Given a standard English language Scrabble set, what are the highest-scoring words which can be made

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147 HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE NaRDS DARRYL FRANCIS Mitcham, Surrey, England Given a standard English language Scrabble set, what are the highest-scoring words which can be made? To be rather more precise, you may assume that the question merely relates to the face values of the tiles deployed, and has nothing to do with positioning on a board which mayor may not incorporate the use of premium squares. For the purposes of this rter­ particular problem, ignore the board entirely! Of course, if you ncza offer a word with two Z' s, then you may score one of them at 10 Ways points, but you will have to assume that the other is a blank, con- scoring 0 points. What are the highest-scoring words of length 2 iSh , letters? 3 letters? 4? and so on, up to IS? Yearr The words have been taken mainly from the Official Scrabble ~ the Players Dictiona ry (OSPD) and its British counterpa rt, Offici a 1 ',Scra b­~enth b Ie Words (OSW). Beca use these two references essent ia lly stop withrl as words of 9 letters (except for derived forms, such as plurals, pastLlan­ tenses and participles), the OSPD and OSW words have been aug­'road mented with longer ones from the Oxford English Dictiona ry (OED)Scott and the Merriam-Webster New International Dictionary, 2nd and tures 3rd Editions (W2, W3). , ex­the For the highest-scoring words, these references are given; lower­scoring words omit the references. However, all OSPD words are cap it a li ze d . lsem ter­ 1 make no claim that my lists are the best possible. I am sure , the tha t readers will be able to offer many improvements, especia lly $15 from the wider use of obsolete spellings from the OED and Webster's -03­ 2nd Edition. An examination of other dictionaries should also reveal Dia­ add itiona1 candidates. For exa mple, the Funk & Wagna lls Una bridged your conta ins Z IJ 19, J AZEL 21, ZYXOMMA 30, and HYDROXYBENZENE 42, er), and Blackiston I s Gould contains OXYPHENBUTAZONE 41. Improvements shou Id be sent to the editor. 14 zy OED 11 qs W3, zo OED W2, zs W3 9 AX OSPD OSW OED W3 W2, EX OSPD OSW OED W3 W2, JO OSPD OSW OED W3 W2, js W3, ky OSW OED, OX OSPD OSW OED W3 W2, Xl OSPD OSW W3 W2, xs W3, XU OSPD 8 fy, wy 7 BY, ch, MY 6 KA, ko, ks S ah, AW, AY, EF, EH, FA, fs, HA, HE, HI, HO, hs, IF, OF, OH, OW, OY, SH, vs, WE, WO, ws, YA, YE, ys 148 19 jiz OSW W2, ZAX OSPD OSW OED W3 W2 16 zak W2, zek OSW, zik OED 15 FEZ, FIZ, hiz, huz, PYX, viz, WIZ, wuz, yez, zho, zoh 14 bez, biz, COZ, cuz, jak, KEX, miz, moz, poz, zac, ZAP, ZIP 13 ADZ, dzo, FAX, FIX, FOX, gaz, gez, guz, HAJ, HEX, hox, JAW, JAY, JEW, jow, JOY, OXY, VEX, vix, VOX, WAX, wex, wox, yex, yox, zad, ZAG, ZED, ZIG 23 jazy OSW, OED, xyst OED 22 QUIZ OSPD OSW OED W3 W2, quoz OED W3 W2 21 Jynx OSW OED W3 W2 20 JEEZ OSPD W3, juez W2, kazy W2, quax OED W2 19 FOXY, hayz, HAZY, JAZZ, jizz, vizy, waqf, WHIZ, zack, ziff 18 ajax, azym, cazy, CHEZ, COZY, JEUX, JINX, joky, kexy, MAZY, PHIZ, QOPH, ZYME 17 dazy, DOZY, fixy, FOXY, gazy, kazi, knez, kozo, WAXY, zepp, zink, znak 24 azoxy W3, jizya W3 23 JAZZY OSPD OSW OED W3 W2, Jemez W3 W2, squiz W3 22 Qazaq 21 azygy, JACKY, Jerez, jezia, JIFFY, jique, jiqui, kafiz, karzy, knyaz, mimzy, QUAKY, quawk, zakah, zanja, zappy, zimmy, ZINKY, ZIPPY, zymic 20 avyze, azofy, faqih, FURZY, HAFIZ, heazy, jowpy, judex, QUACK, QUAFF, QUICK, QUIFF, quock, WOOZY, zacks, ziffs 28 jizyah W3, MUZJ IK OSPD W3 W2 27 QUEAZY OSPD OSW W3 26 quizzy OED W2 25 EXEQUY OSPD OSW OED W3 W2, jeziah OED W2, jizyas W3, oxyazo W2, zindiq W3 24 ajimez, FROWZY, MUZHIK, quacky, QUARTZ, QUEZAL, quilez, quinze, WHEEZY, zequin, ZINCKY 23 BLOWZY, HAMZAH, khojah, ZEBECK, ZEPHYR, zythum 22 BIJOUX, BOMBYX, HIJACK, jerque, JEZA IL, JOCKEY, juzail, khazen, kuvasz, kvutza, oxazin, quasky, quippy, QUIRKY, SQUAWK, wejack, xarque, yizkor, yuzlik, yuz1 uk, zanjon, zymone 35 Qyrghyz W3 29 jackbox W2, jizyahs W3, MUZJ IKS OSPD W3 W2 28 benzoxy W2, quartzy OSW W3 W2 OEQ, squeezy OSW OED W3 W2 27 BEZIQUE OSPD OSW OED W3 W2, CAZIQUE OSPD OSW OED W3 W2, jayhawk OED W3 W2, jazzbow W3, JUKEBOX OSPD W3 W2, MEZQU IT OSPD W3 W2, skeezix W3 W2, zephyry OED W2 26 kvutzah, sovkhoz, squawky, zindiqs, zootaxy 25 ASPHYXY, backjaw, jackboy, janizar, jaquima, JAZZILY, jeziahs, jocoque, jocoqui, makhzen, PACKWAX, queazen, QUETZAL, QUICKLY, QUIZZED, SQUEEZE, SQUIFFY, ZYMURGY 31 mazopexy W2, quizzify OSW OED W2 29 Barukhzy W3, chaffwax OED W3 W2 28 BEZ IQUES OSPD OSW OED W3 W2, biquartz OED W3 W2, CAZ IQUES OSPD OSW OED W3 W2, HIGHJACK OSPD OSW W3 W2, jayhawks OED W3 W2, jazzbows W3, jezekite W3 W2, 1azyback OED W3, 27 26 34 33 31 30 29 28 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 32 3L 3i 3E 149 w, •Y. hs, S OED MAXIMIZED OSPD OSW OED W3 W2, MEZQUITE OSPD OED W3 W2, MEZQUITS OSPD W3 W2, quartzic W3 W2, quizzery OSW OED W2, quizzish OED W2, quizzity OED W2, ZWIEBACK OSPD W3 W2 27 buckjump, CHUTZPAH, cytozyme, hypozoic, jACKF ISH, j ackshay, JACQUARD, jANIZARY, jAROVIZE, jasponyx, kevutzah, QUIXOTRY, q uizzism, SCHMALZY, SQUEEZED, VIZCACHA, zoochemy 26 aquotize, chafewax, coxcomby, crackja w, EQUALIZE, EXORCISE, cacozyme, FLAPjACK, fl ipjack, FROWZ IL Y, j AMBEAUX, jecorize, jubilize, majorize, MYXOCYTE, OXIDIZED, oxybapha, oxyphony, oxyphyte, QUACKERY, QUACKISH, QUANTIZE, QUATORZE, QUEZALES, QUINCUNX, QUIXOTIC, QUIZZING, SQUEEZER, syzygium, WHEEZILY, WHIZBANG, Zimbabwe, ZYMOLOGY 34 quixotize OED W3 W2 33 oxybenzyl W2 3 I rhizota xy OED W2 30 exchequer OSW OED W3 W2, exoenzyme OSW W3 W2, MAXIMIZED OSPD OSW OED W3 W2, oxyrhynch OED W3 W2, schizaxon W3 W2, zygophyte W2 29 dezinkify, HIGHj ACKS, izvozchik, jAROVIZED, j ayha wker, jezekites. maximizer, MAX I MIZES, MEZQU I TES, objectize, oxygen ize, quinzieme, zygotaxis 28 chemo1yze, EQUAL IZED, EXORCIZED, hydrolyze, hypocrize, jackshaft, jequerity, jequirity, jovialize, kevutzoth, KIBBUTZIM, liquidize, mycorhiza, mythicize, oxyhydric, oxytonize, pompholyx, quackhood, QUANTIZED, qua rtzoid, q uickbeam, quizzical, schmaltzy, SQUEEZ lNG, zoomorphy, zoophytic, zymolytic, zymophore 36 quixotized OED W3 W2 35 q u ixotizes OED W3 W2 34 hypozeuxis OED W3 W2 33 quickhatch OED W3 W2 32 symphytize OED W2 31 dysoxidize, exchequers, exoenzymes, HIGHjACKED, ichthyized, MAX IMIZ lNG, objectized, oxygenized, oxyrhynchs, ph lyzacium, quackish ly, quinazolyl, schizaxons, zymophoric 30 Cockneyize, cyclohexyl, highjacker, hypozeugma, j ac-khammer, j a rovizing, jayhawkers, jovia lized, liquidized, maximizers, mythicized, objectizes, oxycepha ly, oxygen izer, oxygenizes, qua rtzitic, quinziemes, rhizophyte, schizogamy , sq ueeza ble, squeezeman, zoophytish, zygobranch, zygomycete, zygophoric 35 kjeldahlize W3 W2. Zanthoxylum W3 W2 34 hypopharynx OED W3 W2, objectivize OED W3 W2, symphytized OED W2 33 dysoxidized, oxyrhynchid, quizzically, schizophyte, schizothyme, squeezingly, symphytizes, zygomorphic 32 chequerwork, dej unkerize, deoxygenize, dysoxidizes, glycy rrhiza, h aphaza rd ly, ha phaza rdry, mycorrhizic, objectizing, oxygenizing oxyrhynchus, phenoxazine, woodcoc-kize, zoopharmacy, zymotechnic 37 kjeldahlized W3 W2 36 katzenjammer W3, objectivized OED W3 W2, schizothymic W3 W2 150 35 zygapophyses OED W3 W2, zygapophysis OED W3 W2, zygophyceous W3 W2 34 dejunkerized, deoxygenized, oxygenizable, oxyrrhynchid, quizzica lity, rhythmiza ble, schizothymia, woodcockized 33 benzaldoxime. chequerworks, dejunkerizes, extemporized, glycyrrhizas, glycyrrhizin, harlequinize, juxtapyloric, oxyrhynchous, polychromize, quicksilvery, rhizomorphic, sch izomycete, woodcockizes, zoophytology. zy godactylic , zymotechnics 38 kjeldahlizing W3 W2 37 katzenjammers W3, objectivizing OED W3, zymophosphate W2 36 reobjecti vize W2 35 exquisitively. ha rleq uinized. polychromized, psychoanalyze, woodcockizing, zoopraxiscope 34 benza Idoximes, extemporizing. glycyrrh izins, ha rlequinizes, hieroglyphize. polychromizes, psychologized, psychometrize, schizomycetes. sch izophrenic, ventriloquize 33 champagnizing, diphthongized, experimentize. ichthyiza tion, ja wbreakingly, objectization, physiognomize, psychologizes, sycophantized 44 benzoxycamphor W2 42 hyperoxygenize W2 39 diazohydroxide W2 38 hyperemphasize W2, reobjectivized W2 37 psychoanalyzed, reobjectivizes 36 hieroglyphized, psychoanalyzes. psychometrized, ventriloquized, zoopraxiscopes 35 experimentized, physiognomized, psychologizing, psychometrizes, schizoph ren iac, schizophrenics, ventriloqu izes 45 benzoxycamphors W2 44 hyperoxy genized W2 43 hyperoxygenizes W2, squamozygomatic W2 40 diazohyd roxides W2, phenylhydrazide W3 41 phenylhydrazine. phenylhydrazone 38 churchwa rdenize, Czechoslovakian, metempsychosize, psychoana lyzing, reobjectivizing, sympa thectomize, zy gophyllaceous 37 methoxycarbonyl, prezy gapophyses, prezygapophysis, psychoana lyzers, psychometrizing, sphenozygomatic, ventriloquizing DICTIONARY RECORDS 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 OSPD 9 19 22 23 28 29 28 30 31 OSW 1 1 19 23 23 27 28 31 30 31 OED 14 19 23 23 26 28 31 34 36 34 36 37 W3 11 19 22 24 28 35 29 34 36 35 37 38 37 40 W2 11 19 22 23 28 29 31 34 36 35 37 38 44 45 COL Wet ers a about at le in tho Wdte~ Words Regis' {I nd1; tilles (USA, (Fran North (USA, {Czecl (Germ (japa dia) , netic lnspil ruary follo\\l DJd [ his s pany) Charl 1982. son, of EX corre~ 

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