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RACK 7:

A very interesting move. The final voting was:

Word	Play	Votes
FOE	at c13a for 24 leaving CETU	149
CETE	at b13a for 24 leaving FOU	91
COFT	at b13a for 33 leaving EEU	84
FETE	at b13a for 26 leaving COU	37
EFT	at c13a for 27 leaving COEU	31
COTE	at b13a for 24 leaving EFU	17

So what does simulation suggest. Who got it right? Here's what the machine says (10,000 2-ply iterations). I've also included other moves that got a mention, including FUZEE, UFO, CUTE and TUTEE.

Word	Play	Score
COFT	at b13a for 33	Best
COTE	at b13a for 24	- 1.25
FETE	at b13a for 26	- 1.57
EFT	at c13a for 27	- 1.64
CETE	at b13a for 24	- 2.43
FOE	at c13a for 24	- 4.04
FUZEE	at o6d for 17	- 4.68
UFO	at e6a for 22	- 5.86
CUTE	at b13a for 24	- 9.57
TUTEE	at l8d for 10	-13.56

I'll leave others to interpret these results, which I have to say weren't what I would have expected - in particular, I was surprised at how well EFT, and how poorly FOE performed. It would be interesting to see win% and standard deviation for all of these moves. FOE gives very little away, so given the scores, it might win more games than some of the moves that simulate better. Perhaps Mark Watkins could do a more comprehensive analysis?

- Phil Appleby

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