an orthographic odyssey

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below is the saga of Daniel, Rusty, and me in our bitter struggle for double-counted triple letter scores.













22 january

Daniel & Rusty's basement



DE
RK
TJ
227
230
267


Take a guess what Daniel's bingo was on the left side. DEMOTION? DEVOTION? nope, Daniel decided to go with DENOTION. turns out not to be an acceptable word, but who challenges DENOTION?






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6 january

Daniel & Rusty's basement



DE
RK
TJ
215
127 199

i love this diagonal swath from SPIN to JO.





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19 october

Daniel & Rusty's basement



DE
RK
TJ
289
138
220

big fan of the double LIE in the upper corner.





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11 october

Daniel & Rusty's kitchen



DE
RK
TJ
276
124
184


Daniel is a scrabble fiend.  Unstoppable.






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7 october

Daniel & Rusty's



DE
RK
TJ
236
139
207


tough game for Rusty.  Daniel, again, is the scrabble czar.  i'm enjoying my positive trend.







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5 october

Daniel & Rusty's








DE
RK
TJ
238
228
168




another poor showing by yours truly, but showing improvement.








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1 october

Daniel & Rusty's








DE
RK
TJ
236
195
135




an embarrassing score for tj.  the curse of too many vowels.








       
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