That was a great series of games for sure!

I love that knowing a huge portion of the dictionary is only THE START of getting into competitive scrabble

At 5:40, was vintaged at G6 not playable here?

Great video, I love the flow of the video and how you explain things aswell as the non forced humour :D

It would be interesting to see if computers could analyze which player got "luckier" in a game. I'd love to see the statistics of who the the "luckiest grandmaster" is, for example

Quackle takes the cake, how many years did I beat it by, go ask the French.👍

What did I stumble across!?

At 0:38, what app are you using to look up these words?

Shoutout to Mack Meller's Human vs AI series!

At 3:13 we see the word "JEWS" at center. This is not playable in my cheapo app, and is obviously a word that would generate controversy. What is the definition in the prevailing dictionary at the tournament, and does anyone else think this ought not to be in the lexicon? Game dictionaries have in recent years eliminated many identity terms that might give offense, quite rightly in my view. How is this still a thing?

When he misspells, a new word is created.

Im semi pro in european junior league, I wish I was that good as them, really impressive

I get the sense you've never really watched the Simpsons before this.

With my luck, I'd block the triple word score with a V only for my opponent to whip out SVELTEST for 158.

Nigel looks like a wizard and lives up to it every bit

what a game

Brilliant as always

nigel is always right, the dictionary just spelled it wrong

I want to watch Nigel Richards play Countdown

Hamburger

4:59 isn't it a hebrew letter, not an arabic one?

Has a scrabble AI ever deliberately picked an incorrect word that might not be challenged?

A spectacular final game to cap things off. Even if Quackle is now outdated (I don't know if improvements have been made to keep it current or not), it'll always have that moment.

There’s a lot of words.

How much progress have engines made since then? 2006 is a very long time ago in software terms, yet as I understand it the engines still aren't much better than the best humans?

People should know that we are still a long way from optimal play by engines. There's a ton of concepts that haven't been implemented yet, at least not in a dedicated fashion. The engines are great tools as they are and of course LOTI is a fantastic move, but we haven't even seen truly advanced Scrabble "AI" yet. If there are any machine learning experts in Will's audience who want to apply their skills to Scrabble, that's still an unexplored area!

It's great to see how it takes all its opponent's and its own potential future moves in mind while making its plays, except it doesn't come to those conclusions with thought or language. You know Will you're sort of the Elvis Presley of blackjack.

Still, if the human player could've sniff out the "qadi" plan and blocked over there... Quackle might just end up Q-stuck instead.... I would've considered such options over "loo"--since we drew the last u, we are not so afraid of drawing the q, but if the bot draws it, it's likely insta-win since there is no way to fit qat or qi anywhere on this board anymore.

Awesome video as always. Also if it helps: hemin [HEE-min] (rhyme "demon") - same prefix as /hemoglobin/. Your pronunciation is articulate, confident and assertive-it's never distracting in your videos, and I like hearing you say the words. Really just an "if it helps" from someone who is way too nerdy about words. Looking forward to the next video!

You missed an excellent opportunity to shout out Mack Meller's grandmaster vs AI series on his channel! He's playing against best bot in one series (and it's beaten him something like 40-60 in the past), and he's also got a blitz scrabble series going against HastyBot. It's pretty interesting to consider that the best AI beats the best grandmasters at pretty close to that 3-out-of-5 spread even today. Once you are at the level where you pretty much play optimally, the rest is up to the tile gods (and keeping your cool under time pressure)

Video idea: Quackle vs ChatGPT

While I was univexersizing on my filiobet, my rajtypo was micrwavn some judbaris. But it turned out I geekyeved my frivoleraugoury, and I got a haardoon instead.

Wow that loti sequence is insane, the AI vision to see that your opponent could draw Qats and score a lot, and then blocking it while still allowing you to score with it if you draw it with Qadi!! I could never in a million years lol

Question Will: do we know how good Grandmaster Zoey from Scrabble Go is compared to the other bots out there? I've managed to best her a few times on that difficulty, but I don't have much else to compare it to. Is the bot working with every valid word and 100% optimal strategy on that difficulty, or does Scrabble Go simply not have a bot that goes that high?

The fact that the scrabble Ai was that good that long ago is impressive

And this was back in 2006? Good grief! I'm scared

At 8 am sharp

6 minutes ago!!

Cool video! Have the tools improved with more recent iterations since 2006? Is the top tool still called Quackle?

waow

In OSPD 4 or 5 I believe the definition for the word Agedly was (in an oldly manner) but Oldly wasn’t an acceptable word. Can’t remember if that was it or not but it was something like that

Hey Will, have you ever thought on making a video playing the word finding game squardle? It uses the official North American Scrabble Players word list (NWL2023) and has rankings for whoever can clear it the fastest and whoever can find the most bonus (obscure) words. I think it would be very interesting to see how well scrable knowledge and skill translates into playing this game, and make for a fun video idea! :D Anyway love your video's, continue what you're doing ✌

idk if anyone actually cares, but here is the list of all 88 cards that appeared at 1:20 in order. this list took about an hour to compile Scion of the Ur-Dragon Ao, the Dawn Sky Atarka, World Render Dragonmaster Outcast Drakuseth, Maw of Flames Dragonlord Dromoka Immersturm Predator Keiga, the Tide Star Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury Miirym, Sentinel Wurm Minion of the Mighty Nicol Bolas Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind Dragonlord Ojutai Piru, the Volatile Ryusei, the Falling Star Scion of Draco Silumgar, the Drifting Death Teneb, the Harvester Vorosh, the Hunter Bladewing the Risen Dragon Mage Dragonlord's Servant Dragonspeaker Shaman Korlessa, Scale Singer Lozhan, Dragons' Legacy Savage Ventmaw Thrakkus the Butcher Utter End Arcane Denial Brainstorm Despark Negate Sarkhan's Triumph Swords to Plowshares Austere Command Crippling Fear Crux of Fate Earthquake Eerie Ultimatum Patriarch's Bidding Vindicate Rampant Growth Diabolic Tutor Farseek Fearsome Awakening Nature's Lore Dragon's Hoard Orb of Dragonkind Arcane Signet Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind Commander's Sphere Dragon Arch Jade Orb of Dragonkind Lapis Orb of Dragonkind Sol Ring Debtors' Knell Frontier Siege Palace Siege Temur Ascendancy The Kami War / O-Kagachi Made Manifest Curiosity Garruk's Uprising Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner Exotic Orchard Arcane Sanctum Command Tower Crumbling Necropolis Frontier Bivouac Jungle Shrine Mystic Monastery Nomad Outpost Opulent Palace Path of Ancestry Sandsteppe Citadel Savage Lands Seaside Citadel Temple of the False God Tranquil Cove Dismal Backwater Bloodfell Caves Rugged Highlands Blossoming Sands Scoured Barrens Jungle Hollow Thornwood Falls Swiftwater Cliffs Wind-Scarred Crag

"a V in a very defensive spot" I'm 2 minutes in and learning things I didn't know were things

0:05 YEAH BUDDY THAT'S MY GOAT WILL "MISTER" ANDERSON

Alligate wtf

Voguiest wtf

I'm not a competitive player, but I always go bold. I always try to get the highest points I can and if my opponent capitalizes on that, I'm happy for them.

MEW

1:08 bfdi