When you have too many vowels in your rack, it becomes too difficult for you to make a 'Bingo'...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Too many vowels...
When you have too many vowels in your rack, it becomes too difficult for you to make a 'Bingo'...
J, Q ,X, Z...
J, Q, X and Z are the most scoring tiles...Knowing how to make maximum use of them will definitely help you win by a great margin...
J
JO
HAJ JAB JAG JAM JAR JAW JAY JEE JET JEU JEW JIB JIG JIN JOB JOE JOG JOT JOW JOY JUG JUN JUS JUT RAJ TAJ
AJAR AJEE DJIN DOJO FUJI HADJ HAJI HAJJ JABS JACK JADE JAGG JAGS JAIL JAKE JAMB JAMS JANE JAPE JARL JARS JATO JAUK JAUP JAVA JAWS JAYS JAZZ JEAN JEED JEEP JEER JEES JEEZ JEFE JEHU JELL JEON JERK JESS JEST JETE JETS JEUX JEWS JIAO JIBB JIBE JIBS JIFF JIGS JILL JILT JIMP JINK JINN JINS JINX JISM JIVE JOBS JOCK JOES JOEY JOGS JOHN JOIN JOKE JOKY JOLE JOLT JOSH JOSS JOTA JOTS JOUK JOWL JOWS JOYS JUBA JUBE JUDO JUGA JUGS JUJU JUKE JUMP JUNK JUPE JURA JURY JUST JUTE JUTS MOJO PUJA RAJA SOJA
AJIVA AJUGA BANJO BIJOU CAJON DJINN DJINS DOJOS EJECT ENJOY FJELD FJORD FUJIS GANJA HADJI HAJES HAJIS HAJJI JABOT JACAL JACKS JACKY JADED JADES JAGER JAGGS JAGGY JAGRA JAILS JAKES JALAP JALOP JAMBE JAMBS JAMMY JANES JANTY JAPAN JAPED JAPER JAPES JARLS JATOS JAUKS JAUNT JAUPS JAVAS JAWAN JAWED JAZZY JEANS JEBEL JEEPS JEERS JEFES JEHAD JEHUS JELLS JELLY JEMMY JENNY JERID JERKS JERKY JERRY JESSE JESTS JETES JETON JETTY JEWED JEWEL JIBBS JIBED JIBER JIBES JIFFS JIFFY JIHAD JILLS JILTS JIMMY JIMPY JINGO JINKS JINNI JINNS JISMS JIVED JIVER JIVES JIVEY JNANA JOCKO JOCKS JOEYS JOHNS JOINS JOINT JOIST JOKED JOKER JOKES JOKEY JOLES JOLLY JOLTS JOLTY JONES JORAM JORUM JOTAS JOTTY JOUAL JOUKS JOULE JOUST JOWAR JOWED JOWLS JOWLY JOYED JUBAS JUBES JUDAS JUDGE JUDOS JUGAL JUGUM JUICE JUICY JUJUS JUKED JUKES JULEP JUMBO JUMPS JUMPY JUNCO JUNKS JUNKY JUNTA JUNTO JUPES JUPON JURAL JURAT JUREL JUROR JUSTS JUTES JUTTY KANJI KOPJE MAJOR MOJOS MUJIK NINJA OBJET PUJAH PUJAS RAJAH RAJAS RAJES RIOJA SAJOU SHOJI SLOJD SOJAS TAJES THUJA
Q
QAT QUA SUQ
AQUA QAID QATS QOPH QUAD QUAG QUAI QUAY QUEY QUID QUIN QUIP QUIT QUIZ QUOD SUQS
AQUAE AQUAS EQUAL EQUID EQUIP FAQIR FIQUE MAQUI PIQUE QAIDS QANAT QOPHS QUACK QUADS QUAFF QUAGS QUAIL QUAIS QUAKE QUAKY QUALE QUALM QUANT QUARE QUARK QUART QUASH QUASI QUASS QUATE QUAYS QUEAN QUEEN QUEER QUELL QUERN QUERY QUEST QUEUE QUEYS QUICK QUIDS QUIET QUIFF QUILL QUILT QUINS QUINT QUIPS QUIPU QUIRE QUIRK QUIRT QUITE QUITS QUODS QUOIN QUOIT QUOTA QUOTE QUOTH QURSH ROQUE SQUAB SQUAD SQUAT SQUAW SQUEG SQUIB SQUID TOQUE TRANQ TUQUE UMIAQ USQUE
X
AX EX OX XI XU
AXE BOX COX DEX FAX FIX FOX GOX HEX KEX LAX LEX LOX LUX MAX MIX NIX OXO OXY PAX PIX POX PYX RAX REX SAX SEX SIX SOX TAX TUX VEX VOX WAX XIS ZAX
APEX AXAL AXED AXEL AXES AXIL AXIS AXLE AXON BOXY CALX COAX COXA CRUX DEXY DOUX DOXY EAUX EXAM EXEC EXES EXIT EXON EXPO FALX FAUX FIXT FLAX FLEX FLUX FOXY HOAX IBEX ILEX IXIA JEUX JINX LUXE LYNX MAXI MINX MIXT MOXA NEXT NIXE NIXY ONYX ORYX OXEN OXES OXID OXIM PIXY PREX ROUX SEXT SEXY TAXA TAXI TEXT VEXT WAXY XYST
ADDAX ADMIX AFFIX ANNEX ATAXY AUXIN AXELS AXIAL AXILE AXILS AXING AXIOM AXION AXITE AXLED AXLES AXMAN AXMEN AXONE AXONS BEAUX BEMIX BORAX BOXED BOXER BOXES BRAXY BUXOM CALIX CALYX CAREX CIMEX CODEX COMIX COXAE COXAL COXED COXES CULEX CYLIX DEOXY DESEX DETOX DEWAX DEXES DEXIE DIXIT DOXIE EPOXY EXACT EXALT EXAMS EXCEL EXECS EXERT EXILE EXINE EXIST EXITS EXONS EXPAT EXPEL EXPOS EXTOL EXTRA EXUDE EXULT EXURB FAXED FAXES FIXED FIXER FIXES FIXIT FLAXY FOXED FOXES GALAX GOXES HAPAX HELIX HEXAD HEXED HEXER HEXES HEXYL HYRAX IMMIX INDEX INFIX IXIAS IXORA IXTLE KEXES KYLIX LATEX LAXER LAXLY LEXES LEXIS LOXED LOXES LUXES MAXES MAXIM MAXIS MIREX MIXED MIXER MIXES MIXUP MOXAS MOXIE MUREX NEXUS NIXED NIXES NIXIE OXBOW OXEYE OXIDE OXIDS OXIME OXIMS OXLIP OXTER PAXES PHLOX PIXEL PIXES PIXIE POXED POXES PREXY PROXY PYXES PYXIE PYXIS RADIX RAXED RAXES REDOX REDUX REFIX RELAX REMEX REMIX RETAX REWAX REXES SAXES SEXED SEXES SEXTO SEXTS SILEX SIXES SIXMO SIXTE SIXTH SIXTY TAXED TAXER TAXES TAXIS TAXON TAXUS TELEX TEXAS TEXTS TOXIC TOXIN TUXES TWIXT UNBOX UNFIX UNMIX UNSEX VARIX VEXED VEXER VEXES VEXIL VIXEN WAXED WAXEN WAXER WAXES XEBEC XENIA XENIC XENON XERIC XEROX XERUS XYLAN XYLEM XYLOL XYLYL XYSTI XYSTS ZAXES
Z
ADZ AZO BIZ COZ FEZ FIZ LEZ WIZ ZAG ZAP ZAX ZED ZEE ZEK ZIG ZIN ZIP ZIT ZOA ZOO
ADZE AZAN AZON BIZE BOZO BUZZ CHEZ COZY CZAR DAZE DITZ DOZE DOZY FAZE FIZZ FOZY FRIZ FUTZ FUZE FUZZ GAZE GEEZ HAZE HAZY IZAR JAZZ JEEZ LAZE LAZY LUTZ MAZE MAZY MEZE MOZO NAZI OOZE OOZY ORZO OUZO OYEZ PHIZ PREZ PUTZ QUIZ RAZE RAZZ RITZ SIZE SIZY SPAZ TZAR WHIZ ZAGS ZANY ZAPS ZARF ZEAL ZEBU ZEDS ZEES ZEIN ZEKS ZERK ZERO ZEST ZETA ZIGS ZILL ZINC ZING ZINS ZIPS ZITI ZITS ZOEA ZOIC ZONE ZONK ZOOM ZOON ZOOS ZORI ZYME
ABUZZ ADOZE ADZES AGAZE AMAZE AZANS AZIDE AZIDO AZINE AZLON AZOIC AZOLE AZONS AZOTE AZOTH AZURE BAIZA BAIZE BAZAR BAZOO BEZEL BEZIL BIZES BLAZE BLITZ BONZE BOOZE BOOZY BORTZ BOZOS BRAZA BRAZE CLOZE COLZA COZEN COZES COZEY COZIE CRAZE CRAZY CROZE CZARS DAZED DAZES DIAZO DITZY DIZEN DIZZY DOOZY DOZED DOZEN DOZER DOZES ENZYM FAZED FAZES FEAZE FEEZE FEZES FIZZY FRITZ FRIZZ FROZE FURZE FURZY FUZED FUZEE FUZES FUZIL FUZZY GAUZE GAUZY GAZAR GAZED GAZER GAZES GHAZI GIZMO GLAZE GLAZY GLITZ GLOZE GONZO GRAZE GROSZ HAFIZ HAMZA HAZAN HAZED HAZEL HAZER HAZES HEEZE HERTZ HUZZA IZARS JAZZY KAZOO KLUTZ KUDZU LAZAR LAZED LAZES LEZES LEZZY MAIZE MATZA MATZO MAZED MAZER MAZES MEZES MEZZO MIRZA MIZEN MOZOS MUZZY NAZIS NERTZ NIZAM NUDZH OOZED OOZES ORZOS OUZEL OUZOS OZONE PIZZA PLAZA PLOTZ PRIZE RAZED RAZEE RAZER RAZES RAZOR RITZY SEIZE SIZAR SIZED SIZER SIZES SMAZE SOYUZ SOZIN SPITZ TAZZA TAZZE TIZZY TOPAZ TROOZ TZARS UNZIP VIZIR VIZOR WALTZ WHIZZ WINZE WIZEN WIZES WOOZY ZAIRE ZAMIA ZANZA ZAPPY ZARFS ZAXES ZAYIN ZAZEN ZEALS ZEBEC ZEBRA ZEBUS ZEINS ZERKS ZEROS ZESTS ZESTY ZETAS ZIBET ZILCH ZILLS ZINCS ZINCY ZINEB ZINGS ZINGY ZINKY ZIPPY ZIRAM ZITIS ZIZIT ZLOTE ZLOTY ZOEAE ZOEAL ZOEAS ZOMBI ZONAL ZONED ZONER ZONES ZONKS ZOOID ZOOKS ZOOMS ZOONS ZOOTY ZORIL ZORIS ZOWIE ZYMES
If you're able to memorize even 15 percent of these words, it'll take you a long way in winning hand on against your opponents...Enjoy Scrabbling!
Unraveling Q...
One of the first strategy tips that any championship Scrabble player will tell you is to learn your "Q without U" words. The letter "Q" in Scrabble is the highest-scoring letter, along with "Z", scoring 10 points straight-up. Unfortunately, the vast majority of words that contain the letter "Q" also require the letter "U". To make things tricky, there are only 4 "U" tiles in the Scrabble letter bag, so one often ends up with the "Q" long after all the "U" tiles have been used. It's also important, say most Scrabble strategists, to release your high-scoring letters as soon as possible without wasting them. Holding a "Q" in your rack makes it highly unlikely that you will catch a "Bingo" (a score using your entire rack).
So what does one do when one draws the "Q" and there is no "U" to be had? A smart player will play one of the "Q without U" words. With one notable exception, all of these words are based in languages from the Middle East and the Asian Subcontinent. That's because in Germanic and Latin languages (English is a little bit of both), "Q" is always followed by "U". Only words that we've borrowed from Semitic and Indo-Iranian languages have free-floating "Q"s. This should be no surprise, think about the Arabic place-names we see in the news so often (Iraq, Qatar, Tiqrit, and so on). With a couple of notable examples of modern English slang, all of the other words on this list are originally from that region. Memorize them and use them well!
Other Useful Q Words
There are also a few Q-U words that do not require a U directly behind the Q. You might think to yourself that these really don't help you, because you still need a "U" in the word. But consider that this gives you the opportunity to play off of a "U" that is already on the board, in situations where the Q-U wouldn't necessarily work.
BUQSHA
BUQSHAS
QIVIUT
QIVIUTS
SHEQELUM
SUQ
SUQS
UMIAQ
UMIAQS
Umiaq is especially useful in this way, but those with the "U" as the second-to-first or second-to-last letter also prove useful, because it is often easier to fit an "S" or "T" or even a "B" into a tight spot than it is a "U".
The Complete List of Q-WordsHere is a complete list of Q-words in Scrabble. It's hard to add an entirely comprehensive list, since different players use different SCRABBLE dictionaries. This should be a pretty good start, if you are looking to memorize the Q words allowed in Classic Scrabble. Starting with AACEQUIA ACQUEST ACQUIRE ACQUIT ACQUITS ALFAQUI ALIQUOT ANTIQUE AQUA AQUAE AQUARIA AQUAS AQUATIC AQUAVIT AQUEOUS AQUIFER AQUIVER ASQUINT Starting with BBANQUET BAROQUE BARQUE BARQUES BASQUE BASQUES BEQUEST BISQUE BISQUES BOSQUE BOSQUES BOSQUET BOUQUET BRIQUET BRUSQUE BUQSHA BUQSHAS Starting with CCACIQUE CAIQUE CAIQUES CALQUED CALQUE CALQUES CASQUED CASQUE CASQUES CHARQUI CHEQUER CHEQUE CHEQUES CINQUE CINQUES CIRQUE CIRQUES CLAQUER CLAQUE CLAQUES CLIQUED CLIQUE CLIQUES CLIQUEY CLIQUY CLOQUE CLOQUES COEQUAL CONQUER COQUET COQUETS COQUINA COQUITO CROQUET CROQUIS CUMQUAT Starting with DDIQUAT DIQUATS Starting with EENQUIRE ENQUIRY EQUABLE EQUABLY EQUAL EQUALED EQUALLY EQUALS EQUATE EQUATED EQUATES EQUATOR EQUERRY EQUID EQUIDS EQUINE EQUINES EQUINOX EQUIP EQUIPS EQUITES EQUITY ESQUIRE EXEQUY Starting with FFAQIR FAQIRS FAQUIR FIQUE FIQUES FAQUIRS Starting with IINQUEST INQUIET INQUIRE INQUIRY Starting with JJONQUIL Starting with KKUMQUAT Starting With LLACQUER LACQUEY LIQUATE LIQUEFY LIQUEUR LIQUID LIQUIDS LIQUIFY LIQUOR LIQUORS LOQUAT LOQUATS Starting with MMAQUI MACAQUE MANQUE MAQUIS MARQUE MARQUEE MARQUES MARQUIS MASQUE MASQUER MASQUES MESQUIT MOSQUE MOSQUES Starting with OOBLIQUE OBLOQUY OBSEQUY OPAQUED OPAQUER OPAQUE OPAQUES OQUASSA Starting with PPARQUET PASQUIL PERIQUE PICQUET PIQUANT PIQUE PIQUED PIQUES PIQUET PIQUETS PIQUING PIROQUE PLAQUE PLAQUES PREQUEL PULQUE PULQUES Scrabble Words Starting With a QThere are so many Q-words in Scrabble which start with a Q, I decided to break them up into the letters which immediately follow the Q. This should make it easier for the interested Scrabble player to study these lists of Scrabble words starting with a Q. Starting with QAQAID QAIDS QANAT QANATS QAT QATS Starting With QIQINDARS QINDAR QINTAR QINTARS QIVIUT QIVIUTS QUACKED Starting with QUAQUA QUACK QUACKS QUAD QUADDED QUADRAT QUADRIC QUADS QUAERE QUAERES QUAFF QUAFFED QUAFFER QUAFFS QUAG QUAGGA QUAGGAS QUAGGY QUAGS QUAHAUG QUAHOG QUAHOGS QUAICH QUAICHS QUAIGH QUAIGHS QUAILED QUAIL QUAILS QUAINT QUAI QUAIS QUAKE QUAKED QUAKER QUAKERS QUAKES QUAKIER QUAKILY QUAKING QUAKY QUALE QUALIA QUALIFY QUALITY QUALMS QUALM QUALMY QUAMASH QUANGO QUANGOS QUANT QUANTA QUANTAL QUANTED QUANTIC QUANTS QUANTUM QUARK QUARKS QUARREL QUARRY QUARE QUART QUARTAN QUARTE QUARTER QUARTES QUARTET QUARTIC QUARTO QUARTOS QUARTS QUASAR QUASARS QUASH QUASHED QUASHER QUASHES QUASI QUASS QUASSES QUASSIA QUASSIN QUATE QUATRE QUATRES QUAVER QUAVERS QUAVERY QUAY QUAYAGE QUAYS Starting with QUEQUEAN QUEANS QUEASY QUEEN QUEENED QUEENLY QUEENS QUEER QUEERED QUEERER QUEERLY QUEERS QUELL QUELLED QUELLER QUELLS QUENCH QUERIDA QUERIED QUERIER QUERIES QUERIST QUERN QUERNS QUERY QUEST QUESTED QUESTER QUESTOR QUESTS QUEUE QUEUED QUEUER QUEUERS QUEUES QUEUING QUEY QUEYS Starting with QUIQUIBBLE QUICHE QUICHES QUICK QUICKEN QUICKER QUICKIE QUICKLY QUICKS QUID QUIDS QUIET QUIETED QUIETEN QUIETER QUIETLY QUIETS QUIETUS QUIFF QUIFFS QUILL QUILLAI QUILLED QUILLET QUILLS QUILT QUILTED QUILTER QUILTS QUIN QUINARY QUINATE QUINCE QUINCES QUINELA QUINIC QUININ QUININA QUININE QUININS QUINNAT QUINOA QUINOAS QUINOID QUINOL QUINOLS QUINONE QUINS QUINSY QUIP QUIPS QUIPU QUINT QUINTA QUINTAL QUINTAN QUINTAR QUINTAS QUINTE QUINTES QUINTET QUINTIC QUINTIN QUINTS QUIPPED QUIPPER QUIPPU QUIPPUS QUIPUS QUIRE QUIRED QUIRES QUIRING QUIRK QUIRKED QUIRKS QUIRKY QUIRT QUIRTED QUIRTS QUIT QUITCH QUITE QUITS QUITTED QUITTER QUITTOR QUIVER QUIVERS QUIVERY QUIXOTE Starting with QUOQUOD QUODS QUOHOG QUOHOGS QUOIN QUOINED QUOINS QUOIT QUOITED QUOITS QUOKKA QUOKKAS QUOMODO QUONDAM QOPH QOPHS QUORUM QUORUMS QUOTA QUOTAS QUOTE QUOTED QUOTER QUOTERS QUOTES QUOTH QUOTHA QUOTING Assorted Other Q WordsQURSH QURSHES QWERTYS QURUSH QWERTY Starting With RRACQUET REEQUIP RELIQUE REQUEST REQUIEM REQUIN REQUINS REQUIRE REQUITE RISQUE ROQUE ROQUES ROQUET ROQUETS RORQUAL Starting with SSACQUE SACQUES SEQUEL SEQUELA SEQUELS SEQUENT SEQUIN SEQUINS SEQUOIA SHEQEL SILIQUA SILIQUE SQUAB SQUABS SQUABBY SQUAD SQUADS SQUALID SQUALL SQUALLS SQUALLY SQUALOR SQUAMA SQUAMAE SQUARE SQUARED SQUARER SQUARES SQUASH SQUASHY SQUAT SQUATS SQUATLY SQUATTY SQUAW SQUAWK SQUAWKS SQUAWS SQUEAK SQUEAKS SQUEAKY SQUEAL SQUEALS SQUEG SQUEGS SQUELCH SQUIB SQUIBS SQUID SQUIDS SQUIFFY SQUILL SQUILLA SQUILLS SQUINCH SQUINNY SQUINT SQUINTS SQUINTY SQUIRE SQUIRED SQUIRES SQUIRM SQUIRMS SQUIRMY SQUIRT SQUIRTS SQUISH SQUISHY SQUOOSH SQUUSH SUQ SUQS Starting with TTEQUILA TOQUE TOQUES TOQUET TOQUETS TORQUE TORQUED TORQUER TORQUES TRANQ TRANQS TUQUE TUQUES Starting With UUBIQUE UMIAQS UNEQUAL UNIQUE UNIQUER UNIQUES UNQUIET UNQUOTE UMIAQ USQUE USQUES Starting with VVAQUERO YANQUI YANQUIS |