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#player1 Nick Nick
#player2 Chris Chris
>Nick: JQXZ -ZXQJ +0 0
#note WCWCWC Round 5, March 27, 2010, Ashland, OR
>Chris: EEGIKRS 8G KEG +16 16
#note or 8H GREEK
>Nick: AEILOSU I4 EULO.IAS +61 61
>Chris: EEIMPRS H8 .MPERIES +99 115
#note +10 points (challenge)
>Nick: ?AELNTV 5D eVENT.AL +90 151
>Chris: CNORTXY G12 OXY +45 160
#note 4A COXY is probably a little better because of the less consonant-heavy leave.
>Nick: EFHT H1 THEF. +54 205
>Chris: CCNORRT D1 CONC.RT +26 186
#note Hoping for an I or O
>Nick: OW F14 WO +30 235
>Chris: DEFORRT 8A FETOR +39 225
>Nick: BILOQU B2 OBLIQU. +76 311
#note Ouch
>Chris: AADINST 15H .TADIANS +80 305
#note Lucky to get away with this phony. I didn't think it was in our dictionary, but I was banking on it being in Collins, because I was pretty sure it was a real thing--a unit of distance. As it happens, Nick was thinking the same thing and let it go. Turns out that a "stadion" is about 200 meters, but it isn't valid in any of the dictionaries. The best real plays all involve making OBLIQUED.
>Nick: ?AHMOOP O8 sHAMPOO. +101 412
>Chris: AADGIRU 11D GUID.. +31 336
#note With those J and Z spots hanging out there, I'm still right in it.
>Nick: EY N10 YE +30 442
>Chris: AADEIRZ A8 .ARADIZE +119 455
#note Bang!
>Nick: AELNR B11 RENAL +41 483
>Chris: IIIJSUW N6 IWI +9 464
#note I breathe a sigh of relief as I draw the J, only to have it followed by this other drek. I'm hoping to set up O1 JURIES, or some other high-scoring play, assuming he blocks the 14J spot. Sim says J4 WAI is best, winning about 37% of the time, followed by N13 WIN and F9 IWI. This was actually the only Collins word in the game.
>Nick: BENT 14J BET +26 509
#note The only real option.
>Chris: AEIJRSU 2H .EJIRAS +66 530
#note I thought I was toast after that last draw, but now the tiles in the bag save me!
>Nick: DGNNV F10 V.D +19 528
>Chris: U 3B .U. +10 540
>Chris: (GNN) +8 548
#note Final score: 558-528. What a game!
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