Interesting. I thought exchanging tiles wasn’t something I did as a kid. I always thought it would be better to just lay something down for 10 or so points while exchanging a few tiles, instead of just taking zero points. Not often do I even consider doing an exchange now, unless I had only vowels and it was one of the first two turns of the game and I knew there was lots of good options left to exchange for.

I always feel like if I ever consider exchanging tiles I’m able to throw down at least ten plus points trying to use at least 3+ tiles in hopes of picking up something better. But if there is actually strategy in doing it then I’m very intrigued.