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#player1 Morris_Greenberg Morris Greenberg
#player2 Jared_Cappel Jared Cappel
>Morris_Greenberg: CEOOSTU -OU +0 0
#note JC: After co-commentating 6 games of the Scrabble Players Championship, Morris and I meet up for a 5 game set in downtown Toronto.
>Jared_Cappel: GGLMRST -GGLM +0 0
>Morris_Greenberg: CEIOOST 8D COOTIES +74 74
>Jared_Cappel: ?ADRSTX E2 eXTRAD.S +80 80
>Morris_Greenberg: CEFNRUV 7I FUN +21 95
#note MG: Lots of similar choices here, I didn't remember CRUF(T). I thought CERV has some decent synergy here, Quackle likes VE(X), CRUFT or this.
>Jared_Cappel: AABEEGU 6J BEAU +25 105
#note JC: The star play here is EAU(X) setting up my B and leaving an extra consonant. I considered BEAUX but somehow overlooked the idea of EAUX.
>Morris_Greenberg: ACERTVZ 5K ZA +48 143
#note MG: Missed CERV(e)ZA, that's the star play. Considered VAR(E)C too here, this seemed too good to give up.
>Jared_Cappel: AAAGIRU D8 .URIA +16 121
#note JC: I didin't see AUG(U)R which sims best despite the three vowel leave.
>Morris_Greenberg: ?CEORTV N1 CORVETs +85 228
#note MG: Was only 95% on CURIAE, so I went with a bingo here. COVERTs is a bit more defensive.
>Jared_Cappel: AADEEGY D2 YEA +29 150
>Morris_Greenberg: HIINTTW 1K WIT.H +42 270
>Jared_Cappel: AADEGSW C1 WAD +41 191
#note JC: Sims a touch better to drop the E and play WADE. Opens a new lane and scores 5 more points. Lots of unseen E's to hit.
>Morris_Greenberg: ABEINST 13B BASINET +78 348
#note JC: When I played CURIA, I was very confident it took ELS. Neither Morris nor I remembered that CURIA only takes EL. Big mistake. BANISTER was available.
>Jared_Cappel: AEGIMQS 14A QI +30 221
>Morris_Greenberg: GHNOOPY O6 YOGH +45 393
#note MG: PHY(T)ON is also a nice idea that I missed.
>Jared_Cappel: AEGKLMS 9C M..K +19 240
#note JC: I commented to Morris I was drawing dead. Quackle has me at a 0.3% winning percentage. But things are about to get closer than either of us expect.
>Morris_Greenberg: INNOOPV 15A ION +47 440
>Jared_Cappel: AEGLOPS 11A SPO.LAGE +72 312
>Morris_Greenberg: ELNOPRV A6 NOVEL. +27 467
#note MG: I wasn't sure of PLOVER(S), chose this over PROVE(S) or PERVO(S) because I thought the PR allowed for enough scoring to outrun 2 bingo worst case scenarios (e.g., P(AYe)R at a minimum), whereas LN could run into bad worst case scenarios.
>Jared_Cappel: EEFIRRT 12H FERRITE +88 400
>Morris_Greenberg: EIJMOPR 1A JO. +39 506
#note MG: I chose this over JIMPE(R) because it doesn't empty the bag, but 50 points should be enough to win anyways.
>Jared_Cappel: ADEILNU 10G ALIUNDE +70 470
>Morris_Greenberg: EEIMNPR 3I PRIME. +26 532
>Jared_Cappel: DGL N11 G.LD +12 482
>Jared_Cappel: (EN) +4 486
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