Haha thanks Alex, though I don't think it's nearly as crazy as MYXOMATA, since you can simplify the problem a lot by noting a lot of the overlaps are forced or nearly forced (e.g. I has to go under the G, R is very likely going under PE since ending in the other letters with a vowel right before is much harder, then E before R makes sense, and then FA is forced, so once you have _ A _ I _ E R it's much easier)
13:44 to me patient vs. aggressive play is one of the most interesting conondrums in Scrabble, and it's also one where I don't think the engines are all that useful yet. Personally I tend to prefer the patient approach in many situations
I believe the spelling with two Gs is some Scottish dish made from offal and other such game cuts. Do correct me if I’m wrong because it’s purely from memory, but I know that it is definitely a foodstuff
@@9tydegreez Quoting directly from Wikipedia here: "[REDACTED] are meatballs made from minced off-cuts and offal (especially pork, and traditionally pig's heart, liver, and fatty belly meat or bacon) mixed with herbs and sometimes bread crumbs. It is a traditional dish in the United Kingdom, especially South and Mid Wales and the English Midlands."
Thanks! Though as I noted in my reply to Alex above it can me made a lot easier with some pattern recognition and noting certain overlaps that are forced or basically forced
@@mackmeller Looking at these forced overlaps sure help (and is why knowing twos and their hooks is so important) ! Even at my humble level, I do look at these forced overlaps to see what words could be dropped in the scoring hotspots. Time is also a factor here, it's definitely easier to find if you have a couple minutes to look at the spot and the remaining tiles on your opponent's clock. Maybe the crazier part is to even look at this spot as a potential threat when a bingo there looks so unlikely (looking there with your tiles, sure, as even a 5-letter word could score in the 30s or 40s thanks to DW/TL and overlaps, but looking for a bingo in the 14 remaining tiles...)
I haven't actually got past 01:00 yet but I just wanted to say 'broch' is actually pronounced 'brok' (like loch) and it means a Scottish tower fortification.
@@mackmeller in the internet age, we can do anything. who doesnt wanna see more mack vs ian? you can make an extended match with him for the channel, for fun, for fans everywhere.
I find the conundrum with the archaic meaning very interesting. But still, I don't know if I would be comfortable saying it like that, if I wasn't gay haha
I'm shocked that GIP and GYP are still legal, as they're ethnically charged against the Romani peoples (aka gypsies, but this is also a disfavored term)
That was a tongue-in-cheek comment, but I should’ve specified - I meant Josh Sokol. There was an earlier banter where Mack posted a video and said I have to play JOSH here - meaning the word. Josh Sokol chimed in with something like “I have to play JOSH - a phrase that both strikes fear and command respect”. I was joking around in that same vein.
