Tyler Cowen critiques Sarah Palin’s scrabble strategy on the basis of portfolio theory and advises against holding the letter Q for it’s option value. He scoffs at players holding out for a chance to play “aliquot”, “quaeres”, “quinoas”, “obloquy,” “quassia,” and “qigongs”, but forgets two ultimate scrabble Q words: “quixotry” and “caziques”. These words were used for the highest single scrabble plays in OSPD and SOWPODS, respectively.