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Countries by Scrabble Score

What are the country names of the world that can yield the highest scores in scrabble?
Maximum length of country name is 7, as per scrabble rules
Quiz by nicdeane96
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Last updated: April 27, 2022
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First submittedMarch 8, 2020
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Average score42.1%
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23
Czechia
19
Zambia
18
Jamaica
17
Mexico
17
Brazil
Hint
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17
Belize
14
Bahamas
14
Denmark
14
Japan
14
Hungary
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14
Jordan
14
Qatar
14
Myanmar
14
Fiji
13
Turkey
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13
Cyprus
13
Kuwait
13
Kosovo
13
Iraq
25 Comments
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Level 72
Aug 11, 2021
Great quiz!
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Level 90
Aug 11, 2021
Denmark and Jamaica score high enough too i think...
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Level 84
Aug 11, 2021
I like it, a nice brainteaser, but there seem to be quite a few valid answers missing. Jamaica = 18, Myanmar = 14, Denmark = 14, Bahamas = 14, Bolivia = 12, Bahrain = 12.
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Level 84
Aug 11, 2021
In fact I believe there are twelve more countries that score 12 or more.
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Level 64
Aug 11, 2021
The instructions say the length limit is 7 letters, but you've actually limited them to 6.
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Level 79
Aug 11, 2021
Good call. I hadn't even noticed.
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Level 60
Apr 21, 2022
i did too! thanks for letting me know, fixed it now :)
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Level 62
Aug 11, 2021
Jamaica is 18
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Level 60
Apr 21, 2022
good pick up! got the max length wrong during set up, but added in all 7 letter countries with high scores :)
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Level 81
Aug 11, 2021
Czechia?
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Level 55
Apr 27, 2022
Technically a name for the Czech Republic, though most don't consider it when spelling out names used in in English
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Level 69
Mar 8, 2023
Yes, but the full and proper name is Czech Republic, meaning it shouldn't qualify for this quiz.
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Level 86
Apr 27, 2022
There's no rule that words can only be 7 letters in Scrabble. You can only play 7 letters at a time, but you can use existing letters to make words of up to 15 letters (the size of the board).
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Level 66
Apr 27, 2022
I'll say that 9-15 letter words are almost never played in Scrabble (although possible). In professional Scrabble, 8-letter words are very common as a bingo using all 7 tiles and an existing letter on the board. I can see not wanting to add 9-15 letter countries, but I don't know why 8-letter countries are not included.
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Level 74
Apr 14, 2025
that would be a very weird cut-off. I can see 7 (if you are hte first to make a word) and otherwise the cutoff should be the width of the board, so 15.

No one said anything about needing to use all your tiles> With normal words making a word longer than 8 tiles is very common. And even in the case of countries it would be possible for instance nether -> netherlands. Theoretically ofcourse, since proper nouns are not permitted.

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Level 54
Apr 27, 2022
I think there are still some missing, for example Myanmar, which is 14 points.

Hungary - 14 also is one

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Level 55
Apr 27, 2022
got 14 and i dont even know how scrabble works i just put random countries
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Level 71
May 3, 2022
I don't know how everyone forgot about Mozambique, assuming there are no multipliers of word or letter score, it would net 34 points.
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Level 69
Mar 8, 2023
This is more than 7 letters according to the instructions.
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Level 85
Jul 29, 2022
I do believe the max length should be 8 considering you add letters to words that are already on the board. Just a suggestion though.
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Level 74
Apr 14, 2025
why limit to 8 then, you can make a word already on the board longer, not just make a word that crosses it at 90 degree angle. Like nether-> Netherlands. And since we disregard the rules of not using proper nouns Kazakh-> Kazakhstan etc

It is fine as it is

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Level 69
Mar 8, 2023
The full name is not "Czechia", but rather "Czech Republic", meaning that it doesn't count. Please fix this. You should also consider making a caveat about Myanmar, since it can also go by the name of Burma, which doesn't make the list.
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Level 55
Oct 31, 2024
Great quiz idea, but I think a couple of countries might be missing: Germany and Morocco both seven letters and score 13 I believe.
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Level 37
Feb 21, 2025
what about Mozambique
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Level 74
Apr 14, 2025
Nominated but could you please add which letters are how many points. This differs a lot per language (letters very common in my language might be very uncommon in English and vice versa)

I would also suggest instead of having the score as the hint to show the number of letters in the word. Because noone can work back from the score to arrive at a country, so it isn't of much help.