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Unless I missed it, he didn't discuss defense at all. I'd expect that to be a relatively small factor, and indeed hard to tease out from other influences on po

• zem 12y ago
  equity loss (difference in score + leave equity between your play and quackle's best play) would be an interesting metric too.
• lnanek2 12y ago
  I don't know, I've never played Scrabble, but in Words with Friends, if I'm against a poor opponent, I get every single double and triple word score and they get none. The entire game is basically about preventing your opponent from getting them by where you play. Sometimes you will play a short word just to spoil their chance of getting one. I admit it is a completely different game, though, because all players are allowed to try all combinations and placements of their letters before submitting their turn. There is no penalty for laying out your letters and trying to submit to check if they work, basically. So one can try all possible bingo combinations on their turn if they want.
  • zem 12y ago
    that's a separate issue; the real difference is that the scrabble board is a lot better balanced than the wwf one, and so preventing access to premium squares doesn't feature nearly as heavily.
    • couchand 12y ago
      Agreed. My experience with Scrabble bonus squares is that they tend to be balanced pretty well in games that are otherwise balanced pretty well.