Expert Scrabble players' 10 "secret weapon" words
CBC Radio | Posted: August 8, 2014 4:00 AM | Last Updated: August 8, 2014
Scrabble enthusiasts may now play more than 25 words and spellings of Canadian and native language origin, including "quinzhee" for up to 401 points, thanks to an update of The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. Expert Scrabble players Shan Abbasi, Ross Brown, John Chew, Robin Pollock Daniel and Jackson Smylie share the high-scoring, strategic words they think all Scrabble players should know. 10 winning "secret weapon" Scrabble words
Here are 10 words (and a few bonus anagrams) that are sure to stump, and impress, any Scrabble opponent.
- A less common word for nitrogenize -- to combine or treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound (Collins)
- Played by Robin Pollock Daniel in a game for 221 points
Chewink
- Another word for towhee -- a common finch of eastern North America with the male having reddish sides, white underparts, and black upperparts, head, and neck (Merriam-Webster)
- Played by John Chew in a game for 88 points
- Adjective from junky -- something of poor quality; something of little meaning, worth, or significance (Merriam-Webster)
- Played by John Chew in a game for 266 points
- A man whose chief interest is seducing women (Merriam-Webster)
- Played by Ross Brown in a game for 212 points
Retains and its anagrams, including: airest , striae, terais, and satire
- Continue to have (something); keep possession of (Oxford)
- Sleazy, sordid, or despicable (Oxford)
- Played in a game by Jackson Smylie for 284 points
- Alternative spelling of strongyle, any parasitic nematode worm of the family Strongylidae, chiefly occurring in the intestines of horses (Collins)
- Adjective from woozy -- unsteady, dizzy, or dazed (Oxford)
- Played by Shan Abbasi in an online game for 311 points