Was just doing some practicing against the Computer set to Hard. My tile draw was STRIN and 2 blanks. Endless possibilities. I thought I would try and take my time and find out the best scoring move. The first play I tried to make was hitting the Triple/Triple from A15-H15. If I could just come up with an 8 letter word that ended in IST, I would be set for a nice score. I spent so much time trying to come up with a word and just couldn't think of anything besides IRONISTS for 74. My first instinct is to always look for an open triple/triple when playing the computer-this would never happen in a real game ofc because a real opponent would generally not leave that set up or would block a bingo lane most likely as a defensive strategy. Again, I was just practicing against the Computer. My 2nd instinct was to play the other open Triple word by hooking a K off of BAR at A10 for KBAR. Once again I spent a considerable amount of time here trying to think of & letter word with my given tiles that ended in K, I had nothing so I moved on. I had lots of options to pluralize SAGO(s) and form a word there but the score was minimal. Same with adding something to the available F, like FAINTERS or something. The score there was also pretty minimal. Same situation with the letter C too. At this point I didn't think to play anything from E1-E8 either, nor did I attempt a play from J4-J11. The next play I came up with was CORSETING for 70 points from G13-O13, a 9 letter play. The score here was less than IRONISTS which netted me 74 points. More importantly though had I played this I would then be giving my opponent the opportunity themselves to hit a Triple/Triple from O8-O15. Again I was just playing a practice game against the Computer set to Hard, so chances of the Computer getting a Triple/Triple are slim to none (it could happen though). If I had the Computer set to Master or Grand Master the likelihood of the Computer scoring a Triple/Triple obviously goes up exponentially. I think there also used to be an Expert setting here before too but I can't be positive. The setting options are EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, MASTER, and GRAND MASTER.I personally spell Grandmaster as one word but [playscrabble.com](http://playscrabble.com) has it spelled as 2 words so I just wrote it here how I saw it. I was just practicing Bingo Hunting so I set the Computer to HARD only. I highly recommend setting the Computer to Grand Master and studying all the words that it will play that you don't know. I have beaten the Computer by 200+ points before set at Grand Master which was a record for me but it is maybe 20% of the time that I do beat it at this setting. For me, this setting is an invaluable study tool. It is also very easy to play defensively against the Computer at this setting as it just seems to slap down Bingoes anywhere. The Grand Master setting doesn't seem to have an understanding of bingo lanes, Triple/Triples, or Double/Doubles. So I find blocking it or taking advantage of a lane it opened very easy. Apologies for my digression...the final word I decided to go with was THORNINesS, a 10 letter word for 76 points. I was mainly focussed on the points here and 76 beats 74 or 70, also the length of the word was cool too. I had IRONISTS 8 letters 74pts, CORSETING 9 letters 70pts, or THORNINESS 11 letters 76pts. The last pick I included was of JERK being played from A7-A10 for 55 pts, but here was the K hook off of BAR at A10 that I was searching for earlier but couldn't find.

Bingo Hunting-10 Letter word THORNINesS