The Thursday Scrabble howler
Pictured below is my biggest Scrabble error to date. There may be others in the future, but this one will take some beating.
The words FIX and WILT were put on the board after my little faux pas, as indeed was the S of VIMS. My original gaffe was to put the V and the I down to make VIM. I was thinking that if Shana had a P or an S then she might be able to make a big score off one of the treble word squares nearby. My intention was, naturally enough, to stop her from getting too far ahead. I had, however, forgotten that the top end of the board was already choked up with the other V and a Q close by.
In our picture, my rack is on the left, and Shana’s is on the right.
For the record, I was behind at the time I made the fatal error, despite having scored a 95-point bingo with ROUGHENS (the E being the blank); Shana had also had a bingo with YEASTED down at the bottom left.
Under the circumstances, I graciously conceded the match. However, if you think you can solve the stalemate, we might just be able to continue later this evening. Suggestions may be left, in the usual way, via the comments.
Update: I’ve just noticed, from the photo, that Shana had another bingo — NEARING — sitting on her rack. So that explains why she was less than chuffed at what happened.