Not sure if "PASS" still is a non-confirmation, but if so it should be a toggle option under the "gear" options along with "Move Confirmation" (which is already there).

@lexulous, AND, when the play button turns green, it also has a colored edge on the right, which, when clicked, shows the word-to-be-played "strength" as a percentage. IOW, 100% is the best possible play determined and less than a 100%, not so much.

I am using V2 of Lex on a desktop computer. The Lex word definitions of the words used in each game appear below the game display itself. Often the definition will begin with the words "Eye Dialect". After looking at that a couple of years, i decided to look it up:

This note is just a thank you for making the BACKSPACE key act in a Lexulous manner when placing tiles instead of an OS manner.

@thatguythere202 A bit lower in pitch than intended?

@shaggydogswerve, i was caught once by the no confirmation "pass". I guess it was sloppy mousery on my part. (But i think it should have a confirm on it._)

the "v2" is being whipped into shape but there are still things that do not work as expected or advertised. Two are --

1. clicking on "see more completed games" goes to stats.
2. the BACKSPACE key has no program override and respects the browser default of moving within the tab to the previous tab of that position.

@dan-mitchell, I think that the CSW19(Collin's Scrabble Words) is filled with contrived words and words that were originally not in SOWPODS because it claimed to forbid words by shortening, acronyms and slang and did a reasonable, if not complete, job of that. By contrived words, i mean words that are "made up" with the sole purpose of advancing play in word games. Where ZEN used to be used as an example of what were not playable words in SOWPODS, it is now a part of CSW19. ZE was recently added to CSW19 and I feel it is a just a matter of time before we see a two letter "V" word. Too many words of CSW19, show in the Collin's dictionary as "no definition
found".
I am still back with the TWL98+(and previous and successive issues of TWL --"The Word List") for US Scrabble and SOWPODS for British tournament play.

@taposi, a new one (to me) i came across the other day was in musical structure and was DECRESCENDO.

cut from chat, i passed, but with the new "both passed" end-of-game on the count of 1, the game ended.... cut --
" "

@flea10009 LOL! If you search out the definition of the new 2-letter "Z" word, "ZE". you will get a laugh at how ridiculous and illogical The Official Word List (currently CSW19, for LEX, I believe) has become. I suggest that the new 2 letter V word will be "VA" with some faux intellectual explanation that it is a particle of "VA VA VOOM".

@haftoplay, i have no idea, i am sure it is highly meaningful though.
Try https://forum.lexulous.com/users?section=sort-reputation
(which you probably have) for a global view......

@zaph said in Robot player vs real person:

It surprises me how few people on here are interested in words.

I almost can't believe that you said that! I am a logophile and have been since grammar school. I made the mistake of thinking that people who would play a serious word game like Lex were too. I found out i was badly mistaken. So instead of just letting loose with a dissertation on a word played I do things like ask "are you interested in the etymology of <word>". Too often, i get replies like "No". Or "not really".
Currently I am only playing 3 people (all women) but I am not saying anything and wondering if they will actually say anything.

@vickibma, i hope it is OK if i say I think you are taking this move strength thing too seriously. Just don't use it if you dislike it.
Unless your format is different than mine, you have to overtly ask (click on it) to see the move strength as it is. I happen to like it, and do fish for words if it is not high enough -- just like i fish for words that eventually win the game (and they may not be the highest "word strength") -- and did so before i ever knew there was a "word strength" indicator.

@joyfulhorse Right! Case in point -- the phrase "thin on the ground" -- British origin and (mostly) usage. Means 'scarce' or similar. I love to talk about things like that.

@mapmakere said in My wishlist -- that Hosted games would have 50 or so bytes for description:

chacun son gout

well, que sera sera and c'est la vie and all that sort of thing, too!

@randy-fauske Yes, so long as it is made clear upfront that the opposing player is using any and ALL resources and they hope that the opponent does the same. Lexulous then becomes a game of strategy and the highest counting word is not always the best choice.

@pangloss, I believe that Lexulous is using the CSW19 (Collins Dictionary) now.

@marc-krizack, of course it is a good word. If you look up things like the Collins definition of "ZE", then PAYDIRT becomes a perfectly logical word joining.

@mistertoad, i use CH all of the time.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ch