Using J, Q, X and Z in Small Words

In the following Wordscraper board I had the second play. It's wise to get rid of letters such as J, Q, X and Z as soon as you get them to increase your chances of getting a 7-letter word or bingo (giving you 50 extra points) later.



I had an N and could have made the word SHAVEN plus a word perpendicular to SHAVE, but opted out of this because I had nothing that could reach the 3W above or below. Instead I decided to put the X on the 2L.



This gave me 21 points and I got rid of a difficult letter. Then I put the A to the left of the X giving me AX again for another 21 points and HA which is worth 6 points, 48 points all together.


Other similar 2- and 3-letter words with these difficult letters are: ADZ,AXE, AZO, COZ, DEX, FIX, FAX, FEZ, FIZ, GOX, HAJ, HEX, JO, JAB, JAG, JAM, JAR, JAW, JAY, JEE, JET, JEU, JEW, JIB, JIG, JIN, JOB, JOE, JOG, JOT, JOW, JOY, JUG, JUN, JUS, JUT, KEX, LAX, LEX, LEZ, LUX, MAX, MIX, NIX, OXO, OXY, PIX, POX, PYX, QI, QAT, QUA, RAJ, RAX, REX, SAX, SEX, SIX, SUQ, TAJ, TAX, TUX, VEX, VOX, WAX, WIZ, XI, XU, XIS, TAX, SIX, SAX, ZAG, ZAP, ZAX, ZED, ZEE, ZEK, ZIG, ZIN, ZIP, ZIT, ZOA, ZOO.