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Ridiculous seven-, eight-, nine- and ten-letter words used as bingoes by the computer in iPhone Scrabble on the Hard setting, December 2008

Ten-letter words!

Sastrugi
Curvetting
Hagrides
Alforja
Tegular
Queerling
Solonetzic
Atopies
Errhines
Rhamnose
Gisarme
Outhearing
Overholy
Actinas
Stereoed
Pliskies
Grecized
Deforces
Isologue
Markhors

Two days into January and I've already got six words on my list. Either the computer is getting more ridiculous or I'm playing too much.

Comments

I'm convinced the computer cheats on the Hard setting.
By the way, a markhor is a goatalope. Seriously:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markhor

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