Lowest total scrabble scoreCraft the longest Scrabble sentenceScrabble ImpossibilitiesHighest possible score my friend could earn in one Scrabble turn?What is the longest word that can be made out of all the scrabble tiles?What is the highest possible scrabble score for placing a single tile

Fear of getting stuck on one programming language / technology that is not used in my country

Is there a RAID 0 Equivalent for RAM?

Lowest total scrabble score

How to cover method return statement in Apex Class?

Plot of a tornado-shaped surface

What features enable the Su-25 Frogfoot to operate with such a wide variety of fuels?

Open a doc from terminal, but not by its name

Can a college of swords bard use blade flourish on an OA from dissonant whispers?

Bridge building with irregular planks

Why is it that I can sometimes guess the next note?

Is there an injective, monotonically increasing, strictly concave function from the reals, to the reals?

Pre-mixing cryogenic fuels and using only one fuel tank

putting logo on same line but after title, latex

Can disgust be a key component of horror?

Why is short-wave infrared portion of electromagnetic spectrum so sensitive to fire?

How does a computer interpret real numbers?

Multiplicative persistence

Biological Blimps: Propulsion

It grows, but water kills it

Angel of Condemnation - Exile creature with second ability

What are the advantages of simplicial model categories over non-simplicial ones?

What does "Scientists rise up against statistical significance" mean? (Comment in Nature)

How should I respond when I lied about my education and the company finds out through background check?

Did arcade monitors have same pixel aspect ratio as TV sets?



Lowest total scrabble score


Craft the longest Scrabble sentenceScrabble ImpossibilitiesHighest possible score my friend could earn in one Scrabble turn?What is the longest word that can be made out of all the scrabble tiles?What is the highest possible scrabble score for placing a single tile













10












$begingroup$


It's generally easier to get a low score in Scrabble than a high one. But is it easier to get a really low score?



Suppose you play a game of Scrabble by yourself in which you only make legal plays (that is, they'd withstand a challenge). You eventually play all of the tiles.



The order of play is important - if you make two words, you count them both. If you play on a double word score, the word that you formed is doubled (so you might want to start by playing a short word). Also remember that if you play all 7 tiles in your hand you get 50 points, so don't do that.



A lower bound on the score is 187. This is obviously not possible, as you're going to have to overlap words a fair bit. What is the lowest possible score you can get?










share|improve this question









New contributor




Spitemaster is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.







$endgroup$











  • $begingroup$
    I added italics because I think that having to play all tiles is the most important constraint in the problem. Also, (to attempting solvers) I have an idea that it would be best to play very long words, so that overlapping is minimal. Also also, overlapping should probably be done with 1-point letters if possible (all while avoiding extra-point squares).
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    5 hours ago







  • 2




    $begingroup$
    Here's a link to a 1981 paper outlining the lowest possible scoring Scrabble games. No formal proof is given for their final answer, but it might be a good starting point.
    $endgroup$
    – DqwertyC
    3 hours ago















10












$begingroup$


It's generally easier to get a low score in Scrabble than a high one. But is it easier to get a really low score?



Suppose you play a game of Scrabble by yourself in which you only make legal plays (that is, they'd withstand a challenge). You eventually play all of the tiles.



The order of play is important - if you make two words, you count them both. If you play on a double word score, the word that you formed is doubled (so you might want to start by playing a short word). Also remember that if you play all 7 tiles in your hand you get 50 points, so don't do that.



A lower bound on the score is 187. This is obviously not possible, as you're going to have to overlap words a fair bit. What is the lowest possible score you can get?










share|improve this question









New contributor




Spitemaster is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.







$endgroup$











  • $begingroup$
    I added italics because I think that having to play all tiles is the most important constraint in the problem. Also, (to attempting solvers) I have an idea that it would be best to play very long words, so that overlapping is minimal. Also also, overlapping should probably be done with 1-point letters if possible (all while avoiding extra-point squares).
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    5 hours ago







  • 2




    $begingroup$
    Here's a link to a 1981 paper outlining the lowest possible scoring Scrabble games. No formal proof is given for their final answer, but it might be a good starting point.
    $endgroup$
    – DqwertyC
    3 hours ago













10












10








10





$begingroup$


It's generally easier to get a low score in Scrabble than a high one. But is it easier to get a really low score?



Suppose you play a game of Scrabble by yourself in which you only make legal plays (that is, they'd withstand a challenge). You eventually play all of the tiles.



The order of play is important - if you make two words, you count them both. If you play on a double word score, the word that you formed is doubled (so you might want to start by playing a short word). Also remember that if you play all 7 tiles in your hand you get 50 points, so don't do that.



A lower bound on the score is 187. This is obviously not possible, as you're going to have to overlap words a fair bit. What is the lowest possible score you can get?










share|improve this question









New contributor




Spitemaster is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.







$endgroup$




It's generally easier to get a low score in Scrabble than a high one. But is it easier to get a really low score?



Suppose you play a game of Scrabble by yourself in which you only make legal plays (that is, they'd withstand a challenge). You eventually play all of the tiles.



The order of play is important - if you make two words, you count them both. If you play on a double word score, the word that you formed is doubled (so you might want to start by playing a short word). Also remember that if you play all 7 tiles in your hand you get 50 points, so don't do that.



A lower bound on the score is 187. This is obviously not possible, as you're going to have to overlap words a fair bit. What is the lowest possible score you can get?







scrabble






share|improve this question









New contributor




Spitemaster is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.











share|improve this question









New contributor




Spitemaster is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.









share|improve this question




share|improve this question








edited 4 hours ago







Spitemaster













New contributor




Spitemaster is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.









asked 5 hours ago









SpitemasterSpitemaster

1514




1514




New contributor




Spitemaster is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.





New contributor





Spitemaster is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.






Spitemaster is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.











  • $begingroup$
    I added italics because I think that having to play all tiles is the most important constraint in the problem. Also, (to attempting solvers) I have an idea that it would be best to play very long words, so that overlapping is minimal. Also also, overlapping should probably be done with 1-point letters if possible (all while avoiding extra-point squares).
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    5 hours ago







  • 2




    $begingroup$
    Here's a link to a 1981 paper outlining the lowest possible scoring Scrabble games. No formal proof is given for their final answer, but it might be a good starting point.
    $endgroup$
    – DqwertyC
    3 hours ago
















  • $begingroup$
    I added italics because I think that having to play all tiles is the most important constraint in the problem. Also, (to attempting solvers) I have an idea that it would be best to play very long words, so that overlapping is minimal. Also also, overlapping should probably be done with 1-point letters if possible (all while avoiding extra-point squares).
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    5 hours ago







  • 2




    $begingroup$
    Here's a link to a 1981 paper outlining the lowest possible scoring Scrabble games. No formal proof is given for their final answer, but it might be a good starting point.
    $endgroup$
    – DqwertyC
    3 hours ago















$begingroup$
I added italics because I think that having to play all tiles is the most important constraint in the problem. Also, (to attempting solvers) I have an idea that it would be best to play very long words, so that overlapping is minimal. Also also, overlapping should probably be done with 1-point letters if possible (all while avoiding extra-point squares).
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
5 hours ago





$begingroup$
I added italics because I think that having to play all tiles is the most important constraint in the problem. Also, (to attempting solvers) I have an idea that it would be best to play very long words, so that overlapping is minimal. Also also, overlapping should probably be done with 1-point letters if possible (all while avoiding extra-point squares).
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
5 hours ago





2




2




$begingroup$
Here's a link to a 1981 paper outlining the lowest possible scoring Scrabble games. No formal proof is given for their final answer, but it might be a good starting point.
$endgroup$
– DqwertyC
3 hours ago




$begingroup$
Here's a link to a 1981 paper outlining the lowest possible scoring Scrabble games. No formal proof is given for their final answer, but it might be a good starting point.
$endgroup$
– DqwertyC
3 hours ago










2 Answers
2






active

oldest

votes


















4












$begingroup$

I've managed a score of $225$. I'm sure a better score is possible, since there were a few places where I was not optimal.



It's impossible to avoid all the "special" squares on the board, so I chose only to hit a few of the Double Letter squares, which are no more penalizing than creating an extra join between words (i.e. it's probably more beneficial to cross a few Double Word squares and get a lot of longer words than it is to squeeze my way in between the "special" square using 3-letter words).



I started out using both blanks to negate the automatic Double Word that occurs on the starting square.



Here is the final board:
enter image description here



And here is the sequence of moves (they could go in many other orders without affecting the score):

(format is (Word score)(Cumulative score) Word (Uppercase indicates new tiles))



  1. (0)(0) IN (both blanks) (Double word)

  2. (1)(1) Rin (add the R)

  3. (15)(16) IMPrinTING (Double letters - I and N)

  4. (7)(23) iRING (Double letter - G)

  5. (23)(46) REACQUiring (Double letter - A)

  6. (15)(61) EXIgENT

  7. (8)(69) eBBS

  8. (8)(77) LOOsED (Double letter - O)

  9. (8)(85) tAKE

  10. (13)(98) SWeATY (Double letter - A)

  11. (8)(107) AUDiTOR

  12. (5)(112) IDEa

  13. (10)(122) MOOiNG (Double letter - O)

  14. (11)(133) AJAr

  15. (10)(143) FLaILS (Double letter - I)

  16. (16)(159) UNSaVVY

  17. (6)(165) ECRu

  18. (22)(187) WHEeZE (Double letter - E)

  19. (7)(194) TAUnTER

  20. (4)(198) tOIL

  21. (10)(208) POOlED (Double letter - O)

  22. (7)(215) rIFE

  23. (6)(223) HAe

  24. (2)(225) At





share|improve this answer









$endgroup$












  • $begingroup$
    Whoops! Just noticed that there should be an extra 50 pts added, because I had one bingo. Will try to rework.
    $endgroup$
    – GentlePurpleRain
    3 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    If you play Tournament rules, and (incorrectly) challenge each word, then you subtract 5 points each turn for 120 point discount.
    $endgroup$
    – Chris Cudmore
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    playing 'print (5)' instead of 'rin (1)' avoids the bingo and gives a total score of 229
    $endgroup$
    – Daniel Mathias
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    Out of interest, what's the Scrabble board editor you're using?
    $endgroup$
    – ZanyG
    1 hour ago










  • $begingroup$
    @ZanyG I just googled and found this one.
    $endgroup$
    – GentlePurpleRain
    29 mins ago


















3












$begingroup$

I started with the solution given in a paper found by DqwertyC in a comment. Unfortunately, it contains several errors, including invalid words, incorrect scoring, and the wrong tile distribution. Finding ways to resolve these errors gave me the following board.



scrabble board



The opening play is es, using both blanks. The next 3 plays of voicers, epigram, and thirties overlap only in blanks. Each of the subsequent $19$ plays forms one of the remaining $19$ visible words, overlapping in exactly one 1-point tile. The bonus squares used are $10$ 1-point tiles on double letter squares (at G3, I3, A4, I7, M7, D8, M9, A12, H12, and D15). Every play uses at most 6 tiles, so no bingos occur. This incurs a total penalty of $19+10=29$ on the total tile score of $187$, resulting in a final score of $187+29=216$.






share|improve this answer











$endgroup$












    Your Answer





    StackExchange.ifUsing("editor", function ()
    return StackExchange.using("mathjaxEditing", function ()
    StackExchange.MarkdownEditor.creationCallbacks.add(function (editor, postfix)
    StackExchange.mathjaxEditing.prepareWmdForMathJax(editor, postfix, [["$", "$"], ["\\(","\\)"]]);
    );
    );
    , "mathjax-editing");

    StackExchange.ready(function()
    var channelOptions =
    tags: "".split(" "),
    id: "559"
    ;
    initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

    StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
    // Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
    if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
    StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
    createEditor();
    );

    else
    createEditor();

    );

    function createEditor()
    StackExchange.prepareEditor(
    heartbeatType: 'answer',
    autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
    convertImagesToLinks: false,
    noModals: true,
    showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
    reputationToPostImages: null,
    bindNavPrevention: true,
    postfix: "",
    imageUploader:
    brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
    contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
    allowUrls: true
    ,
    noCode: true, onDemand: true,
    discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
    ,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
    );



    );






    Spitemaster is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.









    draft saved

    draft discarded


















    StackExchange.ready(
    function ()
    StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fpuzzling.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f80939%2flowest-total-scrabble-score%23new-answer', 'question_page');

    );

    Post as a guest















    Required, but never shown

























    2 Answers
    2






    active

    oldest

    votes








    2 Answers
    2






    active

    oldest

    votes









    active

    oldest

    votes






    active

    oldest

    votes









    4












    $begingroup$

    I've managed a score of $225$. I'm sure a better score is possible, since there were a few places where I was not optimal.



    It's impossible to avoid all the "special" squares on the board, so I chose only to hit a few of the Double Letter squares, which are no more penalizing than creating an extra join between words (i.e. it's probably more beneficial to cross a few Double Word squares and get a lot of longer words than it is to squeeze my way in between the "special" square using 3-letter words).



    I started out using both blanks to negate the automatic Double Word that occurs on the starting square.



    Here is the final board:
    enter image description here



    And here is the sequence of moves (they could go in many other orders without affecting the score):

    (format is (Word score)(Cumulative score) Word (Uppercase indicates new tiles))



    1. (0)(0) IN (both blanks) (Double word)

    2. (1)(1) Rin (add the R)

    3. (15)(16) IMPrinTING (Double letters - I and N)

    4. (7)(23) iRING (Double letter - G)

    5. (23)(46) REACQUiring (Double letter - A)

    6. (15)(61) EXIgENT

    7. (8)(69) eBBS

    8. (8)(77) LOOsED (Double letter - O)

    9. (8)(85) tAKE

    10. (13)(98) SWeATY (Double letter - A)

    11. (8)(107) AUDiTOR

    12. (5)(112) IDEa

    13. (10)(122) MOOiNG (Double letter - O)

    14. (11)(133) AJAr

    15. (10)(143) FLaILS (Double letter - I)

    16. (16)(159) UNSaVVY

    17. (6)(165) ECRu

    18. (22)(187) WHEeZE (Double letter - E)

    19. (7)(194) TAUnTER

    20. (4)(198) tOIL

    21. (10)(208) POOlED (Double letter - O)

    22. (7)(215) rIFE

    23. (6)(223) HAe

    24. (2)(225) At





    share|improve this answer









    $endgroup$












    • $begingroup$
      Whoops! Just noticed that there should be an extra 50 pts added, because I had one bingo. Will try to rework.
      $endgroup$
      – GentlePurpleRain
      3 hours ago










    • $begingroup$
      If you play Tournament rules, and (incorrectly) challenge each word, then you subtract 5 points each turn for 120 point discount.
      $endgroup$
      – Chris Cudmore
      2 hours ago






    • 1




      $begingroup$
      playing 'print (5)' instead of 'rin (1)' avoids the bingo and gives a total score of 229
      $endgroup$
      – Daniel Mathias
      2 hours ago






    • 1




      $begingroup$
      Out of interest, what's the Scrabble board editor you're using?
      $endgroup$
      – ZanyG
      1 hour ago










    • $begingroup$
      @ZanyG I just googled and found this one.
      $endgroup$
      – GentlePurpleRain
      29 mins ago















    4












    $begingroup$

    I've managed a score of $225$. I'm sure a better score is possible, since there were a few places where I was not optimal.



    It's impossible to avoid all the "special" squares on the board, so I chose only to hit a few of the Double Letter squares, which are no more penalizing than creating an extra join between words (i.e. it's probably more beneficial to cross a few Double Word squares and get a lot of longer words than it is to squeeze my way in between the "special" square using 3-letter words).



    I started out using both blanks to negate the automatic Double Word that occurs on the starting square.



    Here is the final board:
    enter image description here



    And here is the sequence of moves (they could go in many other orders without affecting the score):

    (format is (Word score)(Cumulative score) Word (Uppercase indicates new tiles))



    1. (0)(0) IN (both blanks) (Double word)

    2. (1)(1) Rin (add the R)

    3. (15)(16) IMPrinTING (Double letters - I and N)

    4. (7)(23) iRING (Double letter - G)

    5. (23)(46) REACQUiring (Double letter - A)

    6. (15)(61) EXIgENT

    7. (8)(69) eBBS

    8. (8)(77) LOOsED (Double letter - O)

    9. (8)(85) tAKE

    10. (13)(98) SWeATY (Double letter - A)

    11. (8)(107) AUDiTOR

    12. (5)(112) IDEa

    13. (10)(122) MOOiNG (Double letter - O)

    14. (11)(133) AJAr

    15. (10)(143) FLaILS (Double letter - I)

    16. (16)(159) UNSaVVY

    17. (6)(165) ECRu

    18. (22)(187) WHEeZE (Double letter - E)

    19. (7)(194) TAUnTER

    20. (4)(198) tOIL

    21. (10)(208) POOlED (Double letter - O)

    22. (7)(215) rIFE

    23. (6)(223) HAe

    24. (2)(225) At





    share|improve this answer









    $endgroup$












    • $begingroup$
      Whoops! Just noticed that there should be an extra 50 pts added, because I had one bingo. Will try to rework.
      $endgroup$
      – GentlePurpleRain
      3 hours ago










    • $begingroup$
      If you play Tournament rules, and (incorrectly) challenge each word, then you subtract 5 points each turn for 120 point discount.
      $endgroup$
      – Chris Cudmore
      2 hours ago






    • 1




      $begingroup$
      playing 'print (5)' instead of 'rin (1)' avoids the bingo and gives a total score of 229
      $endgroup$
      – Daniel Mathias
      2 hours ago






    • 1




      $begingroup$
      Out of interest, what's the Scrabble board editor you're using?
      $endgroup$
      – ZanyG
      1 hour ago










    • $begingroup$
      @ZanyG I just googled and found this one.
      $endgroup$
      – GentlePurpleRain
      29 mins ago













    4












    4








    4





    $begingroup$

    I've managed a score of $225$. I'm sure a better score is possible, since there were a few places where I was not optimal.



    It's impossible to avoid all the "special" squares on the board, so I chose only to hit a few of the Double Letter squares, which are no more penalizing than creating an extra join between words (i.e. it's probably more beneficial to cross a few Double Word squares and get a lot of longer words than it is to squeeze my way in between the "special" square using 3-letter words).



    I started out using both blanks to negate the automatic Double Word that occurs on the starting square.



    Here is the final board:
    enter image description here



    And here is the sequence of moves (they could go in many other orders without affecting the score):

    (format is (Word score)(Cumulative score) Word (Uppercase indicates new tiles))



    1. (0)(0) IN (both blanks) (Double word)

    2. (1)(1) Rin (add the R)

    3. (15)(16) IMPrinTING (Double letters - I and N)

    4. (7)(23) iRING (Double letter - G)

    5. (23)(46) REACQUiring (Double letter - A)

    6. (15)(61) EXIgENT

    7. (8)(69) eBBS

    8. (8)(77) LOOsED (Double letter - O)

    9. (8)(85) tAKE

    10. (13)(98) SWeATY (Double letter - A)

    11. (8)(107) AUDiTOR

    12. (5)(112) IDEa

    13. (10)(122) MOOiNG (Double letter - O)

    14. (11)(133) AJAr

    15. (10)(143) FLaILS (Double letter - I)

    16. (16)(159) UNSaVVY

    17. (6)(165) ECRu

    18. (22)(187) WHEeZE (Double letter - E)

    19. (7)(194) TAUnTER

    20. (4)(198) tOIL

    21. (10)(208) POOlED (Double letter - O)

    22. (7)(215) rIFE

    23. (6)(223) HAe

    24. (2)(225) At





    share|improve this answer









    $endgroup$



    I've managed a score of $225$. I'm sure a better score is possible, since there were a few places where I was not optimal.



    It's impossible to avoid all the "special" squares on the board, so I chose only to hit a few of the Double Letter squares, which are no more penalizing than creating an extra join between words (i.e. it's probably more beneficial to cross a few Double Word squares and get a lot of longer words than it is to squeeze my way in between the "special" square using 3-letter words).



    I started out using both blanks to negate the automatic Double Word that occurs on the starting square.



    Here is the final board:
    enter image description here



    And here is the sequence of moves (they could go in many other orders without affecting the score):

    (format is (Word score)(Cumulative score) Word (Uppercase indicates new tiles))



    1. (0)(0) IN (both blanks) (Double word)

    2. (1)(1) Rin (add the R)

    3. (15)(16) IMPrinTING (Double letters - I and N)

    4. (7)(23) iRING (Double letter - G)

    5. (23)(46) REACQUiring (Double letter - A)

    6. (15)(61) EXIgENT

    7. (8)(69) eBBS

    8. (8)(77) LOOsED (Double letter - O)

    9. (8)(85) tAKE

    10. (13)(98) SWeATY (Double letter - A)

    11. (8)(107) AUDiTOR

    12. (5)(112) IDEa

    13. (10)(122) MOOiNG (Double letter - O)

    14. (11)(133) AJAr

    15. (10)(143) FLaILS (Double letter - I)

    16. (16)(159) UNSaVVY

    17. (6)(165) ECRu

    18. (22)(187) WHEeZE (Double letter - E)

    19. (7)(194) TAUnTER

    20. (4)(198) tOIL

    21. (10)(208) POOlED (Double letter - O)

    22. (7)(215) rIFE

    23. (6)(223) HAe

    24. (2)(225) At






    share|improve this answer












    share|improve this answer



    share|improve this answer










    answered 3 hours ago









    GentlePurpleRainGentlePurpleRain

    16.9k569136




    16.9k569136











    • $begingroup$
      Whoops! Just noticed that there should be an extra 50 pts added, because I had one bingo. Will try to rework.
      $endgroup$
      – GentlePurpleRain
      3 hours ago










    • $begingroup$
      If you play Tournament rules, and (incorrectly) challenge each word, then you subtract 5 points each turn for 120 point discount.
      $endgroup$
      – Chris Cudmore
      2 hours ago






    • 1




      $begingroup$
      playing 'print (5)' instead of 'rin (1)' avoids the bingo and gives a total score of 229
      $endgroup$
      – Daniel Mathias
      2 hours ago






    • 1




      $begingroup$
      Out of interest, what's the Scrabble board editor you're using?
      $endgroup$
      – ZanyG
      1 hour ago










    • $begingroup$
      @ZanyG I just googled and found this one.
      $endgroup$
      – GentlePurpleRain
      29 mins ago
















    • $begingroup$
      Whoops! Just noticed that there should be an extra 50 pts added, because I had one bingo. Will try to rework.
      $endgroup$
      – GentlePurpleRain
      3 hours ago










    • $begingroup$
      If you play Tournament rules, and (incorrectly) challenge each word, then you subtract 5 points each turn for 120 point discount.
      $endgroup$
      – Chris Cudmore
      2 hours ago






    • 1




      $begingroup$
      playing 'print (5)' instead of 'rin (1)' avoids the bingo and gives a total score of 229
      $endgroup$
      – Daniel Mathias
      2 hours ago






    • 1




      $begingroup$
      Out of interest, what's the Scrabble board editor you're using?
      $endgroup$
      – ZanyG
      1 hour ago










    • $begingroup$
      @ZanyG I just googled and found this one.
      $endgroup$
      – GentlePurpleRain
      29 mins ago















    $begingroup$
    Whoops! Just noticed that there should be an extra 50 pts added, because I had one bingo. Will try to rework.
    $endgroup$
    – GentlePurpleRain
    3 hours ago




    $begingroup$
    Whoops! Just noticed that there should be an extra 50 pts added, because I had one bingo. Will try to rework.
    $endgroup$
    – GentlePurpleRain
    3 hours ago












    $begingroup$
    If you play Tournament rules, and (incorrectly) challenge each word, then you subtract 5 points each turn for 120 point discount.
    $endgroup$
    – Chris Cudmore
    2 hours ago




    $begingroup$
    If you play Tournament rules, and (incorrectly) challenge each word, then you subtract 5 points each turn for 120 point discount.
    $endgroup$
    – Chris Cudmore
    2 hours ago




    1




    1




    $begingroup$
    playing 'print (5)' instead of 'rin (1)' avoids the bingo and gives a total score of 229
    $endgroup$
    – Daniel Mathias
    2 hours ago




    $begingroup$
    playing 'print (5)' instead of 'rin (1)' avoids the bingo and gives a total score of 229
    $endgroup$
    – Daniel Mathias
    2 hours ago




    1




    1




    $begingroup$
    Out of interest, what's the Scrabble board editor you're using?
    $endgroup$
    – ZanyG
    1 hour ago




    $begingroup$
    Out of interest, what's the Scrabble board editor you're using?
    $endgroup$
    – ZanyG
    1 hour ago












    $begingroup$
    @ZanyG I just googled and found this one.
    $endgroup$
    – GentlePurpleRain
    29 mins ago




    $begingroup$
    @ZanyG I just googled and found this one.
    $endgroup$
    – GentlePurpleRain
    29 mins ago











    3












    $begingroup$

    I started with the solution given in a paper found by DqwertyC in a comment. Unfortunately, it contains several errors, including invalid words, incorrect scoring, and the wrong tile distribution. Finding ways to resolve these errors gave me the following board.



    scrabble board



    The opening play is es, using both blanks. The next 3 plays of voicers, epigram, and thirties overlap only in blanks. Each of the subsequent $19$ plays forms one of the remaining $19$ visible words, overlapping in exactly one 1-point tile. The bonus squares used are $10$ 1-point tiles on double letter squares (at G3, I3, A4, I7, M7, D8, M9, A12, H12, and D15). Every play uses at most 6 tiles, so no bingos occur. This incurs a total penalty of $19+10=29$ on the total tile score of $187$, resulting in a final score of $187+29=216$.






    share|improve this answer











    $endgroup$

















      3












      $begingroup$

      I started with the solution given in a paper found by DqwertyC in a comment. Unfortunately, it contains several errors, including invalid words, incorrect scoring, and the wrong tile distribution. Finding ways to resolve these errors gave me the following board.



      scrabble board



      The opening play is es, using both blanks. The next 3 plays of voicers, epigram, and thirties overlap only in blanks. Each of the subsequent $19$ plays forms one of the remaining $19$ visible words, overlapping in exactly one 1-point tile. The bonus squares used are $10$ 1-point tiles on double letter squares (at G3, I3, A4, I7, M7, D8, M9, A12, H12, and D15). Every play uses at most 6 tiles, so no bingos occur. This incurs a total penalty of $19+10=29$ on the total tile score of $187$, resulting in a final score of $187+29=216$.






      share|improve this answer











      $endgroup$















        3












        3








        3





        $begingroup$

        I started with the solution given in a paper found by DqwertyC in a comment. Unfortunately, it contains several errors, including invalid words, incorrect scoring, and the wrong tile distribution. Finding ways to resolve these errors gave me the following board.



        scrabble board



        The opening play is es, using both blanks. The next 3 plays of voicers, epigram, and thirties overlap only in blanks. Each of the subsequent $19$ plays forms one of the remaining $19$ visible words, overlapping in exactly one 1-point tile. The bonus squares used are $10$ 1-point tiles on double letter squares (at G3, I3, A4, I7, M7, D8, M9, A12, H12, and D15). Every play uses at most 6 tiles, so no bingos occur. This incurs a total penalty of $19+10=29$ on the total tile score of $187$, resulting in a final score of $187+29=216$.






        share|improve this answer











        $endgroup$



        I started with the solution given in a paper found by DqwertyC in a comment. Unfortunately, it contains several errors, including invalid words, incorrect scoring, and the wrong tile distribution. Finding ways to resolve these errors gave me the following board.



        scrabble board



        The opening play is es, using both blanks. The next 3 plays of voicers, epigram, and thirties overlap only in blanks. Each of the subsequent $19$ plays forms one of the remaining $19$ visible words, overlapping in exactly one 1-point tile. The bonus squares used are $10$ 1-point tiles on double letter squares (at G3, I3, A4, I7, M7, D8, M9, A12, H12, and D15). Every play uses at most 6 tiles, so no bingos occur. This incurs a total penalty of $19+10=29$ on the total tile score of $187$, resulting in a final score of $187+29=216$.







        share|improve this answer














        share|improve this answer



        share|improve this answer








        edited 1 hour ago

























        answered 1 hour ago









        noednenoedne

        7,07712057




        7,07712057




















            Spitemaster is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.









            draft saved

            draft discarded


















            Spitemaster is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.












            Spitemaster is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.











            Spitemaster is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.














            Thanks for contributing an answer to Puzzling Stack Exchange!


            • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

            But avoid


            • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

            • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.

            Use MathJax to format equations. MathJax reference.


            To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.




            draft saved


            draft discarded














            StackExchange.ready(
            function ()
            StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fpuzzling.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f80939%2flowest-total-scrabble-score%23new-answer', 'question_page');

            );

            Post as a guest















            Required, but never shown





















































            Required, but never shown














            Required, but never shown












            Required, but never shown







            Required, but never shown

































            Required, but never shown














            Required, but never shown












            Required, but never shown







            Required, but never shown







            Popular posts from this blog

            How should I use the fbox command correctly to avoid producing a Bad Box message?How to put a long piece of text in a box?How to specify height and width of fboxIs there an arrayrulecolor-like command to change the rule color of fbox?What is the command to highlight bad boxes in pdf?Why does fbox sometimes place the box *over* the graphic image?how to put the text in the boxHow to create command for a box where text inside the box can automatically adjust?how can I make an fbox like command with certain color, shape and width of border?how to use fbox in align modeFbox increase the spacing between the box and it content (inner margin)how to change the box height of an equationWhat is the use of the hbox in a newcommand command?

            Doxepinum Nexus interni Notae | Tabula navigationis3158DB01142WHOa682390"Structural Analysis of the Histamine H1 Receptor""Transdermal and Topical Drug Administration in the Treatment of Pain""Antidepressants as antipruritic agents: A review"

            inputenc: Unicode character … not set up for use with LaTeX The Next CEO of Stack OverflowEntering Unicode characters in LaTeXHow to solve the `Package inputenc Error: Unicode char not set up for use with LaTeX` problem?solve “Unicode char is not set up for use with LaTeX” without special handling of every new interesting UTF-8 characterPackage inputenc Error: Unicode character ² (U+B2)(inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX. acroI2C[I²C]package inputenc error unicode char (u + 190) not set up for use with latexPackage inputenc Error: Unicode char u8:′ not set up for use with LaTeX. 3′inputenc Error: Unicode char u8: not set up for use with LaTeX with G-BriefPackage Inputenc Error: Unicode char u8: not set up for use with LaTeXPackage inputenc Error: Unicode char ́ (U+301)(inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX. includePackage inputenc Error: Unicode char ̂ (U+302)(inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX. … $widehatleft (OA,AA' right )$Package inputenc Error: Unicode char â„¡ (U+2121)(inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX. printbibliography[heading=bibintoc]Package inputenc Error: Unicode char − (U+2212)(inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeXPackage inputenc Error: Unicode character α (U+3B1) not set up for use with LaTeXPackage inputenc Error: Unicode characterError: ! Package inputenc Error: Unicode char ⊘ (U+2298)(inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX