In this game, Quackle draws both blanks, but is only able to claw its way to a 1-point loss to Elise. Elise's late-game play here is worthy of note -- moves like AGON 10A and OWE 14M are designed to pick up points, open no scoring opportunities for Quackle, and get Elise into a won endgame -- based on the composition of the well, Elise is 94% certain that the game is won with 5 tiles still in the bag.

Quackle's SUIT K4 was entirely to open the triple-letter square for the X; Elise recognized this (having guessed it held the X) but could not block XI J6 without giving up too many points. Quackle also did well to play QAT G3, ridding itself of the Q and closing the triple-word square at H1: Elise had many options there.

Elise's AUK E4 was mostly to open bingo lines. Elise had a good bingo rack and was able to play one the next turn.

Both players did well choosing when to exchange; in both cases they improved their racks substantially.

Elise could have been greedier in the end-game here, but recognized that FRAP N6 was sufficient to win the game, despite being stuck with the V on its rack. (As of version 0.0.1, Elise is a little more greedy in the endgame, though its main goal is still to win the game, not necessarily to maximize its winning margin.)

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Move#PlayerRackMoveSqLeaveScoreTotalNotes
1Quackle
aistuu?
(Keep AIST?)---
[aist?]
00
2Elise pre-release
efhknoz
FEZ8G
[hkno]
30307-ply winprob simulation (1280), +0.38 / 58.8%
3Quackle
aaiist?
AI7F
[aist?]
99
4Elise pre-release
ehknooy
HOOKY6B
[en]
44747-ply winprob simulation (1200), +29.67 / 70.8%
5Quackle
aeisst?
EpITASESH8
7483
6Elise pre-release
ceelnno
NONELECT11A
701447-ply winprob simulation (480), +18.92 / 67.4%
7Quackle
aahllpy
ALANYLA8
[hp]
39122
8Elise pre-release
aceegos
CONGEC9
[aes]
221667-ply winprob simulation (1840), +25.49 / 71.7%
9Quackle
dehmnp?
HM7C
[denp?]
24146
10Elise pre-release
aaerstu
AUKE4
[aerst]
141807-ply winprob simulation (1520), +28.63 / 74.1%
11Quackle
deenop?
SPONDEEs15H
86232
12Elise pre-release
aberstt
TABARETS4D
722527-ply winprob simulation (960), -12.14 / 54.5%
13Quackle
dinouwx
SWOUND13H
[ix]
28260
14Elise pre-release
iiinoqr
(Keep NO)---
[no]
02527-ply winprob simulation (1760), -39.39 / 34.0%
15Quackle
eiittux
SUITK4
[eitx]
8268
16Elise pre-release
aeejnos
JEON14B
[aes]
312837-ply winprob simulation (1920), +9.65 / 68.6%
17Quackle
bdeirtx
XIJ6
[bdert]
52320
18Elise pre-release
aaeilrs
SALARIESO8
743577-ply winprob simulation (480), +16.06 / 75.2%
19Quackle
bdeqrtv
VERBF10
[deqt]
17337
20Elise pre-release
fgnoruw
AGON10A
[foruw]
183757-ply winprob simulation (2400), +32.50 / 89.1%
21Quackle
deemqrt
QATG3
[deemr]
22359
22Elise pre-release
aforruw
OWE14M
[afrru]
264017-ply winprob simulation (9680), +32.49 / 94.0%
23Quackle
ddeeimr
MIDDENL8
[er]
26385
24Elise pre-release
afprruv
FRAPN6
[ruv]
23424
25Quackle
egiiirt
IREI2
[egiit]
4389
26Elise pre-release
ruv
URD11J
[v]
8432
27Quackle
egiit
ZITI8
[egi]
17406
28Elise pre-release
v
(Pass)---
[v]
0432
29Quackle
egi
PIG9H
[ei]
3409
30Elise pre-release
v
(Pass)---
[v]
0432
31Quackle
ei
IF6M
[e]
5414
32Elise pre-release
v
(Pass)---
[v]
0432
33Quackle
e
SUITEK4
9423

Quackle: 427, Elise pre-release: 428