Friend of the VORG alerted me to a fun factoid coming up in tomorrow’s Braves/Giants contest: I know you’ve looked at Scrabble batteries but what about pitching match ups? Folty vs Shark — The Notorious B.O.G. May 29, 2016 Here are the top Scrabble scores of all time if you ignore … Read more
A couple of nights ago, a fellow named “thedeejus” had this Reedit post on highest Scrabble score batteries. It came with this caveat Edit: this is last names only, forgot to mention that in the title. Also, I kind of cheated and only checked to see whether they were teammates, not whether they actually played … Read more
Once again, my Twitter followers come up with the idea for a fun post: “Iannetta” in running for longest player name made of 1-point Scrabble tiles, cc — Batboy Glidden April 16, 2016 welp … now I know what I’m writing about next :-0 — Diane Firstman April 16, 2016 … Read more
With the first full weekend of games upon us, its time for the VORG to once again present the list of Scrabble-acceptable player names on each team’s Opening Day/week roster. The player’s first or last name is deemed “acceptable” if it can be found in the “bible” of organized Scrabble, the Official Tournament and Club … Read more
An alphagram of a word (or of any group of letters) consists of the word’s letters arranged in alphabetical order. For example, the alphagram of marlins is ailmnrs (no, its not “LOSING” . . . quiet down in the peanut gallery back there!). Two words are anagrams of each other if and only if they … Read more
So we’ve had the first round of the “2012 First-Year Player Draft“. Let’s do some analysis of the players selected, based on Scrabble attributes. The ( ) next to the first and last names are the respective Scrabble scores based on a standard English language set, and a “*” next to the score means the … Read more
Lots of sites have written chapter and verse on the just-started season. Player projections, won-loss predictions, awards prognostications. Here at the VORG, we give you roster analysis based upon the Scrabble-acceptability of the names on the Opening Day ledger for each team. If the player’s first or last name can be found in the Official … Read more
The Cleveland Indians, in desperate need of some offense given their recent rash of injuries, last week called up their top prospect, 2B Jason Kipnis. While the VORG applauds this move for baseball reasons, it also makes good sense for Scrabble purposes. You see, many tournament Scrabble players like to study what are called “stems”. … Read more