Possibly the most distinctively "Elise-like" game in the Scrabble Companion series, this game has several notable plays:

The whole point of TORI 13K was to leave the I to hook for the triple-word square in the lower right; unfortunately, Scrabble Companion closes the hook first for 56 points.

QUINTAR C1 for 91 points seems a little dangerous, with the Q hanging by the triple-word square and with three "safer" 88-point plays available elsewhere, but Elise, having determined that Scrabble Companion is unlikely to hold any of CISU?, rates QUINTAR C1 (57.7%) better than QUAINTER 3B (57.1%), TRANQUIL 2A (56.6%) or ANTIQUER 3B (56.2%). Scrabble Companion's JUMP 2B, following the QUINTAR play, immediately closed the upper-left triple word square.

From VANS on, Elise suspects Scrabble Companion of holding the second blank; this leads to some delightfully nasty closed-board play that leaves SC unable to bingo. SC finally spends the blank on a meaningless move in a lost end-game. (SC's best line would have been BETAINE 3G-VANE L1-Es F1 leading to a 394-388 loss.)

Game 9 in a series against Scrabble Companion; SC given advantage of first move. Elise leads 8 to 1.

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Move#PlayerRackMoveSqLeaveScoreTotalNotes
1Scrabble Companion
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ORGICH8
2222
2Elise pre-release
gilootw
WOG10F
[gilot]
15153-ply winprob simulation (800), -44.69 / 39.7%
3Scrabble Companion
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CARATE12H
1638
4Elise pre-release
giilort
TORI13K
[gil]
16313-ply winprob simulation (2240), -42.90 / 40.0%
5Scrabble Companion
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ADZ14M
3573
6Elise pre-release
egiklr?
RuGLIKE14E
741053-ply winprob simulation (480), -5.48 / 57.2%
7Scrabble Companion
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RATHE15A
38111
8Elise pre-release
dlnooou
NODI11E
[loou]
181233-ply winprob simulation (2560), -35.61 / 42.0%
9Scrabble Companion
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SIZYO12
56167
10Elise pre-release
looquxy
OXYI6
[loqu]
261493-ply winprob simulation (3200), -53.00 / 32.3%
11Scrabble Companion
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GADID5E
31198
12Elise pre-release
lnoqtuw
LOW6D
[nqtu]
301793-ply winprob simulation (640), -42.83 / 36.4%
13Scrabble Companion
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OLEFINH1
41239
14Elise pre-release
ainqrtu
QUINTARC1
912703-ply winprob simulation (3440), -7.30 / 57.7%
15Scrabble Companion
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JUMP2B
30269
16Elise pre-release
eeelpsu
ELSE8A
[epu]
323023-ply winprob simulation (2160), -7.41 / 58.4%
17Scrabble Companion
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VANSJ2
24293
18Elise pre-release
abceopu
UNCAP4B
[beo]
303323-ply winprob simulation (1360), +10.94 / 74.1%
19Scrabble Companion
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IF15H
26319
20Elise pre-release
behotuu
BUTEO12A
[hu]
223543-ply winprob simulation (3600), +15.30 / 79.5%
21Scrabble Companion
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EM11J
22341
22Elise pre-release
aehinsu
RINSE7C
[ahu]
233773-ply winprob simulation (560), +30.07 / 98.0%
23Scrabble Companion
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oBE14A
19360
24Elise pre-release
aehuv
EHG2
[auv]
20397
25Scrabble Companion
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LITB8
5365
26Elise pre-release
auv
UVEAA6
9406

Scrabble Companion: 363, Elise pre-release: 408