Scrabble

[phoenixx]

If you have the Macintosh OR Windows compatible CD ROM of Scrabble, by HASBRO, you can play Scrabble over the internet with other people who have the same game.

My mother (Mac) and I (Windows/Mac) have been doing this for years.

Anyone else have the HASBRO Scrabble CD and want to set up a weekly thing? I am pretty sure the CD only lets you play 2, 3 or 4 at a time, but I've never tried with more than two, so I'd have to do some experimenting.

OR if you know of another scrabble site where people without the CD can play, maybe a java app, that would be fun too...

Leslie ready for more playmates...

[quasar]

Here's an online version that works on both Mac and Windows:

http://games.yahoo.com/games/login?page=lt

Janice

[phoenixx]

Cool, I'll have to check it out.

I had a Tuesday night Scrabble game in California with about 20 of my friends. We had gotten permission from a local Irish pub to take over some tables in a back room in groups of four for as long as we wanted, free of charge (no room rental, but we paid for drinks and food if we wanted any).

We had all Scrabble levels, from beginner to champion. Everyone was there to have fun (although serious debates did occasionally spring up about what constitutes a "real" word... )

I miss my game but I haven't been here long enough to get a large group together yet. (My other game was bi-weekly Friday night poker at our house) So I figured an internet group would be just as fun, and people could play anywhere.

Leslie

I'm game for it... not sure when I'd be available to play, but interested.

[tpierzina[$]]

I've been meaning to post this for a few days, thanks Leslie for the reminder.

The Internet Scrabble Club is a site run out of Romania, of all places, that is amazing (in my opinion). It's geared toward the serious Scrabble player, and supports several offical dictionaries as well as many play parameters. It applies the NSA's rating algorithm and does a nice job of matching players with others at skill levels they would like to play.

It is a java applet that should work on all browsers. At its heart it's a command line interface (like the old MarlDOOM, anyone remember thatr?), but the java applet really takes care of most everything (drag and drop, graphics, etc.).

I'm TPierzina there. I've been on most nights, I'd love to hook up with someone.

Also, games.com has a decent free Scrabble game. It also rates players but its features are nowhere near as robust as ISC.

I tried Networds, over IRC or ICQ or whatever, seemed like a whole lot of messing around for very little payoff--especially when compared to the other options out there.

[phoenixx]

I signed on for your recommended site, Tpierzina, as PHOENIX and I signed on to Quasar's recommended site as phoenixxrisingg. I haven't had time to actually play yet, but I'll try them both out as soon as I can - one of them should be able to handle a huge passel of EA players...

Leslie

[kurt_messick]

I love Scrabble. I have no one to play it with, and little time right now, but I'll check out these sites and see if I can joion in sometime.

[lambchops]

If you like scrabble, seriously check out games.com. They've got two different versions. One that's similar to the original Board Game and one that's much more fun with you playing against yourself, time, and the letters. That one is called Scrabble Blitz. VERY FUN.

[mtbat]

IF you like Scrabble Gamesville.com has a game called Word Weaver that is fun-it tests how good you are at making words.

Somewhere I have a link to a site that checks words if you aren't sure it is a word for scrabble.

I don't know if I have time to play-I'm a horrible speller anyhow.

Fridai(I blame my mom-she couldn't even spell my own name right )

I sent out a SEEK request
It told me to type play file13 to respond
I did
It told me: "You cannot play with yourself"

(Insert punchline here)