I just hate that game.
Really.
My problem is that I play it like I play Scrabble. I make words with the letters given to me and I play them. This version lets you plop letters in all sorts of weird places and then you click on the button and it tells you if it is a word or not. It's kinda like the Russian Roulette of word games--and you don't have to know all these words to play them.
So, when I play, all my competitors come up with snazzy words that I never heard of and they get like giant scores while I'm busy building 3-letter words that even hamsters know and I have like no score at all. I stink at the game and I get my hiney kicked every single time I play.
Maybe the word is getting around that I stink at WWF and everyone who wants to feel really, really smart, or really, really good about themselves can play me and win. Which makes them feel good and makes me feel really stupid.....and really crabby. So, I hate the game and I don't want to play it anymore.
Please, if you are on Facebook, do not ask me to play Words with Friends. It depresses me. I'm not smart to begin with, but this game just proves it to the entire world........and to me.
Unless you want to play it like Scrabble--then I will play ya. I've got my dog-eared copy of a dictionary right here to check your words. And I'll make you tell me the definition--because I don't know a lot of big words apparently.
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I have a friend who plays that...I don't want to play either. Grace looks comfy...that must be clean laundry I bet:)
You are looking at this the wrong way my friend! You need to invent your own apt with a scrabble like word game that only lets you use 3 letter words! You could make millions! OK ..maybe hundreds..or tens...but still you would have invented it!
Aww! Don't feel bad. My husband, who I think is a brainiac, is not very good with Scrabble. I whup him almost every time. He still celebrates the one game in which he beat me.
However, he is a WHIZ in chess. Me, it makes my brain cells hyperventilate. I can't even understand it, let alone play it. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. For some people, like me, it's words. For others, it's numbers and strategy. Just because a person is good in one thing and not in another, it does not mean that person is an idiot. No one is an idiot. You have strengths in other areas, that's all.
Spouse and I engage each other in a Scrabble contest after lunch every day. We love it, and one would never know who might win. But we do play for those "big" tallies, and we have an official Scrabble dictionary on the table! On-line games of any kind, no thanks.
My husband and I used to play Scrabble a lot - then I started beating him - big time - on a regular basis - took me close to 20 years to achieve that distinction - needless to say we don't play much any more...
Reminds me of that Geico commercial when the guy teaches his hamsters to say ROW.
Thanks for letting me WAX you on WWF! I knew most of those words I played. You'd wax me on real Scrabble!
Just have another window open with a thesaurus ap open and go to town.
I have never heard of it and I doubt I have time for it.
I got to where I just tried random combinations of letters in hopes they might be a word, and a lot of times they were! I prefer Scrabble where it makes sense though.
Lin, I love that game...well, I did until I got so many requests that now it feels like a chore. In fact, my husband and I both take over the boards just to keep up but I agree...where did all these words come from?
Apparently there are also Web sites where you can plug in your letters and it will give you words. I love WWF but I play like you do. I actually called a friend out on a word she played and asked what it meant and she told me she had no idea. I'm like yea, sure you didn't cheat. I am beating my 9 year old daughter.
Sounds like a reason to protest the game to me! I can't stand stuff that makes you feel like others are cheating by not using their own brains. I haven't myself played this, so don't really know what you're talking about, but now I never will;)
It does sound like someone is doing a little cheating. I wouldn't like that game either. I am not good at stuff like that. I sure don't want to play that. Maybe we could start up another kind where big words were not allowed, just three letter words. LOL That is a good picture of Gracie. Take care.
Mary Ann--It IS clean laundry! Why do they do that??? Ugh! I have agreed to play with another friend who plays like I do--the old fashioned way. Needless to say, the score is close and I might even be winning by a bit.
Melodie--Wouldn't that be marvelous! Scrabble with 3 and 4 letter words!! Good idea. We can split the profits. ;)
Rebecca--Uh oh. I'm not good at chess either. :( Now I am on my quest for my "strength"! Thanks for the pep-talk, pally!
Vanilla--While I enjoy the camaraderie of online games like this, I don't like how they've dummied it up. I'm old school, I guess. What time is lunch?? I'm coming over.
Grace--That's funny. Joe and I used to compete in Backgammon. Now it is the Wii.
Diana--I like that commercial! You and almost 10 others have shamed me, pally. I've quit accepting invites to play because I just get so darn crabby!! I'm currently playing it "Old School" with a friend who plays like I do....and I believe I am actually winning today!
Pricilla--You will have time because you can take days and days to take your turn. I like the pressure of having to make words right then and there--you know, like the old days. I guess that is why I don't get many points--I'm not strategic enough.
Liz--That's what everyone is doing and that is why I am losing! I don't play like that. If you want to play "old school", I can hold my own.
Tracy--Oh, man. Tag teaming?? Gees, I'm gonna be really in trouble if I have to count on Joe! Ugh.
Anne--Hahaha! What is your kid's name--I'm gonna challenge her too!! Hahaha! I'm currently playing it with a friend who plays like I do and it is much more enjoyable. And I'm winning by a few points!
Nancy--Well, I'm not saying they are cheating, I'm saying that I'm not so bright when it comes to all these words! I feel like a total idiot. I get sooo crabby playing that game!
Marg--I don't know, is that cheating? Or is that today's way of playing computer games? I can handle 3, 4 or 5 letter words. Sometimes longer if I add "ing". :P
My Mommeh is having fun now with an app called "The Moron Test"!
I've seen people on FB playing that game but I know better than to even try!
I have that on my kindle and I played one game. I think I would be your perfect opponent because it sounds like you play the same way I do :)
I LOVE playing Scrabble...but have yet to play Words with Friends. I won't invite you to play, coz I am not an online game person. I much prefer the actual good ol' fashioned board games played with family and friends around the table!
We played Scrabble a lot during our college days. That's about the only board game I don't often lose - I guess it's because it doesn't require much brain work, not even a good vocabulary!! All you need is just to memorize the Scrabble dictionary!
I'm actually avoiding FB because of WWF. My friend started me on a game a few weeks ago and I thought it would be fun to kick her butt, and yay, I'm now eating my words. Literally. I don't get it.
I'm a bigger idiot than you. I signed up to play, quickly didn't get it and left. "while I'm busy building 3-letter words that even hamsters know" Har. You kill me.
I have the solution. I just don't play games on FB.
I've never played Words With Friends because I don't play games on Facebook. I am familiar with Scrabble though but like to play with alternating turns right then and there, like on pogo.com. Who wants to wait so long for a turn?
I just heard of this the other day. I don't normally get involved with playing games online with folks 'cause I have enough stuff that takes up my time and allows me to procrastinate on stuff that I need to do.
Hmmm... so, maybe stop playing it like Scrabble. LOL
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