Highest-scoring words in Scrabble

WANT to stick it to your Scrabble opponent? Then hope you spy MUZJIKS on your tile holder. Not including the 50-point bingo for using all seven letters, bonuses for any double- or triple-letter/word scores and any points doled out by connected words, the 29 natural points you can net for MUZJIKS makes it a true Scrabble heavyweight - the highest scoring seven-letter shot out there. Use it on your first turn and youll land a jaw-dropping 128 points, another high. Hasbros long-running word game is more popular than ever these days, though it seems most folks are playing a copycat instead of the real deal. But whether youre sinking time into the iPhone smash Words With Friends knowing the biggest scorers will certainly help, rare though they might be. YG

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