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