The Costliest Second in Scrabble History

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Welcome to Episode 23 of Scrabble History, a series where I break down some of the most incredible plays, epic rivalries, and amazing moments in Scrabble's rich competitive history.
Beating a grandmaster player like Dave Wiegand is hard. Beating him by a lot of points is next to impossible. In 2007, fellow top expert Jerry Lerman had to use every trick in his arsenal to try and overcome an 198 point gap in the standings, forcing Dave to use each and every last second of his game clock in an unforgettable ending!
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@dentonyoung4314 3 месяца назад

One second... 2300 dollars. What a wild game.

@BobbieTheFish 3 месяца назад

Puts Elon Musk's $656/second to shame

@user-mx5hg4tr5q 3 месяца назад

Wow. This is an incredible video. The story, the game, and the editing have all gotten noticably better than when you first started out. Keep going dude, I love the content

@entitree. 3 месяца назад

nice pfp, love when my interests collide haha

@user-mx5hg4tr5q 3 месяца назад

@@entitree. May 17th dude, just 2 more months

@danielzitnik4247 3 месяца назад

Don't forget the double entendre use of "second" in the title!

@boybrushedred18 3 месяца назад

Right? I was going to write a new comment saying I was on the edge of my seat. But then I was like ahh no one is gonna believe that. But what a game and we'll played Jerry! Man he was clutch.

@ellowell8160 3 месяца назад

I've been on the edge of my seat too many times watching scrabble videos to expect any different at this point

@Kosmicd12 3 месяца назад

Love learning about all these stories from you!

@CoolCentrists 3 месяца назад

Hey its my fav speed runner ! do you play scrabble Kosmic? would be cool collaboration between Will and You!

@vincentskater 3 месяца назад

Legendary speedrunner has entered the chat .. Please make room

@ryanodonnell2726 3 месяца назад

Wow, never expected to see Kosmic here!

@GusXFowler 3 месяца назад

You're quickly rising in the ranks of game history content creators, up there with Jon Bois, Alex Rubenstein and SummoningSalt

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

This really means a lot to me, have watched hours and hours of all 3 of these people. Thank you!

@GusXFowler 3 месяца назад

@@wanderer15 of course! Thank YOU Will!

@thunderball11111 3 месяца назад

@@wanderer15I have to agree, every time you drop a video I rush to check it out as I would with a summoning salt video.

@epicsamurai5 3 месяца назад

Unrelated to the video, but I just participated in my first ever NASPA tournament yesterday! It never would have happened if I hadn’t found your channel. So thank you Will. 🙂

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

I think I answered your more recent comment, but just reiterating that this is incredibly gratifying to read. I hope you had a great time and continue to enjoy your Scrabble journey.

@billynakamura48 3 месяца назад

1 second being the difference between any win or loss is crushing. I had the fortune of being on the winning end of one of those situations vs Edley a few years ago. It didn’t win the tournament on the spot but it made the difference in the end.

@lilguy8787 3 месяца назад

Just wanted to let you know the percentage at 0:34 is incorrect, 37 / 4713 = .0078, which is about .78%, not .07%

@RobWirdWachsen 3 месяца назад

ty, I was quite confused how it could possibly be so low

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

Yes, good catch - my mistake! Still pretty low, but logic fail by me converting to the decimal

@qqw743 3 месяца назад

On the one hand, we fans of the channel tend to want to provide supportive comments like "great video," but we seem to also tend to add "You know *given the fact that this is Scrabble content* it's actually interesting and exciting." I don't think we need to see it that way. Scrabble can be as exciting as any other interest. It's a fallacy we fall into to presume something will be boring or slow. Different things interest and excite different people at different times. There's no specific reason why Scrabble should be less exciting than soccer World Cup or a Taylor Swift concert or anything else. It's a bias, and I don't share it. This was a very intense vid, good work.

@PrincessRinsicles 3 месяца назад

I would say it's hard to present Scrabble in an engaging way compared to other games, though. There's 0 movement and other sparkly shiny things that humans get hooked to.

@escapedlunatic27 3 месяца назад

I think it's more the fact that not many people who come across this video/this channel in general would already be Scrabble fans. It's (relatively) easy to make a video which will appeal to people who are already fans of the subject matter - but much harder to make one which will engage new fans. I recall one comment on another channel "I've never done a jigsaw in my adult life, but I've just watched four hours of videos of the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship". There is serious skill in getting people to watch a video on a subject that they'd never have expected they would be interested in.

@gmaasry 3 месяца назад

I have not watched much if any live coverage of Scrabble tourneys but I would say that if someone like Will -- both knowledgeable and well-spoken -- were to commentate, I could see a championship actually being popular tv amongst us mere mortals.

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

Definitely appreciate these comments (and thank you) - but the reality is, most people with any experience with Scrabble see it as a parlor game on par with Sorry!, Connect Four, etc. that simply lack the same drama and strategic depth, and it's those people I have in mind with each video I make.

@jonasjensen9305 3 месяца назад

I've never played Scrabble or otherwise been aware of the competitive scene, but decided, just now, I'm gonna get into it. This comment marks the beginning of the Scrabble arc of my life.

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

I certainly consider it one of the best decisions I've ever made. Let me know if I can help somehow!

@socksygen 3 месяца назад

Interesting to hear about some of the time mechanics in Scrabble, they haven't really come up in your videos until now. Would enjoy a video going more deeply into them!

@QuarkTwain 3 месяца назад

Did Dave make a strategic error by trying to use up tiles in the final game, rather than just playing for his best score? As John Madden said, "All a prevent defense does is prevent you from winning."

@Cloiss_ 3 месяца назад

I was thinking the same - in Mack Meller's ongoing series against BestBot, an AI-powered Scrabble bot, the AI has been favoring moves that humans would be too scared to make when far ahead that play into likely outcomes to further your lead rather than playing scared to try to hold onto it.

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

I go back and forth on this. I think *some* adjustment is warranted, and there's also major confirmation bias at play when someone adjusts as Dave did and has it seemingly backfire. But for myself, I'd only start changing my strategy closer to the end of the game, when I know what type of game it's going to be down the stretch. (Close game, where I can sacrifice winning chances to ensure at most a narrow loss? Comfortable win for me? etc.)

@fryuaj 3 месяца назад

i'm a top 10 scrabble player in poland. last week, at a club tournament, i had a 186 point advantage over grzegorz kurowski, another top 10 player, going into the last round... i lost 294:554.

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

Oof! But if it can happen to Dave, it can happen to anyone...

@rp1894 3 месяца назад

i'm not sure if it's in the dictionary, but leadpipe isn't lead like on the atomic chart. It's lead as in it begins. The leadpipe is the part of a brass instrument you put the mouthpiece into.

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

Ah, makes sense!

@AngryBengry 3 месяца назад

Love the consistent uploads Will. Appreciate the effort that goes into these even with it being a very niche RU-vid genre. you're bringing the game to the masses.

@ballthatrolls6120 3 месяца назад

I don't know anything about Scrabble, but you got me so invested that I was screaming towards the end 😅😅

@thebilliestsilly 3 месяца назад

I hope your videos keep blowing up, I wanna come back at a random point in time and see you in the hundred thousands of subscribers

@juanp.lievanok.3737 3 месяца назад

This is awesome. Thank you for your work.

@paulepstein7421 3 месяца назад

Will, your videos are off the charts awesome, and getting better. Keep 'em coming!!

@but_ter_fly6190 3 месяца назад

I have rarely been more on the edge of my seat for a video than this one. The suspense was intense, great video

@hridaysamtani5797 3 месяца назад

Absolutely amazing! This video serves as an excellent reminder of how 'every second counts', especially in sports. Top drawer stuff, Will.

@doctorleftwizard8931 3 месяца назад

such a good one as always! I love how you're able to highlight not just exciting histories, but also diverse ones - it's impressive that you're avoiding any kind of formula here. :)

@comtruise3150 3 месяца назад

really appreciate the work you put into these videos

@leonhardeuler675 3 месяца назад

2:22 I'm not playing RAVING there, but that's because I am childish.

@isaacormesher2851 3 месяца назад

Was looking for a comment about this! I'd say our strategy is more effective in the long term I'm sure.

@DrZaius3141 3 месяца назад

Sometimes you have to go into your words hard and don't pull out.

@puffin310 3 месяца назад

Great game! I like how he was in the lead the entire game and it’s still considered the craziest comeback of all time

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

Yes, "comeback" isn't exactly the right word, but if you zoom out to the entire course of the finals match, the word kind of still applies...

@klawiehr 3 месяца назад

I remembered Jerry from his insane game against Kenji Matsumoto

@MrConverse 3 месяца назад

I don’t like playing Scrabble but I love watching these videos!

@davidtydeman1434 3 месяца назад

Amazing vocabulary from both players 👏👏👏👏👏

@stephanasnancoo8799 3 месяца назад

Exciting video as usual

@bradwurst8141 3 месяца назад

Your content is top-tier on this site

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

Thank you, I appreciate it!

@yeetingdingas2654 3 месяца назад

Man these videos are sick. Never liked scrabble before you

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

Thank you for giving my videos a try!

@PelumiOTE2B 3 месяца назад

Amazing 😅😅😅 Well-done, Will

@LairAstro 28 дней назад

Will making Scrabble hype

@headtrauma_1 3 месяца назад

Thanks! Great upload

@MIGHTCORE. 3 месяца назад

i was hooked

@Froschkoenig751 3 месяца назад

Amazing!

@ekcrisp1 3 месяца назад

let's go jerry!

@airagog1016 3 месяца назад

Could you do the most bingos Jerry game?

@Footie_Clips_47 3 месяца назад

love ur vids man pleas upload more often

@Mainlychesscontent 3 месяца назад

I should pick up some chicken and shake and bake tomorrow!

@Raneter 3 месяца назад

LETS FUCKING GO JERRY

@tomercohen7494 3 месяца назад

COSTLIEST sounds like a bingo

@smallwaves 3 месяца назад

The $2300 Second

@EltWilder 3 месяца назад

Whoop there it is.

@carsonwood1513 3 месяца назад

Great video as always! 0:34 should be 0.7% not 0.07%.

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

Oops, you're absolutely right, good catch! Still pretty unlikely :)

@tranonehalf 3 месяца назад

Time matters! Gothamchess talks all the time about how classical chess is too slow/boring; Scrabble would also cater to a wider audience with faster time controls.

@irakyl 3 месяца назад

Is there a reason why they chose a best of 4 instead of a best of 5 for the finals?

@artsenor254 3 месяца назад

Time is money, I guess.

@copeboar 3 месяца назад

How do time penalties work in Scrabble??

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

Ten seconds are docked from your score for each minute you go overtime, up to a total of 10 minutes, at which point you forfeit the game immediately (this rarely happens).

@copeboar 3 месяца назад

@@wanderer15 thank you!!

@mjorozco3786 3 месяца назад

typo at 6:33

@zwishking6032 3 месяца назад

0:36 - 0.07% should be 0.7%.

@Drogon7102 3 месяца назад

10 points for 1 second seems like an extreme penalty

@Fexghadi 3 месяца назад

1:06 wait a minute, if Dave wins even a single game out of 4, doesn't that put him at 13 wins with Jerry only ever being able to reach 12? And also, why does he need to win by so much spread if they're both at +1000?

@Xadreco 3 месяца назад

probably its the top 2 that move on to a completely separate finals match

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

Yes, as Xadreco suggests, the finals reset the standings to zero between Dave and Jerry! Perhaps a little unfair to Dave, but the rules were set beforehand.

@jellomochas 3 месяца назад

Dave would have won if he had played SI(N)EW.

@leonhard6327 3 месяца назад

quad o, double a, d :')

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

It's a very fair question! Obviously, given the extremely low frequency of Dave's 200+ point losses, changing absolutely nothing would've been a solid approach. I think there is some logic to it, but in general, using up more tiles creates greater variance in quality of draws / likelier chances of terrible draws.

@airagog1016 3 месяца назад

😃 me when will posts

@mathijs1987j 3 месяца назад

The percentage at @0:34 is incorrect. It should be 0.7%, or really 0.8%, not 0.07%. (Great video otherwise, as usual.)

@wanderer15 3 месяца назад

Yes, I goofed on that one (and thanks)!

@Manigo1743 3 месяца назад

Leadpipes is a valid word. They are parts of instruments used in a band (lead as in leading, not the metal lead).

@Zebra_M 3 месяца назад

Valid as in, it's an actual word, or as in it was included in whichever scrabble dictionary was used at the time? Because I think only the second one would count as far as those tournament rules are concerned

@pootpoot1001 3 месяца назад

then why did it get challenged off?

@Manigo1743 3 месяца назад

@@pootpoot1001 Perhaps it is not in the dictionary they use.

@stupidgaycatboy 3 месяца назад

yeah, valid in a scrabble context just means "in the scrabble dictionary"

@AmaranthRBY 3 месяца назад

A lot of real words are not in the dictionary and so they are not considered valid. STEAKHOUSE is a shocking example I recently learned about - it's valid in the international dictionary, but not in the North American one, and it's definitely a word... There's a bunch of oddities of this type, but ultimately it's the nature of the game - at a competitive level, you obey the dictionary so that you don't have to get in arbitrary disputes over whether a word is 'valid enough'. Perhaps the lexicographers will catch LEADPIPE and add it in an upcoming update.

@jommy4867 3 месяца назад

WANDLES#. sad

@elmi8769 3 месяца назад

first

@djestoussaint8968 3 месяца назад

Amazing videos as always. im not a native english speaker so having up the defenitions of words used i always really enjoy and kinda missed in this video. apart from that 10/10!