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#player1 Steve Steve
#player2 Darin Darin
>Steve: BEINRST -B +0 0
#note This is a play I never, or only rarely made as recently as a few years ago. There is some argument for playing BIN or NIB, however, since REST is still a great leave.
>Darin: AHPTUWZ 8D HUTZPA +48 48
#note And this is one of the reasons for making a short play last turn; it prevents some big power tiles from doing such major damage.
>Steve: EILNRST J2 LINTERS +82 82
#note And this is why you fish off one tile. INTERS makes 48 bingos with another tile - and those are just the 7s. It also makes a ton of 8s, including the missed 2x2 here which scores the same (INSULTER).
>Darin: AOWY 4J .OWAY +22 70
#note Thanks to Darin for giving me what he remembered of his racks.
>Steve: AEHIOOQ F6 QA. +32 114
#note It's possible to play OHO on row 3 for the same 32 points, and a sim says that's the way to go, probably since there's two spots for the Q next time. But this play blocks both double-double lines and takes away the T as a thru tile.
>Darin: ?ACFINS C4 FIANCeS +86 156
#note FASCINe scores 99 in the O column, in case you didn't know FANFICS/CHUTZPAS, which scores an even 100.
>Steve: AEHINOO 3L OHO +32 146
>Darin: ENW D3 WEN +24 180
>Steve: AAEINPV B9 PAVANE +33 179
#note Spent probably too much time on this turn. The duck likes LEVA or LAVA off the L in row 2, which I never saw or considered. I like PATINE as an underlap on row 5 in hindsight. My play is just a little too volatile, especially with Darin only playing three tiles last turn.
>Darin: BDEINTV A12 BIND +41 221
>Steve: EEGIIIT 5J .IE +16 195
>Darin: EFTV 2N FE +28 249
>Steve: EGIIORT G5 RIT. +28 223
#note Quackle likes GRIOT at A6
>Darin: INOTV A6 VINO +25 274
>Steve: AEGIOSU H1 GUISE +23 246
#note I took a long time with this play. USAGE in the same spot scores three more, but being behind I like to hang the G on row one. Plus, I never saw USAGE.
>Darin: BCDEMOT E7 M.TED +21 295
#note quackle likes (IN)TOMBED for 28
>Steve: ?AIORTU 11E .URATIOn +66 312
#note Missing sAUTOIR for 79. It took me a while to spot this, as it was.
>Darin: ABCDEOR H11 .BODE +33 328
#note If I did find SAUTOIR last turn, Darin would have had a spot to put down BARCODE. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.
>Steve: ADEEGRX 10I EX +52 364
#note More luck to pull the X on this board
>Darin: ACEILOR L7 COLI.EAR +70 398
>Steve: ADEGKRT C13 KEG +33 397
>Darin: EGJLLRU 14F JU.GE +32 430
#note Darin put down JUREL for 56 and picked it up. He said later he was worried about an out bingo coming down the O column.
>Steve: ADORSTY 9G YA +34 431
#note Quackle says it's best to block the M hotspot at 10F
>Darin: LLMR 4C ..LL +7 437
>Steve: DORST M8 RODS +23 454
>Darin: MR 10E .M +20 457
#note M3 (HA)RM goes out and comes up two points short.
Recorded game score was 465-447: the bingo of COLINEAR was miscounted.
>Steve: T D3 ...T +9 463
#note Very lucky draws at the end of this game to pull thru.
>Steve: (R) +2 465
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