Can a Total Noob beat a Grand Master in Scrabble?

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  • @wanderer15
    @wanderer15 ปีที่แล้ว +1619

    This was so fun, thanks for having me! Someday, I want to coach you in Scrabble Pogchamps :)

    • @lopzinc
      @lopzinc ปีที่แล้ว +7

      that exists?????

    • @wanderer15
      @wanderer15 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      @@lopzinc Not yet!

    • @lopzinc
      @lopzinc ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@wanderer15 aww thats sad

    • @noobiechessjxwyspl
      @noobiechessjxwyspl ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I always think scrabble is just like chess with gms, openings middlegames and endgames world championships soon pogchamps now my family finds me 2x as annoying with both these addictions how are you so good like wth is scabious what

    • @nitorishogiplayer3465
      @nitorishogiplayer3465 ปีที่แล้ว

      We had to do factorization in Math and I thought it was a bit of a shame you doubted yourself there

  • @matthiaswolfe9435
    @matthiaswolfe9435 ปีที่แล้ว +2318

    Now we just have to see Wirtual play Magnus Carlsen in Chess.

    • @austinconklin4337
      @austinconklin4337 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      I would love to watch wirtual get destroyed lmao

    • @DanielWilson-d7i
      @DanielWilson-d7i ปีที่แล้ว +111

      Have magnus wear a blindfold and have 30 seconds one the clock. He will still win.

    • @brucewayneontheweekends
      @brucewayneontheweekends ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wirtual gonna speed run that shii😭😭

    • @austinconklin4337
      @austinconklin4337 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DanielWilson-d7i yeah lol

    • @terminator6505
      @terminator6505 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DanielWilson-d7ino he won’t

  • @GentleBaller
    @GentleBaller ปีที่แล้ว +797

    Holy shit what a collab. The World Scrabble Championship this week was hype to watch. Shame our boy Will didn't win it

    • @f1lip797
      @f1lip797 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      imagine watching that

    • @RubyPiec
      @RubyPiec ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@f1lip797watching what

    • @f1lip797
      @f1lip797 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RubyPiec dumb or acting dumb?

    • @RanjakarPatel
      @RanjakarPatel ปีที่แล้ว +6

      take care four youre say my dear. he try his best his branes. he play the video game and no have time four study the book. so please no make angry four his no amazing intelligents. he try. four this i am so proud.

    • @PCinnit
      @PCinnit ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RanjakarPatelo k

  • @ketsu_pl
    @ketsu_pl ปีที่แล้ว +406

    I really liked the double perspective. Awesome editing

  • @late8641
    @late8641 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    When you play scrabble casually, the winner is the one who can convince the others of made-up words the most.

  • @Xeractyll
    @Xeractyll ปีที่แล้ว +158

    As someone who's watched Will Anderson quite a bit, I genuinely love him and his content. He's such a chill and great guy, and I highly recommend checking him out. Looking forward to more collabs with you two in the future!!

  • @jonezones
    @jonezones ปีที่แล้ว +195

    As a fellow Scrabble Enjoyer, this vid was amazing. Great funny editing and I learned a lot!! Would love more Scrabble content

  • @undeadman7676
    @undeadman7676 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I want to see a scrabble where two really good players are each given a codeword. If they can trick their opponent into playing that codeword, they immediately win. Otherwise, the game is normal.

  • @kaizerprobablydoesntdoanyt180
    @kaizerprobablydoesntdoanyt180 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I'm loving this crossover series where you just play board games, I wonder if there's a way to incorporate racing into this.

  • @TheMemeBorrower.
    @TheMemeBorrower. ปีที่แล้ว +194

    Wirt missing “Factories” was the most frustrating thing

    • @roboter3254
      @roboter3254 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Both of them lmao

    • @JohnH100-ih3he
      @JohnH100-ih3he ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wirt could have had "Factorise" as well if this real English not American
      Edit: I mean "real" as in OG English sorry if that sounded rude

    • @ElectricalStorm
      @ElectricalStorm 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@JohnH100-ih3he no no it's perfect.

    • @zaclaplant3001
      @zaclaplant3001 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@JohnH100-ih3heIsn't "real" English more evolved, therefore less like "original" English than American English? 🤔

    • @JohnH100-ih3he
      @JohnH100-ih3he 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@zaclaplant3001 Well American English is has changed a lot more than English since the colonisation of America. For example Americans would spell colonisation as colonization.

  • @lightswornking2474
    @lightswornking2474 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Wirtual u got me hooked on will when u talked about scrabble in the past, I have watched basically every video on his channel now.

  • @justrecentlyi5444
    @justrecentlyi5444 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Very enjoyable to see this collab! You introduced me to Will Anderson and it's been interesting learning more about a hobby I knew nothing about, though his videos.

  • @Naesil89
    @Naesil89 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    As someone who has never really played scrabble I can now see that while yes I constantly found words but realized with the commentary that putting those down would just open possibilities for the opponent and would be bad to put down. Pretty interesting but dont know if I would want to invest time to learn strategies of scrabble :D

  • @vtipoman
    @vtipoman ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This feels like the anime episode where the master attaches weighs to himself to fight his pupils on a more equal level, but still beats them with expertise

  • @prostoGDPlayer
    @prostoGDPlayer ปีที่แล้ว +15

    That was so enjoyable to watch! Please more scrabble vids, if possible

  • @fellthekerl
    @fellthekerl ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Absolutely incredible video, will seems like such a great guy

  • @mathieucote3728
    @mathieucote3728 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    4:40 the far cry 5 music just brought me back a few years… glad I got to hear it

  • @DaffyDaffyDaffy33322
    @DaffyDaffyDaffy33322 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is really fun to watch. Something about a master being handicapped down to an amateur such that the fight is still intense, it's a very interesting pair of perspectives.

  • @_fr4mes743
    @_fr4mes743 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Holy, I wasn't expecting anything and it ended up being extremely fun.

  • @spxctrvm
    @spxctrvm ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well done BASS, what a pleasant editing, fun to watch!

  • @snowfloofcathug
    @snowfloofcathug ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I saw Wirtual’s comment on Will’s video I could not have predicted this is what it’d lead to, this is amazing!

  • @pidialski
    @pidialski ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:59 TYLER, THE CREATOR - KEEP DA O'S

  • @Drawliphant
    @Drawliphant ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What a great handicap the second round. Weirdly good video for a game I've never gotten into

  • @Vanhaomena
    @Vanhaomena 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    2:42 doge is a word, Civ 5 Venice enjoyers know

  • @robertveith6383
    @robertveith6383 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I play "Expert" category level Scrabble against the robots on Pogo Scrabble without a paying membership. In particular, the end discussion with the showing of moves on the second games was very interesting, funny, and exciting.

  • @alexanderdejesus4986
    @alexanderdejesus4986 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Honestly that was super hype would love to see these two go at it again

  • @Fidothedog11212
    @Fidothedog11212 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wirt was way way better than I expected

  • @eseilawimpershlaak
    @eseilawimpershlaak ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You are better in scrabble than i thought you would be! same goes for chess actually! Nice stuff!

  • @jasonquartermile425
    @jasonquartermile425 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Dang guess my 73yr old Mom and I scoring in the low 300s isn't that bad! That was a good game!

  • @Lmjacks
    @Lmjacks ปีที่แล้ว +2

    very fun video! this type of edit is a great way to foray into doing content of other games

  • @natebengtson5252
    @natebengtson5252 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve been watching Will so much this summer glad he’s been on wirtuals recommended as well

  • @PrincessPolyhedra
    @PrincessPolyhedra ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So close! Dropping that e at L11 for RET and REEDS I think would have won it for you! I’d love to see one of the pros go over this game

  • @GearSaiyan
    @GearSaiyan ปีที่แล้ว

    This was so interesting to watch honestly, especially hearing you guys voice your thoughts. Subscribed!

  • @MeanBeanComedy
    @MeanBeanComedy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    11:36 William remembered which team he's playing for! 😤😤💪🏻💪🏻✊🏻💯🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲

  • @ec1ipze918
    @ec1ipze918 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:08 dunno how good this move is but i saw NARRATE along the bottom of the board, connecting to the E from ALEE and making OWN and EN.

    • @jossemalmberg
      @jossemalmberg 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ownarrate doesn’t work

  • @tomhendriks8304
    @tomhendriks8304 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    didn't expect scrabble to be that hype xD good video, good match :D

  • @kevinderoo3880
    @kevinderoo3880 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alternate title: *Wirtual tries not to spell the word 'Pyramid' in Scrabble for 20 minutes straight*

  • @ukaszmatula3030
    @ukaszmatula3030 ปีที่แล้ว

    omg i recently got into scrabble, and started waching Will, thats like the best colab i could have imagined

  • @MootPoot
    @MootPoot ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The collab we never knew we needed

  • @protomous
    @protomous ปีที่แล้ว

    Randomly got this in my recommendeds and found the irony of the man I know from “this is a racing game, I’m a racist” playing scrabble to be too interesting to ignore. Good video!

  • @ozzienemo
    @ozzienemo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    id like to say that at 9:48 he could play VAN hooking (OW)N for 18 points instead of VAN(E) for 4
    also, 2 months later, i saw that at 2:20 (ish), FUDGE fits on A11 forming AG and NE for 27. the thing with this play, will could respond with CoNQ(U)EST with the Q on the triple letter for 126 points (i think)

  • @alexonstott4954
    @alexonstott4954 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wirtual can play Scrabble in two languages, meanwhile after 6 years of German in school I'm still like "Ich uhhh heiße?"

  • @idkcba
    @idkcba ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favourite scrabble fact is about the guy who memorized the complete official French scrabble dictionary JUST to be able to win the world French scrabble championships. He did not speak or know any french before, during or after playing.

    • @A_Minor_Mistake
      @A_Minor_Mistake ปีที่แล้ว

      ohh yeah that one kiwi feller

    • @Chris-sv8ty
      @Chris-sv8ty ปีที่แล้ว

      ?who's that guy? probably a nobody in the scrabble world

    • @A_Minor_Mistake
      @A_Minor_Mistake ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Chris-sv8ty maybe do some research before assuming things?

    • @Chris-sv8ty
      @Chris-sv8ty ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@A_Minor_Mistake my friend, please research sarcasm before assuming things.

    • @A_Minor_Mistake
      @A_Minor_Mistake ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Chris-sv8ty It didn't seem like sarcasm to me when I saw, twas a mistake on my behalf

  • @aetherling9162
    @aetherling9162 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The weirdest possible collab out of two channels I happen to be subscribed to.

  • @Ascension721
    @Ascension721 ปีที่แล้ว

    I dont watch your content tooooo much but when I saw you comment on Will's video and his stream I knew I had to watch this. Awesome collab

  • @Firefly256
    @Firefly256 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Is factorise a word?"
    Well, ask a 7th-grader!

  • @pmLite_
    @pmLite_ ปีที่แล้ว

    at 6:12, i was thinking he could put the R on top of age to make “rage” and then spell out “rook” and get the triple letter on the K

  • @synka5922
    @synka5922 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Y is hard to get rid of, right? would cyst at 14:20 been any good?

  • @Zebris0
    @Zebris0 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was literally just watching will anderson vids and went to his last twitch vod from a few months ago and saw that he played with you, so I look up wirtual scrabble and I find a brand new vid of scrabble. This is crazy and I love it @WirtualTV

    • @Zebris0
      @Zebris0 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also I'm now realising that is was the same vod that this happened on, how has it taken 2 months to upload this lmao

  • @magicmulder
    @magicmulder ปีที่แล้ว

    Scrabble be like “TE - Old English term for a donkey toothbrush” and “PERAMBURTULIZE - to frown at the third rerun of a boring movie”.

  • @Gamorou
    @Gamorou ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really like this, I will try scrabble myself as an ESL to expand my vocarbulary

  • @SondreGrneng
    @SondreGrneng ปีที่แล้ว

    My prediction is that you don't stand a snowball's chance in hell.

  • @TheBcoolGuy
    @TheBcoolGuy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A Scrabble score is pretty analogous to a Wilks score in Powerlifting.

  • @cd-zw2tt
    @cd-zw2tt 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    8:22 wait truthier absolutely is a word. if you look it up its got entries in a few dictionaries

  • @wyndpvp
    @wyndpvp 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He’s gonna win every spelling bee in history. 😂

  • @michael2430
    @michael2430 ปีที่แล้ว

    I almost skipped this video, but I stayed for the editing.

  • @bowlofwhiskey
    @bowlofwhiskey 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    15:10 lol if ZUKE was in the dictionary at this time 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ozzienemo
      @ozzienemo หลายเดือนก่อน

      would be brutal if he could play more than 3 tiles and the dictionary update was in place

  • @SilencedButNotForgotten
    @SilencedButNotForgotten ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was so much fun!

  • @HaLo-
    @HaLo- ปีที่แล้ว

    W Bass, I like this editor, he ended the video with a flåklypa song ❤

  • @jdmhexagon2584
    @jdmhexagon2584 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Two very nice men having some fun for our entertainment

  • @Lindeman08
    @Lindeman08 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    14:50 I don't really know the rules of Scrabble. Would FACTORIES be a bad play here?

    • @FURYBrenton
      @FURYBrenton ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That would be the best play yeah, he missed it.

  • @vanitygamer7817
    @vanitygamer7817 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    man i actually loved this

  • @Coolpink1271
    @Coolpink1271 ปีที่แล้ว

    13:13 the last 3 tiles in his rack are interesting

  • @bobthechicken6558
    @bobthechicken6558 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love scrabble ❤

  • @slouch186
    @slouch186 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wirtual is way better at Scrabble than i expected

  • @DrPeeper
    @DrPeeper ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bro literally played Sonic Adventure 2 OST on a Scrabble game💀

  • @creativebuilders1117
    @creativebuilders1117 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    5:17 Why didn't he play qis and langrels?

    • @ozzienemo
      @ozzienemo หลายเดือนก่อน

      using the S for only like 9 points is not worth it

  • @gabebancroft
    @gabebancroft ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mmm yes my favorite Scrabble streamer, Wirtual

  • @Alienatedmc
    @Alienatedmc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This collab goes hard wtf

  • @StillConfusing
    @StillConfusing ปีที่แล้ว

    the difference in vibe from the music choice is so good

  • @Explodexi
    @Explodexi ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I played against this guy in Babble Royale once, he sniped me from across the map by playing INTOXICATED

  • @weakw1ll
    @weakw1ll ปีที่แล้ว

    18:18 😭😭😭 LOL

  • @doggo7078
    @doggo7078 ปีที่แล้ว

    This game is literally like that time Freezer told Goku he was only going to fight him with 1 arm.

  • @darkemperor998
    @darkemperor998 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Don't worry, we're with you Bass

  • @olaa2968
    @olaa2968 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the Flåklypa music at the end.

  • @roversfan1115
    @roversfan1115 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:06 mass effect music i like you

  • @BORN753
    @BORN753 ปีที่แล้ว

    16:50 Does anybody know what song is playing here?

  • @Mathias-us8mv
    @Mathias-us8mv ปีที่แล้ว

    for 11:21
    ''please help, he won't split his audio''

  • @Ceruleanst
    @Ceruleanst ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ZA hooking ZUKE (short for zucchini) would have scored 47. I can't believe Will didn't think of that one.

  • @SOD9627
    @SOD9627 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this was great plz do more

  • @kalelsoffspring
    @kalelsoffspring ปีที่แล้ว +5

    11:52 Anyone else notice he traded a GLHF hehe

  • @Veecy
    @Veecy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Some? Some is a word?"

  • @duustinduude6776
    @duustinduude6776 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He actually has a winning play with the E at the end of (R)E(EDS) and (R)E(T)

  • @KrazyCouch2
    @KrazyCouch2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Is factorize/factorise a word"
    I'm now going to tell everyone I know that I know more words than a scrabble grand master.........

  • @TristahnDaFunnyMan
    @TristahnDaFunnyMan ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man I love beta testing good videos

  • @iquit1830
    @iquit1830 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can’t help but hear the far cry 5 music in the back ground 5:13

  • @jacksnipe2441
    @jacksnipe2441 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wirtual is way better at scrabble than I expected!

  • @clausclausie7560
    @clausclausie7560 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Today I learned that pretty much any combination of letters is a word in the English "language". Good video.

    • @AmaranthRBY
      @AmaranthRBY ปีที่แล้ว +16

      You will say this and then actually try playing scrabble and you quickly find out that the English language actually contains no words ever except the ones that your opponent is playing

    • @FURYBrenton
      @FURYBrenton ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not at all.

    • @cringeginge7663
      @cringeginge7663 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Once you try scrabble you’ll feel like the opposite is true

    • @Ascension721
      @Ascension721 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Apart from when you play scrabble, in which case you'll be stuck trying to form anything

  • @IceBrys
    @IceBrys ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wirtual can beat anybody if his hand has "c, r, a, s, i, and t"
    Especially if he's playing a *social* game on the *left* side of the table

  • @SamuraiGuy
    @SamuraiGuy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought the handicap would be that he had to lock in before his turn, and swap if the spot was taken.

  • @nedrovt3513
    @nedrovt3513 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Next video: wirtual plays rummikub against a pro player

    • @alfiecrichton9834
      @alfiecrichton9834 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rummikub is a pretty good game, pro players must be crazy cause you have to move a lot of pieces around.

  • @zachbills8112
    @zachbills8112 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm amazed Will didn't know factorize was a word.

  • @mohbw3
    @mohbw3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wirtual isn't even playing in hes first language makes it even harder

  • @cantworkitout
    @cantworkitout ปีที่แล้ว

    me, an Australian, hearing the name "Will Anderson" and expecting the comedian 😅

  • @GuYiNsTrIpEdShOrTs
    @GuYiNsTrIpEdShOrTs ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Such a fun video. I usually never comment but this was a great video

  • @ImQueenElizibeth
    @ImQueenElizibeth ปีที่แล้ว

    Man i was unreasonably excited when i saw this pop up haha

  • @evantm2588
    @evantm2588 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wirtual really out here doing sidequests

  • @Shwopers
    @Shwopers 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wow, that end musikk reminded me of flåklypa. gave me nostalgia

  • @psymar
    @psymar ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes Wirtual, AGO is a word. As in, long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away

  • @KoSXxPotatisbarnetXD
    @KoSXxPotatisbarnetXD ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm so down for more Scrabble videos