In this day and age, just about everyone has played Scrabble at one point or another. It’s a classic board game that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. But what happens when you pit a human player against a computer opponent? Who comes out on top?

In a study undertaken by researchers at the University of Alberta, it was found that human players had a 60% winning rate against computer opponents. This may not seem like a huge margin, but when you consider that the computer has perfect knowledge of the game board and all of the possible …