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Captains Lefty and Always Rightplay SCRABBLE

on the QWERTY Island Keys

Then they use calculators to see who wins!

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Select SCRABBLE pieces tomatch the QWERTY Island Keys

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How many points is the QWERTY row worth?

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Add up the QWERTY row points Q W E R T Y U I O P

10 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3

27 POINTS!

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How many points is theHome row worth?

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Add up the Home Row points

A S D F G H J K L ;

1 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 5 + 8 + 5 + 1 + 0

28 POINTS!

That’s more than the QWERTY row!

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How many points is theZ row worth?

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Add up the Z row points Z X C V B N M , . /

10 + 8 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 0 + 0

32 POINTS!

The Z row wins, even with all those punctuation keys!

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Compare the left hand totalsagainst the right hand totals

LEFT HAND LETTERS RIGHT HAND LETTERS

Q W E R T 10+4+1+1+1 A S D F G 1+1+2+4+2 Z X C V B 10+8+3+4+3

Total 55

Y U I O P 4+1+1+1+3 H J K L ; 4+8+5+1 N M , . / 1+3

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So, does Captain Lefty win the SCRABBLE game or does Always Right always win?

• Most often LEFTY, since Q and Z get 10 points each.

• LEFTY gets X and Always Right gets J but since both are worth 8 points they cancel out the advantage.

• Captain Always Right gets all of the punctuation keys but the punctuation keys don’t earn points in SCRABBLE.

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How many Scrabble points is your name worth?

C A P L E F T Y 3+1+3+1+1+4+1+4 = 18

C A P A L W A Y S R I G H T 3+1+3+1+1+4+1+4+1+1+1+2+4+1

= 28

Q W E R T Y I S L A N D K E Y S

10+4+1+1+1+4+1+1+1+1+2+5+1+4+1 = 38