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#player1 LW Laura Wolfson
#player2 JJB John J. Bulten
>LW: AEIRTWW H7 WAW +18 18
#note 0:33 [24:27]
>JJB: EENNRUU G3 ENURE +13 13
#note 1:48 [23:12] Right idea, but JJB needed the hook wawe# for 4 more points.
>LW: ?CEIRTY H1 CITY +50 68
#note 1:25 [23:02] Best non-bingo, rating in Quackle above 15 of 19 bingos. The quadruple is security 98 (13.2 higher static leave), the triples are apyretic and acerbity, and the hooked triple-letter play is rickety/wawe# 85.
>JJB: ACINNOU 4B UNCAN.. +24 37
#note 1:46 [21:26] JJB is proud of this dump, but only because he does not see nuncio f5 24 (up by 8.6) or know nouny# 4d 16.
>LW: ?EENORZ F7 REZONEd +73 141
#note 1:32 [21:30] LW may have correctly estimated her chances of drawing a bingo, but what a potential bingo. The triple-double Z is available at 8h for the French word armozeen# 128; it also plays as a quadruple for 114. Cozeners is 107, and the Z can also be doubled with enfrozen# 86. Even zee/wawe# 42 rates slightly above rezoned/rew#.
>JJB: ADIIIOS 8A IODIS. +24 61
#note 1:53 [19:33] Meanwhile JJB is choosing between aidoi#/wawa# 20 (a lot better), iodise 24, and india 14 (little worse). He does not spot that oidia e10 22 overlaps 4 tiles and rates 12.0 better overall.
>LW: INQSVXY B3 Y.NX +30 171
#note 1:09 [20:21] Nice find; vixens 12c 34 is better on score and leave (total 5.3 higher).
>JJB: AAIILRT 1C IATRI.AL +61 122
#note 0:48 [18:45] JJB successfully solves his I problem.
>LW: DFIQSUV 10H SUQ +42 213
#note 1:47 [18:34] LW opts for points, although fique 34 removes sufficient clunks as to rate 2.4 higher, and clunkiness is about to become an issue.
>JJB: AADENOS A1 ADO +17 139
#note ~1:35 [~17:10] JJB finds this decision easy, but did not consider the superior leave and score of ana c3 18 (3.2 higher).
>LW: ABDFGIV 11I GIF +28 241
#note ~2:04 [~16:30] Almost identical value as avgas/arew# 25 (by .1 diff), but neither offers much hope in leave. Vading# 11b 22 allows a bit more hope for fewer points.
>JJB: ABEINST L8 BANTIES +82 221
#note ~0:36 [16:34] JJB sheepishly admits that if the only best play is bestain# 82 he might miss it; but since an American word is available, he takes it and has some hope to finish catching up.
>LW: ABDDITV 13I VIB.D +30 271
>LW: ABDDITV -- -30 241
#note ~0:51 [15:39] LW admits later that this is her only deliberate phony of the day, and indeed it rates 4.5 better than davits e3 27 or any other alternative, and is tempting given the rack value of -15.2. But JJB is wise to it.
>JJB: EGGLORR 13F .OGGER.L +24 245
#note 1:52 [14:42] JJB holds and spends 1:19 between reviewing his 4-to-5 hooks and considering his rack before being certain of his challenge. He spots the best reply and takes the lead.
>LW: ABDDITV K5 DIVA +20 261
#note 1:56 [13:43] Davits 27 is still superior by 11.3.
>JJB: EEELMOR E10 MEE +20 265
#note 4:33 [10:09] JJB still feels a bit unprotected playing Collins 3s. Ene# 20 with oye# rates 2.9 better, even though abele 21 and resole 24 look a bit better.
>LW: BDEFKPT D11 EFT +27 288
#note 1:05 [12:38] This heavy rack calls for an extension play, like tabbed 33 (up 10.8) or peek 26. Eft also plays at d10 for 2 more, but holding the four consonants is a drag of -12.8.
>JJB: EEJLORS N10 JOES +37 302
#note 3:19 [6:50] JJB would rather play jabers 45 for safety, but doubts it (and it only rates .3 better). Several column M plays rate up to 3.9 better and are not nearly as risky, starting with jole 30, which would be much more likely to keep JJB in the game. LW has already shown a B and can be expected to have more power still on the rack.
>LW: ABDEKOP O8 BEAK +45 333
#note 2:23 [10:15] LW takes a strong lead as the endgame approaches, and could have had up to 9.3 better value with poake# 54, boak# 45, or koap# 43.
>JJB: AEILLRV L1 VILLA +27 329
#note 0:38 [6:12] To stay in it, JJB risks another opening, making the best choice.
>LW: DHOPPTU J4 POH +33 366
#note 1:34 [8:41] LW also replies optimally, keeping the pressure points going.
>JJB: ?EHMRRT A7 M.THEReR +63 392
>JJB: ?EHMRRT -- -63 329
#note 5:52 [0:20] JJB spends most all his time looking for pairs of outplays; he doesn't know vehm# 36, which is not enough (apods 24 blocks his first out, forcing tirrs# 4+6, net of 22). Hm 5d 29 yields a winning response to pood# 28 but will lose to an alert opponent (pod 21, tarre 10+6, net of 24). Since no outplay pairs seem reasonable and it's the 10th game of the day, JJB pretends that mither (a verb in Collins) takes an -er. He is naturally challenged and holds his score. Best play then becomes apods 24, vehm# 36, out 15+6, net -9 (33 less than hm 5d).
>LW: DOOPTU 14G POUT +22 388
#note ~1:16 [~7:25] LW makes a natural enough play but unwittingly gives JJB one more chance to win; her play rates 96 points behind the best play of apods 24, for reasons about to appear.
>JJB: ?EHMRRT 15B MiRTHER +103 432
>JJB: ?EHMRRT -- -103 329
#note 0:09 [0:11] JJB whacks down tiles, announces and writes the blank as an I, and rapidly calculates a score of 103. This mistake loses 146 points value and the game.
>LW: DO M8 OD +15 403
#note ~0:40 [6:45] Almost immediately after hitting the clock, JJB clenches his fists and groans. LW, who was about to challenge anyway and does so in about 14 seconds, asks what is wrong and JJB explains it will become evident. True to script, mirther* is no good and LW can safely make the best play. JJB concedes and points out that murther 103, spotted just too late, would have won handily. "You murthered me," he concludes.
>LW: (EHMRRT?) +22 425
#note When the smoke clears, LW has won by 96 in a game where she had largely kept even and could have lost on the last rack. But those are the crazinesses of game 10. Murther cost 146 (103+6 versus -15-22), allowing it in the first place cost 96 (-9 versus -22+103+6), armozeen# cost 55, vehm# cost 33, and so on. Points improvable based on tiles played: LW 151, JJB 183. Points improvable based on values: LW 203.4, JJB 213.6.
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