Editing 1750: Life Goals

All nine unchecked goals on this to-do list features words containing an excess of the last three letters of the alphabet (X, Y and Z), often using several off them in the same words, even several of the same in a row.  

All of them are words that can be looked up in the English version of Wikipedia, but only a few are proper nouns, the rest being fictional names, or obscure names for places or games. The first goal is the one with fewest of these letters, only using two x's, and only the first word is strange, {{w|Skrillex}} being the artist name of a musician. All later entries has at least three of these letters, and often used in strange words.

The punchline, in the final goal, expresses that the writer of this list often uses these unexpected and bizarre words in {{w|Scrabble}} games, which exasperates his opponents to such a great extent, that he has yet to finish a game without getting punched.

In the title text, a reference is made to the fact that none of these goals have been checked off yet. It also turns out that it is indeed [[Randall|Randall's]] list, since the writer of the list, did manage to check of the goal ''Make something called xkcd'' early. But sadly there are neither y's nor z's or even more than one x in that four letter combo.

All of these words would theoretically earn a player the prize of many points in Scrabble (see the [[#Table of xyz words|table]] below). However, most of them would not be found in {{w|SOWPODS}}, the combined list of all words valid in either British or North American Scrabble, and many include too many X's, Y's or Z's (there's 1 X, 2 Y's, 1 Z in a standard set), meaning at least one would have to be substituted for a blank (which is not worth any points). Some words would also be very difficult to play in reality, since there are only 7 letters in a Scrabble hand, so they could only be played in extremely rare circumstances (there are only a couple of ways to play MUZQUIZOPTERYX: for instance, from MU and OPTER; or MU, QUIZ and ER; or an astonishingly unlikely set of crossing letters). Many are long enough that, in theory, they could net the player the additional 50 point bonus for using all seven letters in a hand if played right.

===Table of xyz words===

**Word: With xyz

**Notes: ??

**In {{w|SOWPODS}}?: Is the word a valid Scrabble word.

**Score: What would the score in Scrabble be for this word. (Without any bonuses.)

**Score (ignoring blanks): ??? If the word can only be written using blanks, and these are set to zero what would the score then be?

**50 points possible?: ??? Is it possible to use all seven letters writing the word? If so it will give 50 points extra.

! Word !! Definition !! Notes !! In SOWPODS? !! Enough tiles ({{w|Scrabble letter distributions|in English version}})? !! Score !! Score (ignoring blanks) !! 50 points possible?

| {{w|Skrillex}} || A dubstep musician || Proper noun || No || Yes || 19 || 19 || Yes

| {{w|Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix}} || A city in Arizona (and a mythological bird) || Proper noun and noun || Yes (but only in lower-case) || Yes || 19 || 19 || Yes

| {{w|Zymology|Zymurgy}} || The study of fermentation. || || Yes || Yes || 25 || 25 || Yes

| {{w|Axolotl}} || A kind of water-breathing salamander which lives on the bottom of lakes. || || Yes || Yes|| 14 || 14 || Yes  

| [http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Hexxus Hexxus] || An evil spirit from the animated movie [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest FernGully] || Fictional || No || With a blank as X || 23 || 15 || No

| {{w|Syzygy (astronomy)|Syzygy}} || An astronomical event where three celestial bodies form a straight line. || || Yes || With a blank as Y || 25 || 21 || No  

| {{w|Zzyzx, California|Zzyzx}} || An unincorporated community in California || Proper noun. Recently mentioned in [http://what-if.xkcd.com/152/ this what-if] || No || Yes, with both blanks as Z || 42 || 22 || No

| {{w|Zzyzzyxx}} || A 1982 arcade video game about navigating a labyrinth || Proper noun || No || No || 64 || 26 (assuming infinite blanks) || Yes   

| {{w|Xexyz}} || A 1988 game for the Nintendo Entertainment System with platformer and shoot-em-up gameplay. || Proper noun || No || With a blank as X || 31 || 23 || No  

| {{w|Xbox}} || A series of home video game consoles developed by Microsoft. || Proper noun || No || With a blank as X || 20 || 12 || No  

| {{w|Zzzax}} || A Marvel comic book villain. || See below || No || With both blanks as Z || 39 || 19 || No  

| {{w|Mister Mxyzptlk}} || A DC Comics villain. || Fictional. Since Zzzax and Mxyzptlk come from different companies, a crossover story involving them both might run into license problems. || No || Yes || 42 (8 for Mister, 35 for Mxyzptlk) || 42 || Yes  

| {{w|Xhafzotaj}} || A village in Albania || Proper noun || No || Yes || 38 || 38 || Yes  

| {{w|Qazaxbəyli}} || A village in Azerbaijan || Proper noun. It can alternatively be spelled "Kazakhbeyli".  || No || Because it's spelled with a schwa (ə, upper case Ə), this word would be impossible to spell in English-language Scrabble, although you could put an E tile down upside down (Ǝ) or use a blank. || 39 (at least, Unclear) <br/>36 for Kazakhbeyli || 39 || Yes  

| {{w|Azerbaijan}} || A country in the Caucasus || Proper noun || No || Yes || 28 || 28 || Yes  

| {{w|Archaeopteryx}} || A famous small feathered dinosaur || || Yes || Yes || 30 || 30 || Yes  

| {{w|Muzquizopteryx}}  || A pterosaur || || No || With a blank as Z || 55 || 45 || Yes  

| {{w|xkcd}} || See [[207: What xkcd Means]]. || From title text || No || Yes || 18 || 18 || No