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#player1 Josh_Sokol Josh Sokol
#player2 Chloe_Fatsis Chloe Fatsis
>Josh_Sokol: AACEEIO H8 AECIA +16 16
#note surprised how close exchanging is here.
>Chloe_Fatsis: BBEQUUW 10H .UBEB +17 17
#note Very awkward rack to start, Chloe didn't know UBIQUE.
>Josh_Sokol: EHILOOU 11J OHO +30 46
>Chloe_Fatsis: AOQUWXY 12L WAXY +58 75
>Josh_Sokol: DEILNRU 9A UNDERLI. +62 108
#note spend a bit of time looking for other bingos and wondering whether UNDERBOIL* was good, but figured that it was probably just UNBROILED in those letters
>Chloe_Fatsis: EJLOQRU O8 QUER. +51 126
#note Quackle surprisingly prefers JOULE 13I here, maintaining the dynamic and hoping that I don't use the U next turn. Super difficult move to be comfortable playing. The other issue is that QUERY doesn't actually take away scoring opportunities given the N10 hotspot.
>Josh_Sokol: EINNRTY A8 R.NNY +36 144
#note saw TUNNY and RUNNY but not RUNTY, which is what I would have chosen. I knew EIT was worse than EIR but felt the R in UNDERLIE gave the leave a nice boost. However, if I had seen that there were many T's to duplicate, I wouldn't have made this decision. Who knows if I ever would have spotted RUNTY. This was overthinking and bad playfinding. #findingsmall
>Chloe_Fatsis: AAFJLOS N10 FA. +36 162
#note This might have been ALFORJAS for 122!
>Josh_Sokol: EEIOTTU F6 OUT.IE +10 154
#note ugly. Shouldn't have kept that T, I know better.
>Chloe_Fatsis: AEJLOOS 13J JOLE +35 197
>Josh_Sokol: EEGIOST E8 E.GO +19 173
>Chloe_Fatsis: ANOPRSV D5 PROV. +24 221
>Josh_Sokol: AEIKOST G1 OAKIEST +72 245
#note really tough to sacrifice 7 points, but with both blanks out and no great scoring spots, it's potentially worth doing. Quackle thinks this is a significant mistake. It definitely makes things a lot easier as well. #strategysmall
>Chloe_Fatsis: AAACENS 1D CAN.E +30 251
>Josh_Sokol: GILTTWZ 4F W.Z +25 270
#note this is honestly not terrible, but it's a turn too late for game complication. The reason this might be better than D11 WIZ is that it hits QUERYING a bit more, blocks tons of bingos, but also the dearth of vowels is extreme. Quackle actually agrees here surprisingly. #questionable
>Chloe_Fatsis: AADEIST 5D .A +8 259
>Josh_Sokol: ADGILTT 3C TILA. +23 293
#note I considered this and TIDAL/AECIAL. I ended up going with this for points, for certain words on the 2nd row this *might* block, and for the off chance Chloe might try AECIAS* if I left that area alone. However, I completely missed that this set up IMPROVE for a ton. Luckily, considering her range from last play, she almost never has an M. #questionable
>Chloe_Fatsis: ADEISST 5G .AT +14 273
#note really complicated spot here. This is good to set up her S's and score a bit
>Josh_Sokol: ?DDGGLT -DDGLT +0 293
#note As much as I hate the G, I need to go for QUERYING here.
>Chloe_Fatsis: DEINNSS B12 END +13 286
#note really tough spot with very few vowels unseen. The E has a lot of value, but how do you even keep it?
>Josh_Sokol: ?EFGMSV 4B FEM +46 339
#note this was also an added benefit to exchanging 5 last turn that I had noticed immediately after playing TILAK.
>Chloe_Fatsis: EINPRSS 15B SNIPERS +85 371
>Josh_Sokol: ??GRSTV 12G V.T +6 345
#note it seemed like a good time tempo-wise to drop QUERYING now, but if I only drew an I or no vowel, I didn't like my chances of winning. I decided to play this to threaten bingos but also QUERYING, which again is unblockable and all mine. But it might not be so easy.
>Chloe_Fatsis: DDHILOT 2G .HOLD +16 387
#note blocking EATS and the A at 2G seem to be very high priority here, but can she outrun QUERYING? She first put down DOTH/EATH, which would have lost immediately to G(O)RMS keeping G?? for QUERYING. LITHO in that spot actually wins with the II draw, but if I have IG?, and you have DD, it's pretty much a guaranteed loss since you aren't going out and I'm keeping a blank with QUERYING to score elsewhere. If this play didn't take an S, it would be pretty decisive. Best might just be to play off OH for 30 and hope with outrun QUERYING and not get bing'ed on.
>Josh_Sokol: ??GGMRS I1 R.M +16 361
#note RIP, completely forgot to consider AHOLDS being valid, which I knew. SMUGGER wins. I made some insane calculation that this would tie if she saw (YE)TI 12A setting up (N)IDI and I blocked with G(I) D14, but she was low on time and I hoped that wouldn't be found. Quackle can't even find that sequence because it's so weird (and just flat-out wrong). Somehow didn't think of NIDI first. Oops. Also, just (YE)GG which I didn't have time to calculate wins as well, since she can't block oMeRS and go out in two and will lose by at the least 1 point! If she blocks the 3rd and 1st row with ID 1K, I win after (WIZ)aRdS and M(E) F14 since she isn't going out. Horrible miss on my part to finish a crazy game. If I play QUERYING first here, she can play I1 D(O) and just outrun me. #findingsaddest #endgamesaddest
>Chloe_Fatsis: DIIIT 13B .IDI +10 397
>Josh_Sokol: ??GGS O8 .....inG +57 418
#note I can still win if she misses YETI or goes overtime. She has 20 seconds left here.
>Chloe_Fatsis: IT 12A ..TI +22 419
#note dahhh
>Chloe_Fatsis: (GS) +6 425
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