Will Anderson

Will's Play of the Week #12 - Learning from the Best(Bot)

Will's Play of the Week #11 - One Move Was A Lot Better

Will's Play of the Week #10 - X's and O's

Hey folks!
Another intriguing position to show you all today - a classic example of a solution that isn't difficult to spot, but may be very difficult to fully appreciate.

I see...

Will's Play of the Week #9 - Welcome to 2026!

Hey all, happy belated holiday season & new year! It's time to get back to posting Will's Play of the Week.

To reiterate a couple things I say in the video:

I want to thank our re...

Adam Logan extended interview!

Hey folks,
As I allude to my YT video today, here is the full, unedited footage of my conversation with Adam Logan about his experiences and most pivotal plays from the 2025 World Championship!<...

Will's Play of the Week #8 - Hi, Everyone

Hi, everyone! It's time for another Will's Play of the Week!

This is a really fun position where elite-level word knowledge isn't necessary to find the answer - should be a fun puzzle for th...

Patron Game Breakdown #2 - A Very Sticky Endgame

This game comes to us from Patron Ben M., who played a really interesting endgame recently!

For Scrabble engine users out there:
The prior standard engine, Quackle, runs into issues in th...

WESPAC 2025 Preview

It's time to preview the 2025 WESPAC!

First things first: as a reminder, I will not be attending the World Championship this year, for reasons detailed in this post: 2025-11-09 18:17:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Patron Game Breakdown #1 - Charles vs Goliath!

Hey folks! Today we have our first game breakdown submitted by a member of my Patreon community, Charles Cue.

Charles recently made his return to tournament Scrabble after playing in the Wor...

Will's Play of the Week #7 - An even *worse* blunder?

As promised in my most recent YouTube video, here's a breakdown of my other biggest blunder from the National Championship this year. At first glance, the play highlighted here appears to ...

Will's Play of the Week #6: I'm A Vowel HOG

Hey folks! Really instructive position today from a recent game of mine. The primary theme is adjusting to a really unique unseen tile pool late in a game. I didn't navigate this situation optimall...

Will's Play of the Week #5: I Need to L2S

Hey 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 ...

Will's Play of the Week #4 - This Game Was RIGGED!

It's time for another Will's Play of the Week!

I thought this was a particularly interesting turn from a recent club game. When considering making a very aggressive move, putting your opponen...

Will's Play of the Week #3 - Take The BAIT

Hey folks! Another WPOTW coming at you today on quite the closed board. This is a position where coming up with the candidate moves might be not quite as a difficult as usual for this series, but c...

Will's Play of the Week #2: I Didn't Have a CLUE

Hey folks! I'm going to aspire to upload my Will's Play of the Week videos on midweek days, so that they don't run too close to my Sunday main channel uploads.

When could giving up 52 points ...

(EARLY ACCESS) The Insane Scrabble Comeback That Sparked a Championship Run

Hey folks! Thanks to your support, I'll be able to finish more of my videos a few days early, rather than work throughout the weekend to finish each release. This video will go live on YouTube on S...

Will's Play of the Week #1: It's Not U, It's I

Hello patrons, thank you for supporting my channel!

I've largely moved away from purely educational Scrabble content on my main YouTube channel, but I'd like to try a new format where I take...

Road to Ghana update

Hey everyone!

I've recently been getting more frequent questions about the upcoming World Scrabble Championship in Ghana - in particular, why haven't I made any new Road to Ghana episodes, an...