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Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2023 12:53 pm**

https://vole.wtf/big-ben/

A new game to waste hours on, and a nice BONG sound

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:41 pm**

This is fun! Got to 306 after a few goes: MOTIVES, EXEDRA and GLUMLY being highlights and then managed to clear the board. Learned to value vowels since I always ran out and then couldn't clear with my pile of consonants. Not sure what dictionary they are using, but seems to accept a lot of wanky countdown words (as well as rude ones - had CUMMED one game)

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2023 5:22 pm**

think it's scrabbly - took cid but not dic (that CSW/ODO difference lost me a tournament scrabble game on my final move!) and didn't allow one of the recently expurgated words!

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2023 5:39 pm**

Fiona T wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 5:22 pm think it's scrabbly - took cid but not dic (that CSW/ODO difference lost me a tournament scrabble game on my final move!) and didn't allow one of the recently expurgated words!

Nope not scrabble - it likes NI !

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2023 7:55 pm**

Challenging game - starting to use a method of spreading my words horizontally as much as possible.

#BigBenGame for

20:46:59
318 points

Longest word: MUTANTS
https://vole.wtf/big-ben/

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:46 pm**

Had one go. Reasonably fun, but I'm not playing it again!

Posted: **Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:41 pm**

Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:41 pm This is fun! Got to 306 after a few goes: MOTIVES, EXEDRA and GLUMLY being highlights and then managed to clear the board. Learned to value vowels since I always ran out and then couldn't clear with my pile of consonants. Not sure what dictionary they are using, but seems to accept a lot of wanky countdown words (as well as rude ones - had CUMMED one game)

Also got to 306 myself - had CONDONERS as a particular highlight.

Posted: **Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:56 pm**

Incredible that they put so much effort into reproducing Big Ben's iconic clock face, then they put a 7 in the 6 position.

Posted: **Thu Jul 27, 2023 8:48 pm**

#BigBenGame for

21:40:49
379 points

Longest word: INTERLOPES
https://vole.wtf/big-ben/

Posted: **Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:47 pm**

Well I can't offer a different daily challenge every second in the Android app, but inspired by this, there will be 24 different daily challenges tomorrow! One different challenge for each hour, open for only that hour. Hoping I can do at least 10 of them!

Posted: **Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:18 pm**

https://twitter.com/mattround/status/16 ... 2920623104

We can all try beat Adam!

Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:56 pm Incredible that they put so much effort into reproducing Big Ben's iconic clock face, then they put a 7 in the 6 position.

Looks like it's been fixed - guess we know where he got the bug report from

Posted: **Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:43 pm**

Fiona T wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:18 pm https://twitter.com/mattround/status/16 ... 2920623104

We can all try beat Adam!

'former countdown contestant' yeah and Chris eubanks 'enjoys tennis'

Posted: **Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:22 pm**

That's fun that my game has been made replayable. I beat my own score by a few points just now by tweaking the shorter words I did at the end.

Posted: **Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:34 pm**

Haven't got close to Adam's score, but chuffed with an 11 letter word!

#BigBenGame for

22:27:11
324 points

Longest word: SQUELCHINGS
https://vole.wtf/big-ben/

Posted: **Sat Jul 29, 2023 10:12 pm**

Nice one! I've had a couple of 12s but not finished the board on either occasion. The latest one (SERENENESSES) I had 340 without finishing the board; I think the previous one was REPRESENTING.

Posted: **Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:01 pm**

Another brag:

#BigBenGame for

18:46:49
394 points

Longest word: UNDERSIZE
https://vole.wtf/big-ben/

Posted: **Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:14 pm**

#BigBenGame for

21:10:19
272 points

Longest word: ENLISTING
https://vole.wtf/big-ben/

Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2023 2:22 am**

Took a few goes but cracked 300. It seems it reeally makes a difference when you play, because you need them vowels.

#BigBenGame for

03:16:15
320 points

Longest word: PRIZEMEN
https://vole.wtf/big-ben/

Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2023 2:45 am**

#BigBenGame for

03:40:17
312 points

Longest word: UNOPPOSING
https://vole.wtf/big-ben/

That'll do for now. Fun game!

Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:14 am**

I lied. One more.

#BigBenGame for

07:11:38
322 points

Longest word: VELVETEENS
https://vole.wtf/big-ben/

Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:23 am**

Can someone work out when the vowelliest time of the day to play is?

Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2023 9:15 am**

Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:23 am Can someone work out when the vowelliest time of the day to play is?

No point in playing PM then. Nineteen seems like a good number, or eighteen if you fancy your chances of a nice -ing spot

Posted: **Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:23 pm**

Anything including "midnight" it turns out is quite a good time.

#BigBenGame for

00:16:31
361 points

Longest word: TELLINGS
https://vole.wtf/big-ben/

Posted: **Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:43 pm**

Cracked the 400:

#BigBenGame for

23:19:46
422 points

Longest word: CHEAPENERS
https://vole.wtf/big-ben/

Posted: **Wed Aug 09, 2023 8:13 am**

Fantastic - well done!

Posted: **Thu Aug 10, 2023 2:22 am**

The rare ass/diq/ars/crunt scramble.

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