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#player1 Becky_Dyer Becky Dyer
#player2 JD JD
>Becky_Dyer: AFKW 8E WAKF +28 28
>JD: AGHINQR H8 .IQH +19 19
>Becky_Dyer: ABCRSTT F3 ABSTR.CT +66 94
#note forking the board. my surest way back into this game is hitting the FIQHS hook, but I'm creating other threats and turning over tiles in search of an S, rather than something like AUA at E4 that kills the top-left quadrant.
>JD: AAAGNRU 5A GUANA. +14 33
#note the most important thing here is to keep the FIQHS hook open, since that'll be a hefty spot that can get me all the way back in one turn. In this game, that lane stayed open for 6 turns. I'm not playing AUA at E4 because it starts shutting the board down.
>Becky_Dyer: MM 6B MM +26 120
>JD: ?AIILOR A2 OLI.uRIA +83 116
>Becky_Dyer: DDELNRS 3E D.NDLERS +62 182
>JD: AAABEIR 2I ABA +25 141
#note Q likes AIDA at H1. It's not so much better defense or bingo percentage, but rather that I save BEAR for the 2J spot and can easily draw a 40-50 point play, whereas AEIR doesn't do much if it doesn't bingo.
>Becky_Dyer: EFI I9 FIE +35 217
>JD: AEIIJPR 1K JAPER +55 196
#note got to start laying on time pressure with some straightforward turns.
>Becky_Dyer: EH 2M EH +24 241
>JD: CGIINOW 1D COWING +49 245
>Becky_Dyer: ELRUY L3 .URELY +26 267
>JD: DEIIOTV 5I IVO.IED +22 267
>JD: ?OOSTTT (challenge) +5 272
#note really need to haul in an S or blank for FIQHS asap. I can also play VIROID in the same spot, but 6 Es are in the bag, and this turns over an extra tile.
>Becky_Dyer: EILNOST 12B ENTOILS +87 354
>JD: ?OOSTTT J10 STOTT +29 301
#note tough swing, I had TATTOOS/FIQHS coming down! after ENTOILS I'm down a lot, and so I felt like I had to set up a major bingo lane - hence STOTT setting up the TWL, and not STOT setting up STOTT. If I play STOT I probably have to bingo twice to win, or draw X and Z, whereas a STOTTS bingo could easily be 90+.
>Becky_Dyer: DEOZ O5 .OZED +48 402
>JD: ?EEGORU 9F .O.. +17 318
#note I'm pretty dead here - I decided to engage in misdirection and fish for the X for EXERGUE for 113, hoping that she sells out to block the STOTTS hook and I can sneak past her.
>Becky_Dyer: APV N8 PAV +23 425
>JD: ?EEGRUY C8 GUER.sEY +74 392
#note I was happy to find this with under a minute on my clock, but not so happy to discover that STOTTY is a word (alternate spelling of STOTTIE)! The problem is that I usually give her back ONYX.
>Becky_Dyer: EEINNOX K11 EXO +45 470
#note she gave me a little spread by missing ONYX.
>JD: U 15C .U +6 398
>JD: (EINN) +8 406
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