As they say: "When life gives you lemons, make sure you watch Will Anderson's coverage of round 10 of the 2024 Crescent Cup."

@reginaldforthright805

4 ай бұрын

When life gives you tangerines make sure to watch will vinton’s coverage of the ski jump preliminaries for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer

@wfcyellow

4 ай бұрын

@@reginaldforthright805 Reg you're ill. In a good way.

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

They do be saying this

I watched this live and there was a small "easter egg" of sorts. At 8:44, Dave has his rack arranged "VU(L)SIVE" to suggest he might play "EVULSIVE" off the top E. The only problem is Evulsive isn't a valid word and the commentators knew this because one of them (the one on the left at 8:55) played it in the a game against Dave himself in a prior competition but Dave let it play anyway. The commentators were slightly worried that maybe Dave was confused by that and thought it would be valid but in the post-match interview revealed that he set up his rack like that to poke fun at that commentator.

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

Yes, Dave is a master of these little easter eggs! In fact, when Conrad asked him postgame whether he thinks about stuff like that to troll the commentators/viewers, he said not really, but I typed in chat that Dave is in fact a master troll, which elicited his laugh in the postgame interview clip I showed here!

I'm a newb at Scrabble. Finding one bingo is hard. But calculating which of the 14 possible racks (after playing U or V and drawing one out of seven distinct letters) have more than one bingo, while also considering in each case whether the remaining tiles that the opponent has have bingos and where they can be played depending on where you play your tile... Mindblowing!

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

Well said! And to make matters even crazier, Dave had a blank tile. So every permutation could have up to 26 extra combinations to check (though as long as you find a couple different bingos from a given rack, you can move on to the next permutation).

What did the photographer say to the Scrabble tourney winner? "Say QIS!"

@reginaldforthright805

4 ай бұрын

It’s pronounced kwiss, not cheese, contrary to widespread belief, and refers to the Chinese practice of cultivating bonsai trees.

@nerdpiggy

4 ай бұрын

@@reginaldforthright805 nooooo my joke :(

@galoomba5559

4 ай бұрын

@@reginaldforthright805 you're wrong

@reginaldforthright805

4 ай бұрын

@@galoomba5559 no, it’s deliberate misinformation. Keep on your toes

@mouykaing7456

4 ай бұрын

@@reginaldforthright805 I'd like to see your source, because that's completely wrong. Qi in Chinese tradition is the vital life force found in all things, and Qis is the plural (though plurals don't really exist in Chinese at all so I don't really know why it's a word.) Anyway, "qis" would definitely not be pronounced "kwiss" if it was a word, since Q in Pinyin is pronounced like "ch".

So weird that this is the 2nd time in a few months that a brilliant play of CUT was played in a critical position.

@mattcanik

4 ай бұрын

I had the same exact thought when I watched the video.... but missed the opportunity to say it live =\

if I had a nickle for every time cut was a brilliant pre-endgame move...

@KDestroyer9

Ай бұрын

Can we get a vid about like, the best three letter word plays or something like that? Plays like that are truly fascinating sometimes

Will, your story-telling skill, video animation, and scrabble analysis makes this channel a must-watch for even the passive scrabble player. It was absolutely a pleasure playing against you in Albany. Keep it up!

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

This is a really good one! My one tiny bit of feedback is that I wish the definitions stayed on screen for like 1.5 seconds longer, i kept having them fade out just as i switched my attention to them from the play on the board

I don't often watch games live but this was one of the few games I saw and it was so fun to watch. All thanks to you growing Scrabbles presence.

Hey Will! I've been watching your and Mack's content from the shadows for a couple months now, but just recently tried out my first Scrabble game (casual with friends). In it, I was able to find AZO hooking JO with a Z on the triple letter, then later out-bingoed with TAMARIND! Wouldn't have been possible without your always engaging and helpful content, so thanks!

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

Amazing play - so glad to hear this!

Love that one of the options was ARANCINI, one of my favorite Italian foods! I shouted it out once I saw it, just a second before it go played. Also feel like Dave could have also played VENUSIAN at some point :)

@tissuepaper9962

4 ай бұрын

I was very proud of myself for finding BOYCOT(T) hooking the T in BIDENTS, and then sad that I missed the bingo BOYCOTT(S).

Gotta say the intro to a scrabble video is one of the last places I expected to see Annette Obrestad

@domino14

4 ай бұрын

She was one game away from winning the open TWL division of the tournament, amazing as her first tournament was just two years ago.

@CanadianPianoMan

4 ай бұрын

@@domino14 I'm not entirely surprised. She first gained notoriety as a poker prodigy, winning a very prestigious poker tournament just a day shy of 19, having allegedly started playing online at 15. She would be pretty high on the list of people I would pick to learn a new game and learn it well in a short amount of time.

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

She played several excellent games on the live stream as well - could be great candidates for future videos too.

@TheLawman23

4 ай бұрын

I was gonna say this too, was not prepared for a Poker pro on a Scrabble video; actually had to rewatch the intro twice just to make sure I wasn't seeing things

@mattcanik

4 ай бұрын

@@TheLawman23 There's a surprising amount of overlap between poker and Scrabble. Many top experts have skill at both. Maybe you could become one? :)

Another great video! Can't imagine seeing all of this over the board...

I love that they turned their lemons into lemonades! 🤣

"More like Chris turned his lemons into lemony risotto wrapped around mozzarella cheese" had me bawling with laughter

Will Anderson dropping a video is among the finest pleasures in life. Love your content man.

When you were going over all of Dave's Bingo potential when deciding to play his V, his duplicate U, or something else, with a blank in hand, is a pro player able to actually calculate all these lines given how many combinations the blank can represent? I imagine that would take a long time.

Fantastic video. The type of thing one should show to people to get them more into Scrabble! Even knowing a lot of the words involved (which is a lucky coincidence, I assure you), I don't think I would ever have the skill to see all of them let alone consider the many outcomes in that final position. What a phenomenal talent Dave is!!

@tissuepaper9962

4 ай бұрын

Scrabble is one of those games where the rules are easy to understand, but the skill ceiling is fantastically high. Casual players see it as a game of vocabulary, but veteran players see it as a game of strategy and imperfect information.

Arancini was the first time I’ve ever watched one of these videos and spotted the move they were going to make

Only thing that could make these awesome recaps better would be to turn some of the moves into quick puzzles for the audience, i. e. give them a second to look for BOYCOTTS or GRANDPA or maybe ARANCINI themselves

@negativeseven

4 ай бұрын

Honestly, as someone who, like probably the majority of viewers, cannot generally spot these words in mere seconds, this would just slow down the pace of the video for me. (that being said, in a rare turn of events I did spot BOYCOTT on the rack, mainly because the alphabetical ordering is quite close to it already)

@AlexDings

4 ай бұрын

@@negativeseven What I mean is to give people a chance to pause the video. In most instances, Will mentions the solution so immediately that you can hardly pause even if you want to

@SAYFVCKFOR100DOLLARS

4 ай бұрын

@@AlexDings give us a second to look for DURCHGEPAUSTE

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

I keep forgetting to do this…it’s definitely a good idea

This is one of your best videos. Excellent game and excellent coverage

Interesting to note C(U)T blocks the disconnected 9 lane on row 10, but that lane is not needed with the 6-tile combination that is left

I've played scrabble my whole life but never thought of it like this. Incredible analysis.

@wanderer15

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for giving my video a try!

One of my proudest moments in Scrabble was drawing to a tie with Dave many years ago (402-402). He's such a solid player, and I was never anything more than a low-level expert (tho I once cracked the top-50 in N. America). He was really nice, too. I remember him from that profile photo you always post of him -- that's how he looks in my mind's eye -- so it was humbling to see how much older he and I both look all these years later! Great commentary as usual, Will!

10M (O)U actually wins 5/8 endgames with ADNR draws, it just so happens that it woulda lost this one :/ (he gets VESUVIAN/AMUSIVE etc with an A draw). The only way I can see to block both bingos is PANDOUR and that gives Dave back VAURIENS#

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

Nice!

It's incredible how good players can get at this game. Memorizing all the words in the dictionary is one thing. Being able to play the word scramble part is another. Being able to find placements on the board that maximize points is another. And then tracking all the letters and considering your and your opponent's potential draws and then plays is out of this world.

The production of these videos are insane! Incredible work!

@wanderer15

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Another amazing game, and a brilliant analysis, especially of the ending.

i cant unsee chris looking like a mix of ozzy osbourne and toby maguire

I played "vurp" once when I had a U and a V and surprisingly didn't get challenged

Fantastic video, as always! Thank you for sharing :)

That is unbelievable. The depth of calculation and knowledge is just.. jaw dropping

Super Mario World clickbait title card? Well done. You got me.

I learned so many words watching this coverage

That analysis is absurd! So much that needs to be considered, but it turned out to be worth it in the end.

Excellent video, thanks!

love this, what a stunningly difficult move to get perfectly

Did you see Nigel Richard's recent 748 point game at Bangalore?

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

Video on that insane game coming next week!

Incredibly impressive

Wow is that the former poker player annette obrestad at 0:03 ? 😮

@richards31415

4 ай бұрын

Yep

@mattcanik

4 ай бұрын

she's now decided to become a scrabble grandmaster and is doing a pretty darn good job of it

That is such an unbelievable board, wow

Don't know why this was recommended to me to watch, but had fun. These are top players for sure!

What a crazy endgame sequence! 🤟

In another game, Dave Wiegand had even more garbage tiles! He had 3 U’s and both V’s with 3 tiles in the bag and lost after his opponent bingoed using both blanks, emptying the bag (he would have probably won if his rack wasn’t so bad; therefore, it was stronger for his opponent to make a 1/2 tile fish, according to Joel Wapnick).

7:51 surprised "Vesuvian" isn't defined as "A type of volcanic eruption"

Here for the Super Mario World thumbnail

the amount of variations to consider for one move.. this games crazy

Congrats to Dave! Awesome person. What an endgame play.

Great video! I was slightly confused by the # marks until I realized that it meant "invalid in NWL but valid in Collins."

hey will, I’m a big fan of your scrabble content, it’s inspired me to get better at scrabble and sign up for events in my area! I was wondering if you have any tips or resources for players looking to self analyze their games. Is that software i see commentators using sometimes in your videos something that would be useful in this pursuit? Thanks in advance and keep up the great work!

@mattcanik

4 ай бұрын

quackle is the engine the commentators use, you can find it with a quick google search. woogles also has an engine that isn't as refined yet

Love the content and would watch anyway, but I have to say that your thumbnail for the video is a stroke of genius akin to “Vesuvian.”

I think it would be interesting for us to see the time they had on a clock so we can better understand how long they were thinking about their moves

Another great story told! Question: what does the '#' mean at the end of words?

@ValkyRiver

4 ай бұрын

This word is in the Collins dictionary, but not the north american NWL dictionary.

@Kosmicd12

4 ай бұрын

​@@ValkyRiveroh! Thanks 🙂 is there a different syntax for the other way around? In North American, but not Collins?

@craftyawesome6830

4 ай бұрын

@@Kosmicd12 I'm not aware of any, because that is really rare.

@ZeoKnight15

22 күн бұрын

​@@Kosmicd12 maybe $ sign?

This video was awesome and I really enjoyed it. Your editing, visuals, narration, and story telling are all really well-done and deserve praise. 😁 However, could you include almost (if not all) of the definitions for words used. I really like how you provide most of them, but I don’t think most people, including myself, know what words like ‘luvvies’ means until we look it up. 😅 It’d be very much appreciated and make the viewing experience even better. Thanks so much and keep up the great work! 🙏

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

I can definitely be a little more proactive with those definitions. Thanks for the kind words!

@johnstevenson3628

4 ай бұрын

@@wanderer15 You even respond to comments and try to improve the channel?! This guy needs 1M subs ASAP.

SCRABBLE on another level

I read about ARANCINI in a Scrabble book I have, glad to see it being used XD

I saw arancini almost instantly because I am hungry and feel equal parts proud and taunted Also good video etc.

1:21 I think Fawful slipped a word into the Scrabble dictionary.

7:03-7:37 Where can I find the full list of ranked 3-letter combinations?

Will can you do a speed run vid of you anagramming the top20k sevens

I thought you said my game with Carl was your favorite 🤣

Where can I find the AI ranking of all the 3 letter combinations?

If possible would love to see a collaboration with another youtuber as the video you made with Wirtual is my favourite video of yours till date ❤❤

That’s a lot of 8 and 9 letter bingos to find wow

5:41 Would that be using a blank as a Q? When has that actually happened?

Sorry to hear that someone left glue on your seat. Hope your pants are doing well.

That's nothing. I can draw the best tiles in Scrabble, and then lose.

Like ya hair style Chris Lipe.👍

Wish I'd thought of all that.😊

How much time did Dave have in order to calculate this? What are the time controls in a game like this?

@peterfranklinrouth895

4 ай бұрын

I think I am right in saying each player gets a total amount of time to use as they see fit. When you end your turn your timer pauses until it is your turn again. If you pause the video at 8.38 you can see the timers at the bottom showing Dave has used about 4.5 minutes more than Chris.

I'm definitely going to start using the word rubineous from now on.

Nice

Not exactly to do with this game, but a thought I had after seeing some of your analyses is that a scrabble variant where before gameplay starts a third party removes a single unrevealed tile from the bag would result in a lot of interesting subtle endgames along the lines of the sort of situations you like analyzing.

If I had a nickel for every time a game on this channel started with "fiord", I'd have 10 cents. That's not alot of money, but it's weird that it happened twice. (The other one is the first game in the video with cut and tan).

@sandekv

9 күн бұрын

As a Norwegian, that spelling hurts me. Not only did English speakers butcher the pronunciation, they even made up a new spelling based on the bad pronunciation.

Hilarious thumbnail

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

Hopefully I don’t cause an uproar putting the Triforce in the area where you actually get the Master Sword

Dave is brilliant

While your videos have been of excellent quality for a while, i gotta say: your thumbnails are getting too good!❤

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! I couldn’t think of anything better for this one so I fell back on some SNES classics…

I didn’t know WUDU was a word, that would have helped massively when I had the rack WUUUDXI (I played WUD instead leaving 2 U’s and then proceeded to draw another U later on)

@SilverCubing

Ай бұрын

I think if you didn't know about WUDU, then exchanging would've been a bit better

@SG2048-meta

10 күн бұрын

@@SilverCubingyeah probably

Interesting thumbnail choice.

This is a thumbnail appreciation comment

Love your vIDEOS

These endgames are ridiculous. How do they have time to anagram 16 different 8 letter combos. AND you need to think about the opponents rack

U's are the bane of my existence

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

This means you are a true Scrabbler now.

banger

1:18 where did Chris's R go?

@rickpgriffin

4 ай бұрын

That looks like a mistake, he draws an R on the next turn so was it unknown if he was holding an R or L at that moment?

TIL the youngest bracelet winner in World Series of Poker history plays American Scrabble tournamenets. Awesome.

Is playing CUT not a misplay shutting down the lanes that featured 9s through the N and O?

@ValkyRiver

4 ай бұрын

None of the bingos after playing off a U are through the N and the O.

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

It’s not ideal for Dave to block anything, but his playing there shows a recognition of the fact that it doesn’t actually block any of the bingos he can actually draw after dumping the U.

at 3:45 you say "he scores for 57" when he only scored for 37 :o :o

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

Thanks - just attempted to fix in KZread Studio, hopefully it works!

3:24 its 10 percentpoints not 10% :)

Guy like me finds that

at 3:40 you said he played BIDENTS for 57, but the indicator says ‘+37’ next to his name

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! I just attempted to fix it in KZread Studio. We'll see if it works.

Not only do they use words I've never heard of, they use words I've never heard of.

I thought G was the worst letter. 😀

hmm, thought "ee" was not valid

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

It is a very strange word for sure. These players are using the Collins dictionary, the worldwide standard which is more permissive than the Merriam Webster one, so if you’re used to that, some words may look unfamiliar. (When I show definitions on screen, these are denoted with the # symbol)

@villelankinen

4 ай бұрын

@@wanderer15 Thanks Will! Another question - why are they playing CSW in an American tournament? Kinda cool if there's enough players in the US to have tournaments with both dictionaries!

Hamburger

I don't get it. How is UUU the worst 3-letter combination in the game? While unlikely, you can at least still bingo with it, since words like UNUSUAL, UNDULOUS, CUMULUS, FUMULUS, TUMULUS, USUFRUCT, JUGULUM, SUBUCULA, SUCCUBUS, etc. are all valid. I'd say III is worse than UUU, considering there are so many I's and you are so likely to draw III, more than once even. AFAIK, there are combinations like JVV, JWW and QVV that have literally zero valid words, let alone bingos.

@Thaplayer1209

4 ай бұрын

There are 31+20 7-letter words that contain 3 I’s compared to 10+5 for 3 U’s. You also don’t have to play all the titles at once There are many short words that contain 2 Is than 2 Us which make it easier to get rid of duplicates. U’s only score 1 point while J and X score 8, Z and Q score 10, and V and W score 4.

@manaphylv100

4 ай бұрын

If you are not going for bingos and just want to dump duplicates, III is still worse, since the only 3LW with 2 I's is IWI. In comparison, it's much easier to dump 2 U's with ULU, UTU, and UMU. Without knowing the exact criteria the ranking is based on, it's not very meaningful. It's clearly not based on bingo chances, and it probably assumes perfect word knowledge and skill, which no human has. Also, did it take the probability of drawing those letters into account (it's far, far less likely to draw UUU vs. III or JQV), as well as what other 4 letters each player might have when they drew or kept those 3? And there's the state of the game and tiles left in the bag, etc. E.g., if I chose to keep UUU, which I might or might not have drawn at the same time, I most likely had a combination of C, L, M, and S in hand, with other usable letters in the bag or on the board. Or maybe I just wanted to Q-stick my opponent. Either way, I can't see how any 3 vowels, which can always form a valid word, could be worse than something like JVV that literally cannot form any valid words. All I can say is that computers "think" differently from humans...

csw game

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@williamwen5629

4 ай бұрын

ikr

The important takeaway for me is the acceptability of "RATFINK." 😅

This is a really good one! My one tiny bit of feedback is that I wish the definitions stayed on screen for like 1.5 seconds longer, i kept having them fade out just as i switched my attention to them from the play on the board

@wanderer15

4 ай бұрын

I’ve wondered about that - I’ll try to leave them up longer. (And thanks!)