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#player1 Tim Tim
#player2 Art Art
>Tim: EIINOSU -IOU +0 0
>Art: ABEILUY H7 BUY +16 16
>Tim: EGINNSW 9D WING. +14 14
#note I looked at UNSEWING but figured it was no good. I know UNSEWED and UNSEWN -- you may remember me posting on CGP a while back about how SAW, SEW, and SOW have the property of both UN...ED and UN...WN being good, while HEW and MOW can only be UN...WN -- but I figured they were just adjectives, not inflections of the verb UNSEW. Because of this game, I now know that of the SAW/SEW/SOW/HEW/MEW family, only UNSEWN/UNSEWED are verb forms; all the other -ED/-N forms in this group are adjectives.
>Art: ?AEILOR F2 RELAtIO. +59 75
>Tim: ACEINST 3C CIN.ASTE +74 88
#note I didn't know SWINGY, so I couldn't play the 7s. At least CINEASTE is the best 8.
>Art: DDFLOOU 2J FLOOD +47 122
>Tim: ?EIRSUV 5E V.U +12 100
#note Ugh. I convinced myself SCURVIE is good, before realizing at the last minute that it's spelled SCURVY, then I panic when I don't immediately see another bingo staring with S, thereby failing to see plenty of not-too-difficult finds such as SURVIVE, S(O)UVENIR, and STUIVER (anagram of REVUIST/VIRTUES).
>Art: DDORTUV L1 V.DOU +26 148
#note You had shown your blank at this point. I could have tried to block the triple lane but my leave would have been miserable. Playing this gives me a 48 point lead, and I figure your bingo will be 80-90 points. I'll concede the lead to clean up my rack and we'll duke it out the rest of the way.
>Tim: ?EEIMRS O2 SERIEMa +87 187
#note I saw plenty of double-double bingos but decided to take the triple lane instead, in case you have an S. I also choose a deliberately obscure word, hoping to draw a challenge.
>Art: ADEORTT N6 ROTATED +71 219
>Tim: AEILLRW D1 WA.L +22 209
>Art: ABEHIJN 12L HA.J +46 265
>Tim: EGIILRX 13J ILEX +45 254
>Art: BEGIMNR O12 .IBE +39 304
>Tim: AGIIORS 8A GIRO +24 278
>Art: EGMNNRT B4 TERM.NG +16 320
>Tim: AHIIRSS M9 HI +20 298
#note I got bogged down in my own thought process again: I look at things like SA(S)H but decide to sacrifice some points to avoid leaving myself two I's. But instead of playing the simple HI(S) for 24, I stupidly play HI for 20 instead. And of course you play ZA(S) there in a couple turns.
>Art: DENNPUZ A1 DUPE +27 347
>Tim: AFIKRSS 14J FAR +35 333
#note Trying to be cute, setting up IF(S), instead of the simple and strong RI(S)KS. This is where I usually go astray -- overanalyzing and overcomplicating. I have to remind myself to play simple, strong scrabble: double-check for bingos, look for hot spots and hooks, take the points when in doubt, etc. etc.
>Art: ACENNTZ H1 ZA. +36 383
>Tim: AIKNOSS 15F KINOS +33 366
#note Things are looking bleak, but if I don't take IF(S) now, you might block the spot.
>Art: CENNOTY I3 .ENTY +23 406
>Tim: AAEEPQS 5K Q.A +24 390
#note I made have still had a chance if you had drawn the Q and had to dump it for 11. Now I'm dead.
>Art: CNOT 15L ONC. +15 421
>Tim: AEEPS J7 SEEP +20 410
>Art: T D7 T.. +6 427
>Art: (A) +2 429
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