in reply to Challenge: Letter Power Revisited

All,
Here are some sample puzzles with the known best solution provided so you can judge how well you are doing. I may add more as I find time.
Best: 474
alabama arkansas alaska delaware hawaii indiana kansas montana delawar +e sazerac sangrita radiator gastank engine heater fender wheel detent battery clutch mirr +or window alloy amalgam vanadium copper steel rutabaga limabean cress carrot sorrel squash cabbage pepper lettuce be +et leek celery endive rhubarb parsnip pumpkin azalia camellia dahlia gardenia gentian vervain canna hepatica bluebel +l anemone oleander lasagna macaroni pastina gnocchi tortelli alfabeto mascagni britten menotti unamas tacotime pizzahut tacobell panago tacomayo edojapan hardees caramel marzipan taiglach taffy brittle fondant toffee dragee
Best: 446 (contains a NFSW word - unintentionally)
modems decamp saddens invokes paw odysseys fuddled absorbs delude eyes +ore cleat cloaks clincher sometime mating bushel shinnied probably fuckers lummo +xes uptown caseload hawker sleekest buzzard bartered songbird pilgrim steepen pithily bruiser shirking kin +ks hooking chalice town clutch mongrels frig pine fibre spindles doughy printing burned rendered warhorse spooked glumness solarium baseless roared steward lo +am carillon ratting inhabits examiner marshals rockiest jemmied zappy alcohols fixers refiners modeler outlook pastels spin prior paired gli +ders wags demean intend stalest streaker twinset equated negated quenched sheered accord shambles capably raffia page washer brownie hussar etches tethe +rs track lifts ricks knows giblets dozy pacify exhausts haulage squires bologna stacking
Best: 331
tattie hydrogen ordure wanks quits fruited lunatic swanks ageism rarely rollover holdall pergola barrages embryos denuded mailman convicts gut thought speedily pusses bash angelic starring don +key porch debunk peed formals drudges aha watery glazes zapped carhop fens imagine would cockier sopping exp +licit positing squarish uncommon echoes sandbag cordoned avidly loveable hits daylong impinges snuffs roundest motherly wedging heredity jackdaw insures ritually trees vintner liverish stokers colonist slays same glossies churning parent +tangled upbraids croaked igloos chattel sickly groused lotion manner outsells salad cheerily anvils learning tipples deported
Best: 333
diadem gentry strutted unnerved mission nervous arterial spitball anarchy flunking ailment bankable choke tombolas yuppie refus +ing mulish stifling pesetas huffing chunters laths parching pushover awaits gits bunglers divulged radish incloses sued twig deceive alive jelled cuffs begat bemoaned scallion damned broiling demur cockatoo hacker cognate lending shaken reminder pinkish sighing nastie +r crimson squaring gaol emanated emir indirect presto blanches fulness tacos amber is blokish gunwales herein gym alp +habet mole flows dogging idiocies slow flours igloo backed affable kitbag bits halters plonking grovels ending medicals fedoras spinier onstage +year
Best: 356
sward moggie elegant soldier weds upswing friskily igneous grades text +ile stipends brigands stalks ropier chalets agonises tapeworm dreamers ignobly plumes giant fury dioxin homeboy queerer involve steadied sanctum pale haw breach display refuted spill reptile blowsy scenery i +mpute language entitled bikinis overwork varying workshop burdened soften li +my populist teetotal hunker chesty phrasal baying blockage violates vitiate slayings absorbed overuse topsoil rammed see +kers prat gallows totter cubist pinny clavicle solaced morbid reminded
Best: 356
possibly agreeing fittest quaking paunch milked copilots primate workaday rile kiddie doorway wa +ivers sundress affably madwoman subsonic flouting hairpins waned lifer vistas smaller vacuity epochs t +rends packet incisive gimlets precis broods buglers venues strudels chunders jocular bends serial wagged pa +lpates pocked unheard grit mobbing avows habit doggone mincers widen hatches measures gadfly + poll masseurs nick bagpipe castes unmade muted gnus earned landed tsarism winkled deadhead begs frigate dignity osiers addendum talkies boundary helixes slangy busker cooed climber milled yogurt lips harrying arts feds outvotes latency banned rube artistic maters
Best: 384
weather stupidly combo talons subsists avowal snootily rabidly worryin +g notes shake armrests lard authors scalped militant hurdled grouts funerals censured skating glutted coped atheists scissor dilated badness insist +s sciences uncanny whirled darkened swotted stirring heeling grays willed poncing anti ovulated total muzzle overa +wes cradled carbon guided duel symptom deface sitters legalese docility cuddled cellist robins empty patents +alimony dieters inhalers checkout dignify numbs taxonomy killers precises beverage privacy numb +ers lipstick devil knocked elision cobbler fasten bloodier flies languish grass waivers maybe cheer cowpat currying vocally maws begum boggy sways ta agility pianists feedbag fatally plopped nuzzling mistook inflames caging appeased exposing mound
Best: 405
outvotes storied bombings abstains sowers mick gashed deducted drifts salesmen snare shallot going titles lassoing mar aged wriggled affirms localise deified oiks garner explode willed hung steins sponsors schem +er strained bombings forewarn jilt squinted tips floored perverts curses proviso fogbound bucketed depart +ed shares made probable pus hank careless gunshots creams frisky hilarity firefly caesuras notices + boutique swag uniform earlier rebutted kilts succor feebly caskets flysheet husked lifts closing pup +petry directly smudge verifies paining megalith reactant cataract dottiest outwit sprog colas soppier sequins acre makeup bassists benders crispl +y appended sir elks snafu wreaked doubly cottage rootless bookings degrade waist skimp crummier gullets infects seaward

Cheers - L~R