You’ll need one blank tile to make up for the lack of ys (there are only two in the game). Instead, just remember how to spell it-and that it’s worth 21 points au naturel. Conditions: Forget trying to pronounce it (though, for the record, it’s “SIZ-i-jee”). Syzygyĭefinition: An alignment of three celestial bodies in a system. If he’d had an actual u, he’d have gotten what is theoretically the highest opening score possible. But he had to use the blank tile for the u. But exhaust all of your tiles on your first turn to spell it, and you’ll earn more than four times that-which is what player Jesse Inman did at the National Scrabble Championships in Orlando in 2008 to earn the record for highest opening score at 126. Conditions: On its own (with no bonuses or extra points), muzjiks is worth an impressive 29 points. Conditions: If you’re not in North America (where it’s not accepted), you can play quartzy across a triple word score square with z as a double letter score, and get a 50-point bingo for using all seven letters on your rack. Conditions: In 1985, Robert Kahn paid tribute to the pickle at the National Scrabble Championship in Boston-using an E and R already on the board-to set a then-record for a non-bingo word score. Gherkinsĭefinition: A small pickle, made from an immature cucumber. If you can manage use all your letters to create flapjack and ensure it hits two triple word score squares with the j on a double, you’ll get bingo points and a high score. Conditions: Placement is a big one for this play, too. Conditions: In 2006, Michael Cresta used an already-played r and all seven of his tiles across two triple word score squares to earn the North American record for most points ever on a single turn, which aided in a second North American record for the full-time carpenter: the highest-ever individual game score (830 points). Quixotryĭefinition: A romantic or quixotic idea or action. Conditions: Placement is everything to score this whopper of a word: Building on one letter, use all seven letters on your rack for a 50-point bingo, with q and s on triple word score squares and z on a double letter score space. Quetzalsĭefinition: The national bird of Guatemala as well as its principal monetary unit. Conditions: All that stress will melt away if you can build on one existing letter, play across two triple word score squares, place the z on a double letter score square, and net a 50-point bingo. Oxazepamĭefinition: An anti-anxiety drug. But be careful-while it’s accepted in most of the world, quizzify is not in the North American word list (but the potentially 401-point quinzhee is). Play this verb as your first word across two triple word squares with the z on a double letter score square and you’ve got the game’s most valuable eight-letter bingo. Conditions: Not only will you need to draw the game’s only q and z tiles (there’s only one of each), but a blank tile, too (in place of the second z). That’s because it has to be played across three triple word score squares and built on eight already-played (and perfectly positioned) tiles, along with precise words going the other direction (for instance, if pacifying gets the o in front and becomes opacifying rainwashing gets the b and becomes brainwashing). Conditions: Potentially the highest-possible scoring word under American Scrabble play, as calculated by Dan Stock of Ohio, oxyphenbutazone has never actually been played … and probably never will be (unless you’re really, really lucky). ![]() ![]() Oxyphenbutazoneĭefinition: An anti-inflammatory medication used to treat arthritis and bursitis. Whether you consider winning at Scrabble a case of extreme luck or supreme spelling ability, here are 11 words that-if conditions are right-will help you trump any opponent.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |