What is Scrabble?

Scrabble is essentially a word game which can be played by 2-4 players at a given time on a board which comprises a grid of squares in a 15 X 15 format. The squares are assigned different scoring attributes. There are 100 tiles to draw from and players must draw 7 tiles initially and maintain the same number on their racks till they are exhausted. Each tile has a point value attached to it. If all 7 tiles are used in a word an additional 50 points is added to the players score. The goal is to win by scoring more than your opponent. Scrabble is now increasingly played competitively across several countries on the globe and in several languages.

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Sunday 12 June 2016

Word of the Day - Sporadic

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Sporadic

Meaning - Occurring at irregular intervals or in isolated or scattered places
Usage - His attendance was sporadic at best.

Synonyms: occasional, infrequent, irregular.

Antonyms: regular, consistent, steady.

Anagrams - Picadors
Front hook - none
Back hook - none

Tuesday 17 May 2016

Word of the Day - Malinger

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Malinger
Meaning - pretending illness in order to escape work.
Usage - He learned fast to malinger on the job.

Synonyms: dodge, fake, evade.

Antonyms: do, meet, face.

Anagrams - Germinal, Maligner
Front hook - none
Back hook - S, Y

Sunday 1 May 2016

Word of the Day - Cardinal

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Cardinal
Meaning - of the greatest importance; fundamental. Also a red bird.
Usage - As a salesman, the cardinal rule is to do everything you can to satisfy the customer.

Synonyms: chief, paramount, foremost.

Antonyms: lowest, least important,not required.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - S

Monday 11 April 2016

Word of the Day - Paragon

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Paragon
Meaning - Model of excellence or perfection of a kind.
Usage - Mother Theresa is a paragon of virtue.

Synonyms: nonpareil, apotheosis, ideal, exemplar.

Antonyms: antithesis.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - S

Wednesday 6 April 2016

Word of the Day - Absolve

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Absolve
Meaning - To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
Usage - The agitating leader, absolved her party of any responsibility in the intimidation of co-workers.

Synonyms: discharge, liberate, forgive.

Antonyms: charge, blame, convict.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - D, S, R

Saturday 2 April 2016

Word of the Day - Dolorous

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Dolorous
Meaning - feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress.
Usage - The doctor believes the patient will be less dolorous after she takes antidepressants for a few weeks.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - none

Tuesday 29 March 2016

Word of the Day - Straggly

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Straggly
Meaning - Spreading out in different directions.
Usage - He was a tall, wiry man with straggly hair.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - none

Tuesday 15 March 2016

Word of the Day - Bulwark

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Bulwark
Meaning - a defensive wall; an object that acts as a shield.
Usage - If shots are fired at the presidential vehicle, the car’s bulletproof exterior will act as a bulwark.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - S

Thursday 10 March 2016

Word of the Day - Evince

Here is the word of the day from our students at the Communicare Club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Evince
Meaning - a defensive wall; an object that acts as a shield.
Usage - If shots are fired at the presidential vehicle, the car’s bulletproof exterior will act as a bulwark.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - S

Saturday 5 March 2016

Word of the Day - Grotesque

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

grotesque
Meaning - extremely ugly and strange
Usage - It’s odd how we can find some grotesque things so fascinating.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - R, S

Thursday 3 March 2016

Word of the Day - Aspersion

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Aspersion
Meaning - A false charge meant to harm someone’s reputation.
Usage - The politician’s career was ruined by an aspersion created by his enemies.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
back hook - S

Wednesday 2 March 2016

Word of the Day - Laudable

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Laudable
Meaning - Praise worthy.
Usage - While both of the recycling projects are laudable, only one of them can be enacted within the city limits.

Anagrams - none
Front hook -none
back hook -none

Sunday 26 July 2015

Sherwin Wins Pune Scrabble Championship 2015

Sherwin Rodrigues has won the Pune Scrabble championship. The tournament that featured 15 rounds of competition had a record turnout of 60 participants. Here are the complete standings:

Pune Scrabble Championship, July 2015

Final Standings

Rank Won-Lost Spread Player
1 12½–2½ 1299 Sherwin Rodrigues (#1)
2 11–4 818 Varisht Hingorani (#3)
3 11–4 699 Nakul Prabhu (#5)
4 11–4 228 Samrath Bhatia (#15)
5 10–5 1025 Ramchandran Chidambaram (#14)
6 10–5 461 Udayan Grover (#2)
7 10–5 407 Sunny Bhatia (#19)
8 10–5 269 Sudhir Kamath (#21)
9 9½–5½ 808 Shaik Ahmed (#8)
10 9–6 728 Carolann Pais (#6)
11 9–6 720 Irfan Siddiqui (#4)
12 9–6 621 Mangala Bhandarkar (#9)
13 9–6 207 Hyder Quraishi (#26)
14 9–6 132 Pramit Kamath (#7)
15 9–6 125 PC Jose (#18)
16 9–6 124 Nidhi Singhvi (#13)
17 9–6 −95 Ruparel,Nikheel (#37)
18 8½–6½ −19 Chatterjee,Dipankar (#20)
19 8½–6½ −183 Subodh Tripathi (#28)
20 8–7 653 Lennie D'Souza (#11)
21 8–7 513 Zeba Sultan (#35)
22 8–7 378 Hriday Samtani (#29)
23 8–7 362 Neena Shahani (#25)
24 8–7 356 Sanjay Bijlani (#16)
25 8–7 −29 Manju Pai (#22)
26 8–7 −40 Rehet Bhatia (#43)
27 8–7 −83 Priya Karkhanis (#17)
28 8–7 −88 Dhyan Gandhi (#52)
29 8–7 −192 Romilla Thakur (#27)
30 8–7 −218 V Ramachandran (#10)
31 7½–7½ 339 Meena Bakhru (#24)
32 7½–7½ 85 Sylvia Coelho (#42)
33 7–8 267 Kala Ganesh (#33)
34 7–8 189 Vraj Jain (#38)
35 7–8 164 Eeshan Malhotra (#58)
36 7–8 104 Satish Srinivasan (#32)
37 7–8 74 Rex D'Souza (#23)
38 7–8 35 Rajeev Menon (#40)
39 7–8 −12 R Nalini (#12)
40 7–8 −291 Caryl Gonsalves (#39)
41 7–8 −316 Viji Ramachandran (#48)
42 7–8 −452 Meena Kalyan (#44)
43 7–8 −690 Milon Nag (#36)
44 6–9 97 Sridhar Paidikondala (#34)
45 6–9 74 Viren Braganza (#41)
46 6–9 4 Vedika Hingorani (#47)
47 6–9 −23 Saraswati R (#30)
48 6–9 −129 Aruna Grover (#46)
49 6–9 −275 Gaurav Bhargava (#31)
50 6–9 −405 Priya Kshirsagar (#49)
51 6–9 −721 Prateek Wadhavkar (#50)
52 5–10 234 Rekha Sanzgiri (#45)
53 5–10 12 Arindam Basu (#55)
54 5–10 −197 Supriti Malhotra (#60)
55 5–10 −259 Laura Braganza (#53)
56 5–10 −386 Krtin Juneja (#51)
57 5–10 −933 Sushanto Bhattacharya (#54)
58 4–11 −1188 Nandita Sarkar (#56)
59 4–11 −1633 Sian Virani (#57)
60 0–15 −3754 Atharshsiddharth Umapathy (#59)

Saturday 25 July 2015

Pune Scrabble Tournament - Top 20 after Day 1

Rank
Player
Win-Loss
Spread
1
Nakul Prabhu
7–0
+798
2
Sherwin Rodrigues
6½–½
+720
3
Meena Bakhru
5½–1½
+441
4
Varisht Hingorani
5–2
+575
5
Irfan Siddiqui
5–2
+556
6
Carolann Pais
5–2
+502
7
Priya Karkhanis
5–2
+317
8
Pramit Kamath 
5–2
+310
9
Udayan Grover
5–2
+278
10
Sunny Bhatia
5–2
+215
11
V Ramachandran
5–2
+165
12
PC Jose
5–2
+99
13
Samrath Bhatia
5–2
+81
14
Nidhi Singhvi
5–2
−37
15
Zeba Sultan
4–3
+559
16
Lennie D'Souza 
4–3
+486
17
Shaik Ahmed
4–3
+365
18
Mangala Bhandarkar
4–3
+365
19
Hriday Samtani
4–3
+246
20
Sanjay Bijlani
4–3
+239

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Different Words Same Meaning

Citolas, Citoles, Cithrens, Citherns, Cithers, Citterns - A Guitar
Waivode, Waiwode, Woiwode, Voivode - An army leader
Cagouls, Cagoules, Kagouls, Kagoules, Kagools - An anorak
Eulachan, Eulachon, Oulachon, Oulakan, Oolakan, Ulikon - A candlefish
Kiester, Keister, Hurdies, Patootie - The Buttocks
Didakei, didakai, Diddicoy, Didicoi, Didicoy - A Tinker
Cabala, Cabbala, Kabala, Kabbala, Kabbalah, Qabala, Qabalah - a Jewish doctrine
Yoghurt, Yaourt, Yogurt, Yoghourt - A type of curd
Narwal, Narwhal, Narwhale - An Arctic aquatic mammal
Lekythus, Lecythus, Lekythos - An ancient oil Jar
Germen, Germain, Germaine, Germin - Something that serves as an origin
Filemot, Philomot, Philamot - A dull brown shade
keblah, Kibla, Kiblah, Qibla - The direction muslims face while praying
Litchi, Lichi, Lychee, Lichee - A fruit
Poursue, Pursue, Persue, Poursew Pursew - To follow
Pummelo, Shaddock, Pompelo - A citrus fruit
Repreeve, Reprive, Repryve - To delay
Baklava, Baklawa, Baclava - A middle eastern desert
Nilgai, Nilgau, Nilghai, Nilghau, Nylghai, Nylghau - a large antelope
Cassina, Cassene, Cassine, Cassena - an evergreen tree
Narghile, Narghily, Nargile, Nargileh, Nargily - a hookah
Dirdam, Dirdum, Durdum - uproar
Shechita, Shehitah, Shehita - krosher killing of animals
Mezuzot, Mezuzoth, Mezuzah, Mezuza - a Jewish scroll

Combo Words of Two Words that are Good Both Ways

Bedrail - Railbed
Dovering - Ringdove
Hangover - Overhang
Turnover - Overturn
Runover - Overrun
Roadside - Sideroad
Outburn - Burnout
Woodworm - Wormwood
Linecut - Cutline
Outpass - Passout
Outspeak - Speakout
Comedown - Downcome
Upclose - Closeup
Outback - Backout
Pinhead - Headpin
Mateship - Shipmate
Cutover - Overcut
Upstart - Startup
Outshoot - Shootout
Overwing - Wingover
Fantail - Tailfan

Common Words with Not so common Anagrams

Tailors - Oralist, Rialtos, Sliotar
Almonds - Dolmans
Mustard - Durmast
Stadium - Dumaist
Romance - Cremona
Cauldron - Crunodal
Acolyte - Cotylae
Cilantro - Contrail
Decagon - Congaed
Ethical - Alethic
Strongly - Strongyl
Ungrazed - Gazunder
Expires - Prexies
Detangle - Danegelt
Teardown - Danewort
Erasions - Sensoria
Innovate - Venation
Inundate - Antidune
Invocate - Conative
Antidote - Tetanoid
Liaises - Silesia
Coalise - Celosia
Isotherm - Moithers
Heroism - Moreish
Sedation - Astonied
Marries - Simarre
Tsunami - Manitus, Santimu
Cheerio - Echoier


Those Handy Pyramid Words!

Pyramid words are words which start at 2 letters but can be extended to 7 letters and beyond. For example take the word loofahs, we start with lo, next we get to loo, followed by loof, loofa, loofah and loofahs. Thus by knowing loofahs we get to know a total of 6 words. Other examples include:
Abasers, Amenders, Amusers, Barbers, Bingers, Chained,
Chiasmal, Daledhs, Divests, Erasers, Fasties, Godsons, Hookahs, Jambees, Jamboks, Kaingas, Kinases, Lapsers, Maliced, Mentors, Nursery, Parkiest, Poleyns, Reeders, Reposes, Singers, Skaters,Tapetis, Teasers, Ureases, and Woosells.

There are some reverse pyramid words too. Take the word drooped for example, we start with ed, then ped, then oped, then ooped, rooped and finally drooped.Other examples include:
Aemules, Afeared, Borates, Cleared, Demures, Escapes, Glaired, Hamates, Lemures, Mananas, Penates, Retapes, Scraped, Testates, Upreach, Vacates, Whooped, Yslaked and Zananas.