Today’s words :-
Verbile – a person whose mental processes are most easily stimulated by words
Vale – a farewell
Vera’s a verbile of the first degree so taking her on at Scrabble was something of a fool’s errand, and it didn’t look good for me from the word ‘go’!
Her first set of letters was RBLTOUE so I knew I was in ‘trouble’!
But then my luck changed and I produced an eight-letter word, yes, eight tiles, ‘absolute’. The best she could find was just a two-letter word, ‘xu’!
I then produced another long one, ‘literal’. Guess what, she could only find a three-letter word, ‘wiz’. I had to be in the lead!
Me, eight tiles, ‘trailing’.
Vera, only three tiles again, ‘joy’.
Me, six tiles, ‘undone’.
Vera, three tiles, ‘ivy’.
“Vera” I said, “I’m beating you, look how many tiles I’ve used!”
She pointed to the little numbers in the corner of each one and told me what they were for. Then she showed me the score so far. Vera 55, me 36. I felt deflated (which is thirteen points apparently) so I bid her vale and went up to the bar to get myself a glass of wine.
“Cabernet sauvignon please” I said. “‘How much is that?”
“Twenty four mate” he chuckled.
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Cleverly done Keith.
Thanks, Sadje
You’re welcome 😉
You’ve spiced scrabble up nicely. I bet you’re good at scrabble. I play Words With Friends on my phone, which is a fair imitation.
I have been known to win! Cheers Jade.
Very nice. I LOVE Scrabble. But nowadays I only play against the computer.
It’s the only way for me in the current situation!
Ah yes! Those little numbers…, Especially when X, Q, K, or A lands on a triple letter or word score. Live & learn. 😉
I get excited just thinking about it!
It’s all in the points, isn’t it. Maybe that’s the point of everything!
Good point Mimi!
Scrabble is my all time favourite but I didn’t know words like xu and wiz were acceptable. Also I thought Vale was another word for valley ( used more in poetry)
Me too Unishta. I found xu and wiz in my Scrabble dictionary – https://scrabblewordfinder.org/check Vale is commonly used as an alternative word for valley, but in days of yore, it was ‘an interjection defined as a way to express farewell’!
Ah, scrabble. Never been that great at it. All words vanish from the brain when I have to play the game. This was fun to read, though. She sure is a smart girl. 🙂
It happens as I well know! Thanks Srivalli.
A clever player 😉
She is, but not sure about the narrator though!!
If Vera can beat you in the game of scrabble, she must be an absolute legend of the game!
I wonder how you must have felt while writing this piece…something like playing both black and white sides of the chess, maybe. 🙂
A perfect analogy Anagha!
Loved this one Keith– so cleverly done. Super.
That really nice of you, thanks.
That’s kind of you, thanks so much.
as always a fun read while learning a veritable variety of new vocabulary …..you are a visionary! Meanwhile back to scrabble- my better half refuses to play scrabble…as he cannot spell and I am his Webster! Cheers! See ya Monday!
Haha! I have to admit, I’m dreadful, at spelling as my Grammarly app weekly report seems to take pleasure in reminding me!
Clever Vera!!
She is a bit!
LOL! Talking about perspectives.
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Thanks so much!
I’m not smart at Scrabble the way Vera is but still I like to play it. Sometimes…Only sometimes I manage.
I’m not either, but it’s fun!
Scrabble is a very good word game. I play once in a while on my mobile phone.
Haha. I have been playing a lot of Scrabble too and this is relatable. 😀
I’m sure you know how to score though!
Somewhat! 😉
Scrabble is a favourite in my house. My mum is really good at it and usually wins. The little numbers at the bottom do matter!
They certainly do! Thanks Suzy.