Turin Ringhûn Inaugural Word Sleuth Practice Match!

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

We are now on the second page, so here's the board. It will be updated on the first page as well.

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes, your post has been accepted for the ridiculous amount of 81 points.
Your remaining letters are V E Y J B

Team PEHFHLTHoMT -
Your letters are I I O O A N E

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 300
PEHFHLTHoMT: 197

You have 48 hours from now to make your play!

[Turin Ringhûn]

Team PEHFHLTHoMT Playing post

ELEN using the L in ELYE, also creating VE

ELEN = 4 + 1 DL = 5 + 10 ME = 28
VE = 5 + 1 DL = 6 + 10 ME = 16

Total = 31

Quote:
êl, elen   ‘star’. (Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names, Silmarillion)

Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen yéni únótimë ve rámar aldaron! Yéni ve lintë yuldar avánier mi oromardi lisse-miruvóreva Andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni ómaryo airetári-lírinen. (Farewell to Lorien, Fellowship of the Ring)


We are sorry for tardiness. We miss read the time and hope it can be accepted. If not, we understand.

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Considering the fact that I forgot to update the game yesterday, I think I can let you guys have a pass this time. Please try and be more on top of the timing in the future : )

Team PEHFHLTHoMT I'm afraid I do not see where you got your second E from. I can accept EL and VE as words, and they will get the 10 ME bonus points as the quote you provided would work for EL as well. The way I see it, the scoring would work as follows:

EL - 1 + 1DL + 1 = 3 +10 ME = 13
Ve - 4 +1 + 1DL = 16
Total = 29

If you can prove to me that you indeed have access to the additional E, I will add the three further points to your score. Sorry for any confusion.

Team PEHFHLTHoMT your remaining letters are I I O O A N

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes -
Your letters are V E Y J B E W

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 300
PEHFHLTHoMT: 226

ALL: It has been pointed out to me that the rule regarding quotes and multiple words is unclear. They way others and I have always played is that only one quote is allowed per play, but said quote can encompass multiple words. Because it was unclear, I am giving the bonus to both words for team PEHFHLTHoMT and have updated the OP to hopefully clarify this for future games. If any of you have evidence of multiple quotes being allowed in the past, please let me know and I will evaluate. I want this game to be fun and fair for all involved.

As an FYI for the future, if you're using a quote for two words, they must be the from same quote.

You have 48 hours from now to make your play!

[Mojo]

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes
A Playing Post

We would like to play JELAB vertically next to HOPES with the J on the Double Letter Score to also make EH and BE.

JELAB: 8*2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 = 22
EH: 1 + 4 = 5
BE: 3 + 1 = 4 + 5ME = 9
TOTAL: 22 + 5 + 9 = 36

Quote:
"Therefore I say: Eä! Let these things Be! And I will send forth into the Void the Flame Imperishable, and it shall be at the heart of the World, and the World shall Be; and those of you that will may go down into it." (Ainulindalë, The Silmarillion)

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes, your play has been accepted for 36 points.
Your remaining letters are V Y E W

Team PEHFHLTHoMT -
Your letters are I I O O A N R

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 336
PEHFHLTHoMT: 226

You have 48 hours from now to make your play!

[Menolly]

Team The Pointy-Eared Hairy-Footed Horse-Loving Tree-Huggers of Minas Tirith - A Playing Post

MORIA vertically using the M in SMALT

MORIA = 3+1+1+1+(1*3)+10ME = 19

Quote:
"The road that I speak of leads to the Mines of Moria," said Gandalf. (Fellowship of the Ring, A Journey in the Dark)

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Team PEHFHLTHoMT, your play has been accepted for 19 points.
Your remaining letters are I O N

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes -
Your letters are V Y E W L D (blank)

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 336
PEHFHLTHoMT: 245

You have 48 hours from now to make your play!

[Almarëa Mordollwen]

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes
A Playing Post

We would like to play DELVER horizontally, on the R of MORIA, with the D on the TWS. We'll use our blank tile as an E.

2 + 1 + 1 + 4x2 (DLS) + 0 (blank) + 1 = 13 + 5ME bonus = 18 x 3 (TWS) = TOTAL 54

Quote:
There forged was blade, and bound was hilt;
The delver mined, the mason built.
There beryl, pearl, and opal pale,
And metal wrought like fishes' mail,
Buckler and corslet, axe and sword,
And shining spears were laid in hoard. (A Journey in the Dark, The Fellowship of the Ring

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes, your play has been accepted for 54 points.
Your remaining letters are Y W

Team PEHFHLTHoMT -
Your letters are I O N T I P E

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 390
PEHFHLTHoMT: 245

You have 48 hours from now to make your play!

[Fairy Nuff]

Team The Pointy-Eared Hairy-Footed Horse-Loving Tree-Huggers of Minas Tirith - A Playing Post

NOTE with the N by the A in MORIA to get NA

NOTE (1+1+1+1 + 5ME) x2DWS = 18
NA 1+1 + 10ME = 12
Total; 30

When he saw Strider, he dismounted and ran to meet him calling out: Ai na vedui Dunadan! Mae govannen! His speech and clear ringing voice left no doubt in their hearts: the rider was of the Elven-folk. No others that dwelt in the wide world had voices so fair to hear. But there seemed to be a note of haste or fear in his call, and they saw that he was now speaking quickly and urgently to Strider. (FOTR, Flight to the Ford)

(I hope the scoring is right, I have literally got it wrong every single time when playing before!)

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Team PEHFHLTHoMT, your play has been accepted for 30 points.
Your remaining letters are I I P

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes -
Your letters are Y W U T G C N

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 390
PEHFHLTHoMT: 275

You have 48 hours from now to make your play!

(PS, we're beginning the 9th round with 33 tiles still in the bag. Do you want to keep going until tiles are used up or stop after a certain number of rounds? I don't mind either way. You can let me know what your team thinks either on Discord or in your next playing post).

[Almarëa Mordollwen]

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes
Playing Post

UNGWE, on the E of NOTE

1 + 1 +2 + 4 +1 = 9 + 10ME = 19 x 2 (DWS) = TOTAL 38

Quote:

"The names of the letters in the table were (1) tinco metal, parma book, calma lamp, quesse feather; (2) ando gate, umbar fate, anga iron, ungwe spider's web;"

Appendix E, The Return of the King


***

As for the question of how to end the game, none of us have any strong opinions either way (nor do we remember how it used to be done on Old Plaza) so we are happy to leave the decision in your capable hands @Dimcairien Luiniel!

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes, your play has been accepted for 38 points.
Your remaining letters are Y T C

Team PEHFHLTHoMT -
Your letters are I I P E N I M

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 428
PEHFHLTHoMT: 275

You have 48 hours from now to make your play.

[Lirimaer]

It was a long time since Lirimaer had stepped foot in the hall where this accursed game was being held and she decided to update herself by reading the new rules. After choking violently on the vast wordcount and multiple-paragraph allowance for a double quote, she thought fondly of what papa Mo might have said to that. It was not repeatable in any case, but it gave her a chuckle. "Games used to have four teams back in the mists of time when I played, two for each kingdom, and we played with a rack of nine letters each until a team played all their letters!" she whispered to herself as she poured the traditional drink of the wizards from a small flask into a cup. "It seems times have indeed moved on!"

Surveying the board and tiles of the next players, she could make out a nice simple play for the next team with a double quote and a score of forty points, though it would not be enough to win the game at this point.

She imbibed Wedgieccino quietly, and wondered what they would do.

[Menolly]

We have a peanut gallery! Hi @Lirimaer

Team PEHFHLTHoMT cannot see any play worth 40 points, sadly, but here's our playing post:

MUNI vertically using the U of UNGWE

MUNI: (3*2)+1+1+1 = 9*3 (TWS) = 27

Oh and none of us have strong opinions as to when the game should end either, so we defer to our excellent game master.

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Glad a peanut gallery has joined! Again, players are welcome to RP your plays if desired.

Team PEHFHLTHoMT, your play has been accepted for 27 points.
Your remaining letters are I I P E.

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes -
Your letters are Y T C D A D K

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 428
PEHFHLTHoMT: 302

You have 48 hours from now to make your play!

Ok, if neither of you care, let's try and play till we're out of letters. I have a feeling the old games had a limited number of rounds so they didn't drag on for forever, but since this is the only WS game right now, let's keep going!

[Mojo]

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes
A Playing Post

We would like to play DAWK vertically next to NOTE to also make the words DO and AT.

We have a quote that includes both DO and AT within the 250-word requirement.

QUOTE "Then Brandir's dread grew black AT her words, and he cried: "That you shall not DO, if I may hinder it."" (The Unfinished Tales: Narn i Hîn Húrin, The Coming of Glaurung)

SCORING:
DAWK: 2 + 1 + 4 + 5 = 12 * 2 (DWS) = 24
DO: 2 + 1 + 5ME = 8
AT: 1 + 1 + 5ME = 7 * 2 (DWS) = 14

TOTAL: 24 + 8 + 14 = 46 points

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes, your play has been accepted for 46 points.
Your remaining letters are Y T C D.

Team PEHFHLTHoMT -
Your letters are I I P E T R S

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 474
PEHFHLTHoMT: 302

You have 48 hours to make your play!

There are 21 letters left in the bag. I'm anticipating 2-3 more rounds.

[Menolly]

Team PEHFHLTHoMT Playing Post

TIPSIER vertically with the T by the I in MORIA, also forming IT and NAI

TIPSIER: (1*2)+1+3+1+1+1+1+50(7 letter bonus) = 60
IT: 1+(1*2)+5ME = 8
NAI: 1+1+1+10ME = 13
Total: 60+8+13 = 81

Quote:
Nai elyë hiruva. Namárië!

'Ah! like gold fall the leaves in the wind, long years numberless as the wings of trees! The years have passed like swift draughts of the sweet mead in lofty halls beyond the West, beneath the blue vaults of Varda wherein the stars tremble in the song of her voice, holy and queenly. Who now shall refill the cup for me? For now the Kindler, Varda, the Queen of the Stars, from Mount Everwhite has uplifted her hands like clouds, and all paths are drowned deep in shadow; and out of a grey country darkness lies on the foaming waves between us, and mist covers the jewels of Calacirya for ever. Now lost, lost to those from the East is Valimar! Farewell! Maybe thou shalt find Valimar. Maybe even thou shalt find it. Farewell!' (Fellowship of the Ring, Farewell to Lorien)

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Team PEHFHLTHoMT, your play has been accepted for 82 points. (Your second I also was on a DL square).
You have no remaining letters.

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes -
Your letters are Y T C D X O U

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 474
PEHFHLTHoMT: 384

You have 48 hours to make your play!
There are 18 tiles left in the bag.

[Almarëa Mordollwen]

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes
A Playing Post

We would like to play XU vertically, next to the ER of TIPSIER, also forming EX and RU. (The U falls on the TWS.)

XU = 8+1 = 9 x 3 (TWS) = 27
EX = 1+8 = 9
RU = 1+1+10(ME bonus) = 12 x 3 (TWS) = 36

TOTAL: 72 points

Our quote for rú is from the index of Unfinished Tales:
"Rú, Rúatan - Quenya forms derived from the word Drughu, corresponding to Sindarin Drû, Drúadan."

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

I just realised I must've accidently put an H back in the bag as there are three on the board when there only should be two. I am so sorry about this mixup! I've double checked all the letters left and everything else should be in order, but if you notice anything amiss, please let me know.

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes, your play has been accepted for 72 points.
Your remaining letters are Y T C D O

Team PEHFHLTHoMT -
Your letters are B I U A E S G

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 546
PEHFHLTHoMT: 384

You have 48 hours to make your play!
Also, between the letter mix-up and my inability to count, there should be 13 letters left in the bag.

[Menolly]

Team PEHFHLTHoMT Playing Post

GENUS vertically using the N in UNGWE, also forming ME, NU, and IS

GENUS: 2+1+2+1+1 = 7*2(DWS) = 14
ME: 3+1+5ME = 9
NU: 1+1+10ME = 12*2(DWS) = 24
IS: 1+1+5ME = 7
Total: 14+9+24+7 = 54

Quote:
Andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar
nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni
ómaryo airetári-lírinen.

Sí man i yulma nin enquantuva?

An sí Tintallë Varda Oiolossëo
ve fanyar máryat Elentári ortanë,
ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë;
ar sindanóriello caita mornië
i falmalinnar imbë met, ar hísië
untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë.
Sí vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa, Valimar!

Namárië! Nai hiruvalyë Valimar.
Nai elyë hiruva. Namárië!

'Ah! like gold fall the leaves in the wind, long years numberless as the wings of trees! The long years have passed like swift draughts of the sweet mead in lofty halls beyond the West, beneath the blue vaults of Varda wherein the stars tremble in the song of her voice, holy and queenly. Who now shall refill the cup for me? For now the Kindler, Varda, the Queen of the Stars, from Mount Everwhite has uplifted her hands like clouds, and all paths are drowned deep in shadow; and out of a grey country darkness lies on the foaming waves between us, and mist covers the jewels of Calacirya for ever. Now lost, lost to those from the East is Valimar! (Fellowship of the Ring, Farewell to Lorien)

(I counted that quote at 183 words, and also apparently we're going to keep using Namárië for a Middle-earth bonus every single round )

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Hmm, do I need to make a new rule that limits how many times you can use the same quote in one game?

Team PEHFHLTHoMT, your play has been accepted for 52 points. (You did something incorrect in your math for GENUS).
Your remaining letters are B I A.

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes -
Your letters are Y T C D O D N

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 546
PEHFHLTHoMT: 436

You have 48 hours to make your play!
Depending on how people play, there are enough tiles left for one or two more drawing rounds. And then we can keep going until one team plays their last tile.

[Almarëa Mordollwen]

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes
A Playing Post

We would like to play TELCO vertically on EL, also forming IT.

TELCO = 1+1+1+(3*2)+1 = 10 + 10ME = 20
IT = 1+1 = 2 + 5ME = 7
Total: 27

Quote for both words:

"The primary letters were each formed of a telco (stem) and a lúva (bow). The forms seen in 1-4 were regarded as normal. The stem could be raised, as in 9-16; or reduced, as in 17-24. The bow could be open, as in Series I and III; or closed, as in II and IV; and in either case it could be doubled, as e.g. in 5-8." (Appendix E, Return of the King)

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes, your play has been accepted for 27 points.
Your remaining letters are Y D D N.

Team PEHFHLTHoMT -
Your letters are B I A I R E N.

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 573
PEHFHLTHoMT: 436

You have 48 hours to make your play!

[Menolly]

I triple checked the math this time, which probably means it's slightly wrong again! Thanks for catching that.

Team PEHFHLTHoMT Playing Post

PERIAN horizontally, using the P in TIPSIER

PERIAN: 3+1+1+1+1+1+10ME = 18*2 = 36

Quote:
'As for Faramir,' said Gandalf, 'he must soon learn that his father is dead. But the full tale of the madness of Denethor should not be told to him, until he is quite healed and has duties to do. See that Beregond and the perian who were present do not speak to him of these things yet!' (Return of the King, The Houses of Healing)

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Team PEHFHLTHoMT, your play has been accepted for 36 points.
Your remaining letters are - B I.

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes -
Your letters are Y D D N I R R

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 573
PEHFHLTHoMT: 472

You have 48 hours to make your play!
There are 4 letters left in the bag. They will be distributed to team PEHFHLTHoMT. And then we can play until one team has finished their tiles.

[Mojo]

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes
A Playing Post

We would like to play YRNEH horizontally above OLO using the E in JELAB and the H in HOPES. This also makes the word NOR.

QUOTE "But old Rory Brandybuck was not so sure. Neither age nor an enormous dinner had clouded his wits, and he said to his daughter-in-law, Esmeralda: 'There's something fishy in this, my dear! I believe that mad Baggins is off again. Silly old fool. But why worry? He hasn't taken the vittles with him.' He called loudly to Frodo to send the wine round again."" (Fellowship of the Ring: A Long-Expected Party)

SCORING:
YNREH: 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 11 * 2 (DWS) = 22
NOR: 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 + 5ME = 8

TOTAL: 22 + 8 = 30 points

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes, your play has been accepted for 30 points.
Your remaining letters are D D I R.

Team PEHFHLTHoMT -
Your letters are B I E E O T

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 603
PEHFHLTHoMT: 472

You have 48 hours to make your play!
There are NO letters left in the bag. Game will end when one team has used all their letters.

[Menolly]

Team PEHFHLTHoMT Playing Post

BE horizontally in the upper left corner, also forming BY and ER

BE: 3+1+5ME = 9*3(TWS) = 27
BY: 3+4+5ME = 12*3(TWS) = 36
ER: 1+1 = 2
Total: 27+36+2 = 65

Quote:
Never since have the Ainur made any music like to this music, though it has been said that a greater still shall be made before Ilúvatar by the choirs of the Ainur and the Children of Ilúvatar after the end of days. (The Silmarillion, Ainulindalë)

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Team PEHFHLTHoMT, your play has been accepted for 65 points.
Your remaining letters are I E O T

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes -
Your letters are D D I R

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 603
PEHFHLTHoMT: 537

You have 48 hours to make your play!

[Zôrzimril]

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes
A Playing Post

We would like to play the word DRIED vertically using the final E in ELYE.

DRIED = 2+1+1+1+2 = 7+5ME = 12

Quote:
"And Ilúvatar spoke to Ulmo, and said: 'Seest thou not how here in this little realm in the Deeps of Time Melkor hath made war upon thy province? He hath bethought him of bitter cold immoderate, and yet hath not destroyed the beauty of thy fountains, nor of my clear pools. Behold the snow, and the cunning work of frost! Melkor hath devised heats and fire without restraint, and hath not dried up thy desire nor utterly quelled the music of the sea. Behold rather the height and glory of the clouds, and the everchanging mists; and listen to the fall of rain upon the Earth! And in these clouds thou art drawn nearer to Manwë, thy friend, whom thou lovest.'" (The Silmarillion, "Ainulindalê")

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Team Bleu Cheese Shoes, your play has been accepted for 12 points.
You have no remaining letters.

In the spirit of giving everyone the same amount of turns, team PEHFHLTHoMT, you have one more turn -
Your letters are I E O T

As a reminder, any remaining letter scores will be deducted from your final score

Bleu Cheese Shoes: 615
PEHFHLTHoMT: 537

You have 48 hours to make your play!

[Menolly]

Thank you for a fun game everyone and thank you @Dimcairien Luiniel for doing a great job running the game! Good win, Bleu Cheese Shoes!

Team PEHFHLTHoMT Playing Post

TOE horizontally with the T under the A in PERIAN, also forming AT and NO

TOE: 1+1+1+5ME = 8*2 = 16
AT: 1+1+5ME = 7
NO: 1+1+5ME = 7*2 = 14
Total: 16+7+14 = 37

Quote:
There they were sheltering under a hanging rock for the night, and he lay beneath a blanket and shook from head to toe. When he peeped out in the lightning flashes, he saw that across the valley the stone-giants were out and were hurling rocks at one another for a game, and catching them, and tossing them down into the darkness where they smashed among the trees far below, or splintered into little bits with a bang. Then came a wind and a rain, and the wind whipped the rain and the hail about in every direction, so that an overhanging rock was no protection at all. (The Hobbit, Over Hill and Under Hill)

[Dimcairien Luiniel]

Team PEHFHLTHoMT, your play has been accepted for 37 points.
Your remaining letter is I. 1 point is removed from your total.

Final Standings
Bleu Cheese Shoes: 603
PEHFHLTHoMT: 573

Congratulations Bleu Cheese Shoes on winning the first ever Word Sleuth Match on NuPlaza!

Thanks for playing everybody!