{"id":43459,"date":"2015-08-20T18:02:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T22:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"I\u2019m a word nerd. I\u2019ve been playing word games forever. My dad and I used to pound out 5 or 6 New York Times crossword puzzles in a Saturday evening after dinner. While I still enjoy putting pen to paper, it isn\u2019t quite the same since my dad passed away. N"},"modified":"2015-08-20T18:03:52","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T22:03:52","slug":"the-best-online-scrabble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/the-best-online-scrabble\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Online Scrabble"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-3817054195\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p>I\u2019m a word nerd. I\u2019ve been playing word games forever. My dad and I used to pound out 5 or 6 New York Times crossword puzzles in a Saturday evening after dinner. While I still enjoy putting pen to paper, it isn\u2019t quite the same since my dad passed away. Now I like playing Scrabble, which was also a family favorite when I was a kid. (I wish I had kept that original turntable board with wooden tiles!)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve played many online Scrabble or Scrabbly-type apps, in Facebook and on my smartphone, but the one I keep coming back to and have played for several years now is <strong>Word Biz<\/strong> or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isc.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\">Internet Scrabble Club<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 When you click on the ISC link it brings you to this page:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrab-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43460 size-large alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrab-1-640x276.png\" alt=\"scrab 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrab-1-640x276.png 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrab-1-150x65.png 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrab-1-350x151.png 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrab-1-600x259.png 600w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrab-1.png 1341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t look very impressive, but in the end, simplicity is a major plus with Word Biz. It\u2019s free, doesn\u2019t have advertising, and there are no email communications to you. You install the interface, register a username and password and then play to your heart\u2019s content. \u00a0It&#8217;s available for Mac, PC and Linux.<\/p>\n<p>Some\u00a0bonuses with using Word Biz include:<\/p><div id=\"daves-1279034090\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>You can choose from several options:\n<ol>\n<li>One of seven dictionaries to play from<\/li>\n<li>How long you would like to play<\/li>\n<li>Whether or not you want chatting on<\/li>\n<li>How you\u2019d like to accept challenges<\/li>\n<li>Whether or not you\u2019d like to see the remaining tiles while playing<\/li>\n<li>Whether or not you\u2019d like to play rated players<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For example, I usually play 8 minute games, suppress all chatter except buddies while playing, only accept challenges from those who fit my formula (certain ratings), only play rated players, play VOID (Which means no words are accepted unless they are in the chosen dictionary. This keeps people\u00a0from cheating at the last minute when the time runs out. \u00a0Players are also not penalized when playing an incorrect word with VOID. \u00a0You can also play DOUBLE if you want to lose a turn after a challenge.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrab-options.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-43461 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrab-options-350x274.png\" alt=\"scrab options\" width=\"350\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrab-options-350x274.png 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrab-options-150x117.png 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrab-options.png 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can review old games, observe a high rated game, see friends\u2019 games.<\/li>\n<li>You can have a buddy list AND a no-play list of people who were rude, were thought to be cheating, or they leave games before finishing leaving you to adjourn or wait and see how the game gets adjudicated.<\/li>\n<li>You can seek games or select a game someone else is seeking.<\/li>\n<li>You can see what\u2019s going on with other players in the side panel or just what you\u2019re doing. (Check out the Commands for this game to adjust these options.)<\/li>\n<li>You keep a running rating so that you can match yourself with likewise players.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrabbleboard2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-43469\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrabbleboard2-640x411.jpg\" alt=\"scrabbleboard2\" width=\"640\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrabbleboard2-640x411.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrabbleboard2-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrabbleboard2-350x225.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrabbleboard2-600x385.jpg 600w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/scrabbleboard2.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Word Biz is pretty addicting (I&#8217;ve logged 23,348 games.) and I\u2019ve noticed over time that I\u2019ve become pretty competitive (which, in my case, doesn&#8217;t necessarily add up to a high rating. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 \u00a0) Other players take it way too seriously. They hate to lose. You may have to no-play these folks. Generally though, you gather up some buddies that you\u2019ve played a few times and like or you play some really good players with high ratings and you learn to be a better player in the end.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, the amount of things you can do in this particular online Scrabble game are truly astounding given that it&#8217;s free and has been pretty stable since I\u2019ve been using it. They hardly ever update it and it just seems to keep on working. It isn\u2019t available on your phone and maybe\u00a0that\u2019s the one downside for me, but there are plenty of other options available for that purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Give it a whirl.<\/p><div id=\"daves-369492717\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-2\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"daves-3242830314\" class=\"daves-after-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m a word nerd. I\u2019ve been playing word games forever. My dad and I used to pound out 5 or 6 New York Times crossword puzzles in a Saturday evening after dinner. While I still enjoy putting pen to paper, it isn\u2019t quite the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1508,"featured_media":43463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,9],"tags":[4786],"class_list":["post-43459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games","category-software","tag-scrabble"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1508"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}