Scrabble on Facebook - but not for everybody

There is a new official Scrabble application available in Facebook at http://apps.facebook.com/livescrabble. This is obviously there to replace Scrabulous, which currently looks like it will lose its court case.

The new application is very well-featured, with the possibility of playing live timed games, word check, letters remaining. Unfortunately at present it is only available outside the US and Canada because of copyright issues.

There are still one or two glitches as it is in Beta, but it is still fun to play. In the game above I am just about to put down my bingo!

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Most likely seven-letter words

According to Scrabulous ETAERIO is the most likely seven-letter word to get in Scrabble. It refers to an aggregate fruit, like a raspberry - which is actually lots of little fruits joined at their bases. Another likely word is TAENIAE - the plural of TAENIA which was an ancient Greek hairband. Some other high-probability bingos containing five vowels, in order of likelihood, include: AEOLIAN - relating to the wind (the image is of an aeolian harp - a harp played by the wind) OLEARIA - daisy bush AIERIES - eyries or eagles' nests DOULEIA - veneration of saints in RC Church AEONIAN - everlasting AENEOUS - brass coloured or greenish-gold AREOLAE - coloured rings around human nipples AUREOLE - halo ALIENEE - person to whom a transfer of property is made EUGENIA - plant of the clove family AEROBIA - organisms that require oxygen

Four letters, no vowels

So you've got no vowels on your rack? Don't despair - here are some effective SOWPODS four letter words containing no vowels! BRRR BYRL CYST FYRD GYMP GYNY HWYL HYMN JYNX KYND LYCH LYNX MYTH PFFT PRYS PSST RYND SCRY SKRY SKYF SKYR SPRY SYNC SYND SYPH TRYP TYMP TYND TYPP TYPY WYCH WYND WYNN XYST YMPT

Can you spot the phonies?

Yesterday I played this game online and managed to get four bingos: BLINDERS, CLANGER, NEAREST and STATING. They weren't exactly clever words but its the first time I managed four in one game. It was a challenge match, so there happened to be three "phonies" - one played by me and two by my opponent. If you can spot them, you could write the answer in the comments section. Click on the board to see a larger image.

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