On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, emanationsmith wrote:
> Hi there, just found quackle after going completely bonkers trying to
> find scrabble for MAC OSX not for online gaming... HOORAH! BUT,I am
> lost with some of the expressions used and lack of help menu to teach
> me how to use it.
Hi, I'm happy you're happy! Thanks for the questions.
> 1. What is the difference between TWL, COSD and SOWPODS? I want the UK
> full scrabble words as I have in my scrabble words book, which one
> will do the UK job?
>
twl06 is the North American word source, sowpods is the UK word source,
and cosd is an awesome word source the UK might switch to in a year or so.
(It stands for Collins Scrabble Dictionary.)
> 2. Is there any way at all to vary the skill of the computer, if it
> always thrashes the pants off me - I always want to use the "generate
> choices" facility, which is not playing scrabble ;( I would just like
> to bring it closer to my level a bit!
>
Sorry, not yet. Consider it super incentive to keep improving :-)
> 3. Is there any way of moving each letter around in the rack to make
> words and try out difference words before typing (without just
> pressing shuffle)
Sorry, not yet. John and I don't shuffle our tiles so this feature is
unfortunately not highly docketed.
>
> 4. How do I just "look up a word"
Click the "Generate Word List" button and type in the letters of the word.
As a bonus this will also list anagrams of the letters you type. If when
you press the Enter key, no words appear, then the word you typed isn't
acceptable and has no anagrams.
>
> 5. In the lister what does 'regex' and 'probability' mean/do? What
> does the lister actually do, i have played around with it and can't
> figure out what it actually does???? Am I really that thick?
>
A regular expressoin is a nifty way to search for words with a certain
pattern, but is a little bit of an advanced feature so you don't need to
worry about it. The probability sort is useful for sorting a list of words
by how often they will be drawn from a full bag of scrabble tiles.
> 5. In choices what does "plies" mean????
>
If you run a simulation, this number is how many turns will be played
ahead.
> somebody please help me if you have the time and energy, thanks x
>
I hope this helps and you continue enjoying Quackle!
cheers,
--Jason
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