Maven (Scrabble) on Scrabble. The problem with Alpha Beta is that some Scrabble endgames require 14 moves to play out, and it is not possible to search that deeply. This is not merely a theoretical possibility. When one player is "stuck" with a tile, then playing out all remaining tiles is impossible. In that situation the optimal strategy for both sides is usually to play one tile on each turn. Maven uses a different approach. The B* search algorithm is a selective-depth, progressive-widening algorithm that guarantees to find optimal solutions to two-player games when one can compute upper and lower bounds on
Scrabble Complete and the music. The game offers support for the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary and a hint system for novice Scrabble players. In addition to the main stand-alone mode, Scrabble Complete offers network play. There are also several educational word games, such as word riddles and anagram search, included with Scrabble Complete. Some copies of the game also include the 1997 Boggle computer game as a bonus. Reception to Scrabble Complete was generally favorable with a 75.67% rating at Gamerankings. GameSpot gave the game a 7.2 rating stating: "Scrabble Complete is basically just Scrabble, which, if you're a fan of the