All words Mike played were acceptable, but he did not challenge the phony SPINEY.
Towards the end of the game, Mike challenged off RESTAINS, and so he then knew his opponent's rack. There were two playable bingos through the T in column M, but a better play was FAINTERS. Mike should have then blocked FAINTERS, but he did not consider it. On the other hand, it then provided the starting letter of Mike's going-out bingo!
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o ----------------------------- 1|A V F A I N T E R S| 2|G R O U N D L " - E| 3|E - G O V E R F A s T M| 4|N H E B I O I| 5|T - C - A| 6|I " " E H " " R| 7|N ' ' A ' I| 8|G ' Q U I Z ' D| 9| ' U ' E ' | 10| " S A J O K E S | 11| L D I a S P O R E P | 12|' M O D E L T W A X I '| 13|N E W ' R ' - N | 14| - " A " E | 15|= C U T T Y B O Y O| ----------------------------- a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Mike Wolfberg S.G. ---------------------- ----------------------- trade 3 0 0 QUIZ 8f 44 44 HAZE i6 18 18 QUAI f8 15 59 DIaSPORE 11e 90 108 STRAY h11 27 86 JO 10j 52 160 WAX 12j 60 146 MODEL 12b 33 193 NEW 13a 26 172 FLEECE h1 41 234 trade ? 0 172 CUTTY 15d 13 247 trade ? 0 172 JOKE 10j 29 276 SPINEY n10 44 216 OVERFAsT 3f 86 362 GROUND 2a 31 247 BOYO 15L 36 398 SLOW c10 7 254 AGENTING a1 149 547 lost challenge 0 254 VUGH d1 30 577 RESTAINS L1 0 254 challenged RESTAINS BIO 4k 18 595 FAINTERS h1 86 340 SEMIARID o1 86 681 (AIL) 6 687
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