March 31, 2007

She Got "Riviera" on The Last Turn

This morning's Scrabble score:

The Wife TL
10 44
26 14
11 22
24 29
15 14
9 16
16 22
40 17
38 31
14 15
35 26
15 19
74 -8

Total: 327

Total: 261

Grrr.

5 comments:

Pamela said...

How do you get minus eight playing scrabble? I'm still new to the game.

Burt Likko said...

When one player empties her hand of tiles, and there are no more to draw, the game ends. When that happens, players with tiles still in their hand must subtract the total point value of those tiles. So it doesn't pay to hang on to the "Z" until the endgame.

Pamela said...

That's right, I totally forgot about the left over tiles at the end.

Sheila Tone said...

"Riviera" is a permitted word?

Burt Likko said...

It was in the unabridged dictionary and not capitalized. It refers to a beach resort.