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#player1 Joey Joey
#player2 Joshua Joshua
>Joey: ABCEFUV 8D FAUVE +30 30
>Joshua: AADQUUY 9B QUAY +27 27
>Joey: BCEINOR 7H BICORNE +67 97
>Joshua: AADIITU B9 .UAI +15 42
#note I considered this and B7 DI(Q)UAT. N2 DAUTI(E) is also an option. Everything is godawful, so I played this to keep the best leave and distract from the ORNE in BICORNE, since I am aiming for a bingo there.
>Joey: DDEGOST 13B STODGED +86 183
#note I couldn't remember for sure if BICORNE was a noun. But this spot was more dangerous so I did have that incentive.
Josh: I almost let this go but realized how incredibly bad my chances were at the win if I did. I noticed that he didn't play with BICORNES, and figured I hadn't made a mistake in my last two turns, so either this was going to be one of the biggest grinds of my Scrabble career for the rest of the game, or STODGED was not a word. The third option is that Joey just gave me a small 1% window of hope to win the game by making a blunder, so if I continue to play my cards right, I can win. But instead I had to challenge.
>Joshua: ADIILPT - +0 42
>Joey: ILNORRV N4 LOV.R +16 199
#note Removing the mystery of BICORNE pluralization.
Josh: not entirely but it's a good effort to try and cover your tracks in this case
>Joshua: ADIILPT O1 PLAID +33 75
#note I played PLAID over LIPID because of the A in QUAIS, IT seemed to go a bit better with the letters on the board. AT is still better. I also liked creating a lane ending in P as I was quite desperate, and didn't want to create an x-bomb. Probably just LIPID anyway. I was obviously on tilt.
>Joey: BINOORR 6F BROO +19 218
>Joshua: AEILSTT L5 TE.TIALS +68 143
>Joey: EIIMNRY K10 MEINY +30 248
>Joshua: AEEISTW - +0 143
#note Once again pretty sure this was a word but felt I had to challenge or I just lose.
>Joey: ?CIKOOR J9 ROCK +31 279
>Joshua: AEEISTW 14J W.TES +38 181
#note 2J WEASE(L) gives me a better chance I think
>Joey: ?ILMOWZ 13M WIZ +42 321
>Joshua: AAEEINN 15F INANE +20 201
#note starting to protect some spread
>Joey: ?EFLMOO D12 L.OF +22 343
>Joshua: ADERSTU O8 ERSAT. +54 255
>Joey: ?AAEMOX 2H AXOnEMA. +86 429
>Joshua: DEGHNRU 1F UGH +36 291
#note ugh
champ likes 1H HEN, or H1 HANG or HAND, but I think those don't work nearly as often as champ thinks
>Joey: EEHIJPT 2B EEJIT +32 461
#note I finally saw this when it was available. It had come up a few times before but I missed it those times.
>Joshua: ?DEGNNR 3H DiNER +25 316
>Joey: HIP C1 H.P +16 477
>Joshua: GN 10A G.N +6 322
>Joshua: (I) +2 324
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