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This post will be about the highest scoring word I ever played in Words with Friends on Facebook. The game allows up to 11 letter words because of the size of the board.

Below is a picture of my profile on Words With Friends. You can see that my highest scoring and also longest word is quizzically.

The reason that quizzically scores so high is because it has a Q and two Z letters. These letter score high. However, you will need to use a blank tile for one of the Z because there is only one regular Z as far as I know.

I have only played this word once and I doubt I will get lucky enough to do it again, but for this post I want to do some theory and explanation on this word.

First is the definition:

In a quizzical manner; as if puzzled or asking a question.

The fact that it is an extension of quizzical means that quizzical is also a valid word.

In fact, there are quite a few sub words of quizzically:

quizzical
quiz
ally
call
all
al

These 7 sub words are important because it is impossible to play an 11 letter word in 1 turn. It will take at least 2 turns and quite possibly more. The best bet is to start with a smaller sub word and place it at a location on the board that would give it enough space to still be built into the entire word.

Below is a picture of the game board:

To get the highest possible points would also require placing tiles on 2 Triple Word Score spaces. This can be done but it would require starting with the middle of the word with the sub words call or ally and then building from there.

As seen in the first image in this post, I got 378 points for playing just this word, however it might be theoretically possible to score even higher with it if it was placed in a better position.

Let me know if you have ever managed to play this word! It is a rare sight to behold!

I have made some incredible updates to my third puzzle game, Chaste Panel. In the first place, save states are added. This means this is the first time a Panel de Pon clone has been made that allowed players to save and load the game at any time.

Another important change is the messages on the right side of the game screen now show which key is being pressed. This includes the save and load messages. The reason this was so important to add to the game is that there are times when streaming or recording a game where the terminal text is not shown. I always see it as the developer, but other users who are on Windows typically don’t even run things at the command line. I also want the right side text to function as a way of instructing other people how to play my games.

I made a long video where I show how I updated the game.

In the future, I will probably have some more short demo videos on my TikTok and Instagram that show some cool combos that can be made with this game.

Chaste Panel © 2023 by Chastity White Rose is licensed under Attribution 4.0 International

Chaste Tris 1989 is the latest Tetris game I have created. I keep remaking the same Tetris game, but this one is different for a few reasons.

1. The blocks are randomized like the original Gameboy, as you might notice in my demo videos.
2. The playing field is 18 squares high, just like the Gameboy version.
3. The game can load blocks that look similar to the Gameboy. It doesn’t require the images, though. If the files are deleted, it will simply use black squares to display the blocks.

The game is dedicated to the year 1989 when the Gameboy and NES Tetris games were released. It’s also no coincidence that 1989 was the year that my friend River was born. River was a massive inspiration to me and got me playing Tetris again in 2021 when we lived together.

Taylor Swift was also born in 1989, and that’s why she made an album with the same title. I would also like to dedicate this game to Anastasia for turning me into a swifty.

The point is that 1989 was a great year. In 1989, I would have been two years old, and I was playing Super Mario Bros. on the NES, which our family had. Who could have guessed that video games would become such a massive part of my life and that 34 years later, I would be making my own Tetris game dedicated to that year?

https://chastitywhiterose.itch.io/chaste-tris-1989/devlog/652670/chaste-tris-1989-information

There is one method that results in higher Tetris scores than even ST Stacking. It is the TST or T Spin Triple Loop. It has a Hard Drop page that I have been studying.

https://harddrop.com/wiki/Infinite_TST

Here are a few images from that page which I will be using to help me achieve this in Tetris games.

The image above shows that there are multiple ways to build this looping pattern. The images under the text “right side” are the way I prefer to do it. Most online videos show the “left side” method.

This image is relevanr because it shows that it is possible(though very risky) to build 3 T Spin Triples in that specific way but continue the loop. This means that if someone is extremely lucky with the order of blocks received in guideline Tetris, they can do the most devastating combo beyond anything else possible in all of modern Tetris! I will be using this information in my own Tool Assisted Speedruns!

The following video is one of a complete 200 line Marathon using ST Stacking. My score was 1,553,676. This is an extremely high score because only T Spin Doubles and Tetris clears were used. This resulted in maintaining the Back to Back bonus.

I have not completed a marathon with using only T Spin Triples but when I do, I will update this post to compare scores! It is important to use the same game and number of lines to see the difference.

However, I have succeeded in using the infinite TST up to 150 lines in my own game, Chaste Tris.

I am not a Jew, but

I was raised Christian and taught the Bible growing up. I know the Old Testament as well as the New Testament. Because of this, I think of Jews as an ancient people and forget that they exist today. I do know that there are two types of Jews.

Jew Type 1:
Some are just born into a Jewish family, and they call themselves Jews. Some of them follow the religion of Judaism, and some don’t.

Jew Type 2:

Some are not born or taught Judaism growing up, but they convert to the religion of Judaism. They will probably call themselves Jews, just as someone who follows the religion of Christianity will call themselves a Christian.

With this post, I am not trying to start a religious war over who is really a Jew, Christian, or Muslim. I am trying to ask the bigger question. The question is whether self-identification is legitimate.

I have been thinking more about the Jews and Muslims at this time because of the war currently going on. My autistic brain does some weird things.

I realized that being a Jew can be a matter of either birth or self-identification in a similar way that being a man or a woman is a case of either birth or self-identification.

I would like to officially answer the question that has been on my mind since Matt Walsh released that horrible documentary titled “What is a Woman?”. My answer is that there are two types.

Woman Type 1:

The first type of a woman is the adult form of someone born biologically female. They sometimes, but not always, have the unique ability to get pregnant and give birth. In all other respects, they are just as capable of playing Tetris, playing chess, or computer programming. They are 95 percent similar to men.

Woman Type 2:

Those born biologically male(like me) have some biological differences compared to a biological female but grow up never feeling like a real man. They may convert to the religion of womanism and become culturally a woman. They may not be able to get pregnant, but they can play Tetris, play chess, and write computer programs just like any man or woman.

In modern times, type 1 women are called cisgender women, and type 2 are called transgender women. They are different and unique in their way.
I will always personally say that trans women are women, but I know that we are not the same as cis women. We are different, and that’s okay.
And I can’t help but notice the dedication that many transgender women take in their quest to be viewed as a woman. Whether they take hormones, remove body parts with surgery(similar to Jewish circumcision), or adopt different clothing, they are doing what they can to feel more comfortable with what they see in the mirror and also present to society.

These have been my autistic thoughts as I process what it means to be a Jew and to be transgender. I am not a Jew, but I am circumcised, I know the Old Testament, and my middle legal name is Isaac. I was named after Abraham’s second son, and the name Isaac means laughter.

I am not a cisgender woman, but I am a transgender woman. I believe people have the right to identify themselves better than anyone else can. All I can do is clarify that sometimes we are talking about more than one thing.