Wordfeud League of Honour

To your opponent: If you suspect any cheating, don´t accuse anyone here or in a chat. Send a mail to the ref, with screenshots from the game, as described in the rules. The e-mail address is found on the rules page.

Of course, when it comes to skinning cats, we all know there is more than one way to do it. So I´d like to add some extra points into your list if I may.

Firstly, I always try for a bingo. If no good, then I´m looking for some of the other scoring plays you refer to using premium squares.

Secondly, don´t underestimate the value of playing words parallel to words on the board. It pays to know your 2 and 3 letter words so that you can use this technique to boost your scoring.

I differ slightly to your 2 above. I assume you are just referring to J, Q, X and Z. I tend to offload these quickly as they are less bingo friendly letters. Of course, if I can dump them on a premium square, then sweet, but I´ll dump them for face value to improve the chances of a bingo next turn rather than reserve/hang onto them for any length of time.

Point 3, I think you need to temper your play with rack leave considerations. It´s nice to out score your opponent with 22 to their 20 but you need to think ahead to your next turn. If your rack was ERSWVUI, and you used the ERS to get 22 compared to your opponents last play of 20, then you start your next play with 4 nasty tiles WVUI. I would try to offload 2 or 3 of the bad letters. I might not score more than my opponent that one turn, but I might out score them by 30+ if I can bingo on my next turn.

Those are just a few thoughts that struck me as I read through your list. The better or elite players here may have additional insights if they care to share. Personally I´m just happy to read a post in the forum which isn´t "player X resigned. How do I score that?", so I´m exceptionally grateful that you took the time to post that grumpy.neil. Many thanks and good luck with your play. Cheers

1. I try to limit my opponents access to Premium Letter and Word spaces (DL, TL, DW, and TW)

2. I try to reserve high point letters for when I can place them on Premium spaces

3. I always try to find words that give me a better score - even if by only a few points - than my opponent´s last turn

4. I liberally make use of WordFeud´s forgiving nature and try multiple letter configurations, even if I "know" the word isn´t Standard English, since WordFeud uses many common non-English words, for example, "QI" or "XU." Even words that seem like nonsense sometimes get accepted.

5. Remember, its not Scrabble, its WordFeud. The rules are very similar but not the same. You have the option to "explore" and try different letter combinations, over and over; and the "English" is not "text book English," its web-English.

I hope this helps other moderately good players beat the pants off the High Rollers and level the playing field a bit.

The winner gets promoted, the two last players will be relegated. If I were to guess, I would say that 1Ity wins the season.