tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 08 06:06:19 1996
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An interesting Scrabble idea
- From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
- Subject: An interesting Scrabble idea
- Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 21:44:05
> From: ur-valhalla!aol.com!DTrimboli
> Subject: An interesting Scrabble idea
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 14:59:51 -0700
> Qob, I doubt that the letter distribution which we used at the qep'a'
> was very good. Actually, I had mentioned that the subject had come up
> before on the mailing list. I had saved two posts which counted letter
> distributions, and they agree on most numbers. I'll repost them here.
[snip]
Okay, thanks.
> From: Jeremy Cowan <ur-valhalla!neiu.edu!J-Cowan>
> Subject: An interesting Scrabble idea
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 15:06:18 -0700
> I used the distribution posted by M. Whiteacre
> <[email protected]>. I believe this distribution was based on the
> frequency of particular letters in the dictionary portion of the TKD
> with each of the affixes also added in once. When players looked at
They do appear (at a quick glance through) to be fairly close to what SuStel
just posted.
> the letter distribution everyone said it looked wrong. The biggest
> complaint was the high number of "'"'s (glottal stops). However,
> there were so many times that players were dying for a "'"; I think
> the complaint was discovered to be unfounded. The high values of
Indeed. About the only change I would make in your distribution (short of
completely redoing it) would be to swap the quantities of ' and I.
> improved. I, personally, am not interested in hearing the arguments
> about how to create the "proper" frequencies and values. As was
> frequently said during games at the qep'a': The frequencies and
> values may not be perfect, but they make for a great game!
They do indeed!
Thanks.
> I'm going to St. Louis for Archon this weekend, but I'll try to post
> the final boards from the Scrabble games when I get back.
Please do! Although you have to know the sequence of play to truly appreciate
some of the masterpieces on those boards.
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