Records

This page lists various unofficial records achived 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 (OTCWL or SOWPODS, 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 phony or that the score includes phonies. An octothorp (#) means that the word is acceptable in SOWPODS but not in OTCWL.

Highest winning game score

Tournament, OTCWL

1. 770: Mark Landsberg, June 13, 1993, Eagle Rock CA
2. 744: Tim Wilkinson, June 9, 2007, Dover NH
3. 724: Robin Pollock Daniel, Oct 22, 2006, Lake George NY
4. 719*: Chris Reslock, February 1981, Xenia OH
5. 716*: Ken Lambe, June 27, 1981, New York Game Room Tourney Preliminary

Tournament, SOWPODS

1. 789: Nicholas Mbugua (Kenya), June 3, 2007, WSC Qualifier, Machakos, Kenya.
2. 764: Russell Honeybun (Australia), August 2007, Australia.

Club, OTCWL

1. 830: Michael Cresta, Oct 12, 2006, Club #108, Lexington MA
2. 801: Robert Kahn, Mar 3, 2010, Club #276, Lauderhill, FL
   • Bingos: HAEMOID, sTARTLE, INSERTS, ENVIOUS, BEPAINT, RE(E)CHOEd and TEARIEST.

Highest combined game score

Tournament, OTCWL

1. 1134*: Keith Smith 582 vs. Stefan Rau 552*, Dallas Open, March 2008
2. 1127: Laurie Cohen 725 vs. Nigel Peltier 402, February 16, 2009, Phoenix AZ
3. 1108: Mark Landsberg 770 vs. Alan Stern 338, June 13, 1993, Eagle Rock CA
4. 1105: John Luebkemann 580 vs. Rose Kreiswirth 525, The Players Championship 2007

Tournament, SOWPODS

1. 1157: Phillip Edwin-Mugisha (Uganda) 627 vs Vannitha Balasingam (Malaysia) 530, 2009 World Scrabble Championship, Malaysia

Club, OTCWL

1. 1320: Michael Cresta 830 - Wayne Yorra 490, Oct 12, 2006, Club #108, Lexington MA
   • bingos: JOUSTED, LADYLIK(E), F(L)ATFISH 239, (S)CAMsTER, UNDERD(O)G, QUIXOT(R)Y 365

Highest tie score

Tournament, OTCWL

1. 502-502:

Tournament, SOWPODS

1. 522-522: Alec Webb vs. Nick Deller, Mar 7, 2009, Peterborough, UK (ref)
2. 510-510: Michael Gongolo (Kenya) vs. Patrick Mpundu (Zambia), 2007, East and Central Africa Scrabble Championships, Kampala, Uganda

Highest winning margin

Tournament, OTCWL

1. 569*: Ken Lambe 714 (vs. 147), June 27 1981, New York City Game Room Tourney Preliminary
2. 546: Richard Ross 702 (vs. 156), December 1990, Florida State Championship

Highest losing game score

Tournament, OTCWL

1. 552*: Stefan Rau (vs Keith Smith 582), March 2008, Dallas Open
2. 545: Kevin Rickhoff (vs Mark Milan 558), August 2006, National SCRABBLE Championship

Lowest winning game score

Tournament, OTCWL

1. -8:

Highest single-turn score, no phonies

Tournament, OTCWL

1. 311: BRAZIERS, T. A. Sanders, January 1997, Tyler TX

Tournament, SOWPODS

1. 392: CAZIQUES, Karl Khoshaw, April 1982?, Magri Demajo, Malta (ref)

Club, OTCWL

1. 365: QUIXOT(R)Y, Michael Cresta, Oct 12, 2006, Club #108, Lexington MA
2. 338: DEFUZING, Jeff Widergren
3. 329: FREEZING, Carl Twickler, 2002, Huntington NY

Highest opening word score, no phonies

The theoretical maximum (using either OTCWL or SOWPODS) is 128 for MUZJIKS without blanks.

Tournament, OTCWL

1. 126: MuZJIKS, Jesse Inman, July 2008, National SCRABBLE Championship, Orlando FL
2. 124: BEZIQUE, Sam Kantimathi, September 1993, Portland OR

Tournament, SOWPODS

1. 124: BEZIQUE, Joan Rosenthal
2. 124: BEZIQUE, Sally Martin

Highest non-bingo score, no phonies

Tournament, OTCWL

• 243: R(OR)QUALS, Karen Merrill, 1997, Portland Club Tourney

Club, OTCWL

• 261: B(RE)EZIER, Jim Kille, April 14, 1993, Club #333 Exon PA

Sources

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