Scrabble Scores - US States

This handout round features 15 sets of Scrabble tiles, with the letters removed and just the values of the tiles left. The aim for teams in your quiz is to name 15 US states from these tile values. For example, the answer to the clue with tile values of "1, 1, 8, 1, 1" is Texas, as the letters "t", "e", "a" and "s" all score 1 point in Scrabble, while "x" scores 8.

As in the example above, there are a couple of clues with high-scoring letters, which teams should be able to work out without too much trouble. However, there are also plenty of much trickier clues, and this round is likely to keep teams occupied for some time.

The information in this round could be used to make up standard question and answer rounds (where the quiz-master asks questions aloud and the teams write the answers on blank answer sheets), but it is presented so that it can also be used as a handout round. You can find more information on handout rounds and our recommended use for them in quizzes on our handout rounds page.