If I was lucky enough to draw a pretzel, I’d play it, get huge points, and then my family would dissolve into talking about various snack foods for half an hour before the next person played their word.
@davidtydeman1434Сағат бұрын
Both players are excellent
@christophermccutcheon21433 сағат бұрын
I'm fucking with my algo all the time and YT doesn't know what to suggest me anymore. Either old hang-ups or something totally random. Extreme Scrabble is definitely on the random side. Like I'm a gamer and I like word play so I enjoy Scrabble but this idea of some guy "doing the unthinkable" in Scrabble is fucking hilarious to me. Cos to this community that's probably like he turned a 4 letter word on the board into an 11 letter word using 3 Qs and a Z. But in my head, someone "doing the unthinkable in Scrabble" would be like they have a tantrum and flip the board while yelling a very competent and diverse set of curses and ill-wishes.
@averykoons15075 сағат бұрын
"in vogue"
@Superb17C9 сағат бұрын
9:47 "Frivoleraugoury"?! What video is that from?
@theweedledrop9 сағат бұрын
Awesome
@jacks5kids20 сағат бұрын
As a scientist, my biggest problem is with the dictionaries arbitrarily including or excluding scientific terms that are definitely accepted in scientific writing. For example, dictionaries include "perchloric" but exclude "perbromic". Essentially every chorine compound has a parallel bromine analog. In geometry, octagon, nonagon and decagon are all good, but with the adverbs, octagonally is OK, nonagonally is invalid, but then decagonally is again valid. How can we know which scientifically valid words are arbitrarily excluded? This is harder to predict and is less logical than allowing words like zzz and qi.
@HowardHelloКүн бұрын
I literally screamed three times throughout this video. Holy shit!!!!!!!!
@theefficientguy7202Күн бұрын
ILYSM PLEASE MAKE MORE EDITED BOARD THINGY-MAJINGY. IM SO HAPPY WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS!❤❤❤❤❤❤
@onyonableКүн бұрын
Now let's see alphazero vs quackle
@SeanHarding-nv9liКүн бұрын
4:14 My step-uncle is a Scrabble nerd and would LOVE this play
@NovemberOrWhateverКүн бұрын
As for doing it again, maybe get feedback from the public, but have the voting limited to actual tournament scrabble players? I think that could be good to keep it updated
@glennbooth3386Күн бұрын
Brilliant!
@scottlarock7924Күн бұрын
The other day I spotted an opportunity for the word, disenfranchised, to span the board I was playing on. The word to play off of was Ranch, and there were the perfect spaces on either side. It was quickly squashed, though.
@qazmatronКүн бұрын
I don't know, but I want nothing to do with Hillsdale College. They pollute science and politics with their religious pre-conclusions. They are poison.
@irgendeinlappen7703Күн бұрын
First question: why do I even watch a scrabble video? Second question: why do I enjoy it that fking much?
@cyrulmaoКүн бұрын
chess reference at the sart
@skimrizzle95982 күн бұрын
i dont know
@mud1nabowl2 күн бұрын
i love wtching vidoes bout things i have no idea about
@mrwhoannon3002 күн бұрын
I searched up Catcon and some dictionaries allow it and some don’t. However it’s meant to be a short hand for ‘Catalytic Converter’ I don’t know though
@TheScrabGamer2 күн бұрын
Great heavens if CO and JE are valid. Selfied is also gr8
@frozenturtl8272 күн бұрын
"zedonk"
@litigioussociety42492 күн бұрын
I guess I never played this game correctly. We always played the first letter had to be on the center square, so they wouldn't have two options for placement of pretzel.
@jonathanlee90512 күн бұрын
You made Scrabble sound fascinating to someone who doesn’t typically care for it- well done! This was so cool to watch (:
@skyjumper40972 күн бұрын
what, is the ruling different for specifically nigel
@OMGreeni2 күн бұрын
that's it. i've been following for a while, but it took being a bit tipsy for me to scream LOUDLY, and TWICE, watching one of your videos. What a game, and what a way to cover it man !!
@minaballerina2 күн бұрын
omg just played ziti in a game and then it shows up in this video
@alifnafili51532 күн бұрын
holy crap i am a scrabble word
@ErosGK1112 күн бұрын
Super helpful. Thank you!
@pokejoey12 күн бұрын
Another great video! Would love to see a video covering the history of AI/Computer Scrabble!
@christopherlawman95212 күн бұрын
You talk like you know the mind of Nigel. Nigel knows, Nigel thinks, etc. Is it just that you are far better at Scrabble than him and know every word and strategy of every top player?
@wanderer152 күн бұрын
It’s a fair question. I would say that in general, high level Scrabble strategy has some universal principles that all players can agree upon. In cases where some players might choose differently from the option that was played, I do try and cover these alternative choices and not pretend like there’s a clear “answer” - but often there is, and the reasons why are likely to be similar no matter what master-level player you ask. Obviously I would never claim to be better than Nigel, but in a very small sample size I have a winning record against him (6-2) and have been the top ranked player in North America in both of the lexicons in widespread use.
@Degenerate042 күн бұрын
does someone wanna define and use "oe" in a sentence for me? its not a fucking word idc what scrabble says it aint a fucking word bro
@blueshells502 күн бұрын
where can one buy one of these tournament boards
@pgck2 күн бұрын
Interesting that 2006 was around 10 years after computers reached elite levels at chess and 10 years before they reached elite levels at Go.
@rojavida2 күн бұрын
I’d be challenging the hell out of “voguiest”.
@VikingFireProject2 күн бұрын
I'm not sure how Scrabble ended up in my algorithm... but I'm here for it!
@nerdjournal3 күн бұрын
Nice, Mr Anderson is in the Matrix again. Thomas / Will? Big difference. doh!
@LOTLore3 күн бұрын
This is fucking hilarious , thanks for making amazing videos
@gsas30123 күн бұрын
So whats the current best bot today then? I'm curious if Quackle was over thrown
@wanderer152 күн бұрын
Woogles.io’s BestBot has made some solid improvements over Quackle - it’s just now starting to become more widely available to play.
@sittingstill35783 күн бұрын
Why is Nigel based in Malaysia? Is he a TCK or missionary? His intelligence reminds me of the missionary kids I knew growing up.
@Floriaka3 күн бұрын
can't tell me that AI opponents in games like this don't get tilted cause it's ALWAYS when they are losing and on the brink of being destroyed in these games.. they will perform better by at least 45% and use more CPU and RAM to overclock itself mildly to make more impressive yet bold call outs. I should know, I play against AI opponents in games similar to this all the time
@lildmckay3 күн бұрын
Did the commentator have access to live analysis or did she see that qats/qadi sequence too?
@wanderer152 күн бұрын
I think all of the attendees of the tournament were watching the finals together and collaborating on ideas for candidate moves. Organizer Tony Leah told me that at one point, the need to block QATS was suggested, and shortly after, the possibility of instead trying to draw QADI was floated as well, and Robin synthesized those two ideas.
@cr-pol3 күн бұрын
if i had a pretzel i'd go for brown mustard. (sorry.) OK, wouldn't the answer have a strong dependence if money was at stake?
@JessScreams3 күн бұрын
Dude 12:45 was shady HAHA
@plebcrabslayer3 күн бұрын
*ROAD TO 50K!!! LET'S GO!!!* 🥳 3:41 I wouldn't assume that he might have another S _just_ because he played one; I would simply think he played the S to hit the DWS-nine points (plus opening up the S-hook opportunity for his opponent) versus 20 points (and no setup)? Seems straightforward to me (a non-expert). Why is the expert player analysis that his playing that S makes it likelier that he might have another S? Genuinely curious. Edit: 6:26 I suppose the chance of David's having OATIEST is so low as to warrant not blocking that particular TWS (and given the difficulty of landing the top-right TWS, which it actually could at that moment). Edit 2: 9:20 The even more impressive thing is the translation from those thoughts-about endgames, pre-endgames, setups, etc.-into a programming language. Just the ingenuity to turn ideas into if-then-else statements (and all the other statements required) is an astonishing feat; a triumph of our beautifully evolved primate brains. 🧠⚡🙌
@wanderer153 күн бұрын
For me, the reason I’d be wary after AHOLDS is that (Y)ODH was available from the Y saving the S for the same score. Normally, an S is too valuable to spend if you have a move that scores even close, let alone equally. However, YODH is also a tough word to spot, and even a strong human player could miss it from time to time. Quackle went ahead and took the aggressive approach anyway and it surely paid off.
@plebcrabslayer3 күн бұрын
@@wanderer15 Ohhh! I see. Thank you! :D
@Scienceboy03 күн бұрын
8:32 More like Monodies nutz
@Simon-T.3 күн бұрын
This has got me thinking about the opposite of an AI against a top player, me. I'm a decent to average home scrabble player and a decent to average home chess player. I imagine that if I played a million games against a top chess player I'd never win but if I played enough games and the tiles that came out were so stacked in my favour, is there a chance one time out of a million I could beat a top scrabble player? Or would their word knowledge and word play be enough to make up whatever advantage I had everytime and I would literally need them to draw only vowels all game and them to then quit for me to ever win? Great video as always.
@jahonasnapkins3 күн бұрын
you’d likely win a lot more than one in a million! even with very moderate skill you could beat the most skilled opponent on any given day
@wanderer153 күн бұрын
My mom, a solid home player but not someone who would ever study the dictionary, beat Quackle once after about 200 tries. I think many casual players would be surprised how moderate the effort would be required to get to that “every once in a blue moon” win rate even against super elite Scrabble opponents.
@Simon-T.3 күн бұрын
Ohh, that's exciting!
@ryanjohnson36153 күн бұрын
This has "John Henry" vibes.
@wyskers13 күн бұрын
8:34 isn’t FAULTIER off of the R of STONIER way better?
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If I was lucky enough to draw a pretzel, I’d play it, get huge points, and then my family would dissolve into talking about various snack foods for half an hour before the next person played their word.
Both players are excellent
I'm fucking with my algo all the time and YT doesn't know what to suggest me anymore. Either old hang-ups or something totally random. Extreme Scrabble is definitely on the random side. Like I'm a gamer and I like word play so I enjoy Scrabble but this idea of some guy "doing the unthinkable" in Scrabble is fucking hilarious to me. Cos to this community that's probably like he turned a 4 letter word on the board into an 11 letter word using 3 Qs and a Z. But in my head, someone "doing the unthinkable in Scrabble" would be like they have a tantrum and flip the board while yelling a very competent and diverse set of curses and ill-wishes.
"in vogue"
9:47 "Frivoleraugoury"?! What video is that from?
Awesome
As a scientist, my biggest problem is with the dictionaries arbitrarily including or excluding scientific terms that are definitely accepted in scientific writing. For example, dictionaries include "perchloric" but exclude "perbromic". Essentially every chorine compound has a parallel bromine analog. In geometry, octagon, nonagon and decagon are all good, but with the adverbs, octagonally is OK, nonagonally is invalid, but then decagonally is again valid. How can we know which scientifically valid words are arbitrarily excluded? This is harder to predict and is less logical than allowing words like zzz and qi.
I literally screamed three times throughout this video. Holy shit!!!!!!!!
ILYSM PLEASE MAKE MORE EDITED BOARD THINGY-MAJINGY. IM SO HAPPY WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS!❤❤❤❤❤❤
Now let's see alphazero vs quackle
4:14 My step-uncle is a Scrabble nerd and would LOVE this play
As for doing it again, maybe get feedback from the public, but have the voting limited to actual tournament scrabble players? I think that could be good to keep it updated
Brilliant!
The other day I spotted an opportunity for the word, disenfranchised, to span the board I was playing on. The word to play off of was Ranch, and there were the perfect spaces on either side. It was quickly squashed, though.
I don't know, but I want nothing to do with Hillsdale College. They pollute science and politics with their religious pre-conclusions. They are poison.
First question: why do I even watch a scrabble video? Second question: why do I enjoy it that fking much?
chess reference at the sart
i dont know
i love wtching vidoes bout things i have no idea about
I searched up Catcon and some dictionaries allow it and some don’t. However it’s meant to be a short hand for ‘Catalytic Converter’ I don’t know though
Great heavens if CO and JE are valid. Selfied is also gr8
"zedonk"
I guess I never played this game correctly. We always played the first letter had to be on the center square, so they wouldn't have two options for placement of pretzel.
You made Scrabble sound fascinating to someone who doesn’t typically care for it- well done! This was so cool to watch (:
what, is the ruling different for specifically nigel
that's it. i've been following for a while, but it took being a bit tipsy for me to scream LOUDLY, and TWICE, watching one of your videos. What a game, and what a way to cover it man !!
omg just played ziti in a game and then it shows up in this video
holy crap i am a scrabble word
Super helpful. Thank you!
Another great video! Would love to see a video covering the history of AI/Computer Scrabble!
You talk like you know the mind of Nigel. Nigel knows, Nigel thinks, etc. Is it just that you are far better at Scrabble than him and know every word and strategy of every top player?
It’s a fair question. I would say that in general, high level Scrabble strategy has some universal principles that all players can agree upon. In cases where some players might choose differently from the option that was played, I do try and cover these alternative choices and not pretend like there’s a clear “answer” - but often there is, and the reasons why are likely to be similar no matter what master-level player you ask. Obviously I would never claim to be better than Nigel, but in a very small sample size I have a winning record against him (6-2) and have been the top ranked player in North America in both of the lexicons in widespread use.
does someone wanna define and use "oe" in a sentence for me? its not a fucking word idc what scrabble says it aint a fucking word bro
where can one buy one of these tournament boards
Interesting that 2006 was around 10 years after computers reached elite levels at chess and 10 years before they reached elite levels at Go.
I’d be challenging the hell out of “voguiest”.
I'm not sure how Scrabble ended up in my algorithm... but I'm here for it!
Nice, Mr Anderson is in the Matrix again. Thomas / Will? Big difference. doh!
This is fucking hilarious , thanks for making amazing videos
So whats the current best bot today then? I'm curious if Quackle was over thrown
Woogles.io’s BestBot has made some solid improvements over Quackle - it’s just now starting to become more widely available to play.
Why is Nigel based in Malaysia? Is he a TCK or missionary? His intelligence reminds me of the missionary kids I knew growing up.
can't tell me that AI opponents in games like this don't get tilted cause it's ALWAYS when they are losing and on the brink of being destroyed in these games.. they will perform better by at least 45% and use more CPU and RAM to overclock itself mildly to make more impressive yet bold call outs. I should know, I play against AI opponents in games similar to this all the time
Did the commentator have access to live analysis or did she see that qats/qadi sequence too?
I think all of the attendees of the tournament were watching the finals together and collaborating on ideas for candidate moves. Organizer Tony Leah told me that at one point, the need to block QATS was suggested, and shortly after, the possibility of instead trying to draw QADI was floated as well, and Robin synthesized those two ideas.
if i had a pretzel i'd go for brown mustard. (sorry.) OK, wouldn't the answer have a strong dependence if money was at stake?
Dude 12:45 was shady HAHA
*ROAD TO 50K!!! LET'S GO!!!* 🥳 3:41 I wouldn't assume that he might have another S _just_ because he played one; I would simply think he played the S to hit the DWS-nine points (plus opening up the S-hook opportunity for his opponent) versus 20 points (and no setup)? Seems straightforward to me (a non-expert). Why is the expert player analysis that his playing that S makes it likelier that he might have another S? Genuinely curious. Edit: 6:26 I suppose the chance of David's having OATIEST is so low as to warrant not blocking that particular TWS (and given the difficulty of landing the top-right TWS, which it actually could at that moment). Edit 2: 9:20 The even more impressive thing is the translation from those thoughts-about endgames, pre-endgames, setups, etc.-into a programming language. Just the ingenuity to turn ideas into if-then-else statements (and all the other statements required) is an astonishing feat; a triumph of our beautifully evolved primate brains. 🧠⚡🙌
For me, the reason I’d be wary after AHOLDS is that (Y)ODH was available from the Y saving the S for the same score. Normally, an S is too valuable to spend if you have a move that scores even close, let alone equally. However, YODH is also a tough word to spot, and even a strong human player could miss it from time to time. Quackle went ahead and took the aggressive approach anyway and it surely paid off.
@@wanderer15 Ohhh! I see. Thank you! :D
8:32 More like Monodies nutz
This has got me thinking about the opposite of an AI against a top player, me. I'm a decent to average home scrabble player and a decent to average home chess player. I imagine that if I played a million games against a top chess player I'd never win but if I played enough games and the tiles that came out were so stacked in my favour, is there a chance one time out of a million I could beat a top scrabble player? Or would their word knowledge and word play be enough to make up whatever advantage I had everytime and I would literally need them to draw only vowels all game and them to then quit for me to ever win? Great video as always.
you’d likely win a lot more than one in a million! even with very moderate skill you could beat the most skilled opponent on any given day
My mom, a solid home player but not someone who would ever study the dictionary, beat Quackle once after about 200 tries. I think many casual players would be surprised how moderate the effort would be required to get to that “every once in a blue moon” win rate even against super elite Scrabble opponents.
Ohh, that's exciting!
This has "John Henry" vibes.
8:34 isn’t FAULTIER off of the R of STONIER way better?
GINZO was expurgated