Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Tournament Wordlist Update

Just a heads-up that the official tournament word list transition to TWL2014 is coming soon.  There will be a NASPA Advisory Board conference call later this week, where the official date is likely to be decided on.  Barring any last-minute surprises from Hasbro or Merriam-Webster (which I think is unlikely, but, given their recent history, I would not completely rule out) regarding their acceptance of Zyzzyva's implementation of the electronic version of the new list, I would expect the official rollout date to fall sometime in April.  This means that tournaments after that date will use TWL2014 as the official lexicon, and words like PO, TE, and BACKWOODSIEST will suddenly become acceptable for the first time.

What does this mean for our club?  Well, I'll wait for the official NASPA announcement before throwing out a date for our club to change over to the new list, but practically speaking, I'd like folks to have a week or two to begin familiarizing themselves with the new words (if you haven't started already) before we start using it at club.

Where do you go to get the new words?  There are two good resources currently available.  The first is the official hard-copy TWL2014 word list available at the NASPA online store, here:  http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/shop.pl

The second resource is the Seattle Scrabble Club's website, which has a very nice list of the new 2-4 letter words, plus an ever-growing (updated) list of the longer words: http://www.seattlescrabble.org/owl3.php

Thirdly, an electronic list will be available to NASPA members via a licensed copy of Zyzzyva, pending the Hasbro/M-W approval mentioned above.  The expectation is that an announcement of Zyzzyva availability with the new word list is coming soon.   I'll pass along more details on this as soon as they're available.

Monday, January 26, 2015

updated stats, 1/26







oldnew
avgavg.
first

WLWin %
ratingrating
scorebingos
club rating
Marc7653 %
1736

4242
1795
Steve36881 %
17331734
4351.8
1680
Will501576 %
16241610
4151.7
1503
Matthew743269 %
15521560
4091.9
1724
Ken3260 %
1404

3881
1406
Jim303446 %
1283

3411
nr
Joe8753 %
1150

3701.2
1169
Betty654758 %
11341134
3731
947
Eric5271 %
1105

3651.1
1086
Martha5838 %
1102

3290.3
nr
Margaret131350 %
1041

3701
968
Victoria544654 %
10161016
3611.3
863
Wendy4357 %
949

3681.3
931
Lisa6842 %
923

3470.7
nr
Brandon2340 %
899

3671.2
888
Kelly2722 %
879

3250.6
894
Jan356335 %
691709
3270.3
652
Marsha030 %
500*

1900
500
Janney197320 %
400392
3110.1
312
Cheryl104717 %
314

2920.2
311

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Results, 1/25

Steve          3-1      +692
Jan              2-1       +96
Matthew     2-1       +25
Will            2-2        +11
Betty          2-2       (119)
Victoria      1-2       (376)
Janney        0-3       (296)
   (I'm off 33 somewhere, but the hour is too late for 100%v preciseness haha)

Victoria  385        Jan  370                      Steve  544          Will  281                     Matthew  438          Victoria  370
KIESTER            BOUNCER                 CURATIVE                                           PADRONE             UNHEATED
TENDRIL                                                SECONALS                                          TURFIEST
                                                                 RONNELS                                             VIDEOTEX
                                                                 FEIGNER

Betty  341          Janney  314                   Steve  435          Betty  302                   Matthew  425           Steve  375
                          GUESSER                     SOLANIN         STAMPERS                LINEAGES             ENSURER
                                                                 GNATHITE                                           WAVELET
                                                                                                                                MENSING

Will  506            Janney  272                   Jan  346             Janney  311                  Will  407                 Matthew  314
DIRENESS                                                                                                              SLEAVES              SHUTTED*
ERMINED
CONTRIVE
LOGANIAS*

Betty  422            Will  359                      Jan 358               Betty  282                   Steve  519               Victoria  196
WHELMING       TEENAGE                                                                                  NEGRONIS
                                                                                                                                  DAUBING
                                                                                                                                  TUFTIEST

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Monday, January 19, 2015

Updated stats, 1/19







oldnew
avgavg.
first

WLWin %
ratingrating
scorebingos
club rating
Marc7653 %
1736

4242
1795
Steve33782 %
17161733
4321.7
1680
Will481378 %
1624

4171.7
1503
Matthew723169 %
15651552
4101.8
1724
Ken3260 %
1404

3881
1406
Jim303446 %
1283

3411
nr
Joe8753 %
1150

3701.2
1169
Betty634558 %
1134

3741
947
Eric5271 %
1105

3651.1
1086
Martha5838 %
1102

3290.3
nr
Margaret131350 %
1041

3701
968
Victoria534454 %
1016

3621.3
863
Wendy4357 %
949

3681.3
931
Lisa6842 %
923

3470.7
nr
Brandon2340 %
899

3671.2
888
Kelly2722 %
879

3250.6
894
Jan336234 %
695691
3260.4
652
Marsha030 %
500*

1900
500
Janney197021 %
403400
3120.1
312
Cheryl104717 %
307314
2920.2
311