VIEWS FROM A CHAIR: Word Power

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Word Power

It probably comes as no surprise that I am a Scrabble fan, (and 3D Upwords).

The highest known score for a single word in competition Scrabble is 392.
In 1982, Dr. Saladin Khoshnaw achieved this score for the word caziques, which means an Indian chief.

Michael Cresta scored 830 points during a game at the Lexington Scrabble Club in Massachusetts on the 12th October 2006. His words included quixotry, which itself claims a record as the second highest recorded single turn, scoring 365 points.
'Quixotry': the state or condition of being extremely idealistic, unrealistic and impractical.

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Saturday, December 30, 2006

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