Team Quixote - Chat

[Janeylou]

Dee , can we do SCRATCH...dont we have to add S to PLAQUE first before we can use it as a letter.in its own right ??

[DeeNeez]

We place the scratch as a word and it connects with plaque with the s …all in one play

Connecting to the bottom or the top of a existing word is legit.

[Toshita]

Just posted for all the letters!

[Toshita]

DeeNeez wrote: "We place the scratch as a word and it connects with plaque with the s …all in one play

Connecting to the bottom or the top of a existing word is legit."

So will we also get points for plaques? If yes, then I think we should definitely do it

[Janeylou]

DeeNeez wrote: "We place the scratch as a word and it connects with plaque with the s …all in one play

Connecting to the bottom or the top of a existing word is legit."

Thats Good then 👍👍

[DeeNeez]

Oh, yes. 18 pts for plaques then 34 pts for Scratch.
Giving us 52 pts in one play.

[DeeNeez]

Toshita wrote: "Just posted for all the letters!"

Great!

[Bubbles]

Saige wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Saige, can Bubbles use her books read since july 1st or just from when she joined team?"

Any books read since the beginning of the challenge count! Same goes for if anyone gets ad..."

Can I just post my reviews up to this point with what letters could work? All the letters appear to be used already lol

[DeeNeez]

Bubbles wrote: "Can I just post my reviews up to this point with what letters could work? All the letters appear to be used already ..."

Place all those books in the Banked tab of our spreadsheet. They will be used later as needed.

[DeeNeez]

New tray of letters. And we got more vowels..YAY!

GILAAPVBNE

[Kim]

Woot!

[Kim]

Idk how to score the letters but words I see are:

N2-N6 BELAY double word
K4-O4 BRAVE double letter
D9-12 LIMB & A9-D9 VEAL

[DeeNeez]

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Pts

N2-N6 BELAY double word =20
K4-O4 BRAVE double letter =11
D9-12 LIMB =16
A9-D9? C7-F7 VEAL =16

[DeeNeez]

How about VIABLE (H1-H6) = 46

Hits a Triple word, a double letter, and it adjoins P

VIABLE +11
Double B. +3
Triple above total (14*3)=42
Add adjoined word PE +4
Grand total =46

[esther ⭐️ (in school)]

ooh, yes!

[DeeNeez]

All we need is an E to finish our world. Amanda, do you have a banked book with E?

[Amanda]

Do you mean N? I posted for E yesterday

[DeeNeez]

Hah, you’re right! Sorry, need to clean the grim off my glasses 😵‍💫😣

[Amanda]

That’s alright! I posted one wrong so thought I did again lol. I posted for N as well so I think we’ve got it all

[Saige]

Hey team! Just a reminder that you have a book on hold from a while back. If you want to use that one, it would help me out a lot if you would repost it or link to the review message, just so it's easier to find. Thanks!

[DeeNeez]

Anyone know which book has been on hold?

[Janeylou]

Not sure if this one
Message # 57 in reviews

Trio wrote: "Everything's Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
365 pages
Letter: R
How it Fits: MC Rosie"

Hi! Please don't post books unless they fit for an active letter. If this fits for one of your new letters, please just let me know and I'll add the points in for you

[DeeNeez]

That must be it. We can use it then for the new E on our tray?

[Janeylou]

Weve got 11 letters ,.do we need to remove 1

[DeeNeez]

Sheesh… I’ll ask Saige

[Kim]

My banked book works for S or T, any preference?

[DeeNeez]

Kim wrote: "My banked book works for S or T, any preference?"

Hold off till we figure out what our letters are…

I’m getting confused…
We had an unused N but Saige does not show it. Counting that N…we now have 12 Letters instead of our allotment of 10

[DeeNeez]

Figured it out… and notified Saige.

Our 10 Letters are GAPNOTTEFS this round.

[Ellen-Arwen]

I'm sorry I haven't been around! I just claimed a T, hope that's okay - you guys have come up with some amazing words; I'm in AWE. Wish I could play Scrabble like you lot!!

[DeeNeez]

Kim wrote: "My banked book works for S or T, any preference?"

No preference. Grab either one 😉

[DeeNeez]

Ellen-Arwen wrote: "I'm sorry I haven't been around! I just claimed a T, hope that's okay - you guys have come up with some amazing words; I'm in AWE. Wish I could play Scrabble like you lot!!"

I see the review for the T. Don’t forget to fill in the T on the spreadsheet under the LETTTERS tab 😉

[Ellen-Arwen]

DeeNeez wrote: "Ellen-Arwen wrote: "I'm sorry I haven't been around! I just claimed a T, hope that's okay - you guys have come up with some amazing words; I'm in AWE. Wish I could play Scrabble like you lot!!"

I ..."

Ooh, thank you! I had forgotten - I think it's only the second one I've actually managed to post. Sorry! This month has been... tricky to say the least lol

[Ellen-Arwen]

Kim wrote: "My banked book works for S or T, any preference?"

And sorry, I didn't see this - I took T, apologies.

[DeeNeez]

Ellen-Arwen wrote: "Kim wrote: "My banked book works for S or T, any preference?"

And sorry, I didn't see this - I took T, apologies."

Not to worry, we need 2 Ts.

[DeeNeez]

Janine, could you take one of your Banked books for the F?

[DeeNeez]

Letters ~ GAPNOTTEFS

Highest score word & placement I found is HEPTAGONS (D15-L15)

HEPTAGONS +15
H hits double letter +4
S hits double letter +1
A hits Triple Word (15+4+1)*3=60

Adjacent words: OH, WE
OH +5
H hits double letter +4
WE +5
(5+4+5)=14

Grand Total= (60+14)=74

[DeeNeez]

If we hold back the S to save for later, we miss a double letters…
Grand Total would drop to 68

[Janeylou]

DeeNeez wrote: "If we hold back the S to save for later, we miss a double letters…
Grand Total would drop to 68"

Thats still a great total though , without the S

[DeeNeez]

Ok major goof… need to proof my own work. Above word choices are invalid. We don’t have an H 🤦‍♀️

Sorry… back to the drawing board.

[Janeylou]

Could do GATEPOSTS from C3 down ..not sure of points though..let me look

Only about 30 i think

[DeeNeez]

GAPNOTTEFS

Looking for words that can hit the triple word square…
all P words start at D15
all O words start at E15
all C words start at H12

Pottages (11+14)*3=75
Pottage (10+14)*3=72
Postage (10+14)*3=72
Potages (10+14)*3=72
Potage (9+14)*3=69
Oftest (9 +5)*3=42
Pontes (8+14)*3=66
Potent (8+14)*3=66
Opens (7+5)*3=36
Onset (5+5)*3=30
Cafe (9*3)=27
Coft (9*3)=27

[DeeNeez]

Janeylou wrote: "Could do GATEPOSTS from C3 down ..not sure of points though..let me look

Only about 30 i think"

Correct, it comes to 30 pts

[DeeNeez]

Added Final totals above. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If we wish to save our S for future use here are the high pt ones
Pottage (10+14)*3=72
Potage (9+14)*3=69
Potent (8+14)*3=66

[Janeylou]

Id say POTTAGE and keep that S

[DeeNeez]

benefit of using GATEPOSTS (C3-C12), it could possibly open up the right side of the board for future options

[DeeNeez]

Those are all the best options Janine and I can find to-date for the team to decide on.

[DeeNeez]

2 votes for POTTAGE ….Need one more T book

[Toshita]

DeeNeez wrote: "2 votes for POTTAGE ….Need one more T book"

I'm sure the banked tab probably has one... I'd look but I'm kinda busy right now and don't have time to check.

[Ellen-Arwen]

DeeNeez wrote: "2 votes for POTTAGE ….Need one more T book"

Ooh, I had another T; I'll just post it :)

[Trio]

holy smokes I'm glad you all are taking care of this, my head just exploded reading through the messages

I'm just going to keep always posting on the SS - if you ever need me to do anything else just let me know.