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 seem to have conflicts for almost all of the events I'm interested in for the first half of the year, so I'm taking the opportunity to play in the Atlant...

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 recent influx of new patrons - it's hugely appreciated as we continue along our journey of growing the audience for & interest in competitive Scrabb...

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!

A couple notes: I had Quackle set to a North American lexicon for much of the video, so a couple moves aren't listed in the generated choices wh...

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 those of you who are Scrabblers yourselves.

As I mention in the video, I'm going to endeavor to pick positions where the best available play is t...

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 the endgame when the optimal sequences have very high depth. The newer engine Macondo has made a huge step forward in this area and is capable of solvin...

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: https://www.patreon.com/posts/road-to-ghana-137170278

However, I'm still ...

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 World Youth Championship some 15 years ago. He submitted a fantastic game against one of Canada's elite expert players, Dean Saldanha - not an easy oppon...

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 be a very minor mistake, and nowhere near as egregious as allowing Robin to play FLANGER against me, but I'm actually more disappointed in this move t...

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 optimally in the actual game but seeing what I should have done was a real "Eureka!" moment for me, so I decided to share it with you all in this WPotW!

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 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...

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 opponent to the test, there's a lot of factors to account for, and the position in this video was no exception!

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 coming up with all the nuances behind each candidate choice is a bit more challenging. These sorts of positions used to be nightmares for me, but now I...

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 on the scoreboard ever be the right call in a Scrabble game? In this position, that may well have been what was called for.

NOTE for C...