Tourney round: Word Thief: Word Stealing

	David Holmes I was going to try to arrange to play my games at the same time as J but saw that had already played both. I am not sure if I understood and correctly played the word stealing round but hopefully I understood the task? It didn't help that I somehow got myself out of sync with the rounds in J's word making game so was trying to steal the wrong word! I managed to spot and correct midway through. It felt like some of the words were impossible to steal just by adding a letter or two, so good knowledge of odd 10+ 12+ words would seem most valuable in this game. Also making the longest word you can with the most awkward letters in the word making round.
	J Bartram ok i was sent another rd so not sure If I understood the rules myself
	Dave Kempshall I think Martin sent you another round because you completed the first one before David had even played his 'Making' round, which meant there were no words for you to steal.
	Martin Thomas I have created a spreadsheet and put in some results for the matches to be completed so far https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11LL4HQCMOV6QWFaJTtSGVmudSPHwm-_M3SJhbrfkAAg/edit?usp=sharing
	Martin Thomas I forgot to put a reminder on this page about the rule that the stealing word may not contain the target word. I have had to disallow some thefts for that reason.
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	Dan Spinks have you got a target end date for the practice games Martin?
	Martin Thomas By Monday 6th if possible.
	Trevor MacEoin Seems cheaty but I assume its ok to have your opponents word making game open in another window for reference?
	Martin Thomas Yes that's fine Trevor.
	Martin Thomas Another two results have been added to the spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11LL4HQCMOV6QWFaJTtSGVmudSPHwm-_M3SJhbrfkAAg/edit?usp=sharing

Tourney round: Word Thief: Word Stealing

<< Word Making

Notes from the organizer: In this game you are trying to steal your opponent's words. It should only be played after your opponent has played their Word Making game.

Remember that:
You can only steal the word from the corresponding round of your opponent's game.

You must use all of the letters in your opponent's word.

You can also use some of your letters.

Runs from: 29 September – 31 December 2025. Format: Letters Attack. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Fixtures: 19. Completed: 12.

Results and fixtures

Notes	Player 1	Player 2	Status
Practice v Colin Thompson	Apterous Prune	Ravi Choudhary	0 – 3
Practice v Ravi Choudhary	Apterous Prune	Colin Thompson	0 – 2
Practice v Trevor MacEoin	Apterous Prune	Dan Spinks	0 – 1
Practice v Dan Spinks	Apterous Prune	Trevor MacEoin	0 – 18
Practice v Richard Decker	Apterous Prune	Adrian Fletcher	Unplayed
Practice v Adrian Fletcher	Apterous Prune	Richard Decker	Unplayed
Practice v Jason Turner	Apterous Prune	Andres S.	Unplayed
Practice v Andres S.	Apterous Prune	Jason Turner	Unplayed
Practice v J Bartram	Apterous Prune	David Holmes	0 – 21
Practice v David Holmes	Apterous Prune	J Bartram	0 – 104
Practice v Wesley Barton	Apterous Prune	Tom Cappleman	0 – 19
Practice v Tom Cappleman	Apterous Prune	Wesley Barton	Unplayed
Practice v Florence C-L	Apterous Prune	Anthony Endsor	0 – 8
Practice v Anthony Endsor	Apterous Prune	Florence C-L	0 – 1
Practice v Dave Robjohns	Apterous Prune	Sarah Binns	Unplayed
Practice v Sarah Binns	Apterous Prune	Dave Robjohns	Unplayed
Practice v Dave Kempshall	Apterous Prune	Mark Jeary-Fairbairn	0 – 7
Practice v Mark Jeary-Fairbairn	Apterous Prune	Dave Kempshall	0 – 6
Practice v David Holmes	Apterous Prune	J Bartram	0 – 81

Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)

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Tourney round: Word Thief: Word Stealing

Results and fixtures