What real US English word is worth the most in scrabble?”
The highest known theoretically possible score for a single play under American tournament Scrabble rules (OSPD+MWCD) is 1,778 points for joining 8 already-played tiles to form the word OXYPHENBUTAZONE across three triple-word-score squares, while simultaneously extending 7 specific already-played words to form new words. In the Scrabble FAQ this construction is credited to Dan Stock. [John Chew] SCRABBLE WORDS In Scrabble, the highest scores available for playing a single word without contrived or highly unlikely circumstances involve an 8-letter word played across two triple-word-score squares, with a high-scoring tile on the double-letter-score square in between, and using a single letter previously played on a non-premium square. The scores include the 50-point bonus (nicknamed a “bingo”) for playing all 7 tiles. [Description by Mark Brader.] Scrabble in North America recognizes five words worth 392 points in this situation: OXAZEPAM, BEZIQUES, CAZIQUES, MEZQUITS, and MEZQUITE [Cra
