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          According to this reddit thread, the complete list of words in the allowed dictionary (which doesn't list words with more than 15 letters), the Collins Scrabble Words list from 2015, that you can't make with the available tile set is:




          BAZZAZZ

          BEZZAZZ

          PAZZAZZ

          PIZZAZZ

          PIZZAZZY

          BAZZAZZES

          BEZZAZZES

          PAZZAZZES

          PIZZAZZES

          KNICKKNACK

          RAZZMATAZZ

          KNICKKNACKS

          RAZZAMATAZZ

          RAZZMATAZZES

          RAZZAMATAZZES

          STRESSLESSNESS

          CLASSLESSNESSES

          POSSESSEDNESSES

          SENSELESSNESSES

          SUCCESSLESSNESS







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            The Scrabble board is 15 squares square. That means that no word longer than 15 letters can possibly be played. So 'absentmindedness', 'counterbalancing', and 'antidisestablishmentarianism' will never be played in a Scrabble game.



            There is only 1 'z' and 2 blanks. That means that any word with 4 'z's cannot possibly be played. This is not a particularly long list, but 'pizzazz', 'razzmatazz', and their conjugates are on it.



            There may be other words formed using multiples of other rare letters, or combinations of rare letters, but I think this answers your question in the affirmative.






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              Of course, if playing the Dutch tile set with 20 "e"s and three "z"s worth only 2 each, the game is very different.

              – Forget I was ever here
              Sep 14 at 7:40







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              What's the shortest?

              – Scratch---Cat
              Sep 14 at 8:12






            • 3





              "What's the shortest?" is likely best made as a new question or an edit/clarification/addendum to the original question rather than a comment on this answer.

              – L. Scott Johnson
              Sep 14 at 14:07






            • 1





              There is another much harder to enumerate class of unplayable words due to the limitation of only being able to play 7 letters at a time. In order to prove an 8-15 letter word is in this class, you'd have to show that there is no configuration of the other letters that forms a connected grid on which the word can be played with < 8 tiles in a turn without running out of any letters. This would be pretty challenging to prove, but there probably are words for which this is the case.

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            According to this reddit thread, the complete list of words in the allowed dictionary (which doesn't list words with more than 15 letters), the Collins Scrabble Words list from 2015, that you can't make with the available tile set is:




            BAZZAZZ

            BEZZAZZ

            PAZZAZZ

            PIZZAZZ

            PIZZAZZY

            BAZZAZZES

            BEZZAZZES

            PAZZAZZES

            PIZZAZZES

            KNICKKNACK

            RAZZMATAZZ

            KNICKKNACKS

            RAZZAMATAZZ

            RAZZMATAZZES

            RAZZAMATAZZES

            STRESSLESSNESS

            CLASSLESSNESSES

            POSSESSEDNESSES

            SENSELESSNESSES

            SUCCESSLESSNESS







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              According to this reddit thread, the complete list of words in the allowed dictionary (which doesn't list words with more than 15 letters), the Collins Scrabble Words list from 2015, that you can't make with the available tile set is:




              BAZZAZZ

              BEZZAZZ

              PAZZAZZ

              PIZZAZZ

              PIZZAZZY

              BAZZAZZES

              BEZZAZZES

              PAZZAZZES

              PIZZAZZES

              KNICKKNACK

              RAZZMATAZZ

              KNICKKNACKS

              RAZZAMATAZZ

              RAZZMATAZZES

              RAZZAMATAZZES

              STRESSLESSNESS

              CLASSLESSNESSES

              POSSESSEDNESSES

              SENSELESSNESSES

              SUCCESSLESSNESS







              share|improve this answer






























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                18









                According to this reddit thread, the complete list of words in the allowed dictionary (which doesn't list words with more than 15 letters), the Collins Scrabble Words list from 2015, that you can't make with the available tile set is:




                BAZZAZZ

                BEZZAZZ

                PAZZAZZ

                PIZZAZZ

                PIZZAZZY

                BAZZAZZES

                BEZZAZZES

                PAZZAZZES

                PIZZAZZES

                KNICKKNACK

                RAZZMATAZZ

                KNICKKNACKS

                RAZZAMATAZZ

                RAZZMATAZZES

                RAZZAMATAZZES

                STRESSLESSNESS

                CLASSLESSNESSES

                POSSESSEDNESSES

                SENSELESSNESSES

                SUCCESSLESSNESS







                share|improve this answer
















                According to this reddit thread, the complete list of words in the allowed dictionary (which doesn't list words with more than 15 letters), the Collins Scrabble Words list from 2015, that you can't make with the available tile set is:




                BAZZAZZ

                BEZZAZZ

                PAZZAZZ

                PIZZAZZ

                PIZZAZZY

                BAZZAZZES

                BEZZAZZES

                PAZZAZZES

                PIZZAZZES

                KNICKKNACK

                RAZZMATAZZ

                KNICKKNACKS

                RAZZAMATAZZ

                RAZZMATAZZES

                RAZZAMATAZZES

                STRESSLESSNESS

                CLASSLESSNESSES

                POSSESSEDNESSES

                SENSELESSNESSES

                SUCCESSLESSNESS








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                    The Scrabble board is 15 squares square. That means that no word longer than 15 letters can possibly be played. So 'absentmindedness', 'counterbalancing', and 'antidisestablishmentarianism' will never be played in a Scrabble game.



                    There is only 1 'z' and 2 blanks. That means that any word with 4 'z's cannot possibly be played. This is not a particularly long list, but 'pizzazz', 'razzmatazz', and their conjugates are on it.



                    There may be other words formed using multiples of other rare letters, or combinations of rare letters, but I think this answers your question in the affirmative.






                    share|improve this answer





















                    • 2





                      Of course, if playing the Dutch tile set with 20 "e"s and three "z"s worth only 2 each, the game is very different.

                      – Forget I was ever here
                      Sep 14 at 7:40







                    • 2





                      What's the shortest?

                      – Scratch---Cat
                      Sep 14 at 8:12






                    • 3





                      "What's the shortest?" is likely best made as a new question or an edit/clarification/addendum to the original question rather than a comment on this answer.

                      – L. Scott Johnson
                      Sep 14 at 14:07






                    • 1





                      There is another much harder to enumerate class of unplayable words due to the limitation of only being able to play 7 letters at a time. In order to prove an 8-15 letter word is in this class, you'd have to show that there is no configuration of the other letters that forms a connected grid on which the word can be played with < 8 tiles in a turn without running out of any letters. This would be pretty challenging to prove, but there probably are words for which this is the case.

                      – Darrel Hoffman
                      Sep 15 at 19:19















                    16



















                    The Scrabble board is 15 squares square. That means that no word longer than 15 letters can possibly be played. So 'absentmindedness', 'counterbalancing', and 'antidisestablishmentarianism' will never be played in a Scrabble game.



                    There is only 1 'z' and 2 blanks. That means that any word with 4 'z's cannot possibly be played. This is not a particularly long list, but 'pizzazz', 'razzmatazz', and their conjugates are on it.



                    There may be other words formed using multiples of other rare letters, or combinations of rare letters, but I think this answers your question in the affirmative.






                    share|improve this answer





















                    • 2





                      Of course, if playing the Dutch tile set with 20 "e"s and three "z"s worth only 2 each, the game is very different.

                      – Forget I was ever here
                      Sep 14 at 7:40







                    • 2





                      What's the shortest?

                      – Scratch---Cat
                      Sep 14 at 8:12






                    • 3





                      "What's the shortest?" is likely best made as a new question or an edit/clarification/addendum to the original question rather than a comment on this answer.

                      – L. Scott Johnson
                      Sep 14 at 14:07






                    • 1





                      There is another much harder to enumerate class of unplayable words due to the limitation of only being able to play 7 letters at a time. In order to prove an 8-15 letter word is in this class, you'd have to show that there is no configuration of the other letters that forms a connected grid on which the word can be played with < 8 tiles in a turn without running out of any letters. This would be pretty challenging to prove, but there probably are words for which this is the case.

                      – Darrel Hoffman
                      Sep 15 at 19:19













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                    The Scrabble board is 15 squares square. That means that no word longer than 15 letters can possibly be played. So 'absentmindedness', 'counterbalancing', and 'antidisestablishmentarianism' will never be played in a Scrabble game.



                    There is only 1 'z' and 2 blanks. That means that any word with 4 'z's cannot possibly be played. This is not a particularly long list, but 'pizzazz', 'razzmatazz', and their conjugates are on it.



                    There may be other words formed using multiples of other rare letters, or combinations of rare letters, but I think this answers your question in the affirmative.






                    share|improve this answer














                    The Scrabble board is 15 squares square. That means that no word longer than 15 letters can possibly be played. So 'absentmindedness', 'counterbalancing', and 'antidisestablishmentarianism' will never be played in a Scrabble game.



                    There is only 1 'z' and 2 blanks. That means that any word with 4 'z's cannot possibly be played. This is not a particularly long list, but 'pizzazz', 'razzmatazz', and their conjugates are on it.



                    There may be other words formed using multiples of other rare letters, or combinations of rare letters, but I think this answers your question in the affirmative.







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                    • 2





                      Of course, if playing the Dutch tile set with 20 "e"s and three "z"s worth only 2 each, the game is very different.

                      – Forget I was ever here
                      Sep 14 at 7:40







                    • 2





                      What's the shortest?

                      – Scratch---Cat
                      Sep 14 at 8:12






                    • 3





                      "What's the shortest?" is likely best made as a new question or an edit/clarification/addendum to the original question rather than a comment on this answer.

                      – L. Scott Johnson
                      Sep 14 at 14:07






                    • 1





                      There is another much harder to enumerate class of unplayable words due to the limitation of only being able to play 7 letters at a time. In order to prove an 8-15 letter word is in this class, you'd have to show that there is no configuration of the other letters that forms a connected grid on which the word can be played with < 8 tiles in a turn without running out of any letters. This would be pretty challenging to prove, but there probably are words for which this is the case.

                      – Darrel Hoffman
                      Sep 15 at 19:19












                    • 2





                      Of course, if playing the Dutch tile set with 20 "e"s and three "z"s worth only 2 each, the game is very different.

                      – Forget I was ever here
                      Sep 14 at 7:40







                    • 2





                      What's the shortest?

                      – Scratch---Cat
                      Sep 14 at 8:12






                    • 3





                      "What's the shortest?" is likely best made as a new question or an edit/clarification/addendum to the original question rather than a comment on this answer.

                      – L. Scott Johnson
                      Sep 14 at 14:07






                    • 1





                      There is another much harder to enumerate class of unplayable words due to the limitation of only being able to play 7 letters at a time. In order to prove an 8-15 letter word is in this class, you'd have to show that there is no configuration of the other letters that forms a connected grid on which the word can be played with < 8 tiles in a turn without running out of any letters. This would be pretty challenging to prove, but there probably are words for which this is the case.

                      – Darrel Hoffman
                      Sep 15 at 19:19







                    2




                    2





                    Of course, if playing the Dutch tile set with 20 "e"s and three "z"s worth only 2 each, the game is very different.

                    – Forget I was ever here
                    Sep 14 at 7:40






                    Of course, if playing the Dutch tile set with 20 "e"s and three "z"s worth only 2 each, the game is very different.

                    – Forget I was ever here
                    Sep 14 at 7:40





                    2




                    2





                    What's the shortest?

                    – Scratch---Cat
                    Sep 14 at 8:12





                    What's the shortest?

                    – Scratch---Cat
                    Sep 14 at 8:12




                    3




                    3





                    "What's the shortest?" is likely best made as a new question or an edit/clarification/addendum to the original question rather than a comment on this answer.

                    – L. Scott Johnson
                    Sep 14 at 14:07





                    "What's the shortest?" is likely best made as a new question or an edit/clarification/addendum to the original question rather than a comment on this answer.

                    – L. Scott Johnson
                    Sep 14 at 14:07




                    1




                    1





                    There is another much harder to enumerate class of unplayable words due to the limitation of only being able to play 7 letters at a time. In order to prove an 8-15 letter word is in this class, you'd have to show that there is no configuration of the other letters that forms a connected grid on which the word can be played with < 8 tiles in a turn without running out of any letters. This would be pretty challenging to prove, but there probably are words for which this is the case.

                    – Darrel Hoffman
                    Sep 15 at 19:19





                    There is another much harder to enumerate class of unplayable words due to the limitation of only being able to play 7 letters at a time. In order to prove an 8-15 letter word is in this class, you'd have to show that there is no configuration of the other letters that forms a connected grid on which the word can be played with < 8 tiles in a turn without running out of any letters. This would be pretty challenging to prove, but there probably are words for which this is the case.

                    – Darrel Hoffman
                    Sep 15 at 19:19


















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