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Literati
Buster
by
James R. Davis - © Copyright 2003 - DavisWorks Unlimited
Enjoy
playing Literati but get hung up when you get a bad batch of letter
tiles? Ever wonder how others keep getting those all letter bonuses
while you are stuck with 4 point words? Literati Buster is the way
to go! Literati Buster is a simple program to use, lets you find
words, match to letter placement and combos already played and increases
your score to those of a winner. Just enter in your tiles and/ or
any tiles you want to match to and presto! . . . all matching words
are shown in a simple list by point value. Search for words by first
letter, last letter, or any combination that might be on the board.
Word look up is also available for words listed. All words are verified
by Dictionary.com and are valid moves in the game Literati.
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Common
Questions and Answers:
What
is Literati Buster you ask?
Well
let me give you a little history! Literati is a game on Yahoo
Games that is played alot like Scrabble. If you want a better idea
of the game, go here: http://games.yahoo.com/lt
... but the main game board looks like the picture to the right... anyway...
I got dragged into playing it online with a friend and before I knew it
I was addicted. It's different from the original Scrabble in two
ways... the letter tiles have a different point value system and if you
are able to lay down all your letters at once in one turn you get a 35
point bingo bonus.
So... after playing
for awhile and getting my butt beat at every turn I hit the web looking
for a program that might be able to help me make better words. I
found one program called Literati Buddy but it was far to limited and
they wanted way too much for it and so my search continued. I found
a site called Scrabble Buddy by a Jeff Boulter and it was able to form
words including the wildcard BLANK tiles and I figured this would be enough,
but nooooooooo.
Using Dialup
my connection was way to slow to have the game running and access that
site at the same time, so I figured, what the hell... I'll make my own
version... it started out simple enough. I downloaded the entire
Webster's dictionary and I made my own version of the Lil'Scrabbler and
added a new feature to it that would allow you to put in a match fitting
string as well... for example... say that there is a spot on the board
where you see a "T" and an empty space and an "N"...
all you would do is enter a fitting string of "T*N" and it would
return only words that would fit into that spot! Pretty cool huh?
Well
things didn't stop there. I ended up getting out my old Visual Basic
books and brushed up on my programming in it and decided to turn the web
based version into a full blown Window's application. And so was
born Literati Buster.
After
releasing the program, I received one of the nicest emails from someone
who has found my program of great use to them... and I thought I would
share it with everyone:
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Hi
Jim,
First of all, let me say how much I love Literati Buster...I'm good
at Scrabble, so I couldn't figure out why I kept getting absolutely
KILLED at Literati when I started playing a couple of weeks ago.
What was happening is my opponet would get the "bingo bonus"
right away, making it very difficult for me to catch up.
I knew with all the deviant competitors out there (kidding!) that
there had to be a program that offered assistance. Yours was the
first one I found, and I'm thrilled I did. I was worried it would
be pricey and bemoaned the fact I'd have to wait to buy it (just
started new job last week) so imagine my pleasant surprise when
I saw it was only ten dollars.
So why haven't I paid, you ask? Well I don't use PayPal...it made
buying stuff on ebay just a little TOO easy, so I decided to go
the checks/money orders route when buying online. Would sending
a money order be all right? I really, really want to register my
version! If you don't accept money orders let me know and
I will try to find someone else who has a paypal account and just
give them the money so they, in turn, can pay you.
But...sending
a money order would be a lot easier ;^) Thanks for your time, and
many MANY thanks for your genius...I just got hired as a programmer
myself and after a few days of writing my piddly little applications
and database req's I literally (literati-ally?!) can't imagine the
time and effort that went into creating LB. Hope to hear from you
soon,
Elizabeth (Liz)
A.
Austin, TX
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Now
I can understand the temptations of PayPal... however, it's all I got
to work with right now. And what people don't realize is that PayPal doesn't
just work with online banking, but they can process checks/money orders
automatically. But for such kind words and genuine gratitude, I gave Elizabeth
a free registered version of the program... why? Maybe because I'm an
old softy and maybe it's because it's people like this that make programming
and doing what I do worth all the time and effort I put into these things!
Thank you Elizabeth!
What
does it do you ask?
Well... here
are a list of the features:
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Float your cursor
over any of the
buttons on the main screen above
for a description of it's function!
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Feature
list:
- Finds all possible words from a given set
of tiles.
- Uses BLANK wildcard tiles in it's search.
- Can find words that "FIT" into
areas on the board.
- Works for Scrabble (including Letter Values)
- Works with many online word games like:
- Pogo's Word Whomp
- Yahoo's Text Twist
- Yahoo's Spell Down
- Quadplex
- and Many more!!
- Brings up word definitions from Dictionary.com
but is 10x times faster!
- Lists point values for each word found.
(Including when a "bingo" bonus can be achieved!)
- Hidden Feature uses the Scrabble point values.
- You don't have to be online to use the program,
you don't even have to be playing Literati to use it!
- Can be used for playing the regular Scrabble
Board game!
- Is extremely easy to use!
- Free to use for 30 days as Shareware!
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What
are people saying about this program?
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alicia
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09-18-2004/17:53:17 |
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Comment
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good program
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How
do I get it you ask?
It's as easy
as just clicking this button:
The
filesize is about 2.5 megs and depends on your connection rate as to how
fast it will download. The latest version as of 4-18-2003 is version
1.4!
What
kind of support is there for this program?
You can join
in on the new Literati Buster Forum and find out all the latest news,
post suggestions, ask questions, and get answers here:
Can
I try the program first online?
Sure
you can! If you'd like to try out the basic features of the program you
can do so here using the online Literati Buster free by clicking this
button:
Please note...
if you have a pop-up blocker turned on, this will not work, turn your pop-up
blocker off for the Online Literati Buster to work properly!
How
do I register my copy?
The program will
work without restriction for 30 days... if after 30 days pass you will
not be able to do anymore Searches... after that time if you think the
program is worth it, you can purchase a registration for only $10.00...
that's right, only $10!
If you'd like
to register your copy of Literati Buster, you can do so easily here:
