City names you can play in Scrabble

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lepidopteran

March 22, 2016, 01:33:07 PM  
How many one-word city names can be played in Scrabble?
Example: Purchase, NY

I stress "one-word" cities, because there are lots of 2-word places where each word would be playable in Scrabble, e.g., "Long Beach".  For those not familiar with the rules of Scrabble, words that are proper nouns are not permitted.

Let's also include homophonic cities, such as Vail, CO, since it is a homophone to veil. But add an (sp) for these.
(Actually, I found out that "vail" is acceptable in both Scrabble and Words With Friends.)

Bonus: Which two states can be found on a Scrabble board, allowing for both phonetic spelling and multiple words?

Big John

#1
March 22, 2016, 01:42:09 PM  
Main (Maine) and 2 words, New Jersey?  If i understand your question correctly.

Rothman

#2
March 22, 2016, 01:42:52 PM  
Oregon = Ore gone. :D
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

Mapmikey

#3
March 22, 2016, 02:04:00 PM  
Savannah
Buffalo
Erie (sp)
Reading
Mobile
Meridian

lepidopteran

#4
March 22, 2016, 02:05:43 PM  
Big John got the bonus question right.  "The football player got a new jersey."

NWI_Irish96

#5
March 22, 2016, 02:34:10 PM   Last Edit: March 23, 2016, 08:50:31 AM by cabiness42
In Indiana:

Fishers
Portage
Highland
Dyer
Auburn
Speedway
Aurora

Close but no cigar: Carmel (always a proper noun without the second 'a')

Extending beyond cities to towns:

Porter
Upland
Chandler
Spencer
Fowler
Flora
Hope
Liberty
Lapel
Bourbon
Dale
Farmland
Converse
Brook
Hamlet
Paragon
Harmony
Laurel
Universal
Marshall
Carbon
Decker
Crane
Patriot
Economy
Griffin
Onward

I know that Munster is a kind of cheese, but everything I could find about it had the M capitalized, so I don't know if Scrabble would allow it. 
Indiana: counties 100%, highways 100%
Illinois: counties 100%, highways 61%
Michigan: counties 100%, highways 56%
Wisconsin: counties 86%, highways 23%

1995hoo

#6
March 22, 2016, 03:39:32 PM  
Cork (Ireland)
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

SP Cook

#7
March 22, 2016, 03:58:51 PM  
If I understand the question, in WV:

Nitro
Hurricane
Welch
War
Aurora
Buffalo
Clay
Junior
Lester
Man
Mason
Pax
Union
Beaver
Boomer
Brandywine
Bud
Century
Comfort
Crum
Cucumber
Dixie
Enterprise
Frank
Gypsy
Hilltop
Justice
Middleway
Page
Pinch
Prince
Prosperty
Rand
Reader
Twlight
Van

Brandon

#8
March 22, 2016, 04:37:50 PM  
I've got more than a few for Illinois:

Aurora
Sandwich
Diamond
Summit
Justice
Normal
Flora
Sterling
Savanna
Hometown
Riverside
"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." - Ramsay Bolton, "Game of Thrones"

"Symbolic of his struggle against reality." - Reg, "Monty Python's Life of Brian"

TheHighwayMan3561

#9
March 22, 2016, 04:41:53 PM  
Minnesota partial list:

Aurora
Badger
Cosmos
Crystal
Ray
Walker

hotdogPi

#10
March 22, 2016, 04:54:17 PM  
Some of these may be repeats.

Normal, IL
Boring, OR
Reading, many states
Mars, PA ("mars" being a form of the verb "mar")
Bear, DE
Hull, MA
Orange, many states
Penguin, Tasmania, Australia
Epsom, NH
Intercourse, PA (eleven letters, though...)
Bend, OR
Aurora, IL and CO (and apparently many others)
Phoenix, AZ
Mesa, AZ
Butte, MT
Mobile, AL
Flint, MI
Newton, MA (SI unit of force)
Caribou, ME
Bow, NH
Union, NH
Freedom, NH
Rye, NH
Sandwich, MA and NH
Clinched

Traveled, plus
US 13, 50
MA 22,35,40,53,79,107,109,126,138,141,151,159,203
NH 27, 78, 111A(E); CA 90; NY 9A, 366; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; CT 32, 193, 320; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 51, 60, WA 202; QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215, A4222; 🇫🇷95 D316

Lowest untraveled: 36

Big John

#11
March 22, 2016, 05:00:44 PM  
Superior, WI
Hope, AR

Scott5114

#12
March 22, 2016, 05:10:14 PM  
Challenge mode: which has the highest score?
uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef

1995hoo

#13
March 22, 2016, 05:19:32 PM  
The fact that a word might be more than seven letters doesn't matter since you can add onto an existing word (say, someone played "course" and you add "inter").
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

CNGL-Leudimin

#14
March 22, 2016, 06:04:04 PM  
Male, Maldives.

And how it is possible nobody mentioned Phoenix?

And there are at least two states that are valid words in Spanish Scrabble: Florida and Nevada.
Supporter of the construction of several running gags, including I-366 with a speed limit of 85 mph (137 km/h) and the Hypotenuse.

Please note that I may mention "invalid" FM channels, i.e. ending in an even number or down to 87.5. These are valid in Europe.

Scott5114

#15
March 22, 2016, 06:21:53 PM   Last Edit: March 22, 2016, 06:24:03 PM by Scott5114
Some from Oklahoma:
ANTLERS (7 points)
CANTON (8)
STERLING (9)
CEMENT (10)
MUSTANG (10)
PINK (10)
CALUMET (11)
CRESCENT (12)
SULPHUR (12)
BUFFALO (15)
KEYSTONE (15)
COMMERCE (16)
FLETCHER (16)
uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef

1995hoo

#16
March 22, 2016, 07:52:30 PM  
Thinking about Virginia, some place names that come to mind (not intended to be a thorough list, and some of these are rather obscure places):

Linden
Mineral
Cuckoo
Nethers
Gaylord
Ivy
Maidens
Provost
Freeman
Lackey
Cascade
Independence <---I envision someone playing "depend" and someone else adding to it.


Don't know whether Bumpass would qualify.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

nexus73

#17
March 22, 2016, 09:16:15 PM  
In Oregon we have Drain, Boring, Riddle, Powers, Remote, Harbor, Phoenix, Zigzag, Burns, Bend, Brothers, Sisters, Seaside, Lakeside, Baker, Alfalfa, Aolha, Alpine, Amity, Aurora, Banks, Beaver, Carver, Cove, Crane, Crow, Dairy, Dale, Echo, Flora, Fossil, Fox, Glide, Green, Halfway, Helix, Post, Sixes, Sylvan, Talent, Tiller, Timber, Tollgate, Trail, Vale and Woods.

After using my memory and wearing it out (LOL!), I decided to use my Rand McNally atlas to answer this post.  That sure helped!

Rick
US 101 is THE backbone of the Pacific coast from Bandon OR to Willits CA.  Industry, tourism and local traffic would be gone or severely crippled without it being in functioning condition in BOTH states.

formulanone

#18
March 22, 2016, 09:20:20 PM   Last Edit: March 22, 2016, 09:26:48 PM by formulanone
Quote from: nexus73 on March 22, 2016, 09:16:15 PMZigzag

Sorry, there's only one Z10 in a set of Scrabble, so you'll have to use a wild card tile.

Quote from: Scott5114 on March 22, 2016, 05:10:14 PM
Challenge mode: which has the highest score?

Using 7 tiles at once would really help (50 bonus points), so an 8-letter city name would be a practical place to start.

nexus73

#19
March 22, 2016, 09:22:57 PM  
Quote from: formulanone on March 22, 2016, 09:20:20 PM
Quote from: nexus73 on March 22, 2016, 09:16:15 PMZigzag

Sorry, there's only one Z10 in a set of Scrabble.

You forgot about the two Blanks in the game!

Rick
US 101 is THE backbone of the Pacific coast from Bandon OR to Willits CA.  Industry, tourism and local traffic would be gone or severely crippled without it being in functioning condition in BOTH states.

pianocello

#20
March 22, 2016, 09:35:46 PM  
Davenport is 15 points.

Also in Iowa:
Buffalo (15 points, also in many other states)
Argyle (10 points)
Agency (12 points)
Early (8 points)
Davenport, IA -> Valparaiso, IN -> Ames, IA -> Orlando, FL -> Gainesville, FL -> Evansville, IN

formulanone

#21
March 22, 2016, 09:48:05 PM   Last Edit: March 22, 2016, 09:50:11 PM by formulanone
Quote from: nexus73 on March 22, 2016, 09:22:57 PM
Quote from: formulanone on March 22, 2016, 09:20:20 PM
Quote from: nexus73 on March 22, 2016, 09:16:15 PMZigzag

Sorry, there's only one Z10 in a set of Scrabble.

You forgot about the two Blanks in the game!

Rick

Yeah, I always wind up substituting an A or E, instead of thinking about a 7-letter word.

I'm still trying to figure out a way to legally play "cazayoux", but it's a surname.

1995hoo

#22
March 22, 2016, 10:27:26 PM  
Dildo
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

lepidopteran

#23
March 22, 2016, 10:34:09 PM  
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 22, 2016, 07:52:30 PM
Thinking about Virginia, some place names that come to mind...
Also Triangle, which I often hear about on traffic reports (I-95, with the express lanes, goes through there).

There's Orange and Sterling, though those were already mentioned in other states.  I-66 and B.R. US-17 go through Marshall.

kurumi

#24
March 22, 2016, 11:15:15 PM  
In CT: Canton, Derby, Orange, Prospect, Union, and Warren come to mind
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