Notes from the organizer: Game One! Cough, cough, splutter.
Your aim for this game is to score the most points with words that begin with the same letter. The letter you choose is up to you. If you declare words that begin with at least two different letters, I'll use the initial letter that scores the most points across the game as a whole. For example, if you declare XYLOPHONE in Round 1, then decide that, actually, you've been a bit ambitious there, you can use a different letter for Round 2 and onwards. The first tie-break criterion, if required, will be most maxes; the second will be longest shortest word. Any further ties will be resolved at my sole discretion.
BONUS TOURNAMENT POINTS (BTPs), for those of you who are new to this (hello, welcome, help yourself to nibbles) or have quite understandably forgotten, are extra points that you can go after, often in a manner that's orthogonal to the task at hand. BTPs are added to your overall Tournament Points, not to your game score.
The BONUS TOURNAMENT POINT for this round will be awarded to any player whose scoring initial letter is worth 4 (FOUR) points or more in standard English-language Scrabble.
Here's an example: Janet declares a valid word beginning with S in every round and has the highest overall score. She scores 7 Tournament Points for being the winner of the round. Wilberforce has the next highest score so he scores 5 Tournament Points for second place, but all his words began with W, so he gets a Bonus Tournament Point for using W as his letter, taking him to a total of 6 Tournament Points for the round.
If you have any questions about the rules, scoring, or anything else pertaining to this tourney, please feel free to ask. (This is particularly relevant this year, because I'm putting these rounds up whilst ill and quite likely to make some amusing errors as a consequence. We apologise in advance for any confusion.)
Here is a spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sEia7l7u7cJ6jBWZQWistIjD9j7KAwGvWK2OAcjpPno/edit?usp=sharing
Ran from: 15 December 2025 – 1 January 2026. Format: Hypertouch Letters Attack. Matches: One-off. Approved.
Fixtures: 49. Completed: 48.
Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)
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