Heavy hitters

These words can help you get powerful plays worth thirty to fifty points. If Scrabble were baseball, these would be doubles.

• 4-letter words using J, Q, X, or Z.
• Here is a list which separates the uncommon 4-letter words.
• A list which capitalizes on prior knowledge of the 2s: the 2-to-make-4 list.
• Another way to approach the 4-letter words. In this list, they are separated into three groups: high-probability hooks, low-probability hooks, and non-hooks.
• 5-letter words which begin or end with a high-scoring letter, also known as the high-fives list. Look carefully at a Scrabble board to see why this is an important list.
• 5-letter words using J, Q, X, or Z.