A group of friend's and I were playing a game and it said to pick a letter and whomever had the highest letter got to go first.... leading to the question what is highest A or Z? What's your answer and why?
2007-12-19 10:40:43 · 7 answers · asked by gini 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
You could say A is for Ace and in cards that is the highest. On the otherhand you could see as Alpha, which would be 1 or first, by that logic Z would be highest. There is no sure answer, Is there?
2007-12-19 10:46:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Z - because we 'say the ABC's' in this order - A, B, C, etc
we count in this order 1, 2, 3, etc
Therefore Z is the highest
2007-12-19 18:47:22 · answer #2 · answered by Red Ibanez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's dumb...but in Scrabble, whoever has the first letter alphabetically goes first so I'd use that rule, since it means something.
(I guess I could justify this by imagining the letters in a vertical list.)
2007-12-19 18:50:10 · answer #3 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A because it is used a higher number of times than Z.
2007-12-19 19:12:03 · answer #4 · answered by *~STEVIE~* *~B~* 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A, because it is first,
on top. Y'know what I'm saying?
Z is always pictured at the bottom. Not high.
2007-12-19 18:59:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either Q or Z - because they are worth 10 points in Scrabble ;);););)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrabble
2007-12-19 19:00:53 · answer #6 · answered by kr_toronto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I HAVE ALWAYS ASSUMED "A" BUT IN A DICTIONERY THE PAGE NUMBERS FOR WORDS BEGINING WITH "Z" ARE WAY HIGHER THAN THOSE OF "A" WORDS
2007-12-19 18:49:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋