National School Scrabble Championship who had earlier that year scored a record 749 points in one game, came second two consecutive years. National School Scrabble Championship The National School Scrabble Championship, now called the North American School SCRABBLE® Championship, is a Scrabble tournament for 3rd-8th graders held annually in North America since 2003. In 2018, 3rd graders were allowed to compete for the first time; prior to 2012, 5th graders were the youngest grade allowed to compete. The School Scrabble Championship uses the SSWL dictionary, which has offensive words such as "lez" or "jew" omitted. The competition is tournament Scrabble play, in which teams
Scrabble letter distributions a "Y" it is worth 10 points, if a blank is used as a "Z" it is worth 15 points, and if a blank is used as a "K" it is worth 20 points. Each of those letters are so high in points, because they are used only in borrowed words. The score of 20 for a "K" is the highest known point value for any letter in any Scrabble score distribution worldwide. "Y" is absent in all sets except the paleographic extension of the first set because it is rare in Latin. "K" and "Z" are also absent in