Scrabble GM vs. AI -- the Rematch! Game #63

[@wanderer15]

I knew that first bo100 match wasn’t representative of how you “should” fare against BestBot…rooting for a strong final third to this series!

[@100beep5]

I have the feeling that he's both improved and gotten a better grasp on how to play against BestBot.

[@thomascorey7284]

From down like 13 games in the first 25 or so games to only down 3 is a crazy comeback. Well played Mack!!!

[@konchuss]

I know next to nothing about scrabble but both this and the Blitz series have quickly become apart of my routine over the past few weeks. What an interesting win today, keep up the great stuff.

[@chloroxiphite]

Other than the light theme, great game!

[@alexreichanadter]

😢 no dark theme?

[@moch770]

"It also blocks plays to the J" ... like HADJ!

[@ericpatterson3294]

Very exciting! Way to fight back.

[@hansle170]

What a game. That final rack for the bot tho XD

[@isaotron]

Aw, dark theme. I hardly knew ya

[@oddatlas739]

Straight out the gate with a classic Sokol opening.

[@dentonyoung4314]

That was a weird game. both Mack and BestBot either had Bingos or extremely difficult plays, every single time.

[@annayosh]

.... where the bot ends with 2 IOUs

[@JDHinten]

You were so close to GEMSBOK on the JOWED turn. You just needed to draw one of the last two esses. Understandable to pass up on it under those circumstances though 😃

[@matthewkrambeer2480]

You would have had "defecation" with one of those A's being an E instead lol

[@jaredjacoby4621]

Chortlerm and mmmbop!

[@AmaranthRBY]

DEVACATION* would've been some CHLORODYNE level stuff omg. too bad it wasn't actually there Extremely high content game overall, great stuff

[@kb27787]

15:20 The only move I could see viable is "GADJO" up top left... Sure, we leave two As, but looking at that pool I think we should give up on bingoing. I'm surprised it did not come up as an option when analyzed with the bot.

[@bro91wn]

It's getting good! I was screaming HAD(J) on the HM turn, but didn't think of OHM either for some reason. HAD(J) can easily be blamed on whatever used to make you miss FJORD and FJELD, though.

[@choco1101]

Game of the series candidate

[@aaronpuetz4394]

Do you know if Bestbot cares about spread? Even if it calculates it's losing does it care about spread at all, or just win %? Or maybe the opposite and it only plays to maximize spread? Idk. Usually a neural net tries to maximize something.

[@MrBrain4]

Going to come back to these videos once the stutters/pops are eliminated. Love the content, but the audio defects stress me out.

[@lizg6515]

I liked NAB better than RAZOR. RAZOR is easily underlapped if they have an A, plus they are going to get a lot of extra points from that underlap which includes the Z. NAB is not exciting but it blocks the dangerous spot.

[@100beep5]

If you did know your opponent had an S (won challenge, say) would you still play CHORTLER?

[@Xadreco]

would probably not be worth it considering even dropping the S by itself is 42 points and a mid scoring 5 like FILES or something would already be 78 which is more than the bingo