SCUTTLING scores 12 points (base, without multipliers).
12
Points
verb
1
To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
2
To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
3
(by extension, in figurative use) Undermine or thwart oneself (sometimes intentionally), or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; compare scupper.
The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst.