Great Moments in Scrabulish History

While I have a number of other things to celebrate that I'm afraid I can't publicly go into, I thought it wouldn't be fair to let one particular moment go by without commenting. Printed above is my friend Tracy's and my latest game of Scrabulish. As you can see, this game has been unusually dense and, consequently, high-scoring. Even an 8-point word like UEPEIO--defined as, "In classical rhetoric, the term for an argument that says, 'I know you are but what am I?'"--scored 63 points here because it also formed EJEU, OUIE, PNNP, IOGE, VERI, and IDAO--which last is an adjective for "the posture of someone about to sit gingerly, as 'Dad posed idao above the wicker chair.'"

But even in this game, miracles can happen, and Tracy's latest move was breathtaking. If you look along the bottom you can see where she just played THUURKAX ("n. The clavicle.") on a triple-triple for a heart-stopping 248 points! By contrast, even GONURSEOPIVIASE (Which is a form of OPIVIA--that is, the delusion that just because you've finished writing a book, you're bulletproof--where the sufferer actually gets shot and refuses medical treatment; also called SURGEONOPVIASE) was worth a mere 116. Take a bow, Tracy! This is a great day for the world.

AFTERNOTE: I can't resist pointing out the beauty of Tracy's JUNOED ("v. and adj. Duped into thinking teen pregnancy is awesome") and my own UEPEIOI ("n. The bead on an abacus that represents the bazillions place"). Moments like these are what make the game worth playing.