Writer Confesses To Cheating at Online Scrabble
Sarah Fallon (the writer in question) became addicted to a little online app called Scrabble Word Finder which searches through the letters in your hand for words you can form, revealing those obscure high-point, seven-letter bingo phrases that humiliate an opponent.
But in the end, our online Scrabble cheat saw the error of her ways and cast off her nasty habit. She even noted that Scrabble Word Finder did have some shortcomings, ignoring simple elegant plays like tacking an 'S' on to the intersection of 'quill' and 'combo' for quite respectable 27 points.
Playing games online allows people from all over the country and world to connect and compete. But remember, despite our cultural differences, one thing remains the same, nobody likes a cheat.
From Wired
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betgod6 @ Dec 26th 2007 5:42PM
This might be a good way to learn the game better. I always lose to my grandchildren when playing face-to-face. Would playing this online then aid me in become a better player? Perhaps this information will turn out to be very helpful to me. Thanks.
Brockeim @ Dec 26th 2007 9:42PM
Good words are hard to find, and, if only as a training device, why not? But, if the opponent believes he or she is being taken seriously in a battle of verbal strength and creativity, then is just another bit of cheating in this generation.
Barry Bonds.
Marion Jones.
That NYT reporter.
That Boston Globe reporter.
And this one here.
--Brockeim
http://Brockeim.com
http://brockeim-nonsense.blogspot.com/
yapiyo @ Dec 26th 2007 11:38PM
goood...
Simzeeee @ Dec 27th 2007 9:37AM
I don't cheat even though I always lose. It's a good thing I love to lose.
Don @ Jan 1st 2008 3:46PM
like who really cares...it's a game.
offoa @ Jan 1st 2008 4:23PM
Its just a game....
carol @ Jan 1st 2008 4:28PM
I could never figure out the scrabalicious site but isc.wordbiz has a program running in the background that ferrets out those using anagram progrms. Don't know about the one she used but what's the fun when you cheat?
tellitall @ Jan 1st 2008 5:26PM
hey Brockeim let's not forget about Roger Clemens
Pete Rose,Randy Pettite,Mark Mcguire, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton. I could go on you get the message.
Kathy @ Jan 1st 2008 6:14PM
I play scrabble online. I have 12 games going right now. I don't cheat by using word generators like the one mentioned here. I quit games against players who do cheat by using them. You can always tell the cheaters because the consistantly use obscure words. It's no fun to play a cheater.