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Having people expertly dissect something obscure - having someone talk passionately about what they care about in general - is amazing. Thank you for these

The final word had me laughing out loud. Nigel is incredible

Winning a word game tournament in a language he doesn’t speak is remarkable. That alone deserves a documentary

How I got here I don’t know, but I never in my life thought scrabble would be as technical and outside the box as it is. I always figured it was just “write the longest word.” Very well done video for such an unexpected competitive game

Wow, Scrabble is indeed lucky to have a phenom like Nigel. I remember the only time I played against him in 2019 over the board, I was so jittery that I could barely count my score, and he twice corrected me whenever I underscored myself. And to top it all, Nigel even has a wicked sense of humour! Thanks for the incredible series, Will. I could watch these on loop.

High level play in any game is just incredibly fascinating, especially when it comes to reads and fakes. I love this series!

It's 1:15 am and I have 5 assignments due yesterday at midnight but I am watching this. True gold.

The title had me curious. I always find myself struggling just to see basic plays and thinking, "Wow, if only I knew more words, I would be unstoppable." This is next level though by several tiers. The ability to not only understand your options, but also your opponents options, and the likelihood of what they could have in their hand based on what's been played already and the number of tiles left is incredible.

i love when i randomly receive a superbly well done essay video on a niche topic i know little about. so interesting. definitely watching more.

I heard somewhere recently (maybe A Will video) that Nigel makes the best endplay sequence 98% of the time while other top players do so 50% of the time. It's mind-boggling that somebody can be this phenomenal and so much better than his closest rival. I'm sure Nigel would also be a chess world champion if he also put his mind to that.

I am surprised you are the only one I could find making scrabble documentaries. This game deserves more attention!

I've seen Nigel play a phony 3 before. There's a video of it on YT. Also heard a story where OD was on the board and Nigel hooked it with a K by playing PELK/KOD (both phonies), stared at it for 2 minutes, then picked it back up and played KELP/POD instead. I swear his brain is wired differently than everyone else in the world.

how did i get here

oh youtube ... where does'eth thou lead me this night ...

He hides tiles in his beard

If you'd asked me to imagine the world's best Scrabble player Nigel is exactly what I'd have in mind

So glad I found this channel, great work explaining everything with clear visuals. It doesnt matter what game it is, but the highest level players' ability to read a complex board state flawlessly is always amazing to see.

I’ve never been interested in scrabble but for some reason the way he dissects each play with such passion is just so entertaining 😂

I love watching videos going so deep into something i have no idea about, it makes me think about what other people might be thinking when i talk like this about my own specific hobbies that they might not have

I will say, I haven't even seen a minute of this video, but I am so glad, and so amazed this exists, it's unreal.

Subscribed on this one. Second video of yours I watched and I have enjoyed them both a lot! Great work.

Cheers to another fine addition to this series! Excelsior!

The passion in your voice is what made this video for me, I never seen anything before about this game but this was amazing. Thanks for your work!

WILL I LOVE THIS SERIES PLEASE KEEP MAKING THESE!!!

Showed up in my recommended, and i learned a lot of scrabble lingos. Nice video

Hey! I found your channel today and I've quickly started to binge it already - this is INCREDIBLY well made content. Even as someone who's only ever played scrabble casually with my family it's almost inspiring to want to try and learn it at a more serious level. I wish your channel all the best!

Those mutton chops at 0:18 are absolutely legendary and deserve their own documentary

this is the single nerdiest thing i’ve ever seen. love it

i hope you keep making these bc theyre rly good

Okay, I'm fully on board with this channel now. Subbed!

This is maybe to most mind boggling thing I’ve ever seen. I can sorta see people being chess prodigies and math prodigies but scrabble is something that my mind can’t wrap around and this skill is hilariously impressive.

This is an incredible series! please keep it going

Bro these are AMAZING, I love THOUGHTFUL competition breakdowns in general for any board sports, video games, or board games, and yours have me hooked and inspiring me to start playing scrabble again. I'm showing these to my friends rn who are also into this stuff and they are loving it

Loving this series, Will! Keep it up!

Bruh... I watch maybe 4-5 hours of KZfaq a day on second monitor while doing other stuff for the past maybe, 8 years? & not once has scrabble even remotely entered my mind to watch. Dont ask me how, but I watched the 'greatest game ever' where board was completely blank & one guy won with -6 points last night. Now I just watched this & now apparently I'm subbed & a fan of Scrabble :D lol

loving this series!

I had no idea this was even an competitive game at all. Thanks for this passionate video!

Any game theory is very interesting

Never thought about scrabble this much, but the way you narrate makes it seem like advanced chess, which I appreciate!

For people like me who are stumbling across this channel/vid for the first time, a bingo is where you play all 7 tiles in one go, giving you a 50 point bonus. Outside the US it's called a bonus I think (that's what I thought it was) or a Scrabble. Great video! Love finding this niche interests, there's always so much passion!

That was awesome. Nigel is a legend!

This guy thanked me for not competing, giving him a chance to become champion. Keep killin it buddy.

Just found your channel recently and this is great stuff by the way. Please make more videos like this!

i never knew there was a competitive scrabble world. and seeing this i'm in awe... I've heard of this man before but his analysis of the game is amazing!

Stumbled upon this series today and watched the entire playlist of history vids! Great content!

You do excellent work at explaining the genius of top level Scrabble players. It is such a fantastic game at the top levels.

love these videos! thank you will ❤

why I`m watching this? I`m not proficient in english and neither am a scrabble player. yet the deepness of analysis seems extremely interesting!

Love these videos, really can't wait for more!

It’s literally 2am wtf am I watching. But I can’t stop! 😅

I stumbled across your video and I want to say how much I enjoyed your insight and passion for the game. You helped me appreciate Scrabble-a game I've only ever played casually-on a completely new level. Thank you!

Absolutely brilliant plays

Very well made and interesting. Haven't really played scrabble but still a good vid :)

Once i was visiting the US for the first time and i saw a big darts tournament paying 200k for the 1st place and i said to myself “wait, there’s a tournament for this?”. Then i found out that anything that can be made into a competition, will have a competitive scene in US. Not bashing us people but you guys take any game and non game possible and turn it in a competition. The fact that there’s a big scene of scrabble is what is impressive to me.

The only thing more impressive than his scrabble play is KZfaq’s algorithm knowing I’d love this analysis despite never watching a scrabble video in my life.

This the most advanced words with friends I’ve ever witnessed

You could do this series forever and I would never get tired of it. I remember hearing about this last play but now seeing the game and your analysis made it all the more incredible

these new videos go hard, i had no idea such hype things happend in compedative scrabble, i love compedative games and you just opened my eyes to a new one. thank you and ill be watching out for the next videos!

I barely understand english, I've never played scrabble in mi live, idk who is that big Nigel Richards and, obviously, I've never searched for scrabble in youtube, but this video appeared me from nowhere, and was a great experience, tbh. This is how virality works, I guess 😂In Spain we had a tv contest that I used to watch in my childhood called "Numbers & Letters", where in the "Letters" part, contestants had to build the bigger possible word between 9 random letters. Scrabble is like that, but mixed with chess level thinking, so is 1000 times more difficult.

I've never knew there was competitive scrabble, but the algorithm gives me this... and now I can't get over the genius of that single 'U' play, foreseeing everything clearly like a true god.

this video was recommended and it was excellent :)

I didn't even know Scrabble championships were a thing before this video, good video 👍

Let's be honest. This is not a wordgame, it's a math game with letters.

I'd have to say, you have a real talent for inspiring interest in Scrabble. Before watching this, I hadn't given the subject much attention beyond what could be considered a casual comprehension. Now, I feel like researching it more. Well done, sir.

Scrabble was never a game I was into but this video really was interesting to see how deep scrabble goes on a tactical level. Thanks.

You have to control the board aswell. It’s not just about slamming large words. Great video!

Scrabble strats are insane dude.

cool breakdown. these games are not my bread and butter but watching a master work is always interesting to watch.

It’s 12:00 and I have an exam tomorrow. Why am I watching this in it’s entirety?

Excellent commentary! You did great highlighting and explaining Nigel’s genius.

Congrats on 1 million views Will!!!

The only thing wrong with this series is that there's not more of it

great video! suggestion: talking about the quality of the moves of his opponent would make it even clearer why he’s great

Around 2:55, when QUINT was mentioned to be dangerous for the S hook of SQUINT, I wondered about RINDY doing the same thing with a G. However, GRINDY is apparently not a valid Scrabble word. That just means I've played too many RPG games over the years. Some of them require a lot of "level grinding", and if you Google the word, "grindy," you'll find people using it in that context. Ah well.

damn I watched a different documentary about this guy so I knew this guy was incredible but they didn't break down any gameplay. I've never watched professional scrabble before but this was thoroughly entertaining

Fascinating. I’ve played scrabble maybe a dozen times in my life and never considered that top pros consider “unseen” tiles and act to defend against likely opponent plays. I just sit and struggle to come up with words I can make from AAEEEII

Love it! Never played scrabble in any other setting than the usual family game night. This opened a lot of doors, love how it becomes more like chess than just ‘find good word’. And you explain what’s going on really well.

Great video!

I havent played scrabble in over a decade and stumbled on this video. Do scrabble matches like this air with full breakdowns like this, and where can I watch? This was so f****** exciting to watch for some crazy reason.

I love these videos. Please keep up these kinds of plays up!

I don't even play Scrabble This video is a nice entry point for it i'm now intrigued

I don't know or care about scrabble. This is some high tier sports doc content. Loved every second of it and will certainly watch the rest of the series. Excellent content idea keep up the hard work!

I’m watching this having no clue how to play Scrabble, and it’s so good

I like how the last thing you said in the video was “scrabble history”. Master of the endgame indeed

Congrats on a million views

this is my exposure to scrabble and it seems intense

Scrabble strategy is so fascinating! It might not be the flashiest game, but imo this was the most interesting episode of the series so far. It’ll stick with me for sure

No one, definitely not me: I should learn about the Scrabble GOAT today KZfaq: HERE YOU GO, KNAVE

Never thought I'd be watching scrabble history, but considering I should be sleeping, here I am.

This is incredible

Yessss these viral videos are killer Will, get those subs for the best scrabble channel ever.

I have no idea why I love these. Thank you, I love seeing someone explain niche game strategies to me and show me how awful I am at Scrabble!

I felt my vision getting blurry and freckles forming on my face listening to this 🤓

When I watch Nigel play I feel my neurons multiplying

I don’t know how I ended up here, but I laughed when he said squint or squirt

This is the best video I’ve come across in a long time. Awesome stuff, man!

Thanks for making this

Nigel may be a Scrabble God, but Will Anderson is THE Scrabble analyst. These videos are extremely entertaining and educational.

Subbing because NZ pride... :) Also, your commentary actually makes the game sound engaging [I mean, it already is, but even the most exciting sport can be rendered dull by poor commentary].