Sunday, December 31, 2017

Quiddler Solitaire

I received Quiddler as a Christmas gift. Looking to play a solitaire version of Quiddler, I made up my own. The official version of Quiddler Solitaire is here:

https://www.setgame.com/sites/default/files/instructions/QUIDDLER%20SOLITAIRE%20INSTRUCTIONS%20-%20ENGLISH.pdf

I devised my own before Googling the one above. It's a bit different. I play with half the deck. The half deck contains 59 cards.

The number of times each letter is repeated in the half deck is:
A-5, B-1, C-1, D-2, E-6, F-1, G-2, H-1, I-4, J-1, K-1, L-2, M-1,
N-3, O-4, P-1, Q-1, R-3, S-2, T-3, U-3, V-1, W-1, X-1, Y-2, Z-1,
QU-1, IN-1, ER-1, CL-1, TH-1.

My version involves dealing 7 cards off the deck face up. Spell one word and discard the letters used for the word. Replace the cards discarded from the deal deck. Continue until you can't spell a word. To win, all cards must be used to spell real words.

I use traditional Scrabble rules to spell words. No proper nouns or abbreviations are allowed. I allow single letter words although you can try it with "a" and "I" not allowed.

I think mine is better because you don't have to shuffle 118 cards at a time and then spend time dealing out 48 cards. It is also more difficult with only 7 letters to choose from. It is also more like traditional solitaire in that the deck is 59 cards and you have 7 columns of cards. You can also play a variation with 8 cards up at a time. This makes it a bit easier.  Their version is better because of the unpredictability of using two decks.






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