Better Know a Letter - G
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- Follow Will on Twitch at / wanderer15 for more Scrabble content!
In this episode of Better Know a Letter, Will breaks down the G - a letter that inspires debate even among strong expert players. Will the G earn high marks or a a failing grade?
i am surprised the -age ending is not mentioned! there are several and they are interesting to learn at least. cowhages might be best
Love the images in this video 😂 thanks for making this is such a fun and useful series. Happy new year!
same to you!
What if we make the swap the roles of G and C? (2xG, 3-point G, 3xC, 2-point C)
G is one of those letters that needs two other letters to be common
Can we please have supplementary statistics about other 2-letter combinations which combine well with G? I sense there are several suffixes for advanced players to consider.
IN really does stand head and shoulders above anything else in longer words. The +30% and +23% appearance rates for N and I, respectively, alongside the G are absolutely enormous increases, especially given that both letters already appear extremely frequently in long words.
Some example word counts for 7s and 8s with the G and other high-probability two-tile combinations, (duplicating some for better flow):
G + IN = 8027 (ING in order - 6580)
G + IS = 4755 (note how far IN is above IS)
G + IR = 3721
G + IL = 3429
G + IT = 2834
G + ID = 1889
G + IN = 8027 (ING in order - 6580)
G + AN = 4250 (again, note the gap)
G + EN = 4212
G + ON = 3049
G + UN = 2153
G + EN = 4212
G + ES = 4071 (ES far closer to EN than IS to IN)
G + ER = 3913
G + EL = 2762
G + ET = 2248
G + ED = 2099
G + EI = 4476
G + AI = 3972
G + AE = 3771 (AGE in order - 792)
G + AN = 4250
G + AS = 3442
G + AR = 3090
G + AL = 2472
G + AT = 2014
G + AD = 1430
G + RN = 3387
G + RS = 2751
G + RT = 1442
G + RL = 1441
Takeaways - even semi-recognizable suffixes like AGE pale in comparison to ING; anything with an N in it gets a big boost.
@@wanderer15 Wow, simply amazing... even combined GED, GEN, GER, GES (not in any particular order) aren't that common. It's always satisfying playing sonorous 3-syllable cretics with the G, but -ING as a suffix truly dominates.
No list of G vowel dumps feels complete without HOAGIE. Possibly the most useful 6 in the game.
EDIT: I'm just speaking from limited experience, where in several games I've quackled, HOAGIE was by far the best option. It's likely coincidence, but I haven't seen that pattern come up with other 6's yet.
the 73rd most useful 6
also AGOUTI ASIAGO BOOGIE BOUGIE EULOGIA GALEAE GIAOUR GOODIE GOOIER GOOLIE GOONIE LOOGIE NOOGIE OUGIYA OUGUIYA and surely more
For sure, lots of useful G vowel dump sixes like HOAGIE out there, and I would expect HOAGIE to be the best play a ton of the time when you have those letters. Just trying to be careful of overloading viewers with too many new words...
Will there ever be a tile that gets 1 star??
yes, there will be - and I'm thinking of doing that one sometime soon...
Q
He rated q 1 star but it gives 10 points, he $h!tted on q.
@@skippitysmithsonshorts so you didn't understand the q video? he rated it 1 star not because of the score but because of it's bad synergy with the other tiles and its unplayability overall.
Thnx for info
G is probably my least favorite letter, because it's almost useless without IN or H(T).
Also, holding onto ING or GH(T) usually ends in one-tile fishing that doesn't always hit (as most ING and GHT words don't need an E), or play, as in the VAV opening example.
why is the lovely different G size graphic and the list of G vowel dumps on the screen for such a short time! Pacing, my good man! Timing! Pacings and timings!
Fair point! But you can always pause :)
So who’s right, Josh or Cesar?
I gotta say I'm on team Josh as a bit of a G hater...Cesar, I hope we can still be friends!
It would be really nice if you could add data for common words.
Fun fact: in the C in coastal is a blank, every letter is worth 0-1 points.
With exexperience: this is worth 6 points...
do you know the anagram of COASTAL?
@@wanderer15 taco
i keep thinking i need to watch this since it is one of my least favorite letters
0:31-0:50 ESIARNOTLDUCG
Letter c and k
I've done those two! You can see the full listing here: th-cam.com/play/PLm9WVrRb2Lz11DKX3x-sYI3t3iO-tQpmp.html
😢
that didn't work at all, crying face emoji
@@eric-smith-egg FVCK