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#player1 BJ BJ
#player2 Josh_C Josh C
>BJ: ?ACEGLN 8D CLANGEr +74 74
#note Many options. CLANGER jumped to mind first, not sure why I didn't think of CLANGED instead. Oppo held the word for a moment before accepting.
>Josh_C: AADNO E3 ANODA. +14 14
>BJ: AEEFIRT D3 FE +19 93
#note Missed H6 FI(G)EATER. Don't think I knew it, but maybe. There are some FIG- words that are insults that I knew (eg FIGJAM), thought this sounded like one, but apparently it's a beetle.
>Josh_C: AGZ F2 ZAG +43 57
>BJ: ACEFIRT J7 C.AFTIER +72 165
#note Quackle top choice. No other bingos (besides same word at J1).
>Josh_C: EHLMY 11H ME.HYL +28 85
#note Josh said if I'd put the C in a different place he was ready to lay down METHYLI(C). Spoiler: neither of us front-extended this with TRI- or TETRA-, but that would've been cool. (BIMETHYL, DIMETHYL, and PHENYLMETHYL (!!!) also good.)
>BJ: ?IISSUU -IUU +0 165
#note Quackly liked SUI in various places better. I considered it, but thought ditching two Us and an I was better. Maybe I shouldn't have kept both S's.
>Josh_C: DEILPV M9 PE.VID +30 115
>Josh_C: DEILPV -- -30 85
#note Afterward Josh and I trying to figure out what similar word he might have been thinking of here. We never did figure it out.
>BJ: ?IORSSX 13H OX.S +19 184
#note I spent a lot of time struggling to find the right play here. Finally got a bit exhausted and thought I'd just take a few points and give myself a good leave, and muck up the H15 hot spot a bit. It does sim decently once you skip the totally awesome bingo words that I didn't find: SIXSCORE, XEROSIS, and OREXISES. Think I knew XEROSIS and SIXSCORE, but not OREXISES.
>Josh_C: DIIV M11 .IVID +18 103
>BJ: ?EIINRS H1 RESIdIN. +77 261
#note Boring but the best spot. At least I drew well enough to bingo after having missed the stylish words on the previous turn.
>Josh_C: PT H13 .PT +15 118
>BJ: ELOQRRU 6B QUO. +34 295
#note Wanted to play (C)LOQUE but then had validity doubts. *Really* wanted to play newly learned words at 3H (S)QUIRL or (S)QUIRR but alas, no I. Missed 10D ROQUE which sims best.
>Josh_C: EINOSTU 1H .OUTINES +77 195
>BJ: AEILRRS 3H .ERIAL +14 309
#note Saw both RERAILS and RAILERS and doubted them. Yes, 7s and 8s are my weaknesses, even many high-prob ones. Came within a inch of playing RAILERS, but worried if I'm wrong and he comes back with a big score then he's right back in a game that I should be controlling. So I clogged things up a bit. With the various lanes, though, if I wasn't gonna bingo I probably should have played off an R and likely bingoed next time. Sigh. Bad.
>Josh_C: BJNO F7 B.NJO +34 229
>BJ: EEMRRST 12A METERS +37 346
#note Chickened out on TERMERS, sheesh. Took equity play, Quackle likes it. Yes it opens lanes but I should be fine if he bingos and trip-trip is unlikely, especially with both blanks seen.
>Josh_C: HLOP 4L HOLP +36 265
>BJ: AAINORU A12 .AUN +18 364
>BJ: AIORTWY (challenge) +5 369
#note Tried to (a) clog up what I'd just opened, and (b) dump drek. Took me a little while to find anything at all. AMOUR, ONIUM, and RUMINA sim better there bit I didn't see them. AMNIO too. 15K AUDIO sims best, based on leave. in column O PRUINA, PURANA , and APORIA simmed well too. Didn't know them. Got 5 for a challenge on this one.
>Josh_C: ADIORV O4 .RIVADO +39 304
>Josh_C: ETTW (challenge) +5 309
#note And I gave those 5 points right back.
>BJ: AIORTWY N8 YAW +38 407
#note Not sure why I didn't play YOW instead. Goof.
>Josh_C: ETTW B10 TW.ET +26 335
>BJ: BEGIORU 15K BU.GE +30 437
#note Just learned the word BODGE.
>Josh_C: DEK E11 D.EK +24 359
>Josh_C: (ORI) +6 365
#note Zero scoring errors, whee! Good start to the tournament. Physically exhausted from hiking earlier today, thought my brain was going to have it rough but felt pretty good and focused. Yay.
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