Talk:Bingo (Scrabble)

A fact from Bingo (Scrabble) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 July 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the highest scoring word in Scrabble is OXYPHENBUTAZONE, which uses a bingo, and can theoretically score 1778 in one go?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/July.

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++Lar: t/c 15:22, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

definition

Can we get a definition of OXYPHENBUTAZONE? And possibly a reference to it being the highest-scoring (not that I doubt it, but...)? Rigadoun 16:54, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How unlikely is it that 8 letters are placed in the correct positions? Just a little! violet/riga (t) 10:05, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There's a wikipedia article on oxyphenbutazone. I'd love to know what DESHYPOTHEQUIEZ is though. --Bobyllib (talk) 02:18, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As outlined, these are sowpods records. I'm happy for people to add TWL records in fact it's a great idea. I don't have a copy of the modern version of TWL so I don't know what the records are. But for heaven's sake let's not mix the two. I should be able to find a reference to OXYPHENBUTAZONE being the highest scoring word quite easily. I actually gave the score of the of the word on it's own, not the score of the word and sub-words but that's a great idea too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TRST (talk • contribs) 22:38, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

i did not make the previous comment. am i reading this wrong?? Trst (talk) 01:54, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The lowest possible score for a bingo is 56 since any 7 letter bingo must connect to another word. Mglovesfun 12:48, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, he's right. Art LaPella 19:28, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DESHYPOTHEQUIEZ is a hoax. Trst (talk) 22:38, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DESHYPOTHEQUIEZ is not a hoax, but it is a French word, not found in an English dictionary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.189.29.53 (talk) 13:15, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but I've looked at one of those sample Scrabulous boards from Facebook and there is no way this can be legit. It even notes that it's being played under the FR dictionary (whatever that means - French of some form, presumably, judging by the fact that one of the words it completes is DESUBJECTIVISEZ). We should probably note that OXYPHENBUTAZONE remains the highest under TWL/SOWPODS. Kinitawowi (talk) 17:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How did this article never exist before?

That... that's it. That's my comment. I can't believe there was never an article on bingoing. -- Kicking222 01:26, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have you ever heard the term "a walk off bingo" before? I used it, when my brother in-law won a scrabble game playing a bingo on his last turn. Rickudana 05:08, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Other names

As the article says, another term for this is "bonus", but has anyone ever heard it called "a scrabble"? (I have never called it that but I have heard other people say they think they have heard it, haha) Adam Bishop 01:59, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's un scrabble in French but no I've never heard it called that. In my opinion the noun a scrabble is nowhere near widely enough used to merit inclusion here. Mglovesfun 04:20, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reference?

What exactly is the reference for saying that "most of the English-speaking world" refers to the 7-tile bonus as a "bingo"? I have never once in my life heard this definition of "bingo". The only reference cited on the article simply states that the bonus is nicknamed a bingo. It says nothing about the popularity of the term. 74.70.185.44 19:38, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

North America refers to it as a "bingo" -- I'd suggest checking out Stefan Fatsis' book "Word Freak" as well. Andy Saunders 00:33, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]