Wow, that is absoutely awesome... well done. Don't say no more single games -- hehe, we all know you'll be back soon enough. 1st place is within reach! :-)
And now, for the obligatory "rain on the parade", here are the missed points I could see:
1) Words #17 and #18 should've been played in one step (just LAM). Because of the DWS, this would've been worth 30 points, as opposed to 29 for playing in two steps. 1 point missed.
2) Word #21 should've been played in steps (ONE/TONE) ... 9 points instead of six... 3 points missed.
3) The "E" from Word #49 could have been placed at K14 (OE/ELSE) for 6 points... 1 point missed.
That's all I could see... only 5 potential points missed, not bad at all. This game illustrates nicely how tile order can affect the score even at the end of the game. While waiting for the final trip, you had to dump a U (2 pts) and an E (5 pts). If the big trip had come first, the U would've gone at B4 (XU - 9 pts), and the E might've gone at B6 (REHIRED - 11 pts), a total difference of 13 points, which would've brought the score dangerously close to 1st place ;-)
Anyway, congrats, well done. See ya on the board soon enough. Must update Top 50 soon for this :) |