Can we have a button to access this forum? Somewhat non-intuitive to have to access via User menu (top right), then Resources - after which the screen shows various dictionary links ... but no link to the forum is apparent. You just have to somehow divine for yourself that scrolling sown will finally reach the forum posts.
@vickibma
I respect your attitude and understand that you don't want to play 'fishers' as you perceive it as a form of cheating.
I play Scrabble because I enjoy word play of any kind such as codewords - and also those puzzles where you have a set of mixed up letters and have to rearrange them into the original words. Or find as many words as you can from a single word. So I treat Scrabble in the same way - I 'fish'. You and I see the game differently!
I don't want to have to learn all those 2-letter words so I like to see them in front of me. That's a big plus for me. Out of interest, I would like to know if you think that the 2-letter word list should be removed on a similar basis to removing the 'Move Strength'?
Following your purist approach further would imply that Lex should also no longer offer the facility for checking if words are valid either!
I can offer a different, but somewhat related, perspective. I play online chess and am aware that my opponents will 'fish' for moves using a chess engine. Also they will deliberately play lower rated players so that their rating increases and they never lose.
Among many other tricks, they will stop playing for a while if they are losing badly - hoping that I will think they have left the game and give up the play. In that case, my time would run out and I'd lose on time (I always wait them out). I play them all, I'm just happy to improve my game by facing whatever comes my way.
In a similar way to chess, why not just be happy with the wins you get IN SPITE of opponents who 'push themselves to play better by 'fishing'. You say you usually win anyway!
IMHO the Lexulous experience (in its present form) is the best online Scrabble experience on offer.
Stefan Fatsis beats Scrabble legend, David Gibson in a game explained on this Twitter link. Enjoy!
https://twitter.com/stefanfatsis/status/971215488616460288
“I always did poorly in the SAT verbal. But about 10 years ago a supernatural love for words came upon me. When you get changed, you can’t help it. It’s spiritual.”
Fatsis also writes about another top game here:
@mapmakere
Thanks for responding. Funny how you and 'itaintsam' both went for 'pulchritude'!
Crepuscular:
“the evening's crepuscular charm”
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/Crepuscular
Puce (not sure that this always fits the bill)
I thought about colors I hated: ecru, puce, lavender, beige and black.
("I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings")
Uncle Vernon stopped, his fist still raised, his face an ugly puce.
("Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban")
I deliberately made this exercise to make the point that there is a natural evolution in language relating to onomatopoeia e.g. cuckoo, sizzle. And, yes, I had to google for the spelling of onomatopoeia! LOL
@betterlate1-0
Thanks yes, I got the answer I wanted. Thus:
"CH is in the UK list but not the US"
Then the thread went a bit loopy. All the felines with snail eyes came out of the favelas, smoking fags, and began to party! 
I've always felt uneasy about entering Scrabble words when I do not understand their meaning. So it's great to see a complete list of definitions which has now appeared under the board (instead of just the last two that have been played).
Thank you to the Lexulous team, much apppreciated.
I don't understand what this is all about. I've not seen these 'dots' and assumed missing posts had been deleted by the poster.
If these naughty words appear in Google and elsewhere then, surely, Lexulous has no right to censor them.
Are we sitting in a little corner of the web preening ourselves for being "holier than thou"? I hope not.
Any justification for it?
@dragonfly131 (Yes, I know the dragonfly has probably gone)
When you pay to use a site like this, you are paying for updates, right? And if you don't like 'em, OK complain (politely) and hope you are listened to. Try doing this with Farcebook, Micro$oft and Twatter and see how far you get.
Clearly this site is run for the love of the game rather than making loadsa dosh like the aforementioned. And IMHO the site works fine anyway so I say let's just concentrate on the game.
"cant you keep track of what happens in the games without disclosure?"
Clearly there's a distinction between cheating with some sort of Scrabble software that suggests moves and the fascination of looking for a better move when 'Move Strength' says 23%.
In chess, both if the above cases would be cheating because you only have to choose between a handful of moves, say Nf3, a4, Qa4+ or Bg2. The chess engine might then give the respective results as 23%, 45%, 80% and 15%. Then you have a clear message of which variation to check over. It's cheating!
In Scrabble the datum tells you nothing about which combination of letters is optimal, nor where to put them. So I use it and feel that 'Move Strength' spurs me on to find a better word!
@betterlate1-0 said in Crazy glitch 2:
I feel neglected it tells me i cant play myself
One feels that the word 'with' should be included somewhere.
Once we've entered our (email) move by pressing PLAY, wouldn't it be nice to have a button to see what word it was that would have scored 100%!
@thatguythere202 said in Rate deduction:
Does this match with anything you see while playing?
It does. I was remiss and have had to confess my sins below! 
@sakamvari
Thanks sakamvari. Referencing betterlate's comment, I would ask if players still lose points when they leave without being polite enough to resign in a sporting manner.
@thatguythere202 I only play via email - I haven't seen a resign button.
@betterlate1-0 said in Rate deduction:
@mistertoad this is not chess
OK, but the feelings we have about people quitting a game ("because they can") are exactly the same.
Some of the logic is similar too. For example, it's not about simply finding the best move, one has to take into account the consequences. In chess your 'brilliant' move may well be a prelude to a nasty trap that your opponent has thought about well in advance. Similarly, in Scrabble, by making a tempting high-scoring move you may be giving your opponent an opportunity to use a triple score.
But I promise to try not to overdo the analogies with chess, OK?!
@annyoakly said in Is this legit?:
The person that dumps the game scores a loss, don't they? They are lowering their win/loss score, as it should be.
Unfortunately this does not happen!
You may be interested to read a recent discussion about this in a thread in 'Feature Requests', entitled 'Rate deduction'.
For clarity, the original post by 'moindoline' was as follows:
"Le mot addenda en français peut s'écrire addendas avec un S au pluriel. The plural of the word addenda can be addendas. Thank you"
"The word addenda in French can be written addendas with an S in the plural. The plural of the word addenda can be addendas."
Addenda is ALREADY the plural of addendum! More simply:
The plural of addendum is addenda.
@betterlate1-0 said in Rate deduction:
@mistertoad I come here to play lex not to start a game and leave it. If there is a penalty, people would consider staying and finishing. Don't you play when you are here? Never seen or experienced this?
I do sympathise with what you say but I thought that an opponent who withdraws for no reason would lose rating points even if both players hadn't moved.
I confess that there are two instances when I would really like to withdraw a game. One is when I am losing so badly that there seems no point in continuing when I don't have enough letter to catch up! The second instance is when this situation is reversed and the opponent has no chance of catching up.
In chess, there is the option of resigning ... why not with Scrabble games too??!!
@betterlate1-0 said in Rate deduction:
@mistertoad Maybe I should mention, if both do not take a turn there are no points
As I am pretty much a 'newbie' here, I did not know that. I think that this should be changed right away!
So, although I disagree with your suggestion of a penalty, I do not agree with Lexulous that an opponent withdrawing should escape scot free!
@betterlate1-0 said in Rate deduction:
@mistertoad Hi Mr Toad, I am talking about the game where first turn, I bingo, they leave
Same answer!
You bingo, they leave, you get your points for the win, they lose points because they lost. I don't see what the problem is.