More trivia (or, what I learned *today* (when I should have been finishing my Princeton essay))

[sniffnoy]

DISEQUILIBRATED
       E      E
       E     OM
RADIOAUTOGRAPhY
           WAST
          BE  H
          A  GO
   CONJUNCTIVAL
             NO
       FINIKING
       A    lEI
       D SPELTZ
      WE      E
      R      OR
METHOXYFLURANES

This is the highscoringest-known possible single turn in Scrabble (using only legal words). It scores 1682 points. Blanks are in lowercase; the letters played are in bold.

DISEQUILIBRATED is on a triple-word and scores 84.
RADIOAUTOGRAPhY has the Y on a double-letter and scores 25.
WAST scores 7.
CONJUNCTIVAL is on a triple-word and scores 78.
FINIKING scores 16.
SPELTZ has the Z on a double-letter and scores 27.
METHOXYFLURANES is on a triple-word and scores 99.
DEMYTHOLOGIZERS has Y and Z on double-letters, and is on 3 triple-words, and so scores 1296.
Plus the 50 point bonus.

http://www.fun-with-words.com/scrabble_legal.html
http://rec-puzzles.org/sol.pl/competition/games/scrabble

Comments

[ashleyisachild.livejournal.com]

Jesus Christ.
Who figures this stuff out??

[sniffnoy.livejournal.com]

Strangely, it doesn't say. Though it does say who found some other high-scoring moves. Guess you'll have to find a copy of the Scrabble Players Newspaper, issue 44.