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Scrabble Scoring Examples

For convenience, the first player will be called Anne and the second Beth. Anne opens with LOFTY, starting on H8 and running horizontally.

Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10</font> Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
              L1 O1 F4 T1 Y4      
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             

The L is on a double-word square and the Y is on a double-letter square. The double-letter takes effect first as part of computing the value of the word, and then the entire score for the word is doubled. Altogether Anne scores (1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 4*2)*2 = 30 points.

Beth plays LOAM from I7 horizontally. This incidentally also forms the vertical words LO, OF, AT, and MY, all of which are also scored for Beth.

Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                L1 O1 A1 M3      
              L1 O1 F4 T1 Y4      
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             

Beth gets to double the value of the L in both LOAM and LO. However, the Y in MY only counts for 4 points. The premium square helps only the player who first covers it. Beth scores (1*2 + 1 + 1 + 3) for LOAM, (1*2 + 1) for LO, (1 + 4) for OF, (1 + 1) for AT, and (3 + 4) for MY. The total is 24 points.

Anne now uncorks a bingo, i.e. she uses all seven letters in her rack. She extends OF downward to spell OFFICIATE.

Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                L1 O1 A1 M3      
              L1 O1 F4 T1 Y4      
                  F4          
                  I1          
                  C3          
                  I1          
                  A1          
                  T1          
                  E1          

The letters themselves only score (1 + 4 + 4 + 1*3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1*3 + 1) = 21 points, but the fifty-point bonus for emptying the rack raises Anne's total score to 71 for this play.

Seventy-one points is an impressive score, but Beth shows just how high the scoring can go. She plays QUETZALs from I15 horizontally. For the "S" she had to use a blank. In Scrabble notation, a lower-case letter indicates that a blank has been used instead of a naturally occurring letter. Alternatively, a blank may be represented with a question mark.

Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10 Z10
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                L1 O1 A1 M3      
              L1 O1 F4 T1 Y4      
                  F4          
                  I1          
                  C3          
                  I1          
                  A1          
                  T1          
              Q10 U1 E1 T1 Z10 A1 L1 ?0

The blank does not score any points itself, but because it covers the triple-word square, the value of the word is tripled (again). Beth scores (10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 10*2 + 1 + 1 + 0)*3*3 + 50 = 365 points! A quetzal, by the way, is a kind of tropical bird.



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