how is your new house? (Moving is also on that stressor list, but she's managed to get through it in the last year, too.)

Barbara and Elizabeth, so sorry for your losses of loved ones. May. peace keep them now. My husband died 10 years ago and I still think of him and miss him every day.

Thank you, Dear Friends, for your kind words. Elizabeth, I did not mean to intrude on your feelings of grief. I just wanted you to know how I relate to your sentiments.

I guess I have not shared my situation, but I probably should have. We were married very young,for54 years. I sold the home where we had lived for 36 years and moved to a townhome in a nearby community. I have had great support from some friends and family. Joyce, you know exactly how I feel. It is an emptiness like no other. I am sorry to learn about your husband too.

My father died very young - at 50 - when I was still in grade school. I saw widowhood up close, but still very much on the outside. My mother lived another 38 years, never as part of a couple, always alone. One of the things I've learned is that we experience every death differently. We ourselves are different, and our relationship with the deceased is different. It's not something you can ever get used to.

I have an older sister. I expect to outlive her, although we know nothing is certain. My relationship with her even now is so different from that of my brother, and each of us is experiencing his death differently than the other.

Life is amazing, and each of these experiences goes into the pot and makes up who we are. Life would be horrible without the pain - how else are we to know joy?

Great attitude, Elizabeth. My father died at 44 of a sudden heart attack. He looked so young and was fit and in the military at the time. I was early twenties, married, with a first child/toddler, as I'm the eldest. My mother has also never remarried, so we have things in common. She had 3 children to rear alone, one of them in a wheelchair and 2 quite a bit younger than we two older ones.

Looking back, I've gone through stages of dealing with my father's death, directly related to my beliefs and maturity at various stages. 40 years ago. It's all softer now, the pain and memories. I smile instead of cry.

I read a profound article once about a father losing his son around the age of 20. The conclusion was that the father wouldn't have changed anything, even if he'd been given the choice of having the son with advanced knowledge that he'd lose him early. It was better to have had him in his life if only for a little while. I like that. It helped me. Nothing helps the pain early on of a close loss, though. We have to grieve.

Hey Elizabeth! I just finished reading a kindle freebie and thought if you.
Some of it takes place in Wrangell, Ak and fishing men are involved.
Actually, it was a very good book. Occasionally you get a winner in the freebie selections and I think this was one. Very good character development of a lot of characters. Soul searching by the main character was very good.

What's the name of it? Wrangell is about 75 miles or so north of here - about 5 hours by ferry. They have a pretty good boat yard. Little place, about 1200 people max.

Absence of Grace. It mentioned Wrangell being close to Ketchikan. Being a waterman on the Chesapeake Bay seemed dangerous enough, but up there - wow. One character was a Tlingit - how would you pronounce that?