Forcing Function Hour

From Novice to Expert with Scrabble World Champion David Eldar

Sep 16, 2022

01:31:49

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The Keys to a Successful Relationship

02:34

The Role of Physical Fitness in Keeping a Balanced Life

03:18

How Did You Get Into Scrabble?

01:36

Introduction

2min

How Did You Get Into Scrabble?

2min

How Did You Get Started Playing Competitively and Scramble?

6min

What's So Interesting About the Origin of a Game of Scrabble?

2min

The Strategy Behind Scrabble

3min

How to Make Bingoes in Scrabble?

3min

How Do You Code Words?

2min

The Power of Space Repetition for Learning Words

2min

The Best Approach to Learning Is to Work Iteratively

2min

10.

Is the Sacrifice Necessary to Reach the Top?

3min

11.

The Keys to a Successful Relationship

3min

12.

The Role of Physical Fitness in Keeping a Balanced Life

3min

13.

Three Ways to Differentiate Yourself as a Top Scrapof Player

5min

14.

Is Strategy So Important?

2min

15.

The Best Strategy Is the One You Can Execute After 12 Hours of Play

3min

16.

Is There a Psychological Edge to Scrabble?

2min

17.

Is There a Difference Between a Defensive and an Aggressive Game?

2min

18.

Tennis and the Muscle Memory of the Game of Tennis

2min

19.

What I've Learned From Nigel?

2min

20.

You're Not Realistically Beatable by a Human

3min

21.

Poker and Scrabble Are Both Games of Imperfect Information

2min

22.

Logic and Probability in Poker and the Rest of Life

3min

23.

Is There a Strategy in Scrabble?

4min

24.

Is There a Box in Progression?

3min

25.

What's the Best Scrabble Player in Australia Do?

2min

26.

The Challenge Penalty in North American Scrabble

5min

27.

How to Make Up Words Against Disapploinnd

3min

28.

The Impact of a I on Scrabble

4min

29.

The Last Mile in Scrabble

2min

30.

Streaming Has a Great Effect on the Future of Scrabble

4min

31.

The World Series of Poker and Scrabble in Los Vegas

4min

32.

Slash D E L D a R One Eight Two

3min

David Eldar is a real estate investor better known as Australia’s top-ranked Scrabble player, a title he has held since 2014. David was the 2017 Scrabble World Champion and the 2019 World Runner-Up and is consistently rated among the top five Scrabble players in the entire world.

In this conversation, we explore the underlying principles of strategy, language, and gameplay through the lens of Scrabble. Pay attention to David’s approach to dominating the meta-skills of Scrabble to discover hidden dimensions in the games you choose to play.

For the video, transcript, and show notes, visit https://forcingfunctionhour.com/david-eldar.

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Forcing Function Hour

From Novice to Expert with Scrabble World Champion David Eldar

The Keys to a Successful Relationship

The Role of Physical Fitness in Keeping a Balanced Life

How Did You Get Into Scrabble?

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