The computer said this Scrabble expert could only tie. But he won.
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A winning position in Scrabble does not mean a win, and a losing position does not mean a loss. And -- this one doesn't come up as often -- a tied position certainly doesn't mean a tie. But it came up in a recent game between two strong experts.
One player made the most intuitive move and won the game seemingly without much drama. However, a computer analysis revealed some deep secrets, including several diabolical ways his opponent could've stolen the win back from him. Would you have found these sequences? If so you're well on your way to becoming a Scrabble expert!
It's brilliant. Somehow keeping the C and U is the right play (normally these are very annoying letters in endgames…)
Yeah endgames can really be counterintuitive sometimes. Thanks for watching!
Not,at,all boring. Fascinating actually
Thanks so much, glad you think so!
Good video, but a bit of a clickbait title, which made it sound like he found a win in a position that the computer found only a tie. A better title would be “The computer said this Scrabble expert could tie. But he lost.”
It was a win indeed. But B(R)AC(E) is theoretically a losing play
You can select NWL20 in the board editor.
This was an NWL18 game as it took place at a WGPO tournament (before the new lexicon came into effect); still it doesn't change the fact that BAE wasn't valid yet
Shouldn't the thumbnail say either "you shall" or "thou shalt"?
Maybe! Admittedly not an expert on archaic grammar haha
vin must have been incorrect
It was -- didn't want to add even more layers to this already lengthy video, but HEVEA/AG would've won pretty handily for Jerry as the V in HEVEA being un-overlappable makes DUH, DUE, and DUE to the letters in HEVEA impossible to block simultaneously for Richard