Contrive, 137 points.

I have been playing scrabble. I LOVE scrabble. I have also been playing boggle. i LOVE boggle. word games are ridiculously fun, and even though they made me feel stupid when i first start to play them, when i got better, even just a little better, i felt smarter, accomplished, even though i am only average. I feel especially intelligent (and a little douchy, since word games have more to do with vocabulary and awareness than intelligence) when i play with someone who has never played, and they are really bad. This may be terrible, but you all know what I'm saying. And then i can tell them, with an air of offhand condescension mixed with a slight feeling of superiority and impatience that is so popular these days, "Don't worry, it gets easier. Trust me. I know."