Here are 10 opening Scrabble racks.

What is the best score you can make for each opening move ?

Remember where the double letter square is on your opening move, and don’t forget to add 50 for any bonus words. There are three!

All words are in fairly everyday English - the lowest scoring move is 26 the highest is 102!

This is the last quiz using CSW2021. From January 2025 all quizzes will be based on CSW2024. Some of the answers to historic quizzes may have slightly different answers after January 2025.

DEOSVXU                                        

EEPRTTX                                         

BELNVYX                                        

DEELUXZ                                        

ABCDEFX                                       

AEGRUXY                                      

EORSTVX                                       

AKLNOSX                                       

ACKOTUX                                      

DIFLOSX                                        

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DEOSVXU                                        EXODUS 44

EEPRTTX                                         PRETEXT 98

BELNVYX                                        LYNX 28

DEELUXZ                                        DELUXE 44

ABCDEFX                                       FAXED 40

AEGRUXY                                       XRAY 28

EORSTVX                                       VORTEX 48

AKLNOSX                                       KLAXONS 96

ACKOTUX                                       COAX 26

DIFLOSX                                        SIXFOLD 102