Sorry if this is too exciting, but everyone I’ve ever told looks at me with a mixture of disdain and pity when I tell them. The only person who remotely cares is my daughter, who introduced me to the game, and now is mad at me for being better at it then her.
I only recently came to the same conclusion. It’s not about the big screen wide clears but making sure you keep the combos going. I was showing that to my wife last night where I cleared out a five wide column and only got 2k points.
If you can build blocks of 9 they usually reward you with a big clear. I think my combo steak is 200 or something.