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#player1 Merris_Stambaugh Merris Stambaugh
#player2 Ryan_Fischer Ryan Fischer
>Merris_Stambaugh: UU -UU +0 0
>Ryan_Fischer: ?DEEIOY 8F EYE +12 12
>Merris_Stambaugh: ?ADFIRT F2 DrAFTI.R +67 67
>Ryan_Fischer: ?DIIMNO I6 MIDIrON +69 81
#note D(A)IMONIc
>Merris_Stambaugh: AABEIRT H10 AB +9 76
#note Merris: At move 5 when I played AB, I had AABEIRT on my rack. I didn’t know and therefore missed the bingo ATABRINE here through an open A on the board.
>Ryan_Fischer: EHJORSV 13G JOSH +34 115
#note SHROVE leaving a lone J is dumb.
>Merris_Stambaugh: AEILLRT 11H ..LL +12 88
#note Merris: At move 7 when I played (BO)LL, I had AEILLRT on my rack. I saw LITERAL with no spot to play it abd didn’t know and therefore missed the bingo ARILLATE through the same open A on the board as last turn. Neither of those plays was anything to be proud of but I was trying to keep a good rack that seemed bingo prone for my limited word knowledge.
>Ryan_Fischer: CENRUVZ J2 CURVE +24 139
>Merris_Stambaugh: AEINORT 2I A.TION +16 104
#note Merris: At move 9 I finally had a great rack with AEINORT and tons of 8s available but none that played.
Ryan: Given that, Q-static recommends O(F).
>Ryan_Fischer: AEINQUZ 1G ZIN +38 177
#note Z(I)NE or QUA is better.
>Merris_Stambaugh: MUY 1M YUM +31 135
>Ryan_Fischer: AAAEQUW 12K AWA +14 191
#note Just get rid of the Q already!
>Merris_Stambaugh: RU H13 .UR +9 144
>Ryan_Fischer: AADEOQU 3C QUA.E +28 219
>Merris_Stambaugh: EEFGINV 15D FEVE.ING +69 213
>Ryan_Fischer: AADKNOT E8 KAON +31 250
#note or KOAN, KO(R)AT, KO(F)TA.
>Merris_Stambaugh: EGLOPS B1 GOSPEL +36 249
>Ryan_Fischer: ADEHOST A1 AH +29 279
#note ADEST bingos so much more that the 4 point sacrifice is worth it.
>Merris_Stambaugh: CEPR A5 PERC +30 279
#note Merris: I don’t remember any more specific racks until the end but I know that when Ryan played AH I wanted to block the triple lane as well as score without leaving him much there and PERC seemed to accomplish all of that and actually tied the game.
>Ryan_Fischer: DEEIOST 3M DIE +25 304
#note OE for 16 with the DEIST leave is worth the 9-point sacrifice apparently.
>Merris_Stambaugh: GILNORT 3B ......R +15 294
#note Merris: After that play I held GILNORT and this is when I saw (PERC)OLATING as a possible play if I had the A instead of the R. Ironically…and why this game should be entitled “A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing” 😊…I missed TRIGONAL here through the A in AWA. I considered other plays and was trying to think what other possibilities there were, down 25 points against a top player. There were 10 tiles in the bag at this point with the case A unseen. I decided that it was too big an opportunity to pass up and I actually had a decent spot to fish off the R to make (SQUARE)R for 15 points.
>Ryan_Fischer: EIORSTX 13L OX +41 345
#note Merris: I drew 1 tile and my adrenaline shot through the roof when I saw the A. I held my breath worried that RYAN might pluralize KAON with something like WORTS or WORDS hitting the triple letter for a lot of points and blocking my play but he quickly played OX for 41 points and that was that!
Ryan: Noting else really to consider here except 13M XI, which while inferior has some merit. 11-letter bingos were the last thing on my mind. :)
>Merris_Stambaugh: AGILNOT A5 ....OLATING +101 395
#note (!)
>Ryan_Fischer: EEIORST 4B .IT +25 370
#note OES for 22 is the best endgame.
>Merris_Stambaugh: BDESTTW 14L WEB +35 430
>Ryan_Fischer: EEORS O11 EROSE +27 397
>Ryan_Fischer: (DSTT) +10 407
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