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#player1 Mina Mina
#player2 Dave_Wiegand Dave Wiegand
>Mina: DEHLLPS 8G HELP +18 18
#note Ouch, missed DELPH. It's a word I recognize as valid when I see it, but I don't know it well enough to find it in a rack.
>Dave_Wiegand: MOV 9E VOM +21 21
>Mina: DIIILSY K5 YIDS +26 44
#note Ooooops, YIDS is only the twelfth-best play even though it scores much more than Quackle's recommended J6 YI(P) for 16 or E7 LI(V)ID for 18. Cesar explains that this is because YIDS opens up scoring hotspots on either side of it in addition to burning the S.
>Dave_Wiegand: DELNOU E5 UNLO.ED +44 65
>Mina: IIILMNP J6 PI.I +27 71
#note Wowwww, I can't believe it! Even with three I's on my rack, a bingo was available, MINIPILL!!! Oh well, I found the next best play.
>Dave_Wiegand: AANO L3 ANOA +18 83
>Mina: BILMNRT 10G MILT +29 100
#note Howwwwwwww did I miss 8A LIMB(O)? This is so embarrassing!
>Dave_Wiegand: AEF D10 FAE +20 103
>Mina: ?ABINRT H1 BARIToN. +80 180
#note Oh good god. How on earth did I miss aTABRIN(E), which obviously scores six more points than BARIToNE? Literally, I have now screwed up all five of my first five moves in this game.
>Dave_Wiegand: AGO C11 GOA +15 118
>Mina: ?EEOTWZ M3 WE +22 202
#note Holy shhh, the best play was K10 ZOWEE but I didn't see the (MILT)Z hook at all!!!!! Next is 14C TOWZE for 42, which seems defensively questionable but puts me ahead by so much that I guess it doesn't matter.
>Dave_Wiegand: AEEELST 3A TEASELE. +68 186
>Mina: ?EORTWZ D1 ZE.T +46 248
#note Wow, missed TOWZiER. I recognize it as a word when it's shown to me, but wouldn't have known it well enough to play it.
>Dave_Wiegand: AEUX F11 EAUX +33 219
#note He then took a really long time on this turn.
>Mina: ?ADGORW N4 DOWAGeR +75 323
#note During the very long time that Dave spent on the last turn, I wrote in the margin of my scoresheet, "waterdog?" Okay? So I didn't MISS waterdog, I merely CHICKENED OUT ON waterdog. It would've scored 158 points. Notice that I have literally misplayed every single move in this game so far: I am 0 for 8.
>Dave_Wiegand: BGU G13 GUB +22 241
>Mina: INNOORS 1A RON. +39 362
#note HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, this game couldn't be funnier if it tried! I LITERALLY had another triple-triple and AGAIN I didn't know it!!!!! NO(T)ORNIS would have scored 131. I also had RONIONS available and didn't know that one either. This game could not possibly be a more severe comedy of errors.
>Dave_Wiegand: JO B13 JO +27 268
>Mina: CDINNOS 8A COND. +30 392
#note Move ten: this is the first move where I haven't royally screwed up. My play is second-best after O5 NODI for 34, but at least they're less than two points apart in dynamic valuation.
>Dave_Wiegand: EIR 15A IRE +19 287
#note Another reason NODI would've been much smarter than CONDO is it would've prevented big comeback plays on column O. Amazingly, Dave appears to be having the worst draws of his life.
>Mina: EIINQRS O1 QINS +48 440
#note Finally, finally, I play a turn correctly.
>Dave_Wiegand: HI O7 HI +29 316
>Mina: EIRTUVY 15G .REVITY +48 488
#note Also played this turn correctly. For a change.
>Dave_Wiegand: ACEFKST M9 FECKS +46 362
>Mina: AU 12K AU. +14 502
>Mina: (RT) +4 506
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