Solution: Mercantile Exchanges

Answer: NIKE

Here is a record of all plays in the game. Tiles are colored according to the round in which they are eventually played on the board.

Player

Action

Exchanged/played

Drawn

Score

New rack

1

draw 7

D

O

O

U

E

E

B

-

D

O

O

U

E

E

B

2

draw 7

Z

T

A

C

K

U

W

-

Z

T

A

C

K

U

W

1

exchange 3

O

O

B

I

Q

T

-

D

U

E

E

I

Q

T

2

exchange 4

Z

A

K

W

O

X

I

I

-

T

C

U

O

X

I

I

1

QUIETED

D

U

E

E

I

Q

T

G

P

E

D

A

A

W

86

G

P

E

D

A

A

W

2

QUIXOTIC

T

C

U

O

X

I

I

I

I

T

E

E

E

R

104

I

I

T

E

E

E

R

1

exchange 5

G

E

D

A

W

L

I

M

O

N

-

P

A

L

I

M

O

N

2

exchange 6

I

T

E

E

E

R

U

G

L

Y

N

N

-

I

U

G

L

Y

N

N

1

COMPLAIN

P

A

L

I

M

O

N

C

O

H

A

A

R

R

95

C

O

H

A

A

R

R

2

UNCOMPLAININGLY

I

U

G

L

Y

N

N

T

A

F

I

I

V

R

284

T

A

F

I

I

V

R

1

exchange 4

C

O

A

R

E

E

B

T

-

H

A

R

E

E

B

T

2

exchange 3

T

I

V

A

F

P

-

A

F

I

R

A

F

P

1

BREATHED

H

A

R

E

E

B

T

L

A

N

T

E

E

M

66

L

A

N

T

E

E

M

2

PARAFFIN

A

F

I

R

A

F

P

R

H

O

N

E

Y

I

88

R

H

O

N

E

Y

I

1

exchange 1

E

L

-

L

A

N

T

E

M

L

2

exchange 2

H

Y

V

N

-

R

O

N

E

I

V

N

1

MENTALLY

L

A

N

T

E

M

L

A

D

D

G

S

S

E

92

A

D

D

G

S

S

E

2

ENVIRONMENTALLY

R

O

N

E

I

V

N

O

O

U

S

S

R

J

122

O

O

U

S

S

R

J

1

exchange 6

D

D

G

S

S

E

O

O

B

Z

A

K

-

A

O

O

B

Z

A

K

2

exchange 5

O

U

S

R

J

W

G

E

D

A

-

W

O

S

G

E

D

A

1

BAZOOKA, PA

A

O

O

B

Z

A

K

W

I

T

E

E

E

R

108

W

I

T

E

E

E

R

2

DOWAGERS

W

O

S

G

E

D

A

C

O

A

R

T

I

V

71

C

O

A

R

T

I

V

1

exchange 2

E

E

E

H

-

W

I

T

E

R

E

H

2

exchange 1

A

Y

-

C

O

R

T

I

V

Y

1

HEREWITH

W

I

T

E

R

E

H

D

D

O

S

S

E

G

83

D

D

O

S

S

E

G

2

VICTORY, THEREWITH

C

O

R

T

I

V

Y

U

S

R

J

E

E

A

116

U

S

R

J

E

E

A

1

GODDESS, SPA

D

D

O

S

S

E

G

bag empty

75

game over

The final board looks like this: The two highlighted plays on the scoresheet are for the words VICTORY and GODDESS, which form the answer NIKE.