First Use of Pipe Terminology in Scrabble?

[Servant King]

So, I'm playing Scrabble with the wife, and I'm in one of those annoying spots where none of my letters are worth more than one point each. I spot an "N" with a triple word score two squares away in each direction. So I lay out "tenon," totally expecting a challenge from my wife. But it never came! Once I explained what it was, I just sat back and collected nine hard earned points a non-pipe smoker totally would have missed out on.

Anyone else do this? I know I'm really scraping the bottom of the obscurity barrel here, but what else is there to do on a Sunday?

 

[Waning Embers]

tenon

Not a pipe specific term its a joint used in woodworking.

 

[Servant King]

Didn't know that, thanks. I guess it would have withstood a challenge anyway.

 

[kcghost]

Yeah, this term is much more common in furniture making. Watch Antique Roadshow sometime. No points for you for originality. Also, some negative points must be assessed because you thought you knew more than your wife.

 

[Servant King]

@kcghost I think my wife hacked into your account, just to post that comment. Gotta strengthen your password, dude!

Well, I feel silly now. But won't I redeem myself if I can truly use authentic terminology going forward? Burley. Latakia. Perique! That's a lot of points right there.

 

[ofafeather]

Lol. You also won’t find any argument from woodwind players. All sorts of tenons to join instrument parts that can be disassembled. But context is everything. When you can use vulcanite, then you’ve got something!

 

[Waning Embers]

Even lunt is in the Scrabble dictionary.

 

[Fiddlepiper]

I’ve always thought scrabble was more about placement and knowledge of obscure words that create good scores than anything else? (He says bitterly as one with skill in neither of those things)

edit : we used to play every Sunday when I was a kid. My mum, my grandparents and I. My grandad was always looking for the longest and cleverest words and invariably lost every time. ?

 

[Servant King]

Even lunt is in the Scrabble dictionary.

If I had to use words exclusive to the Scrabble dictionary in my daily life, I'd probably be put in a straitjacket and hauled off to Bellevue in less than 20 minutes. A fate which, in this day and age, is almost appealing.

 

[Waning Embers]

If I had to use words exclusive to the Scrabble dictionary in my daily life, I'd probably be put in a straitjacket and hauled off to Bellevue in less than 20 minutes. A fate which, in this day and age, is almost appealing.

Just pointing out that a pipe smoking term is already established in Scrabble use.

 

[timelord]

I used to hate playing scrabble as a teenager - probably 'cos it was my stepmothers favourite game - I even fell asleep during one game and everyone just thought I was taking a long time to make my move. I think that was the last game I played, some 44 years ago

 

[BarrelProof]

Now if you’d used mortise...

 

[Waning Embers]

Now if you’d used mortise...

 

[BarrelProof]

 

[Servant King]

This thread has progressed precisely as I predicted it would.

 

[BarrelProof]

This thread has progressed precisely as I predicted it would.

No way. You stay your course! You celebrate that triple word score with another! Might I suggest, “stummel.”

 

[Waning Embers]

This thread has progressed precisely as I predicted it would.

I saw it getting far worse.

Just in case......

 

[mso489]

Since spell check doesn't seem to know half the pipe terms I attempt to use, and I have to fight it to use them, I'd be wary of trying to use pipe terms playing with people outside the family. Some are in the dictionary, others maybe not.

 

[Waning Embers]

Since spell check doesn't seem to know half the pipe terms I attempt to use, and I have to fight it to use them, I'd be wary of trying to use pipe terms playing with people outside the family. Some are in the dictionary, others maybe not.

My phone adapts to commonly used words and will often anticipate during common strings of words in a sentence.

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

I saw it getting far worse.

Just in case......

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