Professional Scrabble Players Replay Their Greatest Moves | The New Yorker

[@Goreblender]

so I drew my letters and of course I immediately see xocshaltonquirj

[@colesmith7509]

lol

[@prim16]

I cackled

[@minimons684]

XD

[@oshanesmith3131]

Service dwl

[@Whatismusic123]

I don’t get it.

[@killekillekille1]

W⁴T¹F⁴ am i doing here

[@bubbadean0920]

@NaZu! the W and F were on cripple points so25 points

[@clairecaines4051]

That’s the best thing I’ve seen in ages. That made my day... and I’m going to totally use that. Thanks!

[@ddoeydorkk3888]

KZbin makes you watch videos you wouldn't think watching

[@boobella899]

W₄T₁F₄ am I doing here? I have O₁C₃D₂

[@AlvincoAetherlico]

L₁ M₃ F₄ A₁ O₁ □ O₁ O₁

[@reptarhouse]

“Capeskin’s not a word you see everyday....” Capeskin is a word I have seen none of the days.

[@dcc-randomstorieswithmel7424]

😂😂😂💀

[@davidscottwu9822]

so truw

[@venerable_nelson]

Until today!

[@sweetvioletstar]

Very true, I actually looked up in the dictionary both stopbanks and capeskin- you learn something new everyday!😂

[@JackHoward96]

@reptarhouse Nice Goya pic there

[@lukacalov1988]

Sum up of this video Everyone has lost to David Gibson

[@chaseabod3080]

IKR, David is crazy

[@isaiah3849]

Rip :(

[@pgilroy623]

...but then I see the N! And immediately I think of capeskin. Ya me too joe

[@shihabmouiz1996]

Peter Gilroy MushroomPlacentaNiggaBallsack

[@naomigary7930]

these peoples brains are insane

[@thatoneguy9582]

my man’s IQ is a complex number

[@sambouajram9809]

@@thatoneguy9582 this joke works on so many axes 😂. He certainly has strong imaginary component to his intellect!

[@Rickdegraaf]

Who's joe

[@JaeAyeChuh]

Who else expected the second guy's "worst" story to be "I played 'op'"

[@joske7804]

JaeAyeChuh lmao cracked me up

[@petergriffin8767]

same

[@Theron101]

JaeAyeChuh i was hoping

[@Jay-ku3ur]

Jae- You made me laugh so hard..!!

[@GameWorks12]

JaeAyeChuh Wow, that made me LOL and that never happens

[@carolinagambacorta4146]

how do they remember their letters by heart

[@dylankrejci9965]

I'm pretty sure in professional games it's all logged. and pros keep track of when tiles are used so they know what's left

[@HannahKristaAPula]

Maybe their passionate about it or something like that or like their so stuck to it or idk tho... But for me I also do that with chess not that I'm a professional or like that or something, I just like remembering my games and just talk about it with my dad as we play chess or as he teaches me techniques WAHAHAHA 🤣

[@SingularityDan]

It was a tournament, so I guess it's probably written down or recorded somewhere.

[@qwoc]

It’s waffle

[@TheMightyOdin]

If you think about it, you just remember the word you played which is easier than remembering the letters of the word.

[@alivingtree]

oooooh so this is what english majors do

[@subzerocosmic]

alivingtree15 your profile matches perfectly with what you’re about to say

[@Andyatl2002]

My Body is not ready, please come back...

[@tyronejohnson2425]

Hello Reggie

[@dreajp]

LOL not really... But, this is fun for us. This game is meant for those who are knowledgeable of incredibly rare words and not just words we already know. English majors can do this, but you're looking for linguists, who deal with language and words specifically.

[@urimiya]

Did you hear that right? They said there's math in it. English Majors like us don't necessarily do a lot of math or logic/strategy. Heck, we're not essentially the best at vocabulary either. Try a Math Major.

[@fickleme2257]

I once played quinoas for 103 points.

[@sigridk1654]

That's great, i once played qindars for 109 points at Asian English Olympics. T'was epic

[@TheMightyOdin]

I played emphatic for 176 (double triple plus bingo)

[@khadraibrahim3437]

I played is for 99027283936319 points

[@Adem_LD]

I played QUICKEN for 116

[@rbanerjee605]

sara comerford or triple letter and word.

[@alexvaness9884]

“I saw n and I immediately thought capeskin.” Wtf. I see n and I think Naruto lol.

[@angelh8383]

i see n and I think something else which im not allowed to say here

[@bradenboyko]

AngelHunter GT LOL

[@madmaddog2114]

AngelHunter GT what ninja

[@potatoperson9912]

@@madmaddog2114 Just like Naruto!! It makes a complete circle.

[@JoseRamos-hp2vg]

hmm...

[@LimeGreenTeknii]

Losing because you didn't turn "pathetic" into "apathetic." How poetic.

[@navajo3406]

LimeGreenTeknii a move years later is deeply regretted.

[@chriisvs-v2796]

Limelight

[@jacksondawson2799]

How pathetic!

[@ObjectsInMotion]

She seemed pretty "meh" about it.

[@ThatGuyWithSomeSubs]

looool

[@horrortackleharry]

I think 'training' for scrabble just consists of reading online lists of improbable but legal words for hours on end. You don't need to know what they mean, just that they exist.

[@renardmigrant]

Yes, though you start with the most 'probable' words (mathematically probable). As in, the most likely to be of use.

[@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462]

A man won the French Scrabble championship without speaking a word of French by doing just that.

[@GamerSpite]

ding ding ding, you guessed it.

[@JasonVaysberg]

Well, you start with the most probable words, and there are much more interesting ways to study than simply memorizing lists.

[@SingingSpock]

At high levels, it's also a lot about positioning and blocking out your opponent

[@makinb29]

i stopped going to professional scrabble matches because crowd trouble was getting too much. I once heard a guys shout out you 16pt ignoramus. it was brutal man, brutal

[@KateCarew]

Ha!! I just commented something along the lines of we won’t have any mass shootings at our nerdly tournaments!!

[@legohead23432]

I honestly can’t tell if you’re serious

[@Lvlaple4Ever]

Talks about Scrabble isn’t about luck - proceeds to talk about how the first guy won by luck.

[@chaostia66t25]

lvlaple4Ever Its called probability

[@icekane7435]

Well the first guy was definitely lucky, but there's still a difference. Using probability to drive your decisions is strategy

[@jparry5305]

Most games are probability driven in some capacity. The skill comes in with responding to and manipulating probability.

[@BradyR95]

Put yourself in position to be lucky. If he didnt see the word beforehand, it wouldn't have mattered if the guy played OP. Scrabble is maybe 90% skill, 10%, luck

[@fos1451]

Avarosa most things in life will include luck, when you do an exam there will be some sort of luck, or when you play soccer, etc. but still mostly about skill

[@mrsentual]

"Greatest move" = "My worst mistake" ?

[@Bmore2Htown]

Greatest meaning paramount not best.

[@kittenmimi5326]

@@Bmore2Htown but the move sucks bc it's so lame

[@griffinwade-salay4098]

Oh yeah when I see a certain combination of letters, I automatically think *capeskin*

[@TheSuperCommentGuy]

Best comment

[@griffinwade-salay4098]

TheSuperCommentGuy haha thx man

[@griffinwade-salay4098]

Jacobtheboss I like it too

[@Frahamen]

Exactly. I would have made *spacekin*

[@griffinwade-salay4098]

Frahamen Right, that's obvious

[@Matazuma]

these guys are making this game so much more interesting

[@JasonVaysberg]

It *is* that interesting. I wish more people knew how amazing competitive Scrabble is as a game and a community.

[@GEM4sta]

I have to say- This is just as uninteresting as I imagined when I read the title. The players look like the most stereotypical scrabble people I could ever imagine. Also, it's one of those games where the community is so small that the best player isn't even really impressively good at the game. Sorry, but your game really doesn't have an amazing competitive scene, all in your head.

[@cupofqwarffee4802]

Its competitive enough but with the prize money being what it is I'm amazed anybody can be 'professional'. Its still a hobby style game which a lot of amateurs put quite a bit of time into getting better. Quality trolling though.

[@thefirsttime7759]

JasonV12 boring

[@NeloAmaru]

Esports ready

[@chrissesock4245]

I love discovering entire, thriving communities like this that I never knew existed. It's really interesting how many self-contained, large groups of people there are out that that I just never think about.

[@kaydaw24]

Do Srcabble guys have groupies?? Do i have a chance of getting laid??

[@luked8449]

kaydaw24 2 questions scientists still can't answer

[@SafiiBox]

I wish I could interview people with this kind of passion for stuff, be it scrabble, monopoly, flower arrangement, etc. for my channel.

[@AndrewTyberg]

An example of such a group is cubers, competitive Rubik's cube speedsolvers. I belong to that community and I can solve a 3x3 cube in under 20 seconds on​ average, which is considered ok among speedcubers.

[@henryraubenheimer5234]

I also really find it interesting

[@thespacebat]

What do you mean "buttboner" isn't a word!?

[@Annihilasian]

(Whispers to scorekeeper) "ya know what let him have it"

[@SpyderLola]

Lolz 😂

[@sivvansharma3023]

Just ask your mom, I showed her *highfives ref*

[@PeaceManBro]

I wouldnt challenge buttboner

[@temmison1171]

Bro wth is your pfp

[@JohnSmith-rr7fn]

I should be asleep but instead I’m watching professional scrabble players recalling their best move. What am I doing with my life

[@terrywise6389]

U r pathetic. I mean I m apathetic

[@legoworkshop2908]

So I got the letters U N A J W V E, I saw it...a golden opportunity for a game turning play...so I made my move Nuajev. My friend told me it wasn't a word so I threw a chair at him, knocking him out then I stepped on his stupid unconscious body and declared myself victorious.

[@gamekillmark9457]

Notkoi that is my fave play

[@SandoTrini]

Lmao True story???

[@mtaliaa]

SandoTrini yes duh

[@clairebruhmachine5687]

i googled nuajev... and its a ship between mordecai form regular show and twilight sparkle

[@SoySauceSmurf]

😂😂

[@ErikCPianoman]

This was a fascinating look into a world I had never considered even existing.

[@janek1822]

Ikr 😵

[@bruceturnbull4219]

hey i'm subscribed to you, fancy seeing you here

[@heronmyer3780]

I was once arrested when I was 15 for TPing a house with my friends and when my dad came to pick me up I tried to say sorry but he said "don't say a word son we are going straight home and you are grounded" so I said "zincate" which was fine by him because he thought it was not a word but little does he know, it is a word.

[@9HighFlyer9]

Who gets arrested for TPing a house. That takes a couple mins. Police response is a couple mins at best.

[@B3Band]

^ LOL applying rational thought to a 15 year old's actions. You should go outside more.

[@KusaneHexaku]

And you missed the fact that the top-level comments is a Scrabble joke.

[@yungpedro17]

lmao

[@mikechartofilis]

i didn't understand the joke :(

[@davenn7597]

Scrabble Players: Capeskin! Gladiolas! Me: Trash...

[@sashaquartz1246]

Me: Mayo

[@Frin4901]

Me:letter p

[@knight.2049]

Me: oxyphenbutazone

[@kaisacat]

I love Scrabble because it reminds me of good times with my grandma, "Nunu". Don't worry, Nunu is still alive and well at almost 90 years old! I just don't get to see her very often :) I remember one time we both Bingoed as the first two plays! I played "turtles" and then she played "coasters" off my "s". Nunu would be an awesome professional Scrabble player. I think she even got the Triple Word Score. Rookie mistake on my part. I love videos like this. They are so wholesome. Thanks for sharing!

[@ceecie5776]

Kaisa Crawford-Taylor wholesome comment

[@myxNL]

Kaisa Crawford-Taylor weird flex but ok

[@stuartherrera]

Call your grandma and tell her you love her!

[@yok2239]

What language do you speak? In mine, ‘nunu’ refers to the mother instead of grandmother ^^

[@Peter32tjrksor]

never even knew this was a thing.

[@lildante6280]

+BlueDiamond did you just quote yourself as some sort of profound statement? hah

[@EmeraldKelsi]

BlueDiamond but somebody imagined it or else it wouldn't exist.

[@enviedshark6635]

Pach Pacheco - With 7+ billion people in the world, basically everything is a thing, if you look hard enough.

[@livedelsolar5264]

so you are saying you thought that stupid statement? because its a complete falacy, how can reality be more bizarre than the actual origin, the thought the creates, the imagination? so in first place, if reality is bizarre is only as bizarre as imagination, reality is created, is subjetive. you need logic classes boy.

[@enviedshark6635]

Live Del Solar - Do you have any friends?

[@pruwyben]

My best play of all time was "Quincunx" on a triple word score, which was insanely lucky because 1) I'd happened to look the word up a week earlier, and 2) I actually got the letters to play it.

[@Worldsawesomestguy]

pruwyben wow

[@alm7707]

How many points? You don't need high point letters to make a good score. I put diffused, a 16 point word, in the upper left corner for 194 points.

[@dennisgallagher]

Not to mention the hook sitting in the right spot.

[@DaniM2002]

I dont even care about scrabble why did i watch this ?

[@foxesandvegemite803]

okay this comment just made me laugh out loud, especially because I was thinking the same thing.

[@DaniM2002]

foxesandvegemite ;D

[@SneakySpider22]

Welcome to KZbin.

[@MrTruth111]

Probably because it was very late at night, or you had far more important things to do the other day.

[@snipperjoey1151]

"And I don't see a bingo right away..." *awkward silence* "BUT THEN I LOOKED AT THE N AND IMMEDIATELY SAW CAPESKIN"

[@willward7318]

"We left you in charge of the camera for two seconds GARY!" 4:06

[@dionel1388]

🤣🤣🤣

[@chenoob]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@reallyidrathernot.134]

Such a good video, but the title is broken, most of these were regretful, not "greatest"

[@ScottyB0AllDay]

Really, I'd rather not. It’s their greatest regrets.

[@mdgnys]

If you want the greatest ones, you'll have to talk to Dave Gibson, he seems to have beaten every one of these people.

[@sherlockinsomniac]

They were all both great and regrettable. Great for the winner, regrettable for the loser.

[@whong09]

This video is such a bummer. Really makes Scrabble seem like an unpleasant experience.

[@Nat-br7zo]

I think memorable is the right word

[@dylandubeau]

Did not know barfi was a word. Probably why I'm not great at scrabble.

[@maryamaftab4580]

Its a white indopak sweet , probably milk based .

[@jake_runs_the_world]

Lol it means milk cake in Hindi

[@MamboBean343]

Maryam Aftab milk like the skin tone of all these professional players lol

[@genroynoisis6980]

I guess that's why dairy intolerant people just don't go to Scrabble matches.

[@MsHojat]

I didn't know od, ag, aerugo, horal, varve, yuzu, or probably other words on that board were words either. Probably a ton of words on all the other boards I didn't know of either. That's the thing about scrabble, it's a game primarily about memorization. It uses other factors as well, but if you don't know words are or how to spell them, it doesn't matter how good at math you are, or whatever the heck they claimed the other skills were that made it such a supposedly skillful game.

[@chipchocolate4892]

why was this in my recommended list? and why am I watching this till the end?

[@1987joey1987]

mentort man exactly my thoughts...

[@bordeterre5234]

Same for me ^^ I think that youtube is sometime trying to give us some almost random videos, to see if new things are interesting for us. Because, honestly, if youtube only recomended us the same things we watch usually everytime, we risk to get bored

[@zamkove1278]

Play of the game JOE EDLEY as capeskin

[@tiplayt9771]

*_DAVID ELLIMINATED_*

[@trueblueedits4673]

I laughed too hard

[@samprice7746]

Exactly what my mind jumped to as well lmao

[@seniartkreatif]

all the words they played are soooo high level.. when i play i always use simple one... ball, skin, hi, zoo, hehe you, cap, pen, and so on

[@TheUKNutter]

I used to be a professional scrabble player, but my family used to constantly call me a cheater for playing "invalid words". Turns out they didn't like me playing anagrams that would only be seen in a dictionary.

[@TheUKNutter]

Jonah Bublitz It's a shame to be honest. I could have been a tournament contender at 11, but since everyone gave me zero confidence I was screwed

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Can you explain the last sentence further? I don't know much about the game but I'm curious.

[@TheUKNutter]

CheesecakeLasagna I would play words nobody else knew, and to them they sounded like nonsense. Example, I would play HADJ if I wanted my J out, while everybody would get mad at me and wouldn’t play unless I played words that everyone knew such as HAVE, or HAD. Basically filthy casuals.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

TheUKNutter oh thanks, got you. So I'm guessing your family don't like having at least a dictionary at bay when playing.

[@TheUKNutter]

CheesecakeLasagna Nope, they have all the letters face up so they can pick what letters they want. I close my eyes.

[@Nihlus5]

Always fun to hear people speaking about the things they're passionatw about :)

[@shikisai22]

True that! Love your pfp btw

[@bunkerputt]

How the qoph did I end up at a scrabble video?

[@Xetaas]

bunkerputt same lol

[@elisabeths1238]

I was watching a dancing video and now i ended up on a video about scrabble

[@marklandgraf7667]

I was watching a video on swedish rotten fish.

[@michaelhong2565]

I was watching Vox, then a Europa Universalis 4 video, after that this vid came to my suggestions and I saw a Vox video about Scrabble in my up next list. KZbin algorithms I guess

[@asdfgyjhvj7881]

bunkerputt I was freaking watching Dc heat like how am I here?

[@erebus7306]

Chess Player:I compete in tournaments testing my skill at a game of war. Scrabble Player:Hold my beer "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis"

[@stephenotaku.2312]

Now that is a winning word... if you could put it in a board jahahahahhaha

[@alexwang982]

Don’t think so

[@TheMightyOdin]

Longest possible word is 15 letters so I would go with Oxyphenbutazone.

[@chaoskiller6084]

Don't say that! I'm a hippoptomonstrosesquipedalian!

[@chaoskiller6084]

@@TheMightyOdin What about cyclohexylamine?

[@alfie.rayner]

4:07 who else got really uncomfortable when they zoomed into her doing that with her fingers?

[@Aquana01]

why did they do that

[@viobru3303]

6:25 *Play of The Game* Joey Edley As *Scrabble Player*

[@therealsamtheman]

I'm on fire!

[@soytack]

* starts spraying on the board *

[@FloydMaxwell]

"Stop Banksy" would be the logical next play. - Scotland Yard

[@OHYS]

Floyd Maxwell lol

[@jay123q9]

I WATCHED IT KZbin ARE YOU HAPPY NOW, I DONT EVEN CARE ABOUT SCABBLE

[@1234q-q8x]

Jay123q ok.

[@kristian4614]

Woah same here.

[@keylupveintisiete7552]

You clearly don't understand how KZbin works, you'll be getting more of this for sure

[@PhoenixKDIX]

I had the same experience. Just dislike the video so the search algorithms know not to show you this anymore.

[@spripperman8089]

“Scrabble”

[@vincentchen9542]

Me: .. Opponent: *sweats profusely* Me: *plays “PEPEHARD”*

[@jhodgebassoon]

Vincent Chen I laughed at this for an unreasonable length of time

[@timp1286]

why are they all so pale??...oh

[@woolphyo5892]

the lighting in that room is very harsh though

[@lolnoob5015]

Watcha mean by pale?

[@laust-b33ch1ldd7]

:(

[@stereozoey3517]

They can't play scrabble outside, what did you expect?

[@Ren_1312]

The first guy was so pale and his teeth so yellow

[@svrajhanda9191]

I should be studying

[@leaderofcommunistchina1427]

fine

[@RKBock]

i have an exam tomorrow...

[@joshuachoy7887]

My dude, you ARE studying.

[@Brandd1]

Studying on how to be a better scrabble player.

[@destyntobe]

You are studying

[@mirkensbhdien9317]

I used to play scrabble daily with my grandmother before she passed. Recently I've taken it up again and been playing more and more. I had no idea there was a professional scrabble scene. Very cool to learn about it.

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

These people look exactly what i would expect a professional scrabble player to look like.

[@ysucae]

playing english scrabble looks sooooooooo much easier. i saw two ys on a board and had a heart attack lol

[@SingularityDan]

What language do you usually play in?

[@ARatQuiRit]

@@SingularityDan Chinese 8}

[@rheajunemabaylan1545]

It's amazing that they play open boards. I thought in most cases they'd consider blocking during mid game. Blocking is a good option but isn't always a disadvantage to the opponent only but to yourself as well.

[@AlexVoxel]

Boom, Tetris for Jeff! Oh, wrong game, nevermind...

[@hugekingkibblefan6980]

Alex Voxel forget that Jeff kid, Joseph owns the kings chair now

[@thissismin111]

hugeKingKibbleFan 69 now forget the Joseph kid cuz Jake just beat him in the first round

[@markcalkins3447]

I understood this reference thanks to the KZbin algorithm.

[@nagywywy]

Lol seeing this comment after getting recommended and then binging Tetris championship videos last night is scary

[@daveb5041]

*Scrabble players don't get much sun.*

[@cashboijoonwoo]

Sun fears scrabble players

[@davidwallace4244]

Or toothpaste apparently...

[@Ducilios]

I never played scrabble and have no interest on it, I just like hearing masters at their craft/sport/game/hobby talk about what they do.

[@Benjy52]

5 years later and Will Anderson is now a KZbinr with a healthy subscriber count. Super proud!

[@abcdef-wx7zg]

2 years ago I remember watching this vid and loved it but never played scrabble, and this year my friend showed me how to play scrabble and I immediately fell in love with it and I look up to these guys

[@OriginalPMoney]

David Gibson was catching bodies

[@Bazookastreams]

How to be a scrabble pro: Become a vampire

[@vyentro29]

The Real Reason lol

[@The-Fog-of-War]

Only 90s kids will know

[@AbhiBass96]

How does that even fit?

[@nikconlenike7637]

I don't get it

[@shirleykeding9683]

Nik il Supremo All those players are extremely pale

[@BagOfEyebrows]

I loved this - great job, everyone :)

[@michaelbruno4608]

Hello 👋 BagofEyebrows How are you doing

[@MrStrikemasterice]

I kinda want to get into things like scrabble and chess, it just seems so fulfilling (like most things you put time into for yourself) actually seeing the progression in your gameplay.

[@damianomalley5693]

Half expected the second dude to be like, “So, I played OP to start a game...”

[@jelloshaha]

these guys look like they haven't seen the sun in decades

[@1234q-q8x]

jelloshaha well they are playing scrabble.

[@torinjones3221]

The sun's horrible so they're not missing much.

[@MikeeLord]

Torin Jones Not enough sun is bad for you. Too much sun is also bad for you.

[@pog_champ]

kinda ironic isnt it sir

[@mindaugux]

especially 1st guy..also never seen a toothbrush apparently

[@ChrisErsevim]

I was half-expecting the worst scrabble play to be the guy who played 'op'.

[@ianh1504]

Chris Ersevim "i played 'op' for my first turn cuz i thought i had something for turn 2 and this dude slammed down 'stopbanks' off it like wtffff"

[@Noahtheorigianl]

Ian h lmfao

[@toop4538]

6:26 *Overwatch theme plays*

[@impjbtw]

Toopan esirpus i’m already tracer

[@casolomon22]

@@impjbtw what does that even mean

[@wuznab5109]

*+4* O wait, wrong game.

[@knight.2049]

you talking about uno?

[@chaddypioneers]

7:10 Imagine not having “ir” as a valid word This post was made by Spanish language gang

[@ohnegative9526]

This is the most pale collection of people I've ever seen.

[@macdaniel6019]

There should be a movie about this! Bring Scrabble into the spotlight.

[@oliviadurant2856]

there is! It's called Word Wars

[@burgerpossum24]

In my recommended? Yes. Watched it, and loved it? Yell Heah.

[@JackieFuckingChan]

Jesse. Your icon is adorable.

[@ijlayugan4149]

3:33 I had the same thing happened to me. I since then never forgot about this lesson lol. These short stories made me learn so much more!

[@renardmigrant]

I played a game online where my opponent had about a 100 point lead on a closed board at the end of the game. Managed to open up a triple and I played all my tiles for something like 110, plus all the points for the letters they had left, won by a couple. What's particularly interesting is probably any other move they make wins the game, as it's the only instance I can think of of someone making the worst move possible.

[@erinzuidema3469]

Normally when I play Scrabble we don't allow abbreviations or slang words.

[@notAshildr]

I think that's even in the rules... In Germany it certainly is, not sure about america.

[@clemoutoftime]

most of these aren't abbreviations or slang words.

[@erinzuidema3469]

Retrobot Yeah I know, but quite a few of them are.

[@erinzuidema3469]

Me (No, not Ashildr, I had the name before Doctor Who, and I'm not changing it!) Yes I think it's in the rules here in South Africa too, a lot of things are allowed in America so honestly I wouldn't be surprised.

[@clemoutoftime]

i don't think abbreviations or slang words are normally allowed, i think its just your perception on whether or not these words are abbreviations or slang words is skewed.

[@mikesg878]

I’ve reached peak whiteness by watching this video

[@takemetoyonk]

MikeSG87 it's simultaneously so white and yet so asian

[@politure]

R E A L N I B B A S S C R A B B L E

[@Digressor666]

It’s racist to insinuate that only white people are intelligent enough to play Scrabble.

[@loremipsum7513]

Not every single one of people above you commenting the correlation about intelligence -> scrabble. This is what jay-z was talking about, it's not other that puts you down, but yourself.

[@PhrescaGaming]

P E A K W H I T E N E S S

[@LukeFaulkner]

I thought the second guy was going to say "I played Will Anderson and opened with OP"

[@xChaosPsycho]

When I was Primary 5 my school sent me for a Scrabble competition. I remember losing one of the games until I played the word crimson with a blank tile which formed "crimsons". Not sure about the rules of professional scrabble but in that competition if you were challenged for the existence of a word and the word exists, you get double points. "Crimsons" alone gave me 35 points. My opponent challenged me and I got 70 points as a result and I eventually won. Felt great back then

[@DuaneJasper]

I appreciate you guys! I'm an online player, played about 800 games but only won 56% so I'm not that great but I appreciate the tactics. I still find myself needing to check even short words all the time though, it must be nerve racking having to hold it all in your head

[@UnfairRuler]

You had me at Professional scrabble players

[@timmartindale75]

8:00 Most humbling play: " ...I can be as good as anyone out there." So quite humbling, then?

[@mulyatiandi3463]

This is a great video for a learner who wants to be great in scrabble

[@OrangeBroom]

So basically no one

[@matthewjulius5401]

Nigel is a friend of my dad's. We played a card game at my house and he literally memorised every card everyone played ...

[@gennavievegwenn4564]

These people actually seem very interesting and smart. I could probably watch more on this topic.

[@Thoughtspresso]

I have always wished, since my childhood, that competitive Scrabble was present in my country. I wish it isn't too late.

[@billnyetherussianspy3857]

I saw a, and immediately thought of floccinaucinihilipilification

[@BatteryExhausted]

Scrabble is popular amongst vampires.

[@katelynisboring]

I had no idea scrabble was a professional thing but now I’m invested

[@PhoebeGrigor]

I’m playing an embarrassing amount of Scrabble in lockdown, so you bet I’m watching this as training 😅

[@tetrasa1]

So, who is paying these people to play scrabble?

[@AcaTea]

tetrasa1 Probably Milton Bradley

[@A11sopp]

Tournament prize money?

[@tetrasa1]

so, then who is providing the prize money?

[@20cnVision]

The people who host the tournament..duh.. Sponsors mostly. Maybe even a company which hosts their own tournament.

[@stevenwynn646]

JustCommentingYourComments that’s extremely hopeful. Lol. They are as likely to get sponsors as an adult spelling bee

[@bozza1247]

what i see: hat what they see: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

[@alyssamurphy7792]

Literally don't even know what MOST of these words mean..., But I'm still so very intrigued by this game... Never knew that there were 'Professional Scrabble Players' out there... Lol, didn't even know being a professional at Scrabble was even possible.. But, I'm very interested to see these people play & fill up their entire boards with such huge, big, complicated, fancy, smart words! Lol. I used to get excited when I could spell out 'dog' on my board lmao. 😂

[@misekpobalin7722]

These recommendations during quarantine are unbelievable

[@EttinTheBreton]

Just when I think my recommendations couldn't get more obscure yet accurate to exactly what I want to watch instead of sleeping 😌

[@joshualiley]

I remember watching my dad play on an online version, and he couldn't see anything on the first go. I managed to spot 'quail', which got 50 points, and the opponent quit without making a play

[@xinxinliu1106]

6:24 Play of the Game by Capeskin

[@leaderofcommunistchina1427]

DUUUUUUUUNNN DUNDA DA DUNNN DA DADA DUNNNN BEEP BOOPWEEBO BEE WEEEEEE

[@ivanpb1983]

I love when you upload great content like this. Keep the good work.

[@DamTheKid]

Never had such a smile when clicking on a KZbin video this year. Well played, sub earned big fella

[@chewy2804]

Surprisingly interesting

[@jasonrooster9866]

I think this might be the single whitest activity of all time.

[@onekom7562]

Jason Rooster wrong Chess

[@jasonrooster9866]

Onekom no

[@prateekwadhavkar275]

Jason Rooster dude the internationals are basically a congregation of Asians.

[@onekom7562]

Prateek Wadhavkar just like pokemon

[@Luckingsworth]

Jason Rooster Because shitskins can't speak basic English properly let alone spell obscure words.

[@timyac]

Wait, the dude started a world championship game with a two letter word?

[@benparsons4979]

he could have been saving letters or could literally play nothing else

[@jchen8902]

Playing the field?

[@bruceturnbull4219]

he obviously knows more about the game than we do. it was likely the best move he could do when looking at the tiles he had.

[@jennysanimations4181]

I'm almost 15 years old and have never played Scrabble, where did my life go.

[@PanAfricanScrabbleAssociation]

Lovely journals. Thanks for this.

[@OrchestralOrg]

*i played scrabble very intensely for years and as a result of it, i decoded language itself and developed a skill into a power. the power was that i was able to speed read at an immeasurable level and i was also able to read books directly through their covers but not just one book at a time. i could read an entire shelving of books, at once. i could not look at word and see just the word. i saw dozens of words in an instant.* *that's all in the far distant past.* *i, actually, have been the world's greatest scrabble player of all time. but don't hate. and don't disbelieve.*

[@indranichakraborty7064]

What is ur name.....???