You are viewing a condensed mobile version of this NASPA webpage.
Switch to full version.
This page lists various official sanctioned records achieved 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 (OWL or CSW, 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 phoney or that the score is known to include phoneys. An octothorp (#) means that the word is acceptable in SOWPODS but not in OTCWL.
A question mark means that some detail of the record is unknown or questionable. All records are subject to revision as appropriate. Any scoring and score reporting errors are corrected before considering a play or game for a record, regardless of whether such errors were corrected in tournament standings or not.
To submit a new record, please provide all available documentation for the record to the Ratings and Recognition Committee's record admin.
Tournament, OWL | ||||
Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
803 | Joel Sherman | December 9, 2011 | Stamford, CT | |
771 | Edward de Guzman | July 1, 2010 | Reno, NV | |
770 | Mark Landsberg | June 13, 1993 | Eagle Rock, CA | (ref) |
Tournament, CSW | ||||
Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
850 | Toh Weibin | January 21, 2012 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland Scrabble Championship |
789 | Nicholas Mbugua (KEN) | June 3, 2007 | Machakos, Kenya | WSC Qualifier |
785 | Jackie McLeod | 2002 | United Kingdom | |
Club, OWL | ||||
Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
830 | Michael Cresta | October 12, 2006 | #108, Lexington, MA | (ref) |
801 | Robert Kahn | March 3, 2010 | #276, Lauderhill, FL | |
792* | Nick Ballard | 1980 | Chicago IL | (not reported until much later) |
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Total | Name | Score | Name | Score | Date | Location | Notes |
1134 | Keith Smith | 582 | Stefan Rau | 552 | March 7, 2008 | Dallas, TX | Dallas Open |
1127 | Laurie Cohen | 725 | Nigel Peltier | 402 | February 16, 2009 | Phoenix, AZ | |
1108 | Mark Landsberg | 770 | Alan Stern | 338 | June 13, 1993 | Eagle Rock, CA | (ref) |
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Total | Name | Score | Name | Score | Date | Location | Notes |
1157 | Phillip Edwin-Mugisha (UGA) | 627 | Vannitha Balasingam (MYS) | 530 | 2009 | Malaysia | WSC |
1156 | Nathan Benedict | 653 | Oscar Rivera (PHL) | 503 | 2010 | Phillipines | Manila Prog. Round Robin |
1144 | John O'Laughlin | 727 | Mike Early | 417 | 2008 | TX | Texas Challenge |
Club, OWL | |||||||
Total | Name | Score | Name | Score | Date | Location | Notes |
1320 | Michael Cresta | 830 | Wayne Yorra | 490 | October 12, 2006 | #108, Lexington, MA | (ref) |
1143 | Mark Edelson | 617 | Tony Leah | 526 | January 23, 2013 | #276, Toronto, ON | |
1119 | John Luebkemann | 728 | Bob DeTore | 391 | September, 1998 | Cincinatti, OH | (not reported until much later) |
Tournament, OWL | |||||
Score | Name | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
502 | John Chew | Zev Kaufman | June 15, 1997 | Toronto, ON | (ref) |
499 | Joe Edley | Jerry Lerman | 1980 | ||
Tournament, CSW | |||||
Score | Name | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
522 | Alec Webb | Nick Deller | March 7, 2009 | Peterborough, UK | (ref) |
510 | Michael Gongolo (KEN) | Patrick Mpundu (ZMB) | 2007 | Kampala, Uganda | East and Central Africa Championships |
Club, OWL | |||||
Score | Name | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
496 | Shaun Goatcher | Craig Rowland | 1998 | #3, Toronto, ON | |
491 | Ira Cohen | Joel Elkins | February 8, 2012 | #44, Los Angeles, CA | |
456 | Bryan Pepper | Mike Early | November 23, 2010 | #248, Mid-Cities TX |
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Spread | Name | Score | Name | Score | Date | Location | Notes |
569 | Ken Lambe | 714 | 147 | June 27, 1981 | New York, NY | NYC Game Room Tourney Preliminary | |
546 | Richard Ross | 702 | 156 | December 29, 1990 | FL | Florida State Champs. | |
518 | Joel Sherman | 803 | Bradley Robbins | 285 | December 9, 2011 | Stamford, CT | |
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Spread | Name | Score | Name | Score | Date | Location | Notes |
543 | Jackie McLeod | 2002 | UK | NSCT Regional | |||
521 | Russell Honeybun | 764 | 243 | August 26, 2007 | Australia | ||
429 | Max Panitch | 680 | Sam Kantimathi | 251 | September 12, 2009 | Toront, ON | |
Club, OWL | |||||||
Spread | Name | Score | Name | Score | Date | Location | Notes |
570 | Robert Kahn | 801 | 231 | March 3, 2010 | #276, Lauderhill, FL |
Tournament, OWL | ||||||
Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
552 | Stefan Rau | 582 | Keith Smith | March 7, 2008 | Dallas, TX | Dallas Open |
545 | Kevin Rickhoff | 558 | Mark Milan | August 7, 2006 | Phoenix, AZ | National SCRABBLE Championship |
539 | Joel Sherman | 541 | David Poder | May 26, 2001 | Campbell, CA | |
Tournament, CSW | ||||||
Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
540 | O. Oduwole | 570 | M. Nicholson | January 8, 2008 | Coventry, UK | English Open 2008 |
532 | Ron Hoekstra | 542 | John O'Laughlin | September 12, 2009 | Toronto, ON | Toronto International Open |
Club, OWL | ||||||
Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
This category excludes games where either player received a time penalty.
Tournament, OWL | ||||||
Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
-12 | Dan Horowitz | -25 | Carolann Atene | June 3, 2012 | Philadelphia, PA | |
-10 | Denise Mahnken | -16 | Marie Gier | May 29, 2010 | Phoenix, AZ | National SCRABBLE Championship |
-9 | Helena Gauthier | -11 | Gerianne Abriano | June 19, 2010 | Nashua, NH | five exchanges and phony |
Tournament, CSW | ||||||
Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
329 | Jean McArthur | 319 | Stuart Goldman | August 16, 2010 | Addison, TX | 2010 World Players Championship |
Club, OWL | ||||||
Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
This category excludes games where either player received a time penalty.
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Total | Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
-37 | -12 | Dan Horowitz | -25 | Carolann Atene | June 3, 2012 | Philadelphia, PA | |
-26 | -10 | Denise Mahnken | -16 | Marie Gier | May 29, 2010 | Phoenix, AZ | National SCRABBLE Championship |
-25 | -7 | Chris Lipe | -18 | Leesa Berahovich | August 8, 2011 | Dallas, TX | NSC (phony-x1-x1-p-p-p) |
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Total | Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
Club, OWL | |||||||
Total | Score | Name | Score | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
Tournament, OWL | ||||||
Average | Score | Turns | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
Tournament, CSW | ||||||
Average | Score | Turns | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
Club, OWL | ||||||
Average | Score | Turns | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
68.4 | 684 | 10 | Greg Edwards | December 13, 2011 | Minneapolis, MN | Club #42 |
Phonies are not permitted.
Tournament, OWL | |||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
311 | BRAZIERS | T.A. Sanders | January, 1997 | Tyler, TX | |
Tournament, CSW | |||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
392 | CAZIQUES | Karl Khoshaw | April, 1982 | Magri Damajo, Malta | OSW |
Club, OWL | |||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
365 | QUIXOTRY | Michael Cresta | October 12, 2006 | Lexington, MA | Club #108 |
332 | DEFUZING | Jeff Widergren | |||
329 | FREEZING | Carl Twickler | 2002 | Huntington, NY |
The theoretical maximum (using either OTCWL or SOWPODS) is 128 for MUZJIKS without blanks.
Tournament, OWL | |||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
126 | MuZJIKS | Jesse Inman | July, 2008 | Orlando, FL | NSC |
124 | BEZIQUE | Sam Kantimathi | September, 1993 | Portland, OR | |
Tournament, CSW | |||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
124 | BEZIQUE | Joan Rosenthal | 1997 | OSW? | |
124 | BEZIQUE | Sally Martin | |||
Club, OWL | |||||
Score | Word | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
114 | QWERTYS | Yvonne Lobo | February, 2010 | Mississauga, ON | Club #422 |
In NASPA play, twice the value of leftover tiles is added to the score of the closing player. In international play, the value of leftover tiles is subtracted from the player's score and added to the closing player's score.
Tournament, OWL | |||||||
Score | Word | Name | Leftovers | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
275 | JaNI(Z)ARY | Conrad Bassett-Bouchard | 8 (16) | Doug Brockmeier | October 27, 2013 | Arcata, CA | |
Tournament, CSW | |||||||
Score | Word | Name | Leftovers | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
Club, OWL | |||||||
Score | Word | Name | Leftovers | Name | Date | Location | Notes |
Records in this category have not been kept systematically, so there could be many higher scores.
Angeles CA
SCREAMED, CLOSURES (OSW?)
Scrabble FAQ: records: Steven Alexander: Scrabble Frequently Asked Questions
Total SCRABBLE: Keith W. Smith: The (Un)Official SCRABBLE® Record Book, Jan 2009
Scrabble records: Wikipedia article
Australian Records: Australian Scrabble Players Association (ASPA)
ABSP all-time records: Association of British Scrabble Players (ABSP)
Copyright © 2024 NASPA All rights reserved. SCRABBLE is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. in the USA and Canada, and of Mattel, Inc. elsewhere. NASPA and its activities are neither endorsed by nor affiliated with Hasbro or Mattel. For more information about NASPA or for comments or issues with this page, please email us.