[vessenes]

Thanks for responding! I think I'd strongly, strongly prefer a version of this game where my opponent and I got the same letters, sequenced. Compare to a normal Scrabble game - you need a lot of words played to get over draw variance (and in fact there is still some even for a full game).

There are good analogues for tournament games with some chance, like bridge.

[qrush]

I was thinking about this too, especially since there's a literal "race" condition for who swaps first. Perhaps it would be fairest given the async nature to give each player their own bag. Great suggestion!