# What's your best single word scrabble score? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 25, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207 "2011-05-25T21:30:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/1 "2011-05-25T21:30:29Z")
What’s your best score for a single word? Mine was a fluke. - WIZENS - 141 The W (4) landed on a triple letter, the Z (10) landed on a triple letter, the entire word was on a triple word… ((4 \* 3) + 1 + (10 \* 3) + 1 + 2 + 1) \* 3 = 141 (12 + 1 + 30 + 1 + 2 + 1) \* 3 = 141 ETA: I hardly ever play scrabble. When I do - I don’t put much effort into it 🙂 edit: I just looked at a screenshot I took of it. It only awarded me 117. I don’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/2 "2011-05-25T21:42:30Z")
Turns out the first triple word was used up on the other word created - ‘OW’ (1+(4\*3)) so my scored for that round would have been 117 + 9 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/3 "2011-05-25T22:07:54Z")
My best ever was SLICKENS on a triple-triple, with the K on a double-letter. I think it would have been ((1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + (2\*5) + 1 + 1 + 1) \* 9 ) + 50 = 221. I rarely get bingoes and I _never_ get triple-triples, so it was quite an accomplishment. ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Goliath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/4 "2011-05-25T22:12:29Z")
Around 350 points, with **Quixotic** on the top left corner, earning double triple words, a double letter on the X, and a 50 point bonus for using all my letters. It’s been downhill ever since then. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/5 "2011-05-26T00:16:50Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to The Game Room. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/6 "2011-05-26T05:45:17Z")
Not sure, but I recently made, IIRC, 130 in a game of WordFeud against our own Dolores Reborn by playing CONCRETE on two triples… Joe ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/7 "2011-05-26T08:26:23Z")
Online, I once played RELOADER (no blanks, IIRC), a triple-triple with the first E being the letter I built off of (from a very well-placed JUGGLE, so I completely understand why my opponent thought it was worth it). I forget how many points, but you can calculate yourself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/8 "2011-05-26T09:20:13Z")
For some reason, I have scored exactly 212 several times and never higher. Once, it was QUITTERS on the trip-trip; the others I don’t remember. The most ever scored against me was a little over 300 for OVERZEAL on the trip-trip. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/9 "2011-05-26T11:43:46Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > What’s your best score for a single word? > > Mine was a fluke. - WIZENS - 141 The W (4) landed on a triple letter, the Z (10) landed on a triple letter, the entire word was on a triple word.. What game were you playing - you cannot get both a triple letter and triple word in regular Scrabble? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/10 "2011-05-26T11:51:27Z")
OVERKILL for 230 points (2xK, 9xWord, +50 points) ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/11 "2011-05-26T12:41:43Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > What game were you playing - you cannot get both a triple letter and triple word in regular Scrabble? Likely Words With Friends, a very popular mobile app scrabble clone. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/12 "2011-05-26T17:48:25Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > What game were you playing - you cannot get both a triple letter and triple word in regular Scrabble? Words With Friends. The left and right sides of the board have triple letter and triple word blocks in one column. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/13 "2011-05-26T19:38:35Z")
I once made “QUALMIER” across two triple-word scores, along the bottom of the board, from center to right. That’s 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 6 (double letter) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 22 \* 3 = 66 \* 3 = 198 + 50 = 248. My sister protested that it’s not a word, but our dictionary showed “qualmy” so she had to accept that the comparative was real. My family still tries to work that word into conversation sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/14 "2011-05-29T19:49:37Z")
I had a dual triple once…in Computer Scrabble. I used the hint button to check the spelling of something like Quizzical… It spit out some other word I never heard of… Think it was about 350 points, using Q X and Z. Never got anything like that playing regular though. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/15 "2011-05-29T22:21:43Z")
I don’t remember how many points I scored but I did once spell oxidize. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/16 "2012-03-31T16:24:29Z")
EXCAVATE for 102 points. Sigh. But then, I’ve only been playing online for a few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/17 "2012-03-31T16:56:40Z")
I’ve scored exactly 212 several times; QUITTERS was one and I forget the others, but nothing too exotic, on the trip-trip. Against me, the record was for OVERZEAL (300-odd) in the usual place. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/18 "2012-04-01T01:10:05Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > I’ve scored exactly 212 several times; QUITTERS was one and I forget the others, but nothing too exotic, on the trip-trip. Against me, the record was for OVERZEAL (300-odd) in the usual place. Wonder if anyone’s set a personal record by spelling [ZOMBIFIED](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13844524&postcount=8)… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Enlightening\_Meditation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-single-word-scrabble-score/583207/19 "2012-04-01T02:59:05Z")
About 10 years ago, I got 168 points in one play with QUIZZES using a blank for one of the Zs, Q on a double letter score, triple word score, 50 point bonus for using all 7 letters in the tray, and the S crossed with a previously played word to pluralize it.