Words With Friends...

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9. My more-elderly-than-me sister has 40 yrs Scrabble logged & now does Words

I opted out of games all those years, then just did a few months with her. For me it was a trial in different ways. For starters, I thought a game had a beginning and end in one session. She was playing with a cousin separately, and the two of them would make a play then go off for hours or a day or two, peeking in to make another play whenever, with the games stretching into a week or two. With me, I'd be drumming fingers with a word or two ready, then by the time she got back, either she stole the spaces or I had forgotten the words.

Plus, that younger cousin was a more opportunistic gamer, using those exotic 2-letter sound un-words. The sister, and novice me, were more stodgy, using only traditional words. The cousin dropped out after a few months, maybe from the generational clash. The sister stopped responding to my games a couple of months ago.

I tried a very few games being linked with strangers on FB, but it got a little scary. One of them keyed porn words at every turn with accompanying chat giggles. I keep getting messages that somebody named Brieman wants to play and I just say no.

Also, a month ago, Zynga (the game site?) seemed to be crashed, then I keep getting error messages that Words has stopped working. Bottom line, haven't played a game in a couple of months.