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If you play perfectly in a game of Scrabble, what is the highest-scoring word you can play?

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If you play perfectly in a game of Scrabble, what is the highest-scoring word you can play?

If you play perfectly in a game of Scrabble, what is the highest-scoring word you can play?
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