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This page lists various official sanctioned records achieved in competitive SCRABBLE® play in North America and overseas.
The records in each category are classified further based on the environment (tournament or club) and by the dictionary used (OWL or CSW, ignoring the specific edition).
In the words listed, lowercase letters stand for blanks and paranthesised letters stand for tiles already on the board. An asterisk (*) means that the word is a phoney or that the score is known to include phoneys. An octothorp (#) means that the word is acceptable in CSW but not in OWL.
A question mark means that some detail of the record is unknown or questionable. All records are subject to revision as appropriate. Any scoring and score reporting errors are corrected before considering a play or game for a record, regardless of whether such errors were corrected in tournament standings or not.
To submit a new record, please provide all available documentation for the record to the Ratings and Recognition Committee's record admin.
See also our more general article about SCRABBLE History.
Tournament, OWL | ||||
Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
803 | Joel Sherman | December 9, 2011 | Stamford, CT | |
771 | Edward de Guzman | July 1, 2010 | Reno, NV | |
770 | Mark Landsberg | June 13, 1993 | Eagle Rock, CA | (ref) |
Tournament, CSW | ||||
Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
876 | Hasham Hadi Khan | August 23, 2014 | Sri Lanka | 6th Sri Lanka Open Scrabble Championship. Officially reported as 876-151 victory over Matheesha Da Silva. One news report gave the winning score as 878, and listed words played GRUNTLES, SHERIAT, RETSINA, HEADERS. |
850 | Toh Weibin | January 21, 2012 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland Scrabble Championship |
789 | Nicholas Mbugua (KEN) | June 3, 2007 | Machakos, Kenya | WSC Qualifier |
Club, OWL | ||||
Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
830 | Michael Cresta | October 12, 2006 | #108, Lexington, MA | (ref) |
801 | Robert Kahn | March 3, 2010 | #276, Lauderhill, FL | |
792* | Nick Ballard | 1980 | Chicago IL | (not reported until much later) |
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Total | Name | Score | Name | Score | Date | Location | Notes |
1141 | Mike Early | 595 | Fran Silver | 546 | October 15, 2011 | Dallas, TX | Dallas Open |
1134 | Keith Smith | 582 | Stefan Rau | 552 | March 7, 2008 | Dallas, TX | Dallas Open |
1127 | Laurie Cohen | 725 | Nigel Peltier | 402 | February 16, 2009 | Phoenix, AZ | |
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Total | Name | Score | Name | Score | Date | Location | Notes |
1157 | Phillip Edwin-Mugisha (UGA) | 627 | Vannitha Balasingam (MYS) | 530 | 2009 | Malaysia | WSC |
1156 | Nathan Benedict | 653 | Oscar Rivera (PHL) | 503 | 2010 | Phillipines | Manila Prog. Round Robin |
1148 | Peter Armstrong | 650 | Dave Wiegand | 498 | June 25, 2016 | Portland, OR | |
Club, OWL | |||||||
Total | Name | Score | Name | Score | Date | Location | Notes |
1320 | Michael Cresta | 830 | Wayne Yorra | 490 | October 12, 2006 | #108, Lexington, MA | (ref) |
1176 | Dave Krook | 711 | Yvonne Lobo | 465 | March 10, 2016 | #422, Mississauga, ON | |
1143 | Mark Edelson | 617 | Tony Leah | 526 | January 23, 2013 | #276, Toronto, ON |
Tournament, OWL | |||||
Score | Name | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
502 | John Chew | Zev Kaufman | June 15, 1997 | Toronto, ON | (ref) |
499 | Joe Edley | Jerry Lerman | 1980 | ||
Tournament, CSW | |||||
Score | Name | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
522 | Alec Webb | Nick Deller | March 7, 2009 | Peterborough, UK | (ref) |
510 | Michael Gongolo (KEN) | Patrick Mpundu (ZMB) | 2007 | Kampala, Uganda | East and Central Africa Championships |
505 | Stefan Rau | Chris Lipe | March 14, 2015 | Rhinebeck, NY | (ref) |
Club, OWL | |||||
Score | Name | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
496 | Shaun Goatcher | Craig Rowland | 1998 | #3, Toronto, ON | |
491 | Ira Cohen | Joel Elkins | February 8, 2012 | #44, Los Angeles, CA | |
456 | Bryan Pepper | Mike Early | November 23, 2010 | #248, Mid-Cities TX | |
Club, CSW | |||||
Score | Name | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
486 | Iliana Filby | BJ Premore | December 18, 2017 | #313, White River Junction, VT | (ref)
Upper Valley |
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Spread | Name | Score | Name | Score | Date | Location | Notes |
569 | Ken Lambe | 714 | 147 | June 27, 1981 | New York, NY | NYC Game Room Tourney Preliminary | |
546 | Richard Ross | 702 | 156 | December 29, 1990 | FL | Florida State Champs. | |
518 | Joel Sherman | 803 | Bradley Robbins | 285 | December 9, 2011 | Stamford, CT | |
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Spread | Name | Score | Name | Score | Date | Location | Notes |
765 | Helen Gipson | 717 | Okey Okoro | -48 | May 22, 2014 | Malta | European Open Scrabble Championship, Round 1 |
543 | Jackie McLeod | 2002 | UK | NSCT Regional | |||
521 | Russell Honeybun | 764 | 243 | August 26, 2007 | Australia | ||
429 | Max Panitch | 680 | Sam Kantimathi | 251 | September 12, 2009 | Toronto, ON | |
Club, OWL | |||||||
Spread | Name | Score | Name | Score | Date | Location | Notes |
570 | Robert Kahn | 801 | 231 | March 3, 2010 | #276, Lauderhill, FL |
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Deficit | Name | Score | Name | Score | Date | Location | Notes |
256 (6 - 262) |
David Poder | 541 | Joel Sherman | 539 | May 26, 2001 | Campbell, CA | San Jose Memorial Day Tournament |
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Deficit | Name | Score | Name | Score | Date | Location | Notes |
Club, OWL | |||||||
Deficit | Name | Score | Name | Score | Date | Location | Notes |
Tournament, OWL | ||||||
Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
552 | Stefan Rau | 582 | Keith Smith | March 7, 2008 | Dallas, TX | Dallas Open |
546 | Fran Silver | 595 | Mike Early | October 15, 2011 | Dallas, TX | |
545 | Kevin Rickhoff | 558 | Mark Milan | August 7, 2006 | Phoenix, AZ | National SCRABBLE Championship |
Tournament, CSW | ||||||
Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
546 | Rob Robinsky | 559 | Evans Clinchy | December 9, 2016 | San Francisco, CA | |
545 | Jesse Day | 550 | Tim Weiss | May 20, 2017 | Niagara Falls, ON | Niagara Falls International Open |
544 | Adam Logan | 567 | Paul Gallen | December 4, 2013 | Prague, CZ | WESPA Championship |
Club, OWL | ||||||
Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
This category excludes games where either player received a time penalty.
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes | |
-12 | Dan Horowitz | -25 | Carolann Atene | June 3, 2012 | Philadelphia, PA | ||
-10 | Denise Mahnken | -16 | Marie Gier | May 29, 2010 | Phoenix, AZ | National SCRABBLE Championship | |
-9 | Helena Gauthier | -11 | Gerianne Abriano | June 19, 2010 | Nashua, NH | five exchanges and phony | |
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes | |
-8 | Matthew O'Connor | -17 | Iliana Filby | February 20, 2015 | Saratoga Springs, NY | ||
-7 | Nick Ball | -10 | Walker Willingham | May 2, 2014 | Portland, OR | ||
-6 | Suzanne Dundas | -9 | Mohammad Sulaiman | October 12, 2011 | Warsaw, Poland | WSC | |
Club, OWL | |||||||
Total | Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
This category excludes games where either player received a time penalty.
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Total | Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
-37 | -12 | Dan Horowitz | -25 | Carolann Atene | June 3, 2012 | Philadelphia, PA | |
-26 | -10 | Denise Mahnken | -16 | Marie Gier | May 29, 2010 | Phoenix, AZ | National SCRABBLE Championship |
-25 | -7 | Chris Lipe | -18 | Leesa Berahovich | August 8, 2011 | Dallas, TX | NSC (phony-x1-x1-p-p-p) |
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Total | Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
-25 | -17 | Iliana Filby | -8 | Matthew O'Connor | February 20, 2015 | Saratoga Springs, NY | |
-17 | -10 | Walker Willingham | -7 | Nick Ball | May 2, 2014 | Portland, OR | |
-15 | -9 | Mohammad Sulaiman | -6 | Suzanne Dundas | October 12, 2011 | Warsaw, Poland | WSC |
Club, OWL | |||||||
Total | Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
Tournament, OWL | ||||||
Average | Score | Turns | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
Tournament, CSW | ||||||
Average | Score | Turns | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
Club, OWL | ||||||
Average | Score | Turns | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
68.4 | 684 | 10 | Greg Edwards | December 13, 2011 | Minneapolis, MN | Club #42 |
Phonies are not permitted.
Tournament, OWL | |||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
311 | BRAZIERS | T.A. Sanders | January, 1997 | Tyler, TX | |
311 | FREEZeRS | Robin Schlauch | August 26, 2001 | Atlantic City, NJ | |
Tournament, CSW | |||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
392 | CAZIQUES | Karl Khoshnaw | April 11, 1982 | Manchester | OSW |
Club, OWL | |||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
365 | QUIXOTRY | Michael Cresta | October 12, 2006 | Lexington, MA | Club #108 |
332 | DEFUZING | Jeff Widergren | |||
329 | FREEZING | Carl Twickler | 2002 | Huntington, NY |
Phonies are not permitted.
The theoretical maximum (using either OTCWL or SOWPODS) is 128 for MUZJIKS without blanks.
Tournament, OWL | |||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
126 | MuZJIKS | Jesse Inman | July, 2008 | Orlando, FL | NSC |
124 | BEZIQUE | Sam Kantimathi | September, 1993 | Portland, OR | |
Tournament, CSW | |||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
124 | BEZIQUE | Joan Rosenthal | 1997 | OSW? | |
124 | BEZIQUE | Sally Martin | |||
Club, OWL | |||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
114 | QWERTYS | Yvonne Lobo | February, 2010 | Mississauga, ON | Club #422 |
Phonies are not permitted.
In NASPA play, twice the value of leftover tiles is added to the score of the closing player. In international play, the value of leftover tiles is subtracted from the player's score and added to the closing player's score.
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Score | Word | Name | Leftovers | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
275 | JaNI(Z)ARY | Conrad Bassett-Bouchard | 8 (16) | Doug Brockmeier | October 27, 2013 | Arcata, CA | |
143 | TRAPEZO(ID) | Shan Abbasi | 2 (4) | Matthew Tunnicliffe | September 23, 2012 | Toronto, ON | |
131 | SETENANT | Shan Abbasi | 9 (18) | Jason Broersma | November 29, 2015 | Oshawa, ON | |
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Score | Word | Name | Leftovers | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
Club, OWL | |||||||
Score | Word | Name | Leftovers | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
Phonies are not permitted.
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes | ||
243 | R(OR)QUALS | Karen Merrill | 1997 | Portland, OR | Portland Club Tourney | ||
180 | GH(ER)KiNS | Robert Kahn | 1985 | Boston, MA | National SCRABBLE Championship | ||
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes | ||
Club, OWL | |||||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes | ||
261 | B(RE)EZIER | Jim Kille | April 14, 1993 | Exon, PA | Club #333 |
Phonies are not permitted.
Records in this category have not been kept systematically, so there could be many higher scores.
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes | ||
161 | (C)AZIQuES | Marlene Milkent | August 7, 2010 | Addison, TX | 2010 National SCRABBLE Championship (story, picture) | ||
143 | TRAPEZO(ID) | Shan Abbasi | September 23, 2012 | Toronto, ON | Also a closing play. | ||
136 | EQUInOX | Tapani Lindgren | July 2, 2010 | Reno NV | |||
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes | ||
164 | BEZIQUES | Jason Stockdale | December 28, 2006 | Australia | |||
157 | QUIZzES | F. Madeley | 2007 | United Kingdom | Twixmas | ||
Club, OWL | |||||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes | ||
173 | SQUAREd | Rachel Knapp | July 1, 2010 | Costa Mesa, CA | Club #350 | ||
146 | LEXICOn | Supriya Nagpal Devnani | July 1, 2013 | Casselberry, FL | Club #438 | ||
145 | BEZIQuE | Tapani Lindgren | July 23, 2009 | Roseville, CA | Club #628 (ref) |
Phonies are not permitted.
Ties in this category are broken by the number of tiles played.
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Length | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes | ||
15 | DIS(CONTENTMENTS) | Ed Liebfried | March 2005 | Exeter, NH | Exeter Club Tourney | ||
15 | RE(CONSIDERATION) | Ken Clark | September 1990 | Portland, OR | |||
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Length | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes | ||
15 | RE(CAPITULA)TIONS | Mark Nyman | |||||
Club, OWL | |||||||
Length | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes | ||
15 | (INFORMATIVE)NESS | Eric Chaikin | Los Angeles, CA | Club #44 |
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Number | Words | Name | Date | Location | Notes | ||
7 | PINTOES ACONITE |
Nigel Peltier | July 2, 2010 | Reno, NV | |||
7 | CRUMPɭED OUTRATED |
Joel Sherman | December 9, 2011 | Stamford, CT | |||
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Length | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes | ||
8 | HEROINE LORRIES |
Alistair Richards | March 7, 2015 | Unley, South Australia | South Australian Championship [ref] | ||
Club, OWL | |||||||
Number | Words | Name | Date | Location | Notes | ||
7 | MUCILAGE LANGSYNE |
Chuck Armstrong | January, 1993 | Livonia, MI | Club #115 | ||
7 | HAEMOID sTARTLE |
Robert Kahn | March 3, 2010 | Lauderhill, FL | Club #276 | ||
7 | MEDICOS BATTLES |
Judy Levitt | February 2, 2011 | Los Angeles, CA | Club #44 |
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Number | Words | Name | Words | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
8 | PINTOES ACONITE |
Nigel Peltier | CORNIEST |
Jeff Martin | July 2, 2010 | Reno, NV | |
8 | CRUMPɭED OUTRATED |
Joel Sherman | ISOLATES | Bradley Robbins | December 9, 2011 | Stamford, CT | |
8 | AMNESTIC ORIGINAL |
Winter | EXUVIATE ISOGAMIC* |
Rob Robinsky | January 17, 2009 | Twin Cities Red Eye | |
8 | PROMINES BANDEROL |
Robert Kahn | BEASTIE PRINTErs |
Jack Eichenbaum | February 20, 2016 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | |
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Length | Word | Name | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
7 | SODAINE VIROGENe |
Stefan Rau | SAPONIFY INTEREST |
Chris Lipe | March 14, 2015 | Rhinebeck, NY | |
Club, OWL | |||||||
Number | Words | Name | Words | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
8 | HoBNAIL (A)ZURITEs |
Steven Saul | FLAGONS DOC(T)RINE |
Joel Horn | October 7, 2004 | Lexington, MA | Club #108 |
8 | TAKEOUTS LAVENDER |
Robert Kahn | MAULERS WATERLOG |
Iain Weinstein | October 26, 2011 | Lauderhill, FL | Club #276 |
8 | TENACES FABULIST |
Greg Edwards | sOUVENIR FRIGHTED |
Steve Pellinen | December 13, 2011 | Minneapolis, MN | Club #42 |
8 | HIDEABLE FASTENER |
Robert Kahn | OVERLEND ORALISM |
Ian Weinstein | August 22, 2012 | Lauderhill, FL | Club #276 |
8 | CLOSETED EUCAINES |
Robert Kahn | AeRIALS BEACONED |
Ian Weinstein | May 27, 2015 | Lauderhill, FL | Club #276 |
8 | WARTIME EVENTING |
Ian Weinstein | LOCALISE TEASING |
Robert Kahn | June 10, 2015 | Lauderhill, FL | Club #276 575-346 |
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Number | Words | Name | Date | Location | Notes | ||
6 | REOILI(N)G MARINER(S) |
Kevin Fraley | July 2006 | Reno, NV | Also most consecutive opening bingos | ||
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Length | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes | ||
5 | sPONDEE 78 CONCERTO 76 |
Jeremy Hildebrand | November 2012 | Gananoque, ON | Kingston Cup | ||
5 | ORALISM DELEGA(C)Y |
Tony Leah | August 7, 2016 | Fort Wayne, IN | NASC 2016 Also most consecutive opening bingos, CSW | ||
Club, OWL | |||||||
Number | Words | Name | Date | Location | Notes | ||
6 | OUTCATCH EULOGIAS |
Jamie Ryan | February 27, 2014 | Lexington, MA | Club #108 | ||
5 | ADIPOSE RATIONED |
Craig Rowland | October 2010 | Mississauga, ON | Club #422 |
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Number | Words | Name | Words | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
7 | ETESIAN GEOLOGER |
Seth Lipkin | COTHURN DIVISOR |
Michael Willis | January 15, 2018 | New Orleans, LA | Crescent City Cup Began with two exchanges |
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Length | Word | Name | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
7 | SHINIER ANEARING |
Russell Byers | OVERUSE SCREAMED |
Shiela Spate | Nottingham, England | ||
Club, OWL | |||||||
Number | Words | Name | Words | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
5 | HObNAIL OUTPRAY(S) |
Steven Saul | (A)ZURITEs VETE(R)ANS |
Joel Horn | October 7, 2004 | #108 Lexington, MA | Most consecutive opening bingos by both players |
Tournament, OWL | ||||
Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
31 | Tom Adams | 1993 | Lower divisions | |
28 | Dan Pratt | 1986 | Division 1 | |
Tournament, CSW | ||||
Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
Club, OWL | ||||
Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
65 | Chris Sykes | 2000 | Cambridge, ON | Club #471 |
37 | Carl Madden | September 30, 2013 to February 10, 2014 | Brantford, ON | Club #193 |
34 | Tim Adamson | 1992 | Minneapolis, MN | Club #42 |
Scrabble FAQ: records: Steven Alexander: Scrabble Frequently Asked Questions
Total SCRABBLE: Keith W. Smith: The (Un)Official SCRABBLE® Record Book, Jan 2009
Scrabble records: Wikipedia article
Australian Records: Australian Scrabble Players Association (ASPA)
ABSP all-time records: Association of British Scrabble Players (ABSP)
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