Word Freak beats BestBot

Tuesday night, Word Freak played its first match against BestBot — Cesar Del Solar’s engine, the strongest crossword game AI on Earth at ~2,431 rating.

Word Freak won.

We skipped Quackle, skipped Hasty Bot, and went straight at the best. More details on the game coming soon — we need to go back through it properly.

Right now we’re wrapping up the engine rewrite, and then training all weekend. The goal is Nigel Richards. This was the first step.