ELUCIDATE for 130
No special/modified tiles (and every unused tile was worth 1, so it really was the best possible word)
+3 On modifier removed (+3)
+Modifier sell prices (+5)
x2 First letter vowel

Entree 321, with three golden tiles, 2x starting vowel, 2x two letters in a row, +7 modifiel sell prices and 3+ same starting and ending letter!!

COPULATION

ATTAINERS: worth 9 points by itself, with a bonus of +30 from length, +17 from "Add Modifier Sell Price" (including a Sell Price +1 on New Round), +6 from "+3 On Modifier Removed," and +8 for "-1 On Word Submit," for a total bonus of 61, then x2 for "If Same Letters Together" and again for "If First Letter is Vowel," bringing that to +244, 253 total. The game says 256, though, I don't recall where the last 3 points came from, perhaps the upgraded consonants?

Enough said!

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ANNIHILATE for 78

I had equates for 123, i think it had x3 on the "q" spot and some mult from the first letter being a vowel.

SONNETS, 199. +9 for having a bonus point for each refresh, +10 for having bonus points equal to the value of all my modifiers, x2 for having 2 of the same letter in a row and x3 for having the same start and end letter.

ENCODE, 183. 9 Word Score + (10 for 6 letters + 6 for 1 sold modifier + 13 total sell price of all modifiers) x 2 for starting with a vowel x 3 for starting and ending with the same letter.

Not my highest scoring but my best scoring word was...

QUOTIDIAN - 69 points.

:D

I wrote a program to find the highest scoring words while playing (i.e., cheating), and got 613 points for ASPERGILLA (50 bonus points for 10 letters, x3 for first = last, x2 for first is vowel, x2 for double letters). I only found 124 words with this criteria, so you have to be pretty lucky with your pulls for it to even be possible

I for SHOWERED for 177 points here, admittedly it did contain six Golden Tiles though (thanks Midas Touch), probably would have been a lot more if I got modifiers which synergised.

ACHIEVED for 47 points (I don't remember what modifiers and bonuses I've had).

TOOT for 94 (Add refresh count +7, add modifier sell prices +8, same letters together * 2, first letter = last letter x3)
This feels a lot like Balatro, getting millions of points with a pair...

Originally posted by TVIncentives:

I wrote a program to find the highest scoring words while playing (i.e., cheating), and got 613 points for ASPERGILLA (50 bonus points for 10 letters, x3 for first = last, x2 for first is vowel, x2 for double letters). I only found 124 words with this criteria, so you have to be pretty lucky with your pulls for it to even be possible

Only way to do better would be to get 2+ golden tiles in that lineup.