Records

This page lists various unofficial records achived in competitive SCRABBLE® play in North America and overseas.

The records in each category are classified further based on the (environment tournament or club) and by the dictionary used (OTCWL or SOWPODS, ignoring the specific edition).

In the words listed, lowercase letters stand for blanks and paranthesised letters stand for tiles already on the board. An asterisk (*) means that the word is a phony or that the score includes phonies. An octothorp (#) means that the word is acceptable in SOWPODS but not in OTCWL.

Highest winning game score

Tournament, OTCWL

1. 770: Mark Landsberg, June 13, 1993, Eagle Rock CA
2. 744: Tim Wilkinson, June 9, 2007, Dover NH
3. 724: Robin Pollock Daniel, Oct 22, 2006, Lake George NY
4. 719*: Chris Reslock, February 1981, Xenia Ohio
5. 716*: Ken Lambe, June 27, 1981, New York Game Room Tourney Prelim

Club, OTCWL

1. 830: Michael Cresta, Oct 12, 2006, Club #108, Lexington MA
2. 801: Robert Kahn, Mar 3, 2010, Club #276, Lauderhill, FL
   • Bingos: HAEMOID, sTARTLE, INSERTS, ENVIOUS, BEPAINT, RE(E)CHOEd and TEARIEST.

Highest combined game score

Tournament, OTCWL

1. 1134*: Keith Smith 582 - Stefan Rau 552*, Dallas Open, March 2008
2. 1108: Mark Landsberg 770 - Alan Stern 338, June 13, 1993, Eagle Rock CA
3. 1105: John Luebkemann 580 - Rose Kreiswirth 525, The Players Championship 2007

Club, OTCWL

1. 1320: Michael Cresta 830 - Wayne Yorra 490, Oct 12, 2006, Club #108, Lexington MA
   • bingos: JOUSTED, LADYLIK(E), F(L)ATFISH 239, (S)CAMsTER, UNDERD(O)G, QUIXOT(R)Y 365

Highest winning margin

Tournament, OTCWL

1. 569*: Ken Lambe 714 (vs. 147), June 27 1981, New York City Game Room Tourney Preliminary
2. 546: Richard Ross 702 (vs. 156), December 1990, Florida State Championship

Highest losing game score

Tournament, OTCWL

1. 552*: Stefan Rau (vs Keith Smith 582), March 2008, Dallas Open
2. 545: Kevin Rickhoff (vs Mark Milan 558), August 2006, National SCRABBLE Championship

Lowest winning game score

Tournament, OTCWL

1. -8:

Highest single-turn score, no phonies

Tournament, OTCWL

1. 311: BRAZIERS, T. A. Sanders, January 1997, Tyler TX

Tournament, SOWPODS

1. 392: CAZIQUES, Dr. Saladin Karl Khoshaw, April 1982?, Magri Demajo, Malta

Club, OTCWL

1. 365: QUIXOT(R)Y, Michael Cresta, Oct 12, 2006, Club #108, Lexington MA
2. 338: DEFUZING, Jeff Widergren
3. 329: FREEZING, Carl Twickler, 2002, Huntington NY

Highest opening word score, no phonies

The theoretical maximum for both OTCWL and SOWPODS is 128 for MUZJIKS without blanks.

Tournament, OTCWL

1. 126: MuZJIKS, Jesse Inman, July 2008, National SCRABBLE Championship, Orlando FL
2. 124: BEZIQUE, Sam Kantimathi, September 1993, Portland OR

Highest non-bingo score, no phonies

Tournament, OTCWL

• 243: R(OR)QUALS, Karen Merrill, 1997, Portland Club Tourney

Club, OTCWL

• 261: B(RE)EZIER, Jim Kille, April 14, 1993, Club #333 Exon PA