{"id":1950,"date":"2020-06-20T06:33:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T06:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curtbile.com\/?p=1950"},"modified":"2020-06-23T14:35:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T14:35:46","slug":"hard-scrabble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curtbile.com\/?p=1950","title":{"rendered":"HARD SCRABBLE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/curtbile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0125-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curtbile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0125-rotated.jpg 720w, https:\/\/curtbile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0125-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curtbile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0125-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"575\" src=\"http:\/\/curtbile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CROP2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curtbile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CROP2.jpg 494w, https:\/\/curtbile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CROP2-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a major blip with my phone&#8217;s functioning some weeks ago, I did a hard scrub factory reset&#8211; where a lot of games were cleared. One of those games&#8211; was of course, Words With Friends. In it&#8217;s place I have been doing Scrabble which has slightly less FACEBOOK intrusion, and with a whole lot more anonymity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am represented by &#8220;R&#8221; which stands for &#8220;Rapid User.&#8221;   A Guest designation you receive when you attempt an end-around sign-in sans Facebook connection.  Let me be clear, I have the &#8220;paid&#8221; version of the Scrabble-app, and as you can see there are still ads, and the game treats me as second class to Facebook adherents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, it&#8217;s easy to feel comfortable with Scrabble&#8217;s hard worn computer every time Bot &#8220;Zoey.&#8221; I have built-up an impressive winning streak, having lost only a few games to Z. There is seemingly no way to make Zoey any smarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, as you might guess, the game moves between Rapid User and Zoey tend to turn a bit vanilla. I knew Zoey&#8217;s-AI feelings were not on the line, so I decided to see what would happen if Rapid User (me) sent her over the saltier four letter word- &#8220;SLUT.&#8221;  In spite of having the option to send the slightly more rosier &#8220;SLOT.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next three Word moves after &#8220;SLUT&#8221; appear above in the screenshot, &#8220;DEIGN&#8221;&#8221; with definition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a major blip with my phone&#8217;s functioning some weeks ago, I did a hard scrub factory reset&#8211; where a lot of games were cleared. One of those games&#8211; was of course, Words With Friends. In it&#8217;s place I have been doing Scrabble which has slightly less FACEBOOK intrusion, and with a whole lot more&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/curtbile.com\/?p=1950\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HARD SCRABBLE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2079,"url":"https:\/\/curtbile.com\/?p=2079","url_meta":{"origin":1950,"position":0},"title":"HARD SCRABBLE, REPRISE","author":"curtbi8_wp","date":"July 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curtbile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ZYGGM.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curtbile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ZYGGM.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curtbile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ZYGGM.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2038,"url":"https:\/\/curtbile.com\/?p=2038","url_meta":{"origin":1950,"position":1},"title":"SCRABBLE GO, BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD","author":"curtbi8_wp","date":"July 5, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Some changes have been made to SCRABBLE GO, since my last post reviewing the cell phone game. 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