Scrabble

We have been playing a bit of Scrabble over Christmas. This is a game that is pretty timeless. When I was younger, I always used to look for good anagrams and try to form the longest possible words. Now I find myself studying the board and the position of the bonus tiles far more carefully, rather than working in isolation with the contents of my letter rack. This has meant that the two-player games we have played have resulted in very densely packed groups of letters, with few opportunities to expand, as we have both made plays that create blocks of letters rather than a traditional "crossword" style layout.

I have been keeping a summary of the final scores in our games (about 10 a year for the last 5 years) and will make a note of these when I have the list to hand. I remember reading an article in a Sunday supplement a few years ago about a couple who had just reached the aggregate of 1,000,000 points scored, playing something like twice a week for over 15 years. I know we won't get that far, but maybe we'll reach 100,000 as a career record!