Today Scrabble Talk is going to discuss one particular moment in a game. The game can be from real one or online with friends or computer.
So when playing against computer on Scrabble app, we got this rack of QVECXEZ. A bit awkward combination but still playable for high points, now take a look of the board condition.
The board is still very open, with many 'hot spots' are still available. The obvious one is the Triple Letter box next to I from mOINEAU. You can play EX/EON/XI for an easy 53 pts but it's very tempting to play somewhere else as you already held the Q for QI/QI/IN (64 pts).
A more speculative one, there's a Double Letter box on the triple lane above the A from MARRIERS and wait to put the Z there and hit the Triple Word box.
One thing to look is the leave here, QVC combination is not a pretty one.
What will be your move and why?
Here are a few thoughts from @alexieishere :
.@scrabbletalk instead of the obvious play EX/EON/XI for 53, I choose CEZVE/EMO for 41, get rid of awkward tile and high chance of drawing I
— Alexander Gozali (@alexieishere) September 25, 2014
.@scrabbletalk just realized that EXEC/TE/WEX/ODE for 45 is safer, but QVZ is really awkward, still think CEZVE is better though
— Alexander Gozali (@alexieishere) September 25, 2014
We opted to play safe and fishing for the I, EXEC/TE/WEX/ODE for 45pts. Successfully to draw I in the next turn, so QI/QI/IN was obvious. Had a dreadful EVHYVZL after playing QI, but lucky we could make (B)EVVY.
Here is the final board :
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