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#player1 Joel_Elkins Joel Elkins
#player2 Mike_Frentz Mike Frentz
>Joel_Elkins: ACW 8G CAW +16 16
#note 2024 Word Cup, Round 1.
>Mike_Frentz: EMOOPTV 7H MOP +18 18
#note Quackle prefers MOVE in either spot, even though we don't have the hooks for it. Is shedding the V that important, or are we just trying for an open board here? I'm fine setting up my E this way.
>Joel_Elkins: ACDNORS K1 CANDORS +78 94
>Mike_Frentz: EJNOTVW 2J J.W +29 47
>Joel_Elkins: DEKO 1K .OKED +45 139
>Mike_Frentz: ENOTTTV 6I TO.T +18 65
>Joel_Elkins: EILRSTU O1 .ILUTERS +80 219
>Mike_Frentz: AELNOTV G8 .OVALENT +65 130
#note I would spot the hook eventually, but I forgot about TORTA here. VOLANTE plays for a few more.
>Joel_Elkins: HY 15G .HY +27 246
>Mike_Frentz: AAEFIIX M3 IXIA +27 157
#note Or AXILE/AXIAL on row 12, though we're already around 5% to win here.
>Joel_Elkins: AEGU 10G .AGUE +11 257
>Mike_Frentz: ?AEEEFZ 11K FEAZE +44 201
#note The sim comes up with the intriguing FEDEX 4I, trading an S-hook line for one ending in a vowel, while keeping the Z to score later and leaving the bottom-right untouched. I still think this is okay, trying to bingo faster.
>Joel_Elkins: AGINORT 14I ORATING +75 332
>Mike_Frentz: ?BEGOUU 12B OUtBU.GE +74 275
>Joel_Elkins: IQ 13M QI +46 378
>Mike_Frentz: EFNNORR L10 R.F +22 297
#note Quackle wants to blow the top-left open with something like FENURON or FORERUN through the U. My worry is that Joel's counterplay is likely to interfere with the other set of lanes as well (rows 4 and 5), leaving nowhere to go. This at least forces him to block one set of lines and give me a chance at drawing something in the other.
>Joel_Elkins: B 5J B. +11 389
>Mike_Frentz: EENNNOR 15N NO +18 315
#note Didn't spot EN 12N, which accomplishes a similar idea but a little better. As the tiles lay, though, nothing would have mattered:
>Joel_Elkins: ?AEIPRY D6 AsPERI.Y +64 453
>Mike_Frentz: EEELNNR 8A NEE. +18 333
#note Whatever the chance might be after LEARN 6B, I don't think it works in practice; Joel's not the type to fall asleep at the switch.
>Joel_Elkins: DEIIMSV C2 IVIED +21 474
>Mike_Frentz: ELLNRSS 2B R.LLS +14 347
#note Internal monologue: "Okay, yeah, that opens up the D hook, but he can't do much damage with that, can he?"
>Joel_Elkins: ADHIMT A1 ADMIT +34 508
#note "...oh yeah, that word."
>Mike_Frentz: ENS 6A SE..N +17 364
#note SNYE 13B is pretty. Not the start we wanted, but it happens.
>Mike_Frentz: (H) +8 372
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