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Thread #72696   Message #1255272
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
24-Aug-04 - 10:14 AM
Thread Name: BS: Who needs help with squeaking?
Subject: RE: BS: Who needs help with squeaking?
Let's see, assuming that none of the letters in "jonquil" were already on the board but all came from her rack and that no "blanks" were used, that's 23 points for the word, triple word score makes it 69, plus 50 points for using all seven letters = 119. Plus there'd probably be one double letter score in there for a few more points and there'd be the additional score for whatever word was "hooked" onto. Should score around 130 depending on the variables. Very impressive. But "squeaky" would yield the same score, and "quixotic" (base word value 27) would yield more.

By the way, my favorite Scrabble trick is to spell "xi" going one way and "xu" going the other while placing the "x" on a triple letter spot. A quick 50 points. Yes, both words are legal.