Yes, good point. I believe the number is then a smidge under a zillion minus a bunch.
Zax Also, of course, those of you who took AP calculus would realize that Stu has played a full number of games. It you took all the blue hairs at the nationals and laid them end to end, you would have time for lunch. --- On Thu, 3/5/09, Steven Gordon <[email protected]> wrote: From: Steven Gordon <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [quackle] Re: Scrabble Complexity To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 11:55 AM On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:42 AM, <zax_...@yahoo. com> wrote: > The correct answer is the number of games Stu Goldman has played +1 or > roughly .034^8.23. > > The other thing to realize is the number of valid possible game positions, > which varies by lexicon. > > What would the space be if we didn't care about the validity of the words? > How many possible ways can 100 tiles fit on a 225 square grid? That would > seem like the upper bound. > The most tiles I have ever seen on the board at the end of a game is 99.
