A Very Important Tier List of How Good Cosmere Names Would Be in Scrabble
If you were allowed to use fictional proper names in Scrabble, then how good would it be to use various Cosmere names? This is obviously an important question, which I shall answer today using a tier list, from worst to best.
[If you're not familiar with Scrabble, it's a game where you get 7 letters and try to make words on the gameboard. Each letter has an assigned score from 0 to 10. You get all the points of all the letters in your word, plus you get to double count any letters used in multiple words.]
So let's get to the tier-list!
F-Tier: Names That Are (Virtually) Too Long for Scrabble
Some Cosmere names do not work well at all by virtue of being, well, basically impossible to use in Scrabble. "Jadendwyl" (Sazed's friend) is 9 letters, for example, so unless you got very lucky with someone else playing "end" in exactly the right spot, you're pretty much out of luck. You only have 7 letters to work with, after all. Other names in this same category include: "Hamaradin," "Peaceyearning," "Harkaylain." Just too long!
E-Tier: Short, Low-Scoring Names
The second worst would be names that are short and use letters that are just one point each. "Lirin"? Only 5 points. "Siri"? Only 4 points. Moash's grandma "Ana"? Only 3 points.
You're only playing these if you're desperate, or if you've trying to, like, play off of someone else's Z or something.
D-Tier: Longer but Still Low-Scoring Names
"Adolin" may look like a nice, long word--but it's only 6 letters, and only the "D" is worth more than one. You're plunking down that bad boy and getting like 7 points for your trouble. Same issue with other 6-letter names like "Oroden." They're just not very good.
C-Tier: At Least One Letter Is Pretty Good
Playing "Shallan" would be pretty good, 'cause that "H" is four points AND pretty easy to get double-counted. Same goes for "Hoid" or "Hav" or "Hrathen." "Y" is also worth 4 and easy to double, so "Yalb" or "Ym" are your friends too. "Wayne" has two four-point letters, W and Y, so that's pretty good--"Leshwi" too. "Kelsier" has the 5-point K, but there aren't any two-letter words with K, so oddly he's probably slightly worse "Hoid" would be.
...I hope I haven't started something here.
B-Tier: Contains one of the GREAT Letters
If you can get a "Q" or a "Z" in your word, then that's a cool 10 points right there--at least 20 if you can get them going both ways. So "Zane" or "Szeth" or "Azure" or "Breeze" or "Lezian" are great options. "X" and "J" are 8 points and easy to play both ways, so "Wax" and "Jasnah" and "Demoux" are great too.
A-Tier: Seven-Letter Words
If you play a 7-letter word in Scrabble, then you get a bonus 50 points on top of whatever you score with the word! There are a lot of 7-letter names too. "Kaladin," of course, reaching the top as always. Also good are "Dalinar," "Renarin," "Pattern," "Elhokar," "OreSeur," "Aesudan"... There are actually tons of these!
S-Tier: Seven-Letter Words Containing one of the GREAT Letters
But you know what would be the best Scrabble word? We'd need a 7-letter name that also contains a Q or a Z. And there is one--one name that is by far the best Cosmere Scrabble play ever.
Zellion.
Is there anything he can't do?
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L’alphabet phonétique
Les voyelles
[a] open front unrounded vowel - cinéma (cinema, m); hat
[ɑ] open back unrounded vowel - château (castle, m); hot
[e] close-mid front unrounded vowel - clé (key, f); may
[ɛ] open-mid front unrounded vowel - père (father, m), chêne (oak, m); bed
[ə] mid central vowel/schwa - jeu (game, m); bird
[i] close front unrounded vowel - souris (mouse, f); free
[o] close-mid back rounded vowel - rose (rose, f); UK yawn
[ɔ] open-mid back rounded vowel - océan (ocean, m); thought
[ø] close-mid front rounded vowel - jeudi (thursday)
[œ] open-mid front rounded vowel - peur (fear, f)
[u] close back rounded vowel - chou (cabbage, m); boot
[y] close front rounded vowel - tu (you); UK few
This vowel diagram shows the inside of the throat from the left side (pronounce /i/ "eee" and /ɑ/ "aaa" to feel the difference). Antérieur: front, postérieur: back, aperture: opening of the lips.
Les voyelles nasales (when followed by a consonant except -h- or ending a word)
[ɑ̃] > am, an, (é)en, em, aon - temps (time, m)
[ɛ̃] > aim, ain, eim, ein, em, (i)en, im, in, um, un, ym, yn - pain (bread, m)
[ɔ̃] > om, on - ombre (shadow, f), bonjour (hello)
[œ̃] > um, un - humble, un (one, m); dying, turning into [ɛ̃]
N.B. When a nasal sound is produced, despite being made of two letters, they are to be pronounced as their own sound: in Bonjour, the /o/ and the /n/ shouldn't be heard at all since they are followed by the consonant /j/, as opposed to the usual dragging of /o/ then /n/ like in Bonne journée.
Les semi-voyelles
[j] voiced palatal approximant - lieu (place, m); you
[ɥ] voiced labial–palatal approximant - huile (oil, f); wall
[w] voiced labial–velar approximant - oui (yes); witch
Les consonnes
[b] voiced bilabial plosive - bête (beast, f)
[d] voiced dental and alveolar plosive - déjeuner (lunch, m)
[f] voiceless labiodental fricative - faim (hunger, f)
[g] voiced velar plosive - gâteau (cake, m)
[ʒ] voiced postalveolar fricative - ange (angel, m); vision
[k] voiceless velar plosive - cadeau (gift, m)
[l] voiced apical alveolar approximant - lait (milk, m)
[p] voiceless bilabial plosive - pain (bread, m)
[ʁ] voiced uvular fricative - roi (king, m)
[s] voiceless alveolar fricative - sel (salt, m); nonsense
[t] voiceless denti-alveolar plosive - table (table, f)
[v] voiced labiodental fricative - violon (violin, m)
[z] voiced alveolar fricative - maison (house, f)
[ʃ] voiceless postalveolar fricative - chocolat (chocolate, m)
Les consonnes nasales
[m] voiced bilabial nasal - miel (honey, m)
[n] voiced denti-alveolar nasal - nez (nose, m)
[ɲ] voiced palatal nasal - montagne (mountain, f)
[ŋ] voiced velar nasal - connexion (connection, f); sing
Voiced sounds are those that make our vocal chords vibrate when they are produced; voiceless sounds are produced from air passing through the mouth at different points. Fricatives are consonants with the characteristic that when they are produced, air escaped through a small passage and make a hissing sound; plosives are a type of consonant produced by forming a complete obstruction to the flow air out of the mouth.
Movie: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain - Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001
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MY REVIEW BECAUSE I CAN ALREADY TELL THIS IS GOING TO BE MY FAVORITE THING EVER
Monarchal SUMMIT!!!!!
BUTTER PECAN IM TRYINF SO HARD NOT TO THINK YOURE OLD SAM 😪💔
ALEXIS IS MORE OF A BITCH THAN I THOUGHT BUT DAMN I WAS CLOSE WITH MY FIC
ALSO SAM BEING ALL HENDJDHFJFJDJ
i didn’t know i needed duke samuel collins to say bitch
i will be making a whole other post about sam and them, just wait
asher’s “what happened that night?” and milo’s “not now.”
DAVIDS “ash look at me” I KNOW ASHER WAS HAVING HOMOSEXUAL THOIGHTS
THE WAH ANGEL IS JUST SITTING IN THE ROOM WITH HIM 😭
K WAS HOLDING MY BREATH FOR SWEETHEART
NO WAY PORTER DIDNT KILL HIM
SH WAS ABOUT TO GET FOUND OUT AND PORTER DEALT WITH IT
THEN PICKED A FIGHT SO EVERYONE REMEMBERED HIM DOKGN THAT
BUT ALSO ALEXIS????
THIS SHIT WAS A FILM
ITS TWO IN THE MORNING
I WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY REWATCHINF
I CAN NOT WAIT FOR MORE OB YM GOD
WOOOO HALLOWEEN WITCHESSSSS
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There is something about this hand hold and the eye contact (plus it's so rare for them) that feels domestic and like they're really a couple you can't deny it (but I know people will try) along with the flirting from Yoongi too with that pickup line I don't know if Jimin was too stunned to speak or confused cause he didn't understand the reference but either way it all speaks for itself anyone who doesn't get it well it's their loss.
Hi anon! They’re pretty careful when it comes to holding hands on camera (unlike other pairs who do it without hesitation), and we also know there are times when Yoongi shies away from eye contact. So to get both of those things at the same time…and during what would have been a very special moment for Yoongi…is significant.
In terms of the way ym is perceived: of course there will be people who still don’t see it. And frankly, I would not expect this moment to change anyone’s mind. When I think of some of the past moments that people have tried to talk their way around…if they can ignore those things, they’ll ignore this too. Which is fine, honestly. Their loss, as you say, and I agree with that 100%.
In the episode, three things stood out to me: the moment you mentioned because it is somewhat rare for these two and in my mind rare = special. Second, the moment when Yoongi reached out toward Jimin when he first walked into the dressing room. That was so different compared to how Yoongi had reacted when Jimin visited the Shadow set. I think Jimin conveyed to him how much that stung, and Yoongi made sure it didn’t happen again.
And third, the pick-up line!!!! Wow! That was a very bold move. I wasn’t familiar with the line or the show, but apparently it’s from a rom-com k-drama and it was pretty popular. (??)
Jimin’s reaction was really interesting. It’s like you can see the wheels turning in his mind. 🤭 He didn’t look confused, and he didn’t ask Yoongi what he meant, and you can hear staff giggling in the background. All of that suggests that Jimin (and everyone else in the room) understood. I think he just didn’t know what to say in response!
This episode was an amazing surprise, and I’m still not over it.
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