Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Bingos and How to Get One.

Fellow philomaths, I have returned from my long Sabbatical. It is the insidious Spring Term of the facinorous Junior Year of high school. Time and tide wait for no man and Sean is stranded on a beach covered in the interminable paraphernalia of learning: documents, books, pens, papers and an endless supply of little grey and white cells. Anyways, I digress. On to Scrabble.


Bingos: A linchpin in the great design of Scrabble, every one with the potential to be a watershed event in the crucial game. You clinch one and you might have a haunch on the catbird seat.

Simple premise: Play all seven letters in one go and receive a fifty point bonus.
Basic Bingos include words like

OTARINE
ETAERIO
LATRINE
RATLINE
RELIANT
RETINAL
TRENAIL
RETINAE

These are considered basic Scrabble words are a just a few; you can find more here.

However, for the grizzled veteran here's the Real McCoy:

MUZJIKS
QUARTZY
SQUEEZY
QUETZAL
BEZIQUE
CAZIQUE.

Hypnos will not be denied. I will rest now. Later I will delve into some simple yet effective high-scoring two and three-letter words for beginners and consonant-rich recipes for the seasoned player. But for now, dear readers; it's OK to dream.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008