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Ian Volante Not only did I fail to find a valid word, I forgot that H exists.

Elwin Carlos I just didn't read the rules properly!

Fi Thorne I stopped my game after I got an invalid word. Was that the right thing to do or should I have carried on with the next letter?

Dave Kempshall You did the right thing Fi. Once you break the chain the scoring ends. You made it further than me :)

Maria Chandler I did the same Fi. Couldn’t find any words starting with K in the selection.

Trevor MacEoin i really should have read this before playing

Dave Kempshall You're not the first, and you won't be the last Trevor.

Sarah Binns I should have read this too haha

Dave Kempshall You both only scored 10 / 9 less than me, and not only did I read the rules... I wrote them.

Owen Carroll Is it ok to refresh or leave the site if the round doesn’t contain the letter you need?

Andy SC @Owen - It's Touchdown. So you shouldn't need to do that.

Dave Kempshall Hi Owen - you shouldn't be manipulating rounds by refreshing and leaving in tournaments unless it's specifically mentioned in a tournament rules - although i've never come across a tournament that allows this. it's generally considered cheating.

Steven Oldham I read it and still flumped with an awful selection in R3. Made better/worse with an eight in the next round :)

Andy SC I think where you decide to start in the alphabet is kind of key to this round. Starting at 'A' was definitely not the best choice but it felt more in the spirit to start at the beginning.

Dave Kempshall I started on Q and failed on T which was a bit unexpected. I spotted TOGA after my time was up, but no 4 letter word within the time.

Owen Carroll I’m sorry Dave. I have done that but I didn’t know if it was cheating or not. I realised it might be so that’s why I asked. I forgot how touchdown works for the moment. If you allow me to keep playing, it will not happen again, but I understand if you want to ban me from the tournament

Martin Hurst Lol

Dave Kempshall Owen - it's fine. Genuine mistake (I'll only disqualify you at the end if you beat me ;))

Owen Carroll Ok thank you.

Owen Carroll Well I don’t think that’s happening lol

Adam Latchford For those left - I think L is the best starting letter. K is randomly fiendish and gives you chances at both bonuses

Matthew Brockwell I actually do think A is the best starting letter as A-T gives 4 vowel rounds where the letter is more likely to be in the selection. Also the earlier letters are quite common and I have a hunch offer better scoring opportunities in touchdown. I think the X bonus is only gonna be worth at most +2 due to nerfing the max word length so probably a skip most times anyway. Let's see!

David Holmes Harder to get a long word starting with I or O though?

Dan Southwell Blobbed at J but carried on for practice and fun! Enjoyable format that Dave 👍😁

R Choudhary In Round 1, I gave a dud word [FIREPOT], yet was still able to garner points afterwards.

Dave Kempshall In the tournament / on the spreadsheet your scoring finished with FIREPOT, R. (55 points)

R Choudhary Thank you.

R Choudhary So for Round 2, if I ended Round 1 looking for a word beginning with O, does that mean I must begin Round 2 with a word beginning with P?

Dave Kempshall No. Round 2 resets with different rules. You can lead with whatever word you want, but your next round word must begin with the same letter that your previous word ended with.

R Choudhary OK, thank you.

Dan Spinks someone put me out of my misery, was my R9 impossible? I've been staring at it for ages and still can't find a 4. VEBIAPGEF starting with I

Fiona T image for a more everyday word!

Dan Spinks oh bugger, really should've seen that. cheers

Sarah Binns Oh no!!!! I forgot it was touchdown. Epic fail.

Andres S. Just wanna see what people think, is it possible to make a word starting with I out of the selection EAMAOXACP?

Ian Volante Ouch! If there are any, they're very obscure.

Adam Latchford Can confirm impossible

Tom B every letter can be played as a single-letter word, if ever you get stuck. So, for 1 point, I

Tom B IMP is also there