http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Quackle Posts tagged with 'Quackle' at MetaFilter. Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:05:16 -0800 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:05:16 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/55843/Word%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dday%2DQUIXOTRY <a href="http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated/annotated.php?a=6517">Michael Crest, a carpenter, beat supermarket deli worker Wayne Yorra</a> 830-490 at the Lexington Scrabble Club in a <a href="http://home.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/faqtext.html#Actual">record-setting</a> game on Oct 12' 2006. <a href="http://www.wolfberg.net/scrabble/lexington/score830/">The game</a> set records for highest score for (i) most points in a game by one player - 830, beating the previous highest 770 set in 1993, (ii) the most total points in a game - 1320 (iii) and the most points on a single turn - 365, for Cresta's play of QUIXOTRY. <a href="http://www.spikemagazine.com/0402wordfreak.php">Stefan</a> <a href="http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2002/nsc/build/profile/2-026.html">Fatsis</a>, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0142002267/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">"Word Freak"</a>, has a <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2152255/">nice write-up</a> of the game <small>(lots of misc. links in that article)</small> If all this leaves your hands twitching for those tiles, start <a href="http://web.mit.edu/jasonkb/www/quackle/">Quackling</a> <small>(both, MAC and Win versions available).</small> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.55843 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:05:16 -0800 MichaelCrest Quackle Quixotry scrabble WayneYorra forwebsites