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Trevor Potts

Trevor Potts Hi! Me again with more annoying questions. Just querying "valid words" in the event of an unlikely scenario:

Let's say the selection is BUF. I believe this has an omelette max of 4. Some imbecile, let's call him Trevor, declares BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE.

This is a valid word in the sense that it is in the dictionary and uses the letters in the selection. It also contains a K.

Does silly Trevor still get a point for the K in BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE even though it will have scored him 0 points in apterous by virtue of it being more than 9 letters longer than the maximum?

Chris Hare

Chris Hare I don't believe there's the same restriction on "being within 10" for letters as there might be for numbers. Each K should score a point, provided that the word is accepted, which I believe BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE would be.

(If someone knows that this isn't the case, please enlighten me.)

Trevor Potts

Trevor Potts I believe Omelette scoring works as 10 points for the max, 1 for 1 longer, etc.

So a word that is 10 letters or more longer than the maximum would, although "valid", score 0 points. I'm unsure if this would turn up as CAPITALISED or lowercase x in the game results. So I'll play a quick Omelette letters round and find out!

Trevor Potts

Trevor Potts You were right Chris!

https://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=4004231

See r4, KNOWLEDGEABILITY gets big boy capital letters and is accepted, albeit for 0 points.

Sarah Binns

Sarah Binns FFS I haven't read the rules AGAIN

Tourney round: The Twelve Games of Chris-mas: Vol. III: So, Hare it is, Merry Chris-mas: Game Six

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Notes from the organizer: Game Six! Zs are so last year...

For Game Six, you face an Omeletters Attack, where, as usual, you must (if possible) use all the letters in the selection in your answer. Your score for the game will be the number of Ks you manage to declare in valid words. Ties will be awarded firstly to the player who uses a K in the greater number of words and secondly to the player with the higher score. Any further ties will be resolved at my sole discretion.

The BONUS TOURNAMENT POINT for this game will be awarded to any player who scores at least 80 points.

If you have any questions about the rules, scoring, or anything else pertaining to this tourney, please feel free to ask.

Here is a spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ihS3JL1pa50yoy-U7fJ55vhry0rynVbOsW6Z_lWgNdM/edit?usp=sharing

Ran from: 16 December 2024 – 1 January 2025. Format: Omeletters Attack. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Organizers: Chris Hare.

Fixtures: 45. Completed: 45.

Results and fixtures

Player 1Player 2Status
Apterous PruneAndy SC0 – 25
Apterous PruneDave Robjohns0 – 104
Apterous PruneMartin Thomas0 – 122
Apterous PruneElizabeth Beer0 – 98
Apterous PruneMatt OC0 – 99
Apterous PruneSarah Binns0 – 68
Apterous PruneDamian McEvoy0 – 113
Apterous PruneSteven Harding0 – 91
Apterous PruneMatthew Tassier0 – 28
Apterous PruneIan Wray0 – 43
Apterous PruneFlorence C-L0 – 109
Apterous PruneDan Spinks0 – 99
Apterous PruneSean D0 – 75
Apterous PruneMike Lee0 – 59
Apterous PruneJamie French0 – 85
Apterous PruneWesley Barton0 – 96
Apterous PruneElwin Carlos0 – 107
Apterous PruneTom Cappleman0 – 26
Apterous PruneFi Thorne0 – 74
Apterous PruneDave Kempshall0 – 43
Apterous PruneColin Thompson0 – 135
Apterous PruneFiona T0 – 77
Apterous PruneZohaib Rehan0 – 91
Apterous PruneBen Bazzard0 – 87
Apterous PruneThomas Carey0 – 82
Apterous PruneSteven Oldham0 – 145
Apterous PruneIan Volante0 – 114
Apterous PruneMatthew Brockwell0 – 89
Apterous PruneDan Southwell0 – 54
Apterous PruneAnthony Endsor0 – 71
Apterous PruneTrevor Potts0 – 101
Apterous PruneMaria Chandler0 – 118
Apterous PruneJon Elmer0 – 46
Apterous PruneTrevor MacEoin0 – 84
Apterous PruneAdam Latchford0 – 100
Apterous PruneJack Worsley0 – 146
Apterous PruneBradley Horrocks0 – 88
Apterous PruneJason C.0 – 135
Apterous PruneDavid Holmes0 – 75
Apterous PruneAdrian Fletcher0 – 76
Apterous PruneJason Turner0 – 83
Apterous PruneRavi Choudhary0 – 132
Apterous PruneTal Lessner0 – 97
Apterous PrunePerry Sarb0 – 45
Apterous PruneRichard Decker0 – 69

Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)

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