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All Comments for this Record Category
DejMar
I kept finding I had been using some word not recognized by the ENABLE (ie., Words With Friends) Lexicon – such as, UNBLOCKABLE, ZOOGAMETES, and BIOEQUIVALENCY. Yet, I finally discovered a solution where each words is recognized by the Words With Friends lexicon and that would have a higher score than the current record of 1674 points.
I…I GOT IT! – 1684 points (see below):
C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ H _ _ _ _ U _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ J L I V E _ N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A O _ _ A _ D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C R _ _ V I E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ K O G R E _ R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ H P _ _ S _ S I S _ _ _ _ _ _ A H _ _ D _ T _ Q _ _ _ T _ _ M Y _ _ R I A _ U _ _ _ W _ _ M L _ G O _ F _ A _ _ _ E _ _ E L E A p_ F _ B y_ T E N O R O X Y P H E N B U T A Z O N E U _ _ E I D O L A _ W E _ E D S T A R _ _ _ E N _ _ D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ D _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(In the following list of plays, the letter-number before a period indicates the player (A or B) and his turn in which he made the play. An asterisk following the letter represents a blank tile played to represent the letter, and lowercase letters represent tiles played on a prior turn. Bingos are noted with a [bingo!] immediately following the word(s) played.)
A1.SQUAB B1.bY* A2.yUAN B2.uTA A3.TENOR, Ta B3.ON, nO, oN A4.HAMMEr B4.eD A5.JACKhammer B5.TWEe A6.taW, WE B6.eD A7.EIDOLa B7.No A8.STAR, eR B8.Us A9.lED, En B9.Is A10.ERS, Sis B10.VIe A11.UNDersTAFF [bingo!] B11.RIa A12.EAvESDRoP [bingo!] B12.LEAp* A13.LIVe B13.OGRe A14.GaY, Go B14.oP A15.CHlORopHYLl [bingo!] B15.Hi A16.OXyPhEnButaZonE (1296), eX (9), chlorophyllOus (90), eavesdrop*Per (27), understaffEd (22), squabBled (54), tweeZed (40), jackhammerEd (111), [bingo!] (35) = 1684 Player-B's remaining seven tiles: I I GOT IT
DejMar
Sorry for the grid format.
DejMar
Another attempt at the format...
C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ H _ _ _ _ U _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ J L I V E _ N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A O _ _ A _ D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C R _ _ V I E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ K O G R E _ R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ H P _ _ S _ S I S _ _ _ _ _ _ A H _ _ D _ T _ Q _ _ _ T _ _ M Y _ _ R I A _ U _ _ _ W _ _ M L _ G O _ F _ A _ _ _ E _ _ E L E A p_ F _ B y_ T E N O R O X Y P H E N B U T A Z O N E U _ _ E I D O L A _ W E _ E D S T A R _ _ _ E N _ _ D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ D _ _ _ _ _ _ _
DejMar
Looks like I was wrong again. Lexical Word Finder discovered for me that UNDERSTAFF is missing in the ENABLE word list. The words, UNDERSTAFFED and UNDERSTAFFING, are apparantly not verbs in the list. The first would be an adjective and the second a noun, both formed as if the verb existed. UNDERSTAFFING is attested as a noun by the inclusion of UNDERSTAFFINGS in the lexicons' word list.
DejMar
Found a fix. With a few changes to some of the minor words, and replacing UNDERSTAFFED with OVERSTUFFED a solution is achieved...and with an increase in 1 point to the score to boot. The record high solution now stands at 1685 points.
Alex Cunningham
Can you put that in an Excel file and send it to me?
DejMar
A higher score is possible using valid, though unacceptable words (i.e., words not presently in the WWF lexicon but can be found in at least one of the major dictionaries.) For the following, a blank is represented as a lowercase letter in the played word.
a1.OKE b1.LOCKABLE a2.ALE b2.VIEWERS,VALE,WOKE [BINGO!] a3.WAR b3.REVEIWED a4.NA b4.TRANSIT,ANA [BINGO!] a5.REAR b5.UTA,SUE,IT,TA a6.TOT,TAT b6.OOSPERMS [BINGO!] a7.SOD b7.QUALIFY,SODA [BINGO!] a8.YA b8.QUALIFYING a9.UN b9.CHILIDOG [BINGO!] a10.iN,iT b10.ED,RE,ED a11.AR,AN b11.FAr,rYA a12.MA b12.REJUDGING [BINGO!] a13.SOTH b13.OXYPHENBUTAZONE (1314), FOREJUDGING(90), MAXED(16), PREVIEWED(28), REVIEWERS(16), UNBLOCKABLE (56), ZOOSPERMS(44), REQUALIFYING(93) BINGO! = 1692 Game ends as player b has no more tiles on his rack and there are no more tiles to draw. Player a has HHTT remaining on his rack, thus receiving a -10 penalty and awarding a +10 bonus to player b. Final scores: Player a: 58 Player b: 2495 (9 BINGOS!) Highest scoring play: b13, for 1692 points (1702, if including the end-game bonus). Score difference: 2437.
How many records here?
DejMar
LOCKABLE is the first of the nine BINGOs.
DejMar
REVEIWED is also one of the nine BINGOs.
I believe all the words in the above solution can be found in the WWF lexicon. As I mentioned, a higher score is possible, especially if one is permitted real words like the word pair ZOOPHYTIC and OOPHYTIC. ZOOPHYTIC is not presently in the WWF lexicon, though both words are in the Collins Dictionary.
DejMar
Sigh. I've calculating H's as 4 when they are only 3 points. This solution only ties the one set by Tony Hall for highest scoring play. It does though beat his with the most playable BINGOs in a game while achieving that play.
DejMar
Isaac Adams score of 1670 is 1 point short of what is possible with the given words. One of the two blanks was used as an E and the other a D. Given that the play netted 1670 and not 1671, the D in FAD/DYE was the blank used as a D, thus not affecting the score. The 'E'-blank could be in either PRECONCEIVED, ZOOSPERMS, or REESTABLISHED (not the first E of the latter word). 1671 is not the highest score possible, as I have discovered a solution that scores 1700 (using standard online dictionaries, and not the incomplete word list from ENABLE). The words formed in the final play of the solution: OXYPHENBUTAZONE, QUADRUMANOUS, INTERCOMPANY, PROFESSED, THOROuGHBRED, OVERWEIGhT, BLITZES, and JACKLIGHTED. (QUADRUMAN and JACKLIGHTED, both words found in main online dictionaries, are missing from the current release of ENABLE).
DejMar
Oh, and TAX. The lowercase u and h are the blanks.
DejMar
I just realized TAX was not to be included in the total. Thus, the total is 1683, not 1700. Still a bit higher than 1671.
DejMar
Correction. (I dislike not being able to edit posts that accididently get submitted too early, causing additional need of corrections.) The total is is only slightly better than 1671. My recalculations make it 1675. Though I have another possible solution that is around 1683.
DejMar
One additional reply regarding Isaac's solution. The blank 'E' should have been used in DYE or ANE to get the 1671 score.
Tippy Altier
I scored a 185 on a single word. How do I submit it for a record?
jeremy
Across 595 from left to right 90 16 35 20 44 44 93 in my head i get 937 so unless i missed something this is fake its simple math
jeremy
Across 595 from left to right 90 16 35 20 44 44 93 in my head i get 937 so unless i missed something this is fake its simple math
jeremy
I didnt account for the bingo either.
jeremy
Some tard said he plugged all the letters in his cheat and it was worth 278 thats funny just the main word is 70 x 8 he sucks at cheating and math thats 560 all by itself . also its clearly more difficult to create this senario than it is to play it out i bet it took 50x longer to figure it out thAn it did to make it happen.
Francis Costanzo
you can play yourself and really setup a good game. did a computer set this up or a person?
Leslie
I scored 203 points with 'champion'. TL, TW, DW and I used all 7 tiles...real game, real score!
Dave Nantz
My highest was 137. I took a picture of it.
cutlass
I use words cheat, not all the time, only when I'm really stuck but that ridiculous
Kim Brewer
hummm...for 1670 points....What is a "Cheater"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joshua Osborne
i scored a million points for just putting chuck norris
mrf
I played the word a as the first letter and scored 232432 points once. Forgot to take a pic.
mrf
Completely staged. And stupid. Show a real word in a real game not some bs.
James M.
I scored 60 with Memes.
Graham Sterling
Yesterday, I scored 163 points with the word QUIZ. The Q was on the upper left Triple Word and the Z was on the Triple letter. The connector word was NAB, with the Z on top of the A Not sure if I've ever had a 100+ point word before.. lol
Graham Sterling
Yesterday I scored 163 with QUIZ..using the upper left Triple word under the Q and triple letter under the Z with the connector word being NAB underneath. Not sure if I've ever had a 100+ point word before.. lol
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Kris Kriofske
I just scored with the word Fizzers on a triple and double with the s pluralizing another word.
Kris Kriofske
The score for the above was 183. Kris
Marc K.
I scored 102 with only four letters. "JUST"
Nik Hannevig
I socred 287 with CONQUEST. C was on TW, Q was on TL and T was on DW. My buddy resigned immediately. Pretty demoralizing he said.
Maggi Ramos
I just scored 246 points with the word charquid, which is a specific type of dried beef. I'm so stoked because I have been getting my ass creamed by my opponent for quite awhile now. WOOT!
Jewel Carrington
Play with Mz. Bambi, and UnCool J, pretty good gamers.
Elliott
my only problem with WORDS with friends is how words allowed are NOT words. UTA is NOT a word. Urban dictionary doesn't count, thats like using wiki to write a term paper.
Elliott
Oh and by the way he played the 'Z' ... what the heck id oosperm (or zoosperm for that matter). Total hack job. so sad ;(
lololooll
zoosperm is another word for spermatozoon. oosperm means a fertilized ovum or zygote
Ernesto Marticorena
This is fake. He used 7 letters and still have a letter S left. It totals 8 letters and your max is 7 per turn.
Elliott
possible to draw the S after he played, but yes a hackjob.
Roger Christenson
I agree this is fake, the points don't seem to add up either. And why don't they let you see a picture for more than the few seconds the video plays? So you can't study it. Easy to fake the video.
The best single word score I got was 155 for "slightly." I have a couple friends who scored higher.
Jason Jones
Check your math again...points add up. Of course it is set up. You can take a screenshot when the video is playing if you really want to study it.
D'Juan Smith
I did "jeez" for 123 points at the bottom of the scoreboard. I had TL and TW thrown in there also.
Adria Henry
I scored 139 with Casque triple letter q and triple word Score and turning jug into jugs with the S
Bill Lipka
I scored 166 with th word Equality
Alex Cunningham
Good work!
Jared Trotter
I just got 111 with squid. agree with Stephen J.
Katherine Green
I just got -113 with bitterer on tw - my highest ever
Messer
You guys obviously set each other up to get the best scores. get a life
Dominykas Intas
conceptualizing for 1472 points third row from the top horizontally
Jean
I just got 182 points for itemized using the triple word, z on triple letter across the bottom
Jeannie
Zebras - 162 points!!
David Saldaña
oosperms is not a word.
Scott
I just got a 245 pointer against my son playing Zelkovas with an existing a, tw, tl on k. Its a japanese elm tree they harvest for wood and make into bonsais
Jeremy Selvidge
Foozlers for 281
Chris
Scored 317 with queazier. Z on tl, q on dw, all 7 letters, and tw score
Jane
It looks pretty fake but cool
Stephen J.
Crap score because it's set up and not done in a real match. You could never do this in a real match. It's cool to see just how high a score you can get but should have separate category for real game. I guess it would be to easy to cheat and say it was real.
Matthew D.
i have gotten a few 100+ pointers
Travis Roberts
then i somehow followed that up with a 17 point play..... sheer jenius.... no screenshot tho :(
Travis Roberts
i scored 15 points in one move yesterday
MBS
I played WHEEZED, TL for the Z and a triple word connected at 2 points for 195
Duncan Gibson
I also beat someone by over 1000 in scramble
Jane
But that's easy
Duncan Gibson
I once got 4 consecutive words over 60 pts
david velazquez
yo soy aficcionado a la computadora, me gustaria que alguna menina guapa me llame 679145452 ok gracias
s
i wanted to play Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism but didn't have a q or z
Alex Cunningham
Wow! That's impressive! What does that word mean?
Patrick O'Malley
That's cool too because you have to wrap around at least twice
Diann
And i took a pic with my phone too. :) my total game score was 698.
Bill Lipka
Who did you play to acheive that number a 5 year old
Diann
I just scored 269 points with chequeta! U was already there, and i played the other 7 letters on both the triple word and double word with the q on the triple letter.
jan willem
Kool! I like this game a lot! If you're looking for words with the letter Q, take a look on this website: www.wordwiththeletterq.com
Jaime Madden
I played SQUELCH for 172 points. I have a screenshot :)
Jane
Cool! My highest is JEST for 107.
Teddy Breihan
What the hell is a zoosperms?
Alex Cunningham
It's a male fertilization element of an animal.
eric gieseke
Just did 121 with :teazle right far z in tripple lette+ terrestrial word r
Emily Miethner
Do you have media evidence?
hagridore
I don't remember now what they were, but I've recently had several words in the 50, 60, and 70 range. I'd like to have known how to create evidence. On my computer, I'd just do a print screen/screen shot. How do I do it on an iPhone 4?
Jenn Wark
You just press the home and power buttons at the same time. You'll hear a camera shutter sound and the screen shot is saved.
eric gieseke
Douglas hall?
Jan
Played deputing covering a triple word, a double word and one triple letter for 143 points
Geri
Played 'sanitize' covering a triple word and a double word. Very happy with a score of 143.
portero cantante
i playe zodiac and za with the z on tl and zodiac on a tw for a total of 151 and i have the photo to prove it. never seen higher.
Alex Cunningham
Why does it say "Douglas Gohn" as the player of the move, yet the record is attributed to Tony Hall?
Tony Hall
Doug and I worked together to get the record. I tried to put record in as Doug Tony but it didn't work.
Jason Jones
Of course it has the same words in the same places. No one else has figured out better combinations yet. Definitely have to give props to the person who figured it out originally. Not sure how they did that. Now it has been improved. Oh well. No need to argue about it. He took the time to do it and we didn't.
Chris Cazabon
look up all of the games that have almost all of the same words in the same places. don't be naive
Jason Jones
Algorithm...whatever you say. If that was the case the record would have been broken a lot sooner. 1672 stood for over a year.
Chris Cazabon
yea, it's sooo hard to use an algorithm to generate a board for you using words other people already found to get similar scores
Tony Hall
Thanks can't believe I figured it out.
Dan Rollman
Tony, extraordinary. Kudos to you.
James Whiteside
Hats off to you Tony. I didn't think it could be done... great effort.
Mike Anderson
lol faked! BIGTIME! I've seen this photo floating around with several different names...also...look at the highlighted letters...it makes no since in the order which words were played...a word has to be played off of another word, and to do this that didn't happen
Nona Suomi
Wow, it's just an example in game of the maximum high score for a single play. You guys are all dumbfucks.
Ameer Gittens
This not a real game. Someone would have had to have spelled "oosperms" before the coup de grace.
Chris Cazabon
I have seen this (almost)exact same board, with different player names: so, most likely a fake
http://i.imgur.com/LMgtT.jpg
only a few minor differences but all of the same played words
Jill Sobule
I managed to set up a similar situation on words with friends. Of course, I played both sides. We both took turns setting up the initial board. Then with one side, I swapped letters trying to obtain "O,X,P,B,Z,E" and with the other side I swapped off "X,P,B,Z" if they came my way. It worked! At the end, I was able to play OXYPHENBUTAZONE for a meager 1372 points. This might possible in a real game. If you manage to play OXY, HEN, and UTA in the correct positions, you may be able to draw "O,P,Z,O,N,E" for a 650 point word. This strategy should be used in combination with diversionary tactics on the opposite end of the board.
Cam Eisen
this is fake. look at the board that just got beaten out and check out the vast similarities.
Johnnie Phillips
Dan, how about not drawing a line and not even accepting any of it. If, as you say, "There is no clear way to figure out if/when people have set up their plays to get a high score." Then there should be no record.
John Public
Dave Griese: While you're correct that 'oosperm' is the standard pluralization of itself, it appears that 'oosperms' is also technically correct, albeit slightly archaic. The site below cites several uses of it in reputable publications around the turn of the 20th century:
http://www.lexic.us/definition-of/oosperms
Also, Scrabble considers it to be a legal word to play:
http://www.scrabblefinder.com/word/oosperms/
B Skain/Alexander Shaytoon/Sean O'Driscoll: Where are you all seeing 7 R's / an R used as a blank? I've gone through several times and only count 6, and they all have the '1' in the corner indicating they're non-blanks:
B Shakin
Blasted autocorrect, the extra 'r'!
B Shakin
Why do people make such definitive statements about things they are wrong about.
How about this way: I don't think this would be legal in Scrabble, but seems legitimately for WWF. Right down to not getting the two extra points for using a blank for the extra 't'.
Alexander Shaytoon
Sean O'Drsicoll clearly missed that one of the R's was used with a blank. Also, oosperm means a fertilized ovum; zygote.
Sean O'Driscoll
There are only 6 R's in the words with friends alphabet, here there are 7 on the board
Dave Griese
This is clearly a fake. "Oosperms" is not a real word. Oosperm is, but it is one of those words which is its own plural. ZOOsperms is, but that word could not have been made without adding a "z" to an already existing word. Nice try.
Scott Camp
Hmm.. I stand corrected. "maxes" does not show up on the Scrabble word verification page but seems to show up in Dictionary.com and plays ok in Words With Friends
Scott Camp
I can see how this is possible except for the word "maxes" is not a valid word, so this can't be a valid screen shot. However you don't need the word "maxes" to make this work. You could have left the "m" off and just gone with "axes"
Alex Kelly
Frank C depending on how much to he took he could have kept swapping letters until he got what he wanted
Patrick Zewatski
Dang, I thought my 101 point word was a lot! >:(
Frank C
CORRECTION: On the same website http://www.lexicalwordfinder.com/ if you scroll all the way to the bottom you will see "Example result: "conceptualizing" for 1472 points. If you click on the word, it will give you an Word with Friends board example, where the word "conceptualizing" is already plugged in. What this guy did, was he plug in the same letter from the example board on Lexical into a game vs himself (player2)"create game > Pass and Play" on his Iphone. Now he still had to hacked the game in some way, in order for him and "player2" to obtain the letters he wanted to make this possible. So, sorry guy, you BUSTED
Frank C
Ok after seen this, I had to do some research on my own and come out with the truth. There is a website called Lexical Word Finder which most "Word with Friends" cheaters like me use. You place all the letters that are on the board, and the letter on your rack, and click on search, and it gives you the best possible word to plug into the board. So I plug in all the letters just as the one on the picture, and place the letter "O,X,P,E,B,Z,E" on my rack and click on search. For my surprised, The word OXYPHENBUTAZONE did show up as my best possible word, BUT it was worth "267" which I still think is pretty impressive, but as you can see even if it is true, there is no possible way that you can get 1,672 points out of this word. The word is an Inflammatory drug use to treat arthritis and bruises.
Mark Anthony
They should be banned from the game for faking this shit lol they probably couldn't even explain the words they used.
Pete A
There is no way in hell that the total points of this word(s) could be played as one word. If you played OXYPHEN that is possible unless the word is invalid. I have to assume that BUTAZONE has to be played thusly: OXY PHEN BUTA ZONE, If it is played that way. I doubt if the combination of those words played separately and be valid. It is either photo-shopped or the players hacked into the main frame to block the INVALID program. Plus the fact that a word placed on a TW space only counts once and NOT on consecutive plays to adjoin the existing word. It's amusing but is entirely bogus.
Dan Rollman
Joshua -- see thread below. There is no clear way to figure out if/when people have set up their plays to get a high score. As a result, we accept all submissions, even if they've clearly been set up.
Joshua Roblee
OBVIOUSLY set up. Look at Player 2's score. Its not really a record if you play both and set it up specifically to get a record. For Shame.
Simon Kirk
Ah
Simon Kirk
So hard to beat. Very impressive.
Jared Reardon
But it's obvious its set up
Jared Reardon
It's real, me and my sistEr tried it today, but I got a higher score then him lol
Jennifer Wark
It's fairly simple. Play "conceive" off of the "C" (oncieve is seven letters), then add the "pre" and the "d" on the end in the next move.
MR RFRYDZ
YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY ALL DUMB... THE GAME IS OBVIOUSLY SET UP. HOW CAN YOU PLAY EIGHT LETTERS DOWN IN A SINGLE GO. I'M TALKING ABOUT PRECONCEIVED. LETS SAY THAT PRE WAS ALREADY DOWN HOW CAN YOU ACHIEVED PRECONCEIVED BY ADDING EIGHT LETTERS WHEN THE BOARD ONLY HOLDS SEVEN. WAKE UP PEOPLE IT'S JUST ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT HACKING ONLINE GAMES.
Captain Woo
Of course it was set up... and maybe they're not arguing that at all. All they claim to have done here is gotten the single highest word score ever. I guess they did. What's troubling is that it's these kinds of players who "cheat" when actually playing against others online or on their phones by using word generators. Arguing that is pointless. I KNOW you cheat.
The real test is getting these kinds of players on a physical scrabble board. They'd be absolutely eaten alive without the trial and error allowed in WWF.
All in all, and while this must have taken some time to stage, it's impressive that they were actually able to do it.
...but it's NOT a real score in real game. :)
Jennifer Wark
Alem, in Words With Friends it is possible to continually exchange letters with your opponent until you have the right ones, so it's quite simple to just keep exchanging tiles until you have it right. No hate here, just a fan of the game and well aware of how it works. :)
Alem Elias
All you haters need to stop...even if they were playing on the same phone they still would have to get the correct letters...and who is to say that two people playing online could be sitting next to each other...all you haters need to go find something else to hate like your boring lives...
Jon Frank
Has anyone noticed the first two words played in this game? Either this is tongue in cheek and a complete setup, or a series of coincidences combined with sophomoric humour with a rarity of occurrence that is astoundingly monumental.
Jennifer Wark
This looks like it was not played online, that it was played in two player mode. In that case, the board could have been set up -- maybe we should think about adding the criteria that it needs to be between two online players? That seems fair.
Farts Dougie
8 out of the 15 letters were already in the perfect spot, of course it was set up. The hindsight stems the tip.
braden nault
Your dumb. look up at the top is says Plater 2 played OXYPHENBUTAZONE for 1670 points. not hurricane -.-
Nick Jones
He only has 410 points event though it says played for 1670. I don't think he even took the time to exchange letters and set up the board. Looks more like he just photoshopped it to save a few hours manipulating the game. Either way the board was obviously intentionally built. This could be the highest single scoring move possible in WWF but definitely not the highest scoring move played in a WWF game.
Dan Rollman
Eli, I respectfully disagree. How can we ever draw a line between "set up" plays and "genuine" plays? In an online game like Words With Friends, I don't think it's possible.
I do believe a category like Highest Single Move Score In A Tournament Game Of Scrabble can live alongside this category, but think a creatively conceptualized feat like this one deserves recognition. Congrats, Trevor G.
Eli Rollman
I think any regular player of Scrabble would agree that it was definitely set up, and I would suggest does not merit a place as a true URDB record. Just go to facebook's Scrabble application and check out the global record holders for highest score for a single word -- it's amazing how many people have managed to play OXYPHENBUTAZONE across three triple word squares for 1778 points.
It would be trivial to do this. Just play a game "against a friend" (not a random player), and just keep putting the words on there and swapping tiles until you get the letters you need. You plan the whole board beforehand, knowing the inventory of the letters. Yes, it takes a long time (and a lot of swapping), but it isn't really that hard.
agreed. this seems to be a pretty blatant set-up...
Corey Henderson
Jessica, nice analysis. I'm not sure where I stand on whether it was "set up" or not. Even if that was the motivation, it would take quite a bit of skill and forethought to pull it off. I'm trying to think through how you'd do it.
While the screen shot proves this word was indeed played, looking at the way the board is arranged, I would have to assume that this play was set up. First off, this was one of the last plays of the game, so it appears the players spent the entire game setting up the board and saving certain letters. Secondly, this word played off the j,q x and z. Not to mention that the “z” was placed on a triple letter block so it was tripled in the word zag as well as well as the word commercializing. Then because the word commercializing crossed two triple word blocks and one double word block, the “z” alone was worth 570 points. This same set up applies to the “m” which was worth 228 points. And the “q” was set up so it could be doubled as well as the “j” being set up so it could be tripled. Either this is a one in a million stroke of luck, or two players conspired to set it up.
Tim 'Tex'
Plus 7 letters were used and 1 tile was left on the rack???
Ok that is redonculous