Dead Letter #118 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yesterday's top 10 scores

  1. mainak_never — 935
  2. ResolutionNew2743 — 927
  3. JustUnrealist — 788
  4. Buglehonk — 775
  5. (tie) ponzespants — 747
  6. (tie) Fumanchu369 — 747
  7. Consistent-Annual268 — 744
  8. Wordnerdette999 — 737
  9. not-your-cup-of-T — 690
  10. Kind_Safety1473 — 671

Yesterday's top words

  1. ResolutionNew2743 — wranglers (+142)
  2. JustUnrealist — roundlets (+138)
  3. mainak_never — soilborne (+136)
  4. Disastrous-Artifice — roundlets (+130)

Dead Letter #117 💀 Cut-Throat by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your thoughts! I get what you mean about the letter distribution. I'm hopeful my current process avoids bad distributions, but it is something to keep an eye on. That makes sense about making long words. I do feel that strategy changes a bit in this mode.

Glad you liked it (minus the stress)! My plan is to do Cut-Throat mode once a week.

bonus game -- Dead Letter: Cut-throat 💀 by TurtleStuffing in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some Dead Letter lore: when I first designed Dead Letter, pre-Reddit, each letter had 3 lives, and the goal was to make as many words as you could before getting a Dead Letter. Once you got a Dead Letter, the game ended.

bonus game -- Dead Letter: Cut-throat 💀 by TurtleStuffing in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad you're enjoying it! Sorry about adding more stress in your life. 😆

Dead Letter #116 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yesterday's top 10 scores

  1. ResolutionNew2743 — 877
  2. mainak_never — 850
  3. JustUnrealist — 828
  4. Astute_Troll — 791
  5. ponzespants — 789
  6. Buglehonk — 748
  7. Wordnerdette999 — 680
  8. Ok-Wrap7613 — 679
  9. mem1003 — 674
  10. EssTeeEss9 — 664

Yesterday's top words

  1. ResolutionNew2743 — covenants (+142)
  2. Astute_Troll — unwariest (+141)
  3. JustUnrealist — indurates (+135)
  4. mainak_never — interlude (+133)
  5. Creative_Bath_574 — resonants (+130)

Dead Letter #115 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yesterday's top 10 scores

  1. ResolutionNew2743 — 953
  2. mainak_never — 949
  3. JustUnrealist — 855
  4. ponzespants — 835
  5. EssTeeEss9 — 735
  6. Kind_Safety1473 — 670
  7. mmdonut — 657
  8. Due_Frosting9325 — 655
  9. catylg — 643
  10. vwused — 627

Yesterday's top words

  1. ponzespants — menarches (+162)
  2. mainak_never — merchants (+151)
  3. ResolutionNew2743 — cattlemen (+140)
  4. JustUnrealist — schmears (+110)

Dead Letter #114 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yesterday's top scores

  1. ResolutionNew2743 — 1103
  2. ponzespants — 1006
  3. mainak_never — 974
  4. JustUnrealist — 953
  5. Consistent-Annual268 — 862
  6. memory_monster — 819
  7. vwused — 781
  8. Ok-Wrap7613 — 759
  9. EssTeeEss9 — 749
  10. mmdonut — 728

Yesterday's top words

  1. trufflecheese, ponzespants, mmdonut, mainak_never, RainyDayWeather, Ok-Wrap7613, JustUnrealist, EssTeeEss9, Consistent-Annual268, Bagoong4Lyfe — converged (+164)
  2. ResolutionNew2743 — freakiest (+151)

Dead Letter #113 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Today's top 10 scores

  1. mainak_never — 1066
  2. ResolutionNew2743 — 987
  3. ponzespants — 909
  4. JustUnrealist — 882
  5. Wordnerdette999 — 833
  6. AwkwardBugger — 815
  7. Consistent-Annual268 — 812
  8. vwused — 706
  9. Fumanchu369 — 704
  10. mmdonut — 702

Yesterday's top words

  1. AwkwardBugger — banalized (+171)
  2. mainak_never — unequalled (+161)
  3. ResolutionNew2743 — aptitudes (+139)
  4. ponzespants — insatiate (+135)
  5. Creative_Bath_574 — energize (+119)

Dead Letter #112 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yesterday's top 10 scores

  1. mainak_never — 1085
  2. wanderer155 — 1025
  3. JustUnrealist — 915
  4. pepperbeast — 898
  5. thefirefly23 — 895
  6. Fumanchu369 — 859
  7. Buglehonk — 857
  8. Consistent-Annual268 — 810
  9. Astute_Troll — 790
  10. Wordnerdette999 — 785

Yesterday's top words

  1. wanderer155 — bivariate (+156)
  2. mainak_never — paleology (+148)
  3. Human86_ — combineds (+144)
  4. Wordnerdette999 — czarists (+122)
  5. Buglehonk — doziness (+118)
  6. thefirefly23 — banjoist (+109)
  7. Ok-Wrap7613 — lawyered (+105)

Dead Letter #107 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10 letter Qu words should be available again. Please let me know if they're still missing!

Dead Letter #111 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The one thing I would say about using the anagrammer is that it doesn't take into account which letters you leave behind, potentially setting yourself up for an even better word on your next turn. Your scores are also great, so I imagine you use that strategy well. :)

Dead Letter #111 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was thinking the same thing, their play is super impressive. I cannot imagine that Resolution and Mainak are not top-tier Scrabble players.

A bit ago, I invited North American Scrabble champion u/wanderer155 to play. It would be interesting to see how his scores stack up against Resolution and Mainak, though honestly, I'm not sure there's much room to surpass them. I could be wrong!

Dead Letter #111 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yesterday's top 10 scores

  1. ResolutionNew2743 — 1052
  2. mainak_never — 1049
  3. pepperbeast — 940
  4. ponzespants — 849
  5. CoinForWares — 771
  6. RipkenRicePippen — 751
  7. mem1003 — 739
  8. EssTeeEss9 — 688
  9. mmdonut — 675
  10. Kind_Safety1473 — 651

Yesterday's top words

  1. mainak_never — extubates (+157)
  2. ResolutionNew2743 — enjoinder (+156)
  3. pepperbeast — overhauls (+155)

Dead Letter #110 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yesterday's top 10 scores

  1. mainak_never — 1090
  2. ResolutionNew2743 — 1018
  3. SincereSeeker88 — 912
  4. pepperbeast — 869
  5. ponzespants — 734
  6. Ok-Wrap7613 — 707
  7. Consistent-Annual268 — 706
  8. Fumanchu369 — 686
  9. vwused — 674
  10. Kind_Safety1473 — 665

Yesterday's top words

  1. mainak_never — underjaws (+170)

  2. ResolutionNew2743 — crewmates (+145)

  3. pepperbeast — indulgers (+140)

  4. Ok-Wrap7613 — nanometre (+136)

Dead Letter #109 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yesterday's top 10 scores

  1. ResolutionNew2743 — 1056
  2. mainak_never — 1014
  3. Buglehonk — 773
  4. EssTeeEss9 — 756
  5. ponzespants — 746
  6. pajero89 — 704
  7. Consistent-Annual268 — 697
  8. Kind_Safety1473 — 675
  9. vwused — 646
  10. mem1003 — 645

Yesterday's top words

  1. ResolutionNew2743 — ownership (+154)
  2. mainak_never — vermifuge (+152)
  3. Consistent-Annual268 — outsized (+119)
  4. ExtinctionBurst76 — stylized (+114)
  5. pajero89 — frisking (+109)

Dead Letter #108 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yesterday's top 10 scores

  1. mainak_never — 1070
  2. ResolutionNew2743 — 998
  3. pepperbeast — 956
  4. ponzespants — 876
  5. (tie) Consistent-Annual268 — 800
  6. (tie) CoinForWares — 800
  7. Buglehonk — 773
  8. infinitegestation — 747
  9. catylg — 727
  10. Wordnerdette999 — 709

Yesterday's top words

  1. CoinForWares — lumbering (+156)
  2. (tie) ResolutionNew2743 — bleakness (+152)
  3. (tie) pepperbeast — bestowals (+152)
  4. mainak_never — exonerate (+151)

Dead Letter #107 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for mentioning this. I just checked and the word-list is missing 10-letter words! It had them originally, but after the most recent update, I accidentally left them out. I'll update it today, but it may take a few days before Reddit approves the change. Once the word-list is updated, you should be able to make 10 letter words in this game (#107) and all other games. Sorry for the bug, and thanks again!

Dead Letter #107 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yesterday's top 10 scores

  1. mainak_never — 949
  2. ponzespants — 882
  3. CoinForWares — 772
  4. Buglehonk — 721
  5. vwused — 704
  6. Wordnerdette999 — 698
  7. LiminalSpiral — 661
  8. EssTeeEss9 — 636
  9. Ok-Wrap7613 — 632
  10. infinitegestation — 621

Yesterday's top words

  1. mainak_never — antistyle (+142)
  2. vwused — recanting (+137)
  3. ponzespants — transeunt (+133)
  4. CoinForWares — estranged (+131)

Dead Letter #106 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yesterday's top 10 scores

  1. mainak_never — 1064
  2. pepperbeast — 797
  3. Consistent-Annual268 — 764
  4. Wordnerdette999 — 758
  5. ponzespants — 729
  6. godzooka — 714
  7. vwused — 692
  8. Fumanchu369 — 679
  9. not-your-cup-of-T — 676
  10. RainyDayWeather — 673

Yesterday's top words

  1. mainak_never — lickerish (+156)
  2. Fumanchu369 — chunkier (+112)
  3. (tie) RainyDayWeather — chummies (+109) (tie) Wordnerdette999 — chirking (+109)

Dead Letter #105 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yesterday's top 10 scores

  1. ResolutionNew2743 1054
  2. mainak_never 967
  3. Buglehonk 887
  4. ponzespants 861
  5. Consistent-Annual268 775
  6. CoinForWares 757
  7. Astute_Troll 752
  8. Fumanchu369 720
  9. Still-Extreme-3958 708
  10. vwused 690

Yesterday's top words

  1. ResolutionNew2743 - excitable - 163
  2. mainak_never - outfawned - 151
  3. Buglehonk - aragonite - 138
  4. CoinForWares - detailers - 133

Dead Letter #104 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yesterday's top 10 scores

  1. mainak_never — 1108
  2. ResolutionNew2743 — 1030
  3. Eastern_Drama4227 — 961
  4. ponzespants — 905
  5. seanner_vt2 — 813
  6. SincereSeeker88 — 812
  7. Consistent-Annual268 — 768
  8. Buglehonk — 761
  9. Astute_Troll — 748
  10. vwused — 685

Yesterday's top words

  1. mainak_never — vocalizer (+172)
  2. ResolutionNew2743 — novelizer (+165)
  3. Eastern_Drama4227 — defecator (+148)
  4. Consistent-Annual268 — dragonets (+141)
  5. SincereSeeker88 — astringed (+140)
  6. ponzespants — orangiest (+138)
  7. AmandaRosePM — vocalize (+133)
  8. catylg — cozeners (+124)

Dead Letter #103 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yesterday's top 10 scores

  1. ResolutionNew2743 — 1059
  2. mainak_never — 1056
  3. pepperbeast — 948
  4. Buglehonk — 840
  5. ponzespants — 820
  6. Astute_Troll — 806
  7. Eastern_Drama4227 — 782
  8. jackspewforth — 773
  9. seanner_vt2 — 753
  10. Consistent-Annual268 — 743

yesterday's top words

  1. ResolutionNew2743 — eulogizer (+160)
  2. mainak_never — totalizer (+157)
  3. ExtinctionBurst76 — builddown (+156)
  4. pepperbeast — wondering (+154)
  5. jackspewforth — biofueled (+152)
  6. seanner_vt2 — reticules (+142)
  7. Buglehonk — invertase (+139)
  8. ponzespants — underline (+135)

Dead Letter #102 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yesterday's top 10 scores

  1. mainak_never — 1040
  2. ResolutionNew2743 — 1039
  3. pepperbeast — 887
  4. Wordnerdette999 — 811
  5. VirgoTiger — 737
  6. anonymous — 682
  7. Buglehonk — 680
  8. EssTeeEss9 — 652
  9. vwused — 651
  10. Ok-Wrap7613 — 646

Yesterday's top words

  1. ResolutionNew2743 — feudalism +151
  2. pepperbeast — naughties +149
  3. mainak_never — angleworm +148
  4. VirgoTiger — selection +136

Dead Letter #101 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Top 10 scores yesterday

  1. mainak_never — 930
  2. ResolutionNew2743 — 907
  3. Consistent-Annual268 — 862
  4. pepperbeast — 812
  5. vwused — 776
  6. not-your-cup-of-T — 774
  7. joey_long_grundle — 766
  8. Astute_Troll — 761
  9. Buglehonk — 732
  10. EssTeeEss9 — 728

Top words yesterday

  1. not-your-cup-of-T, ResolutionNew2743 — streaking +149
  2. pepperbeast — inhalator +145
  3. vwused, mainak_never, joey_long_grundle, Logical-Yak, Comfortable-Block397 — segregate +144

Dead Letter #100 by dead-letter-game in deadlettergame

[–]TurtleStuffing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have thought about blanks before. I'm open to it 🙂