Q: What word is worth the most points in hangman?
A: blitzkrieg - 205 points

Q: Is there a minimum score per round?
A: You will usually be able to score a minimum of 1000 points per round if you complete all of the words without guessing any letters wrong.

Q: What is the highest possible score?
A: It is theoretically possible to obtain a score of 1915 points, if you happen to draw the 10 most difficult words, and you never guess a single letter wrong.

Q: How were the points per word determined?
A: We used a mathematical algorithm that took into account word length, frequency of difficult letters, and number of vowels. We tried to make it as fair as possible, but we certainly didn't assign all 13,418 point values by hand!

Q: Where did you get the words from?
A: We used a subset of the "more interesting" words in the system dictionary included with the Linux operating system (/usr/dict/words), which was over 45,000 words at the time we programmed this game.

Q: What is the distribution of points per word?
A: See the chart below!