Carpenter Breaks Previous Scrabble Point Record

theodp writes "Unimpressed by Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game? Think Don Larsen's perfect World Series game was no big deal? How about Michael Cresta's 830-point Scrabble game? Not only did Cresta shatter a 13 year-old record for the highest sanctioned Scrabble score in North America, he also set a new record for the most points on a single turn — 365, for QUIXOTRY."

Re:"Quixtory" and "Vrows" ??

[gEvil (beta)]

'Quixotry' is a variant of 'quixotic,' which means (from Merriam-Webster) "foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action." The word derives from Cervantes' Don Quixote.

Re:"Quixtory" and "Vrows" ??

[Anonymous Coward]

According to the article, "vrow" is a Dutch woman.

VROW is actually a pretty common word in tournament level Scrabble; just Google Scrabble+Vrow for examples.

Re:Abbreviations are allowed?

[Anonymous Coward]

za: slang for piza
op: a style of abstract art

za was just added in the past year.

Re:Record, says who?

[krzysztof]

Actually it took place at the Lexington Scrabble Club, and there were about 30 other people there to witness the game. I guess by the end there was a pretty big crowd watching.

Re:Daft words....

[LargeWu]

Most experienced Scrabble players aren't just playing the two letter words. They're playing 5,6 and 7 letter words that also have to make two letter words in order to fit on the board. Plus they're playing these in the endgame, which might make the difference in winning or losing.

Not knowing the 2 letter words for a Scrabble player is like not knowing how to code Hello World.

Re:'zas', 'em'?

[Anonymous Coward]

'em' and 'en' are also the english words for the letters M and N