[ExI] dictionary scrabble

[spike]

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Subject: [ExI] dictionary scrabble

 

>.  Each score is multiplied by the number of times that word appears in the
unabridged dictionary.  Although that uses all the same rules as regular
scrabble, it is a completely new game.  spike

 

 

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.  But mind-wasting can be fun.

 

I looked online for an unabridged dictionary but didn't find anything that
was suitable in a form that was downloadable in text format, so I went for
the next best thing some huge wad of text which is downloadable.  Turns out
it is the King James bible.  So I wrote a script which went thru and counted
the number of times each word appears in the KJV, then used that as a
multiplier, wrote another script which calculates the value of each word in
the Scrabble universe (ignoring letter multipliers), and I now have the
answer.  The highest scoring word in Bible Scrabble is. the.  The wins by a
huge margin, with that four point h, total of 6, multiplied by 28364
occurrences in the KJV for a value of 169614 points.  The next highest
scorer is and, followed by of, followed by that and which.  (Diagram that
sentence.)

 

Here are my results from Bible Scrabble:

 


THE

169614


AND

113456


OF

106285


THAT

84308


WHICH

70912


THEY

66380


WITH

59730


THEM

54657


SHALL

54368


FOR

52104


HIM

47200


HE

45110


HIS

42762


LORD

36825


HAVE

36080


UNTO

33304


FROM

33111


WHEN

32370


THY

32229


THOU

31941


THEIR

27824


BE

26272


WAS

26214


CHILDREN

24178


MY

24087


TO

23366


WILL

23149


PEOPLE

22710


IN

22570


BUT

22435


THEE

22134


THEREFORE

22020


HATH

21540


BEFORE

21483


GOD

21465


THIS

20559


WERE

20314


THERE

19968


SAID

19905


NOT

19737


KING

19116


BY

18438


THEN

18242


CAME

17680


JERUSALEM

17208


UPON

16968


ALL

16818


COME

16624


BEHOLD

16572


HAD

15757


YE

15290


ISRAEL

15054


SAYING

14880


HOUSE

14720


THINGS

14380


BECAUSE

14366


EVERY

13794


MAN

13735


ME

13640


AGAINST

13264


IS

12884


YOU

12870


BROUGHT

12662


ACCORDING

12510


DAY

12313


JUDAH

12096


MADE

11536


JESUS

11436


HAND

11352


FATHER

11328


MAKE

11220


THESE

11136


FORTH

10879


IT

10862


WENT

10682


THEREOF

10647


SHALT

10632


AWAY

10490


WHO

10476


WHAT

10460


EVEN

10409


AFTER

10368


UP

10204


NOW

10152


SAITH

9912


WHOM

9804


YOUR

9772


NEITHER

9770


DOWN

9656


MEN

9300


HER

9282


HIMSELF

9060


COMMANDED

8942


ARE

8856


DAVID

8810


THEMSELVES

8766


SHOULD

8730


KNOW

8723


EARTH

8704


INTO

8660


MAY

8640


CITY

8577


OUT

8502


BRETHREN

8333


IF

8280


WHEREFORE

8244


LAND

8205


ALSO

8168


GIVE

7936


WE

7875


OFFERING

7845


AMONG

7816


HEAVEN

7728


THINE

7720


HUNDRED

7680


TAKE

7672


FATHERS

7592


A

7582


GREAT

7530


THROUGH

7462


HEART

7400


DAYS

7384


TOGETHER

7320


AS

7206


PLACE

7182


HAST

7168


TOOK

7152


OVER

7140


SPAKE

6831


HOLY

6710


I

6664


EGYPT

6644


WICKED

6608


ANSWERED

6600


HEARD

6543


CALLED

6534


SAY

6420


MIGHT

6358


MANY

6291


WAY

6291


HIGH

6281


BRING

6224


WITHOUT

6175


THOUSAND

6012


ONE

5970


SON

5940


SPEAK

5940


WORD

5896


LIKE

5872


ANY

5862


CHRIST

5753


WORDS

5751


MOSES

5628


NAME

5604


SHE

5538


THUS

5495


SERVANTS

5478


THING

5427


DID

5420


HOW

5409


GIVEN

5319


VOICE

5240


WHERE

5170


PASS

5166


GOOD

5154


ABOUT

5012


ANOTHER

4960


TWO

4914


SERVANT

4900


HANDS

4896


PUT

4890


THOSE

4872


YET

4758


OFF

4752


TIME

4722


WORK

4653


AGAIN

4644


GO

4632


MOUTH

4630


MORE

4620


EVIL

4599


WOULD

4599


FLESH

4455


GAVE

4432


DO

4431


SO

4420


MUCH

4378


OTHER

4352


FOUND

4338


GLORY

4320


FIRE

4319


SONS

4244


KEEP

4240


PEACE

4230


LET

4224


OWN

4200


WIFE

4140


HEAR

4130


DEATH

4104


PRIESTS

4068


PRIEST

4024


THREE

4024


WOMAN

4010


SPIRIT

4008


SWORD

3987


BOTH

3978


YEARS

3960


THAN

3955


FACE

3897


FIRST

3864


LIFE

3850


EVER

3836


MINE

3798


SAW

3786


EYES

3766


AN

3762


ON

3748


FEAR

3696


BEING

3696


CITIES

3600


LAW

3594


TAKEN

3591


AT

3520


SEVEN

3520


AM

3512


OUR

3489


WATER

3408


SENT

3324


BLOOD

3320


CAST

3306


DONE

3295


NO

3218


LEFT

2961


GOLD

2778


US

2716


SET

2505


BEEN

2460


UNDER

2412


DEAD

2394


NOR

2142


OR

2024


SOUL

1984


SEE

1944


EAT

1899


ART

1659


NONE

1596


OLD

1592


SIN

1323


SEA

1272


O

1189

 

 

 

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