WordSteal

What little time i have to play lately has been spent playing at wordsteal.com . Most of the time when i am able to play no one is on at Hoyle and wordsteal offers rated games. It also offers an updated dictionary . For those interested in the difference here is the updated 2 letter word list...aa ab ad ae ag ah ai al am an ar as at aw ax ay ba be bi bo by de do ed ef eh el em en er es et ex fa fe go ha he hi hm ho id if in is it jo ka ki la li lo ma me mi mm mo mu my na ne no nu od oe of oh oi om on op or os ow ox oy pa pe pi qi re sh si so ta ti to uh um un up us ut we wo xi xu ya ye yo za
Another good thing about wordsteal is you can now control watchers and there are no sound distractions. The limited graphics may run better on some older pc's as well. For no pinkers it adds a bar on the pink to remind ya not to play the pink and there is a version of the s rule in place now.
Now that i have talked about the good lets deal with the bad and ugly of wordsteal. If you are a crossover from hoyle and have any ability at all the established top rated players are suspicious of ya and several in that group have a fear of "ringers",which are top rated players that went and registered a new name. The reason that pisses these toprates off is because if you are using a new name with a 1600 rating and beat a 2100 rated player it takes a big chunk of their hard earned rating points while the 1600 rated player doesnt take any rating hit for a loss. Yes i know that shouldnt matter much but to many it does.
I miss playing in tourneys but getting a game in when i can means alot and wordsteal offers that option so if ya want to play some truly badass players that dont do hoyle i promise you can find them at wordsteal.
Cya ;-)