I thought about that originally when I was doing my version of the list.
 
Although it would be a fun list to study, but I saw two problems with that:
 
    Guys like GI Joel, and Adam Logan are not human.
    It is not generally to your advantage to try to play something that might get challenged by sacrificing position or points for it.  I wouldn't want to influence my brain to think that way.
 
Chris


From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Austin Nichols
Sent: April 11, 2006 2:59 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [quackle] Re: Quackle VS. Quackle Stats

Note that I was not claiming that the common word 7s or 8s would be
any easier to spot on your rack (and therefore deserve no study), only
that the uncommon words might be more likely to draw a challenge,
which is an equity advantage that Quackle can't simulate, AFAIK. But
that advantage would contribute to "playability" (at least against
human opponents).

On 4/11/06, John O'Laughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Have you thought about adding points for words that are less commonly
> > known (I'm thinking you could flag all 4- to 15-letter OWL2 words that
> > do not appear in a common spell-checker, say) as being more likely to
> > draw a challenge?
>
> Not really.  There are some common word eights which are difficult for
> me to anagram, and I'd like to see them listed equally with unusual
> words.  When I study I like to go through all of the words once every
> few months and then focus on the words that I missed or took too long
> to get.  Easy words are filtered out that way.
>
> John


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