Will's Play of the Week #5: I Need to L2S
Added 2025-10-04 16:55:22 +0000 UTCHey folks! Back in my pre-Scrabble days as a World of Warcraft player, I used to hear (and, embarrassingly probably say) the phrase "L2P" - a snobbish phrase intended to motivate someone to "learn to play" more effectively. In this video, you'll see why I need to take my own advice and "L2S": learn to better use my S tile. The play I should have made in this position should have been quite clear, but I missed it. See if you can find it yourself!
Comments
I have a theory that individual pieces of Scrabble logic aren't actually all that difficult to grasp much of the time, but having to process so many of them at once while also working so hard to even *generate* the plays to choose from is why we can miss plays like this on a regular basis.
Will Anderson
2025-10-11 22:20:03 +0000 UTCExactly...there are so many things to juggle in the heat of the moment. Seeing SEC (or SECT) is one thing, but looking into the mess of the unseen tiles and drawing the most impactful conclusion (lack of S's and T's) is another.
Will Anderson
2025-10-11 22:18:21 +0000 UTCI quickly came to the right idea for what to focus on, but then completely failed to spot the right move, lmao. It's good to see that my strategy instincts are right, but I gotta work on that board vision.
XandoToaster
2025-10-06 23:34:41 +0000 UTCWow quite happy I found the idea. Great puzzle for my level as someone else also said.
Joe Chen
2025-10-06 15:01:53 +0000 UTCThis was an excellent puzzle for my level. I paused the video and I did find the play, but this is the sort of play that I would normally miss. At my level, though, I wasn't sure how many hooks there were. I looked it up and evidently there are four hooks in Collins.
John Doe
2025-10-05 21:30:07 +0000 UTCadorable kitty!!!
George
2025-10-05 14:38:56 +0000 UTCI saw the spot but only saw SECT - I didn't think about playing less. I guess that's it's own lesson, is knowing when to keep the hook for a word and when to claim it right away.
Daniel Blake
2025-10-05 03:03:50 +0000 UTC"Whaaa, why am I out of mana and you're still blasting away??"
John Van Pelt
2025-10-04 17:05:04 +0000 UTC
