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Trevor Potts

Trevor Potts Hi! Me again with more annoying questions. Just querying "valid words" in the event of an unlikely scenario:

Let's say the selection is BUF. I believe this has an omelette max of 4. Some imbecile, let's call him Trevor, declares BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE.

This is a valid word in the sense that it is in the dictionary and uses the letters in the selection. It also contains a K.

Does silly Trevor still get a point for the K in BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE even though it will have scored him 0 points in apterous by virtue of it being more than 9 letters longer than the maximum?

Chris Hare

Chris Hare I don't believe there's the same restriction on "being within 10" for letters as there might be for numbers. Each K should score a point, provided that the word is accepted, which I believe BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE would be.

(If someone knows that this isn't the case, please enlighten me.)

Trevor Potts

Trevor Potts I believe Omelette scoring works as 10 points for the max, 1 for 1 longer, etc.

So a word that is 10 letters or more longer than the maximum would, although "valid", score 0 points. I'm unsure if this would turn up as CAPITALISED or lowercase x in the game results. So I'll play a quick Omelette letters round and find out!

Trevor Potts

Trevor Potts You were right Chris!

https://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=4004231

See r4, KNOWLEDGEABILITY gets big boy capital letters and is accepted, albeit for 0 points.

Sarah Binns

Sarah Binns FFS I haven't read the rules AGAIN

Tourney round: The Twelve Games of Chris-mas: Vol. III: So, Hare it is, Merry Chris-mas: Game Six

<< Game Five | Game Seven >>

Notes from the organizer: Game Six! Zs are so last year...

For Game Six, you face an Omeletters Attack, where, as usual, you must (if possible) use all the letters in the selection in your answer. Your score for the game will be the number of Ks you manage to declare in valid words. Ties will be awarded firstly to the player who uses a K in the greater number of words and secondly to the player with the higher score. Any further ties will be resolved at my sole discretion.

The BONUS TOURNAMENT POINT for this game will be awarded to any player who scores at least 80 points.

If you have any questions about the rules, scoring, or anything else pertaining to this tourney, please feel free to ask.

Here is a spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ihS3JL1pa50yoy-U7fJ55vhry0rynVbOsW6Z_lWgNdM/edit?usp=sharing

Ran from: 16 December 2024 – 1 January 2025. Format: Omeletters Attack. Matches: One-off. Level scores: Drawn. Approved.

Organizers: Chris Hare.

Fixtures: 45. Completed: 45.

Results and fixtures

Player 1Player 2Status
Andy SCApterous Prune25 – 0
Dave RobjohnsApterous Prune104 – 0
Martin ThomasApterous Prune122 – 0
Elizabeth BeerApterous Prune98 – 0
Matt OCApterous Prune99 – 0
Sarah BinnsApterous Prune68 – 0
Damian McEvoyApterous Prune113 – 0
Steven HardingApterous Prune91 – 0
Matthew TassierApterous Prune28 – 0
Ian WrayApterous Prune43 – 0
Florence C-LApterous Prune109 – 0
Dan SpinksApterous Prune99 – 0
Sean DApterous Prune75 – 0
Mike LeeApterous Prune59 – 0
Jamie FrenchApterous Prune85 – 0
Wesley BartonApterous Prune96 – 0
Elwin CarlosApterous Prune107 – 0
Tom CapplemanApterous Prune26 – 0
Fi ThorneApterous Prune74 – 0
Dave KempshallApterous Prune43 – 0
Colin ThompsonApterous Prune135 – 0
Fiona TApterous Prune77 – 0
Zohaib RehanApterous Prune91 – 0
Ben BazzardApterous Prune87 – 0
Thomas CareyApterous Prune82 – 0
Steven OldhamApterous Prune145 – 0
Ian VolanteApterous Prune114 – 0
Matthew BrockwellApterous Prune89 – 0
Dan SouthwellApterous Prune54 – 0
Anthony EndsorApterous Prune71 – 0
Trevor PottsApterous Prune101 – 0
Maria ChandlerApterous Prune118 – 0
Jon ElmerApterous Prune46 – 0
Trevor BissettApterous Prune84 – 0
Adam LatchfordApterous Prune100 – 0
Jack WorsleyApterous Prune146 – 0
Bradley HorrocksApterous Prune88 – 0
Jason C.Apterous Prune135 – 0
David HolmesApterous Prune75 – 0
Adrian FletcherApterous Prune76 – 0
Jason TurnerApterous Prune83 – 0
Ravi ChoudharyApterous Prune132 – 0
Tal LessnerApterous Prune97 – 0
Perry SarbApterous Prune45 – 0
Richard DeckerApterous Prune69 – 0

Key. Green: winner. Red: loser.

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