Scrabble game

Last evening there was nothng compelling on TV so we played a game of Scrabble. We both like Scrabble - we both are "word people" - and I think of Ellen as being the better Scrabble player. i very often have very bad luck in drawing letter tiles, most typically drawing lots of vowels. I remember a game in which I rhink I had four "e's" on my tray one point. But last night I had better luck, both in my draws, and in makng words. In one play, I drew a "q" and in the same draw, gor a blank tile. Thus I was able to use the blank as a "u," and was able to put the "q" on a double-letter space in a word that included a double-word space, thus making the "q" worth 40 points. I had some other lucky plays that gave me a final score of 314 against Ellen's 279, or something like that. Fun game!

Last night's completed Scrabble board. ******************* You might notice the word "Yo" in the lower left corner. I played that, and Ellen did not challenge it, though some might have. She was right not to - it is an acceptable Scrabble word, and I learned later when I looked it up that it is a particularly popular greeting in the Philadelphia area, which is where Ellen grew up.