Score: 188-215
Choices: TAJ c1 (38), JOLTING 3c (36)
In Puzzle 3, most players play TAJ quickly as it scores more than JOLTING, keeps a better leave, and opens a seemingly less dangerous bonus square. However, JOLTING is actually a better play. The LING after TAJ is not very useful on this board as there are few useful bingo lines for -ING. The T is actually more dangerous than the N because there are very few dangerous tiles left in the pool to make high scoring __N_ words at h1 after JOLTING, while the T opens up longer words and even potential 3x3s. Also, the pool is stronger than normal and the S and ? are stronger than usual on this board: thus, drawing additional tiles on this board is desirable.