Scrabble and the Mets

[Willets Point]

Playing Scrabble online I've come across several names of Mets players which are also valid Scrabble words:

AGEE
PIAZZA
WRIGHT
KNIGHT
JOHNSON
VALENTINE
STRAWBERRY
HUNT
GENTRY
VAIL
REED
COOK
SMITH
SHAW
MILLER


Can you think of any more?

Here's an online dictionary if you need to verify: http://www.scrabulous.com/twl_dictionary.php.

[Guest sharpie]

Jones

[Centerfield]

Darling
Bass
Green
Bell
Long

[Benjamin Grimm]

RING.

(I'm surprised by AGEE and JOHNSON.)

[Fman99]

I know they have not made the team yet, but potentially:

Wise
Register

[Frayed Knot]

CARTER
FISHER
HOOK
HUNTER
MARTIN
HICKS
MARSHALL
SHORT
SHERRY
BELL
CONE
RING
BROOKS
FOSTER
LYNCH
VIOLA
PARKER
LOOPER
MASON
WALKER
WHITE
GAFF
FOY
HALL
MINOR
ABBOTT
HARE
BROWN






Actually, the more I learn about legit Scrabble words the more I think that ALL 800+ names would be allowed.

[Willets Point]

Frayed Knot wrote: Actually, the more I learn about legit Scrabble words the more I think that ALL 800+ names would be allowed.

Nope. Seaver, Gooden, Dykstra, Wilson, and Hundley are not allowed for starters. Reyes, Beltran, Delgado, and Santana are also no-no's, although maybe they're permitted in the Spanish-language version of Scrabble.

[Guest Mendoza Line]

CRAM
SWAN
SCARCE
DYER
MARTIN
SINGLETON

I think GARRETT might be legal as a variant spelling of GARRET. Couldn't get Willets' link to work - it might be blocked from the office.

[Frayed Knot]

GARRETT and ABBOTT both have one too many T's for their own good.

[metsmarathon]

pagan, church

[Benjamin Grimm]

MIENTKIEWICZ?

No, I guess not, but it raises another question...

Valid Scrabble word or not, which Met would have the most points in his name?

[Guest AG/DC]

FOY
(FOYS)
a farewell feast or gift

[Willets Point]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Valid Scrabble word or not, which Met would have the most points in his name?

It's got to be MIENTKIEWICZ due to the M, K, W, C, & Z not to mention the length of the name.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

The sheer volume of things I learn on this forum just continue to amaze me!

[metsmarathon]

the top ten most scoringest met last names, per my tabulation...

M	i	e	n	t	k	i	e	w	i	c	z	3	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	4	1	3	10	32
C	a	n	n	i	z	z	a	r	o			3	1	1	1	1	10	10	1	1	1	-	-	30
M	a	z	z	i	l	l	i					3	1	10	10	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	28
F	i	t	z	m	a	u	r	i	c	e		4	1	1	10	3	1	1	1	1	3	1	-	27
G	o	n	z	a	l	e	z					2	1	1	10	1	1	1	10	-	-	-	-	27
G	o	n	z	a	l	e	z					2	1	1	10	1	1	1	10	-	-	-	-	27
G	o	n	z	a	l	e	z					2	1	1	10	1	1	1	10	-	-	-	-	27
K	l	i	m	c	h	o	c	k				5	1	1	3	3	4	1	3	5	-	-	-	26
M	a	c	k	e	n	z	i	e				3	1	3	5	1	1	10	1	1	-	-	-	26
P	i	a	z	z	a							3	1	1	10	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	26
S	c	h	a	t	z	e	d	e	r			1	3	4	1	1	10	1	2	1	1	-	-	25
F	i	t	z	g	e	r	a	l	d			4	1	1	10	2	1	1	1	1	2	-	-	24
G	o	z	z	o								2	1	10	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24
H	i	n	c	h	c	l	i	f	f	e		4	1	1	3	4	1	1	4	4	1	-	-	24

why, no, i don't have too much time on my hands that would allow me to figure out and implement how to do this in excel. not at all.

[Guest Mendoza Line]

No fair giving credit for those double-Z names - one of those Z's would have to be a blank.

The best non-Mientkiewicz name I could come up with sans Excel was Zachry, which scores 23.

Yeah, I've got plenty of time on my hands, too.

[metsmarathon]

well... they work in super scrabble...

[Guest cooby]

I think agee is a kind of woodwork or joint or something

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

If I'm not mistaken, I believe you are thinking of ogee. Ogee is an edge treatment used in comtertops and woodworking. It is also an archetectural detail for an arch with a reverse curve near the apex.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Don Aase is not only the first Met alphabetically, but he's probably worth the fewest points in Scrabble.

[Guest cooby]

="Rockin' Doc"]If I'm not mistaken, I believe you are thinking of ogee. Ogee is an edge treatment used in comtertops and woodworking. It is also an archetectural detail for an arch with a reverse curve near the apex.

Thank you! I googled and googled and couldn't find it...ogee is what I was thinking of

[metsmarathon]

Rockin' Doc wrote: Don Aase is not only the first Met alphabetically, but he's probably worth the fewest points in Scrabble.

jae seo, provided the 'weong' isn't part of his surname.

there are a number of 4-pointers.

A a s e
A l o u
A l o u
N e a l
O t i s
R o s e
R o s e
S e l e
S o s a
T a t e

[Frayed Knot]

SPRINGER (short-timers Steve & Dennis) is a legal word.



Somehow I think I should have come up with that one earlier

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Best old-school CPF Non-Baseball Thread ever:

http://p094.ezboard.com/Im-Stuck-The-Scrabble-Thread/fthecranepoolforumfrm34.showMessage?topicID=4.topic

[Guest AG/DC]

Cooby was right about Joe Schultz.

[Willets Point]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Best old-school CPF Non-Baseball Thread ever: http://p094.ezboard.com/Im-Stuck-The-Scrabble-Thread/fthecranepoolforumfrm34.showMessage?topicID=4.topic

I didn't remember you whoring your posts out for Mets ringtones' ads.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

AG/DC wrote: Cooby was right about Joe Schultz.

I didn't do that character nearly as well as a better forumite would have. I wanted him to have the timing of Gus Shiavani (?) and the humor of Purveyor of Pomposity IV.

[seawolf17]

For any of you on Facebook, there's a nice Scrabble game on there.

[Willets Point]

seawolf17 wrote: For any of you on Facebook, there's a nice Scrabble game on there.

That's really the only good reason to be on Facebook. And yes, I'm addicted to Scrabulous.