Game 4

PE Scr SDE
December 8, 2020

Anna Jewel Leal - winning side

Opponent : Grace Casanas

Anna Jewel Leal Grace Casanas

ICE 10 VOUCHER
30

EF, RE, FEATLY 46 TEF, TIN, IRE

16

IN, WIZ, WIRE 46 QIN 24

QI, TIZ 35 Swapped 3 tiles -

VICE, BELIEVE 79 BA, ED, PAD

19

YOB, OBA, BED 33 URINARY

11

VINCA 20 KO, KI, ON 24

 LONGED, VICED
21 XI, LI
27

FA, OR, FOLD

31 TARPAN, AD 22

RESAIL 25 GLIME 25

FOLDS, RUMORS 23 ROST 18

JOE, JA, ON 40 WEET 30

SHE 33 GO, GU, OR 15

NADA, AGO 10

452
250

SPREAD (N,U,T) +3
SPREAD (N,U,T) -3

455 247

Reflections:

“What comes easy wont last. What lasts wont come easy.”

Back before I joined this class, I’d never imagine the improvement that I am gaining at
the moment, and this improvement is not only in scoring high points in a scrabble game, but
also in valuing practice and focus. I learned to love this game more than I have ever, not
because I find it easy to play (certainly not!), but because I know that I am earning something
that I can keep. It taught me more than the skills in vocabulary and spatial skills. It taught me
lessons like giving my best and grabbing the opportunity while I still can. I will always be
thankful for being able to take this class and find a better me in myself.
In this game, I am able to score higher than all of my past official games, and I am
aiming to be able to surpass this score on my 5th game. I am so glad that I continue to develop
in looking for the best move.
The following are the important points to take note from this game:

● Score Maximization - This time, I achieved my aim of giving my finest shot on every
move. Though I know that most moves are not the best possible, I am able to achieve
my goal in my last game to score more than 20 points in every move. Most words
scored above my average score (average score: 23) and I am able to create a bingo.
 ●Bingo - Being able to create a bingo does not only gave me the upper hand on this
game, I feel like it also made my opponent panic a little as the point difference keeps
rising. I think I got a little excited, too, towards the middle of the game that I started
to score lower. If only I hadn’t and be able to manage my rack better, I think I
would’ve been able to create more than one bingo.
● Premium Tiles - Taking the TW squares helped me be consistent with my score. I am
also able to score 40 points or more by taking the TL and DL squares.
●Balancing the Parallel Plays and the Long Words - In my opinion, this game had an
open board despite a lot of parallel moves were made. I think this is because there are
lots of long words placed. I noticed that these long words did not only gave me
openings to use for next moves, but also it keeps changing my tiles on the rack which
made it

● easier to manage.
Tile Tracking and Noticing the Blunders - Some blunder moves from the opponent
gave me an opportunity to keep the lead in this game. Also, in this game, I am able to
track the tiles left in the bag, and I noticed that the opponent could’ve scored higher at
some points in the game. I also think that she could’ve been able to get the spread as I
knew that the remaining tiles can create the word TONGUE connecting to GLIME,
however, the point difference is already difficult to surmount so I guess she considered
this to be not helpful anymore.

Scoring 400 points and above in scrabble seem to require a lot of effort for me in the
past, but now, it seems easier to achieve. In this game, I almost reached my highest score
according to the Scrabble Go App history which is 479 points. My next goal is to score 500 or
above even just for practice games. I hope I can prepare well for my last official game so that I
can do better than this game.