HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS
POTPOURRI
DESIGNERS
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
A BIRD IN THE HAND
400
AKA a pancake or hotcake
(26 points)
flapjack
400
Fuego, Nitro & Blue Heat are flavors of these rolled corn tortilla chips
Takis
400
We know that the devil wears this designer, but did you know she has a doctorate in political science & studied mime?
Prada
400
A publisher bet him that he couldn't write a book using 50 or fewer words; the result was "Green Eggs and Ham"
Dr. Seuss
400
It's the bird in the hands here; Hans Christian Andersen wrote of an "Ugly" one
Duckling
800
To make the pressure between 2 forces the same
(26 points)
equalize
800
Travel guides dubbed the area seen here this color coast; the name of the color comes from the country it's in
the Turquoise Coast
800
We know that the devil wears this designer, but did you know she has a doctorate in political science & studied mime?
Klein
800
"Now We Are Six" is a collection of rhymes from this "Winnie-the-Pooh" author
Milne
800
That's not a chick in the hand but this bird with a longer name
chickadee
1200
Rusted, from a chemical point of view
(26 points)
oxidized
1200
This word meaning to raise anchor has nothing to do with how heavy it is; it's from old Saxon for to lift or carry
weigh
1200
She took over control of her family's design house in 1997, after her brother Gianni's death
Donatella Versace
1200
An out-of-control dog meets his match in John Grogan's him "and the Kittens"
Marley
1200
It's perhaps the most fitting bird to hold the symbol of peace in its beak
a dove
1600
8-letter adjective meaning similar to a fake doctor or to a duck's call (26 points)
quackish
1600
This doozy of a car won the 1924, '25 & '27 Indy 500s
a Duesenberg
1600
After his suicide in 2010, Vogue paid tribute to him with a portfolio of his pieces called "Alexander the Great"
McQueen
1600
As well as kids' books, this 19th century author wrote "Examples in Arithmetic" & other math textbooks
(Lewis) Carroll
1600
On its leg, the bird is undergoing this zoological process, also called ringing
banding
2000
8-letter adjective describing the science of animals
(20 points)
zoologic
2000
It's the Hebrew name for the prayer shawl seen here
tallit
2000
Before "Project Runway" & his own fashion line, he was a child actor, born Karl Anderson Jr.
Michael Kors
2000
David McKee's stories of this patchwork elephant subtly convey the message that it's OK to be different
Elmer
2000
The type of hawk seen here is found in the name of this olden occupation of the guy holding it
falconer