quixotry

The highest-ever Scrabble score--830--was recently recorded, in the basement of the Unitarian church in Lexington, MA (where I once slept, with a group of teenagers, and was warned *very* strongly against bothering the Scrabble people!). Slate.com has a great story about it, including the fact that it probably would *not* have happened had the players been "better." Because they made some mistakes (less-than-optimal plays), and took some strange risks, they ended up with this improbable feat. They made history, but only because they weren't really trying to do so...