SCRABBLE Trivia - Revision history

Judycole: 2019-08-07 - Updated Highest Play entry

2019-08-08T02:31:27Z

2019-08-07 - Updated Highest Play entry

TedGest: updated for NWL

2019-08-04T21:05:29Z

updated for NWL

TedGest: updated for 2018

2019-08-04T21:03:55Z

updated for 2018

Poslfit: directorial attire

2014-06-06T12:20:17Z

directorial attire

Poslfit: + average points scored at 2013 NSC

2014-06-06T12:16:54Z

+ average points scored at 2013 NSC

Poslfit: clarified wording

2014-06-06T06:49:19Z

clarified wording

Poslfit: Added Fraley's record.

2014-06-06T06:47:11Z

Added Fraley's record.

Poslfit: Corrected from 1778 to 1782, usually to typically.

2014-06-06T06:45:45Z

Corrected from 1778 to 1782, usually to typically.

Poslfit: fixed link

2014-06-06T03:54:43Z

fixed link

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2014-06-06T03:54:11Z

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Here is a list of some of the more unusual or significant items of '''SCRABBLE Trivia''' that have come to our attention. Send your suggestions to us at info@scrabbleplayers.org.

# The highest scoring legal play is to make OXYPHENBUTAZONE across the top of the board, hitting three Triple Word Score squares while making seven crosswords downward, for a total of 1,778 points. It was discovered by [[Dan Stock]] — [http://home.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/faq.html SCRABBLE FAQ]
# The strongest player in the world is [[Nigel Richards]], a New Zealander based in Malaysia, who spends his life travelling from SCRABBLE tournament to SCRABBLE tournament. He has won the [[World SCRABBLE Championship]] three times and the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]] five times (as of 2013).
# The [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]] includes words that cannot be played with a regulation set, such as PIZZAZZ or STRESSLESSNESS (there are usually only two blanks, four S's and one Z). They are included in case a game is accidentally started with extra tiles in the bag.
# Only two players have won the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]], the [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]] and the [[World SCRABBLE Championship]]: [[Adam Logan]] and [[Joel Wapnick]].
# The North American [[Records|record]] for high-scoring tournament game was set in 2011 by former World Champion [[Joel Sherman]] when he scored 803 points at an event in Stamford, CT.
# The highest scoring opening play is theoretically MUZJIKS for 128 points; the highest actually [[Records|attained]] in tournament play is MuZJIKS (using a blank for the U) for 126 points, by Jesse Inman at the [[2008 National SCRABBLE Championship]].
# In expert play, each player usually has 12–14 turns and averages about 30 points per turn, bingoing (playing all of their tiles for the 50-point bonus) once or twice. The player who plays first has an advantage of [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2013/nsc/build/tsh/2013-nsc-a/html/stats.html 13.5 points].
# A 500-rated novice player is considered to have a 1% chance to beat a 2000-rated world-class player
# The top-rated player is a program called [[Quackle]], developed by [[John OLaughlin]] and [[Jason Katz-Brown]]. Its 2224 rating places it 30–50 points above the top human players, giving it a 52&ndash53% chance to beat them.
# There are 178,691 acceptable words in the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]] and its supplement, the [[Long List]]. The most common word length is eight letters; there are 29,766 words of this length.
# Two players have managed to play [[Records|seven bingoes]] in one game: [[Nigel Peltier]] in Reno, NV in 2010 with PINTOES, ACONITE, RAPIDLY, INFOLDED, EMIRATE, SHEARING, DAtABLE, and [[Joel Sherman]] CRUMP(L)ED, OUTRATED, COTHURNI, TRAVOISE, SHAKING, aVENGED, AIRLINE in Stamford, CT in 2011.

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 Here is a list of some of the more unusual or significant items of '''SCRABBLE Trivia''' that have come to our attention. Send your suggestions to us at info@scrabbleplayers.org.
-# The highest scoring legal play is to make OXYPHENBUTAZONE across the top of the board, hitting three Triple Word Score squares while making seven crosswords downward, for a total of 1,782 points. It was discovered by Benjamin Woo &mdash; [http://home.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/faq.html SCRABBLE FAQ]
+# The highest scoring legal play is to make OXYPHENBUTAZONE across the left side of the board, hitting three Triple Word Score squares while making seven crosswords downward, for a total of 1,784 points. It was discovered by Jodi and Eric &mdash; [[Media:Highest_Play.jpg | Highest Play Board]].
 # The strongest player in the world is [[Nigel Richards]], a New Zealander based in Malaysia, who spends his life travelling from SCRABBLE tournament to SCRABBLE tournament. He has won the [[World SCRABBLE Championship]] three times and the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]] five times (as of 2013).
 # The [[NASPA Word List]] includes words that cannot be played with a regulation set, such as PIZZAZZ or STRESSLESSNESS (there are usually only two blanks, four S's and one Z). They are included in case a game is accidentally started with extra tiles in the bag.

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 # The highest scoring opening play is theoretically MUZJIKS for 128 points; the highest actually [[Records|attained]] in tournament play is MuZJIKS (using a blank for the U) for 126 points, by Jesse Inman at the [[2008 National SCRABBLE Championship]].
 # In expert play, each player typically has 12&ndash;14 turns and averages about 30 points per turn, bingoing (playing all of their tiles for the 50-point bonus) once or twice. The player who plays first has an advantage of an average of [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2013/nsc/build/tsh/2013-nsc-a/html/stats.html 13.5 points].
-# A 500-rated novice player is considered to have a 1% chance to beat a 2000-rated world-class player
+# A 500-rated novice player is [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/rcalc.pl considered] to have approximately 1 chance in 120 to beat a 2000-rated world-class player
-# The top-rated player is a program called [[Software|Quackle]], developed by [[John OLaughlin]] and [[Jason Katz-Brown]]. Its 2224 rating places it 30&ndash;50 points above the top human players, giving it a 52&ndash53% chance to beat them.
+# The top-rated player is a program called [[Software|Quackle]], developed by [[John OLaughlin|John O'Laughlin]] and [[Jason Katz-Brown]]. Its 2224 rating places it 30&ndash;50 points above the [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/ratings-byrank.pl top human players], giving it a 52&ndash;53% chance to beat them.
-# There are 178,691 acceptable words in the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]] and its supplement, the [[Long List]]. The most common word length in the lexicon is eight letters; there are 29,766 words of this length.
+# There are 192,111 acceptable words in the [[NWL2018|2018 Edition of the NASPA Word List]]. The most common word length in the lexicon is eight letters; there are 31,557 words of this length.
 # Two players have managed to play [[Records|seven bingoes]] in one game: [[Nigel Peltier]] in Reno, NV in 2010 with PINTOES, ACONITE, RAPIDLY, INFOLDED, EMIRATE, SHEARING, DAtABLE, and [[Joel Sherman]]  CRUMP(L)ED, OUTRATED, COTHURNI, TRAVOISE, SHAKING, aVENGED, AIRLINE in Stamford, CT in 2011.
 # In 2006, Kevin Fraley set a [[Records|record]] by playing six consecutive bingoes to start a game in Reno, NV: REOILI(N)G, MARINER(S), cO(N)TRITE, (O)UTMODED, DUN(E)LIKE, GARDEN(E)R.
 # At the [[2013 National SCRABBLE Championship]], expert players collectively averaged 402 points scored per game each; players in the lowest division 353.
-# The [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]is overseen by 10 officials wearing black and white striped referee shirts.
+# The [[National SCRABBLE Championship]] is overseen by 7&ndash;10 officials wearing black and white striped referee shirts.

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	# In 2006, Kevin Fraley set a [[Records\|record]] by playing six consecutive bingoes to start a game in Reno, NV: REOILI(N)G, MARINER(S), cO(N)TRITE, (O)UTMODED, DUN(E)LIKE, GARDEN(E)R.		# In 2006, Kevin Fraley set a [[Records\|record]] by playing six consecutive bingoes to start a game in Reno, NV: REOILI(N)G, MARINER(S), cO(N)TRITE, (O)UTMODED, DUN(E)LIKE, GARDEN(E)R.
	# At the [[2013 National SCRABBLE Championship]], expert players collectively averaged 402 points scored per game each; players in the lowest division 353.		# At the [[2013 National SCRABBLE Championship]], expert players collectively averaged 402 points scored per game each; players in the lowest division 353.
		+	# The [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]is overseen by 10 officials wearing black and white striped referee shirts.

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	# Two players have managed to play [[Records\|seven bingoes]] in one game: [[Nigel Peltier]] in Reno, NV in 2010 with PINTOES, ACONITE, RAPIDLY, INFOLDED, EMIRATE, SHEARING, DAtABLE, and [[Joel Sherman]] CRUMP(L)ED, OUTRATED, COTHURNI, TRAVOISE, SHAKING, aVENGED, AIRLINE in Stamford, CT in 2011.		# Two players have managed to play [[Records\|seven bingoes]] in one game: [[Nigel Peltier]] in Reno, NV in 2010 with PINTOES, ACONITE, RAPIDLY, INFOLDED, EMIRATE, SHEARING, DAtABLE, and [[Joel Sherman]] CRUMP(L)ED, OUTRATED, COTHURNI, TRAVOISE, SHAKING, aVENGED, AIRLINE in Stamford, CT in 2011.
	# In 2006, Kevin Fraley set a [[Records\|record]] by playing six consecutive bingoes to start a game in Reno, NV: REOILI(N)G, MARINER(S), cO(N)TRITE, (O)UTMODED, DUN(E)LIKE, GARDEN(E)R.		# In 2006, Kevin Fraley set a [[Records\|record]] by playing six consecutive bingoes to start a game in Reno, NV: REOILI(N)G, MARINER(S), cO(N)TRITE, (O)UTMODED, DUN(E)LIKE, GARDEN(E)R.
		+	# At the [[2013 National SCRABBLE Championship]], expert players collectively averaged 402 points scored per game each; players in the lowest division 353.

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 # A 500-rated novice player is considered to have a 1% chance to beat a 2000-rated world-class player
 # The top-rated player is a program called [[Software|Quackle]], developed by [[John OLaughlin]] and [[Jason Katz-Brown]]. Its 2224 rating places it 30&ndash;50 points above the top human players, giving it a 52&ndash53% chance to beat them.
-# There are 178,691 acceptable words in the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]] and its supplement, the [[Long List]]. The most common word length is eight letters; there are 29,766 words of this length.
+# There are 178,691 acceptable words in the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]] and its supplement, the [[Long List]]. The most common word length in the lexicon is eight letters; there are 29,766 words of this length.
 # Two players have managed to play [[Records|seven bingoes]] in one game: [[Nigel Peltier]] in Reno, NV in 2010 with PINTOES, ACONITE, RAPIDLY, INFOLDED, EMIRATE, SHEARING, DAtABLE, and [[Joel Sherman]]  CRUMP(L)ED, OUTRATED, COTHURNI, TRAVOISE, SHAKING, aVENGED, AIRLINE in Stamford, CT in 2011.
 # In 2006, Kevin Fraley set a [[Records|record]] by playing six consecutive bingoes to start a game in Reno, NV: REOILI(N)G, MARINER(S), cO(N)TRITE, (O)UTMODED, DUN(E)LIKE, GARDEN(E)R.

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 # The highest scoring legal play is to make OXYPHENBUTAZONE across the top of the board, hitting three Triple Word Score squares while making seven crosswords downward, for a total of 1,782 points. It was discovered by Benjamin Woo &mdash; [http://home.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/faq.html SCRABBLE FAQ]
 # The strongest player in the world is [[Nigel Richards]], a New Zealander based in Malaysia, who spends his life travelling from SCRABBLE tournament to SCRABBLE tournament. He has won the [[World SCRABBLE Championship]] three times and the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]] five times (as of 2013).
-# The [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]] includes words that cannot be played with a regulation set, such as PIZZAZZ or STRESSLESSNESS (there are usually only two blanks, four S's and one Z). They are included in case a game is accidentally started with extra tiles in the bag.
+# The [[NASPA Word List]] includes words that cannot be played with a regulation set, such as PIZZAZZ or STRESSLESSNESS (there are usually only two blanks, four S's and one Z). They are included in case a game is accidentally started with extra tiles in the bag.
 # Only two players have won the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]], the [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]] and the [[World SCRABBLE Championship]]: [[Adam Logan]] and [[Joel Wapnick]].
 # The North American [[Records|record]] for high-scoring tournament game was set in 2011 by former World Champion [[Joel Sherman]] when he scored 803 points at an event in Stamford, CT.

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	# There are 178,691 acceptable words in the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]] and its supplement, the [[Long List]]. The most common word length is eight letters; there are 29,766 words of this length.		# There are 178,691 acceptable words in the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]] and its supplement, the [[Long List]]. The most common word length is eight letters; there are 29,766 words of this length.
	# Two players have managed to play [[Records\|seven bingoes]] in one game: [[Nigel Peltier]] in Reno, NV in 2010 with PINTOES, ACONITE, RAPIDLY, INFOLDED, EMIRATE, SHEARING, DAtABLE, and [[Joel Sherman]] CRUMP(L)ED, OUTRATED, COTHURNI, TRAVOISE, SHAKING, aVENGED, AIRLINE in Stamford, CT in 2011.		# Two players have managed to play [[Records\|seven bingoes]] in one game: [[Nigel Peltier]] in Reno, NV in 2010 with PINTOES, ACONITE, RAPIDLY, INFOLDED, EMIRATE, SHEARING, DAtABLE, and [[Joel Sherman]] CRUMP(L)ED, OUTRATED, COTHURNI, TRAVOISE, SHAKING, aVENGED, AIRLINE in Stamford, CT in 2011.
		+	# In 2006, Kevin Fraley set a [[Records\|record]] by playing six consecutive bingoes to start a game in Reno, NV: REOILI(N)G, MARINER(S), cO(N)TRITE, (O)UTMODED, DUN(E)LIKE, GARDEN(E)R.