# Your greatest Scrabble triumphs **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 13, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971 "2011-12-13T00:30:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/1 "2011-12-13T00:30:42Z")
I had GPODNIS on my rack, and room to play the S at the end of my opponent’s ZOOM. I think I remember every single Scrabble bingo triumph in my life, and now I have a new one: playing PONGIDS for a total play of 152, including the points for ZOOMS and the 50 point bingo bonus. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/2 "2011-12-13T00:41:50Z")
I was happy about turning ZING into UNFREEZING recently, stretching from red square for 72, I believe. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/3 "2011-12-13T01:02:27Z")
I don’t remember what I scored but I was able to play OXIDIZE once. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/4 "2011-12-13T01:09:12Z")
Playing Super Scrabble, I had two blanks, two Zs and built off of a pre-existing P to get “pizzazzy” with a Z on the double letter and the Y on the quadruple word score which also completed the word “jumpy”. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/5 "2011-12-13T01:14:08Z")
Kwyjibo ---
**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:** [December 13, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/6 "2011-12-13T21:28:20Z")
I once was able to stretch between two triple-word scores and use all 7 letters for QUALMIER (I believe it was the E that was already on the board). ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/7 "2011-12-13T21:46:31Z")
I recently played my first game of scrabble in about 25 years, and it took all of one game for me to recall why I hated that game so much. It isn’t about having a good vocabulary or making long words; it’s about getting the right tiles, knowing that Qi and AA are words, and being able to add S or Y. When adding the letter Q on a triple letter score to an I nets you more points than Cadaver, something is wrong. And my answer is “jonquils” ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/8 "2011-12-14T00:33:19Z")
According to the Scrabble app on Facebook, my best word was VESTIGE for 96 points. I know I’ve gotten at least 140+ point word in Scrabble knock-off Words With Friends, but pretty much all the point totals are higher in that game. ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/9 "2011-12-14T04:01:52Z")
How about the web game Bookworm, can I mention Bookworm? Because I got “Exclusivities”! Actually, it wouldn’t accept it because it was too long, so I had to go with “Exclusivity”. I was pretty pleased with myself. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/10 "2011-12-14T04:12:25Z")
I don’t know what my best word was but I once beat a native Spanish speaker in Scrabble in Spanish, and I barely know any Spanish past Taco Bell-level! To be honest, though, that game was kind of like watching one of those Thai boxing matches where both fighters are blindfolded. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/11 "2011-12-14T04:28:27Z")
My first game of Scrabble ever, first rack of tiles ever, I played all of them on my opening move. It’s been entirely downhill since. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/12 "2011-12-14T04:30:43Z")
I can’t remember the exact details, but whatever I did was a legal move. I put an X next to an A, and added an O to the X. The X happened to be on a triple letter square, and I got points for two words (ax and ox). ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/13 "2011-12-14T04:39:50Z")
My opening rack allowed me to play UNICORN as the first play of the game. Beyond that I’m lucky to spell DOG or CAT. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/14 "2011-12-14T05:03:06Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > Kwyjibo “Why you little…!” ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/15 "2011-12-14T06:58:46Z")
This one is easy for me. Playing against a rather attractive woman and losing quite badly I played my last 7 tiles to spell VAGINAS and win the game. The glory was exquisite. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/16 "2011-12-14T15:20:10Z")
Was I the only one to read the OP and immediately think the answer was going to be “dopings”? I probably was, actually, as I guess all you word nuts would instantly know that’s not a valid word :). Perhaps it should be, for example: “How many dopings [doping scandals] will it take for cycling to clean up its act?”. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/17 "2011-12-14T15:49:38Z")
Sorry I giggled at the title of the OP - a message board I belonged to before used “Scrabble” as a euphanism for “sexytimes.” Long story. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/18 "2011-12-14T17:34:48Z")
Once I played a strip Scrabble game and won twice. It was just two players and the rule was if you made a play for 25 points or more, your opponent removed an article of clothing OR you could put one back on. I think I ended with \>400 points; I was highly motivated. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/19 "2011-12-14T18:06:30Z")
Among many others, Scored over 700 points twice.(IRL,and against a decent player both times) Had a 6 turn span where I scored 424 points. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971/20 "2011-12-14T18:31:29Z")
> [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](#): > > > [@RaftPeople](#): > > > > Kwyjibo > > “Why you little…!” What? It’s a perfectly cromulent word. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-scrabble-triumphs/605971.md?page=2)