Wiktionary:Random Competition 2018

WT:FUN competition edit

For this competition, we will be playing a variety of a board game. The board is identical to a board in another board game, and the tiles used are identical to the ones used in the English version of said game. The rules are based upon it too, but modified to allow more "words". I'm assuming that everyone knows the basic rules of the board game, if not - look at this.

Modifications to the rules edit

Acceptable words
1. Any word in any language that uses Roman script and that passes WT:CFI is accepted. Spaces, capital letters, hyphens, punctuation, diacritical marks etc. are allowed, but for the sake of gameplay, are ignored when being put on the board. So, the word alitayttaa will be accepted as alitäyttää is a word. The words lookupto, YMCA, top-heavy are, therefore, valid too. Letters such as œ may be used as either o or e.
2. Words not using the Roman alphabet are also valid, provided they are properly transliterated according to the general rules of the language. Hence, bystreje is allowed, as быстрее is a Russian word.
Scoring: As multiple players will play with the same letters at the same time, the scoring system must be modified.
1. Every round lasts for a day, or at least until the time when the Gamesmaster is next online after a period of 24 hours.
2. With the seven tiles, players must make the word with the most points. Points are awarded in exactly the same way as in normal English-language Scrabble. Players should email their words to the Gamesmaster in such a way to show the starting place and the direction, e.g. [H7 across: bystreje]. Every player gets a corresponding score which will be placed in the points section.
3. The highest-scoring word will be placed onto the board, and then new letters will be taken out of a virtual bag for the next round. In the result of a tie, the first player to submit gets their word on the table.
4. Play continues thus until all the letters have been used up. The player with the highest total score is the winner.
Contesting words
1. Anybody is free to contest the validity of any words. Any words played which are later deleted from Wiktionary will incur a penalty of receiving nil points.

Board edit

Gold - Triple word
Pink - Double word
Purple - Triple letter
Cyan - Double letter

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O
1	F₄			T₁	R₁	E₁	M₃	B₃	L₁	O₁
2	R₁	O₁	D₂	I₁	A₁	C₃	E₁			Q₁₀	A₁	P₃	P₃	S₁
3	E₁	L*₀	U₁	E₁	N₁	T₁	S₁			E₁	I₁	E₁
4	G₂	R₁	A₁	B₃	O₁	W₄	E₁	K₅
5	O₁				O₁	T₁	X₈	V₄	A₁	C*₀	H₄	U₁
6	Z₁₀	M₃						I₁
7	E₁	A₁	F₄					N₁
8	S₁	N₁	O₁	H₄				T₁	O₁	I₁	L₁	E₁	T₁	N₁	Y₄
9		G₂	G₂	E₁	V₄		J₈	R₁
10		L₁	N₁	A₁	I₁		A₁
11		E₁	A₁	U₁	R₁		D₂
12		S₁	N₁	I₁	A₁		I₁	W₄
13			O₁	E₁	L₁		T₁	U₁
14				D₂	E₁		I₁	D₂
15					R₁		C₃	Y₄

Points edit

Example edit

On a blank board, with letters R - 1 J - 8 F - 4 A - 1 G - 2 S - 1 M -3

Bob - H6 down - ARMS - 12 points
Dave- E8 across - JAMS - 26 points
Ladylove988 - H6 down JARGS - 42 points
Sockpuppet9923 - H4 down - JMARsFG - 0 points (invalid word)
Maddog44 - H4 down - FARMS - 28 points

In this case, Ladylove988's word JARGS is placed onto the board, after she adds the word jargs to the dictionary.

April 16 edit

Wikitiki: H4 down: KVINTR (Old Norse kvintr) - 36 pts (yours on board as it was the first received)
MK: thrink [G8 across] - 36 pts
SB: H8 across KNIV - 22 pts
WF: think [H8 down] - 34 pts

April 18 edit

Wikitiki: E5 across: OTXVACHU (a possible transliteration of Russian отхвачу), 130 pts
MK: Theux F10 across by kvintre, 47 pts
SB: F6 across XOI (= xoi), 26 pts
WF: THORAUX, I3 DOWN, 113 pts

April 19 edit

MK: 4A across: Grabówek 106 pts
SB: G3 down BOX (& G4 across OK), 21 pts
Wikitiki: B7 across: Oberwang, 70 pts
WF: G7 DOWN - BREGOVA брегова - 80 pts

April 21 edit

SB: D1 down STUB, 7 pts
Wikitiki: A3 across: ELUENTS, also spells EG, LR, UA, EB, NOO, TWT, SEX -- 96 points
MK: 3A across: NEUSTEN (with first N being the blank) 96
WF: 1A Down: Tungenes, 131 pts

April 23 edit

MK: 2A across: RODIACE 128 pts and reg, ǫlr, dua, IEB, anoo, CTWT, Esex too.
SB: A1 down DOEG 3*6 = 18
WF: A1 down odegracie, 167 pts

April 25 edit

SB: K4 across Onley, 31
MK: 8H across: toiletný 86
Wikitiki: K4 down: thionyle - 78 points
WF: G1 across - toyline making also TESEX, 95 pts

April 26 edit

SB: O5 down FOZY, 19 * 3 = 57
MK: A1 down: Fregozes 189
Wikitiki: A1 across: BOMZ (bomž, transliteration of бомж), also spells BREG, OOLR (OOLR = Overall Objective Loudness Rating), MDUA (mdua), ZIEB (zięb, genitive plural of zięba) -- 137 points
WF: G1 Across BOMZ (бомж), also making BESEX (besex is probably valid too) , 63 pts

April 28 edit

SB: G9 across BREMO (+ OE, IM, OL) = 13 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 19
MK: O1 down: Trombley 104
Wikitiki: TREMBLO (tremblo, 3.sg.pres. of Occitan tremblar), also spells TIEB (tiʿēḇ, a possible transliteration of תיעב), RANOO (Ranoo, given name originating in India), ECTWT (ECTWT Ecumenical Coalition on Third World Tourism), MESEX (possible transliteration of месех, 1.sg. imperfect of Bulgarian меся) -- 122 points
Nloveladyallen: O1 down Trombley 104
WF: Tremboly O1 down - 104 pts

April 30 edit

MK: B6 down: MANGLES 91
Wikitiki: L7 down: MELANGES. 72 points.
Nlove: O7 down gymsalen, 65 PTS
WF: B6 down: MANGLES 91 (srsly, I didn't copy you)

May 2 edit

SB: A8 across SNOOF 7*3 = 21
Wikitiki: C7 down: FOGNANO, fognano, also spells EAF, SNO, GG, LN, EA, SN. 109 points.
MK: 7C down: FANGONO, fangono 106
Nlove: O7 down nyafog, 15

* WF: C7 down FANOGON (fanogon-, making EAF, sna, GN, lo, eg, so 106 not valid term

May 4 edit

SB: L9 across ADEE (adeeʼ) 7 (and thus also ea 2, td 3, ne 2, ye 5*3), total 29
MK: 7D down AHEED 43
Wikitiki: D8 down: HEAUIED (heauied, obsolete spelling of heavied), also spells SNOH (šnoh, transliteration of շնոհ, alternative form of շնորհ), GGE (gasoline gallon equivalent), LNA, EAU (eau), SNI (sní), OE (oe). 110 points.
WF: D8 down: HEAUIE (heauie), also spells SNOH (šnoh, transliteration of շնոհ, alternative form of շնորհ), GGE (gasoline gallon equivalent), LNA, EAU (eau), SNI (sní), OE (oe). 56 points.

May 5 edit

Wikitiki: J2 across: QAPPS (QAPPs, plural of QAPP = quality assurance project plan), also spells OQ (oq). 107 points
WF: J2 across: QAPPS (QAPPs, plural of QAPP = quality assurance project plan), also spells OQ (oq). 107 points (didn't copy)
MK: 12A down: JAQS (JAQs) AND JSNI 103

May 8 edit

SB: O5 down jacy ~~14x3=42~~ 16
MK: 9G down: JADITIC (jaditic) 93 pts
Nlove: L7 down: DEJICIAT (dejiciat) 36
Wikitiki: L1 across: JACI (jaci), also spells JP, AP, CS. 86 points
WF: L1 across: JACI (jaci), also spells JP, AP, CS. 86 points (didn't copy either)

May 11 edit

MK: L1 across: WUDY 65
Wikitiki: H12 down: WUDY (Wudy, a surname), also spells IW (iw), TU (tu), ID (id), CY (cy). 80 points.
Nlove: G15 across CRWYDR (crwydr) 45
WF: H12 down: Wudy. 80 pts

May 12 edit

Wikitiki: E8 down: RIVALER (rivaler), also spells: SNOHR (~~šnōhr, transliteration of šnwhl~~ Snohr, a surname), GGEI (Global Green Economy Index), LNAV (lateral navigation), EAUA (eaua, "earth" in Tacana), SNIL (snil), OEE (overall equipment effectiveness), DR (Dr.). 114 points.

(talk) 13:13, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

MK: 9E down: VIRALER 101, including GGEV, LNAI, eaur, śnią, oel
WF: I3 across: rilaver, including OQI (Optics-based quantum imaging), al, pa, pv, se 106 pts

May 14 edit

WF: I13 down, EEI (translit of ἔῃ), also making tue, ide, CyI, 20 pts
Wikitiki: J3 across: EIE (eie), also spells OQE (oqe), AI (ai), PE (pe). 21 points.

That's all, folks edit

The winner is the user with the most points. Please put your score down here

	Apr 16	Apr 18	Apr 19	Apr 21	Apr 23	Apr 25	Apr 26	Apr 28	Apr 30	May 2	May 4	May 5	May 8	May 11	May 12	May 14	Total
Metaknowledge	36	47	106	96	128	86	189	104	91	106	43	103	93	65	101	-	1394
Wikitiki89	36	130	70	96	-	78	137	122	72	109	110	107	86	80	114	21	1368
SemperBlotto	22	26	21	7	18	31	57	19	-	21	29	-	16	-	-	-	267
Nloveladyallen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	104	65	15	-	-	36	45	-	-	265
Wonderfool	34	113	80	131	167	95	63	104	91	0	56	107	86	80	106	20	1333