Probability or Playability?

So how should you study words? by probability or playability, look at the following set of words, amelcorn, cornmeal, cornrent and naricorn: Which of these should you study first?

The following or the probability and playability ranks of the above mentioned words:

Word	Probability Rank	Playability Rank
Amelcorn	5242	7427
Cornmeal	5243	8966
Cornrent	13944	3442
Naricorn	12588	3672

source: The lucksack tournament helper

The pros will tell you that you are better of studying words words by playability and thus you should study the low probable but highly playable cornrent and naricorn ahead of the highly probably amelcorn/cornmeal.

The 100 Most Probable 8 Letter Words in Scrabble

As part of a scrabble strategy it is useful to study words by probability and playability. The below list from Zyzzyva includes the 100 most probable 8 Letter words that you encounter during scrabble games:

Front Hook	Alphagram	Word	Back Hook	Probability	Playability
	ADEINORT	AROINTED		1	289
	ADEINORT	DERATION	s	2	67
	ADEINORT	ORDINATE	ds	3	80
	ADEINORT	RATIONED		4	218
	AEILNORT	ORIENTAL	s	5	44
p	AEILNORT	RELATION	s	6	56
	AEILNORT	TAILERON	s	7	52
	AEINORST	ANOESTRI		8	481
	AEINORST	ARSONITE	s	9	1310
	AEINORST	NOTAIRES		10	1072
	AEINORST	NOTARIES		11	1044
	AEINORST	NOTARISE	ds	12	2689
	AEINORST	ROSINATE	s	13	835
	AEINORST	SENORITA	s	14	444
	AAEINORT	AERATION	s	15	2
	AEEILORT	AEROLITE	s	16	4
	AEEIORST	ETAERIOS		17	3
	ADEILNOT	DELATION	s	18	39
	ADEILORT	IDOLATER	s	19	147
	ADEILORT	TAILORED		20	99
	ADEINORS	ANEROIDS		21	393
	ADEINORS	ANODISER	s	22	771
	ADEINORS	DONARIES		23	1404
	ADEINORU	DOUANIER	s	24	14
	ADEINOST	ASTONIED		25	115
	ADEINOST	SEDATION	s	26	592
	ADEIORST	ASTEROID	s	27	209
t	AEILNORS	AILERONS		28	870
	AEILNORS	ALERIONS		29	837
	AEILNORS	ALIENORS		30	337
dgr	AEILNOST	ELATIONS		31	429
	AEILNOST	INSOLATE	ds	32	321
	AEILNOST	TOENAILS		33	239
	AEILORST	SOTERIAL		34	232
	AEIORSTU	OUTRAISE	ds	35	68
	AEIORSTU	SAUTOIRE	s	36	46
	ADEEINRT	DETAINER	s	37	51
	ADEEINRT	RETAINED		38	74
	AEEILNRT	ELATERIN	s	39	85
	AEEILNRT	ENTAILER	s	40	75
	AEEILNRT	TREENAIL	s	41	57
	AEEINRST	ARENITES		42	662
	AEEINRST	ARSENITE	s	43	968
	AEEINRST	RESINATE	ds	44	674
	AEEINRST	STEARINE	s	45	310
	AEEINRST	TRAINEES		46	705
	ADEIINOT	IDEATION	s	47	95
	ADEIINOT	IODINATE	ds	48	60
	ADEIINOT	TAENIOID		49	54
	AEINNORT	ANOINTER	s	50	267
	AEINNORT	INORNATE		51	225
	AEINNORT	REANOINT	s	52	183
	AEINORRT	ANTERIOR		53	11
	AEINORTT	TENTORIA	l	54	22
	AEEIINRT	INERTIAE		55	1
	AEELNORT	REALTONE	s	56	8
	AEENORST	EARSTONE	s	57	290
	AEENORST	RESONATE	ds	58	224
	DEEINORT	ORIENTED		59	10
	EEINORST	ONERIEST		60	107
	EEINORST	SEROTINE	s	61	134
	ABEINORT	BARITONE	s	62	1139
	ABEINORT	OBTAINER	s	63	762
p	ABEINORT	REOBTAIN	s	64	817
	ABEINORT	TABORINE	s	65	539
	ACEINORT	ACTIONER	s	66	655
	ACEINORT	ANORETIC	s	67	347
	ACEINORT	CREATION	s	68	1129
	ACEINORT	REACTION	s	69	1244
	AEHINORT	ANTIHERO		70	65
	AEINOPRT	ATROPINE	s	71	53
	ADEGINOR	ORGANDIE	s	72	89
	ADEGIORT	ERGATOID	s	73	58
	AEGILNOR	GERANIOL	s	74	231
	AEGILNOR	REGIONAL	s	75	175
	AEGILNOT	GELATION	s	76	304
	AEGILNOT	LEGATION	s	77	471
	AEGINORS	IGNAROES		78	1708
	AEGINORS	ORGANISE	drs	79	2072
	AEGINORS	ORIGANES		80	815
	EEIINORT	ERIONITE	s	81	5
	ADEINRST	DETRAINS		82	383
	ADEINRST	RANDIEST		83	530
	ADEINRST	STRAINED		84	409
	ADEINRTU	DATURINE	s	85	488
	ADEINRTU	INDURATE	ds	86	629
	ADEINRTU	RUINATED		87	1277
	ADEINRTU	URINATED		88	1442
	AEILNRST	ENTRAILS		89	1239
	AEILNRST	LARNIEST		90	2062
	AEILNRST	LATRINES		91	4777
	AEILNRST	RATLINES		92	4951
	AEILNRST	REINSTAL	ls	93	1320
	AEILNRST	RETINALS		94	4196
	AEILNRST	SLANTIER		95	1481
	AEILNRST	TRENAILS		96	1260
	AEILNRTU	AUNTLIER		97	349
	AEILNRTU	RETINULA	ers	98	163
	AEILNRTU	TENURIAL		99	285
	AEINRSTU	RUINATES		100	3233