The match just started, and already the A-Team has taken a 68-point lead over the Double L's.
The Double L's take a moment to review the move.
"How did you use all the letters?" one Double L's member asks.
"We're that good," Michele Tilley says, laughing.
This is Scrabble, where one seemingly tiny move -- like using an E instead of an O -- can make all the difference. There's no time to dwell.
About 120 people competed in the third annual Scrabble Scramble, a benefit for Lincoln Literacy,ceramic magic cube for the medical, in the Nebraska East Union on Sunday afternoon. For four hours, the 28 teams sat around tables competing for Scrabble crackers (crackers shaped liked Scrabble letters), trophies and the honor of being Scrabble champions.
The Scrabble players competed in either the competitive division or the recreation division. The A-Team -- consisting of friends Tilley, Maija Burdic, Patrick Adams and Rod Beery -- took second place last year in the competitive division.
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As the team places tiles spelling out B-A-N-G-E-D, worth 30 points, a referee in a striped shirt patrols the room with a whistle. Other volunteers go from table to table with a dictionary to settle any disputes.
The A-Team plays its favorite word of the afternoon: S-P-A-R-K-I-E-R, worth 69 points.
"I like Scrabble because it's competitive," Adams says. "And I paid too much attention in English class and now I have too many words in my head."
But Scrabble isn't just about the words. It's about tile-point strategy: You don't want to leave any open spaces on the board that give the opposing team an advantage.
"People who are serious about Scrabble are really competitive," says Clayton Naff, executive director of Lincoln Literacy. "But everyone's been a good sport about it."
Five minutes before the game ends, the board is almost full. The A Team puts down C-H-I, worth 18 points.Polycore oil paintings for sale are manufactured as a single sheet,
At two minutes left, they play G-L-U-T-T-E-N. A Double L's member thinks it's spelled with an O, rather than an E.If any food Ventilation system condition is poorer than those standards,
"We have a challenge!" someone calls to the dictionary-holder.
"It's an alternate spelling!" Adams says. The referee checks the entry in his dictionary.
No E. No points.
No matter. Even with the Double L's Hail Mary -- H-O-L-E -- the game has been decided.
The referee blows his whistle. The scorekeeper tallies up the points: A-Team 400, Double L's 230.
A Double L's team member asks if they can practice with the winners. Tilley says of course.
At the end, the volunteers compare each team's points to see which team has the highest total. Along with bragging rights, the winning team in the competitive division gets a Scrabble tray with a brass nameplate.
The Double L's take a moment to review the move.
"How did you use all the letters?" one Double L's member asks.
"We're that good," Michele Tilley says, laughing.
This is Scrabble, where one seemingly tiny move -- like using an E instead of an O -- can make all the difference. There's no time to dwell.
About 120 people competed in the third annual Scrabble Scramble, a benefit for Lincoln Literacy,ceramic magic cube for the medical, in the Nebraska East Union on Sunday afternoon. For four hours, the 28 teams sat around tables competing for Scrabble crackers (crackers shaped liked Scrabble letters), trophies and the honor of being Scrabble champions.
The Scrabble players competed in either the competitive division or the recreation division. The A-Team -- consisting of friends Tilley, Maija Burdic, Patrick Adams and Rod Beery -- took second place last year in the competitive division.
They've been practicing. And they really,Unlike traditional high risk merchant account , really want to win.Do not use cleaners with porcelain tiles , steel wool or thinners.
As the team places tiles spelling out B-A-N-G-E-D, worth 30 points, a referee in a striped shirt patrols the room with a whistle. Other volunteers go from table to table with a dictionary to settle any disputes.
The A-Team plays its favorite word of the afternoon: S-P-A-R-K-I-E-R, worth 69 points.
"I like Scrabble because it's competitive," Adams says. "And I paid too much attention in English class and now I have too many words in my head."
But Scrabble isn't just about the words. It's about tile-point strategy: You don't want to leave any open spaces on the board that give the opposing team an advantage.
"People who are serious about Scrabble are really competitive," says Clayton Naff, executive director of Lincoln Literacy. "But everyone's been a good sport about it."
Five minutes before the game ends, the board is almost full. The A Team puts down C-H-I, worth 18 points.Polycore oil paintings for sale are manufactured as a single sheet,
At two minutes left, they play G-L-U-T-T-E-N. A Double L's member thinks it's spelled with an O, rather than an E.If any food Ventilation system condition is poorer than those standards,
"We have a challenge!" someone calls to the dictionary-holder.
"It's an alternate spelling!" Adams says. The referee checks the entry in his dictionary.
No E. No points.
No matter. Even with the Double L's Hail Mary -- H-O-L-E -- the game has been decided.
The referee blows his whistle. The scorekeeper tallies up the points: A-Team 400, Double L's 230.
A Double L's team member asks if they can practice with the winners. Tilley says of course.
At the end, the volunteers compare each team's points to see which team has the highest total. Along with bragging rights, the winning team in the competitive division gets a Scrabble tray with a brass nameplate.
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