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# A 500-rated novice player is considered to have a 1% chance to beat a 2000-rated world-class player | # A 500-rated novice player is considered to have a 1% chance to beat a 2000-rated world-class player | ||
# The top-rated player is a program called [[Software|Quackle]], developed by [[John OLaughlin]] and [[Jason Katz-Brown]]. Its 2224 rating places it 30–50 points above the top human players, giving it a 52&ndash53% chance to beat them. | # The top-rated player is a program called [[Software|Quackle]], developed by [[John OLaughlin]] and [[Jason Katz-Brown]]. Its 2224 rating places it 30–50 points above the top human players, giving it a 52&ndash53% chance to beat them. | ||
− | # There are 178,691 acceptable words in the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]] and its supplement, the [[Long List]]. The most common word length is eight letters; there are 29,766 words of this length. | + | # There are 178,691 acceptable words in the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]] and its supplement, the [[Long List]]. The most common word length in the lexicon is eight letters; there are 29,766 words of this length. |
# Two players have managed to play [[Records|seven bingoes]] in one game: [[Nigel Peltier]] in Reno, NV in 2010 with PINTOES, ACONITE, RAPIDLY, INFOLDED, EMIRATE, SHEARING, DAtABLE, and [[Joel Sherman]] CRUMP(L)ED, OUTRATED, COTHURNI, TRAVOISE, SHAKING, aVENGED, AIRLINE in Stamford, CT in 2011. | # Two players have managed to play [[Records|seven bingoes]] in one game: [[Nigel Peltier]] in Reno, NV in 2010 with PINTOES, ACONITE, RAPIDLY, INFOLDED, EMIRATE, SHEARING, DAtABLE, and [[Joel Sherman]] CRUMP(L)ED, OUTRATED, COTHURNI, TRAVOISE, SHAKING, aVENGED, AIRLINE in Stamford, CT in 2011. | ||
+ | # In 2006, Kevin Fraley set a [[Records|record]] by playing six consecutive bingoes to start a game in Reno, NV: REOILI(N)G, MARINER(S), cO(N)TRITE, (O)UTMODED, DUN(E)LIKE, GARDEN(E)R. | ||
+ | # At the [[2013 National SCRABBLE Championship]], expert players collectively averaged 402 points scored per game each; players in the lowest division 353. | ||
+ | # The [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]is overseen by 10 officials wearing black and white striped referee shirts. |
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