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Everything Scrabble
For both the beginner and the seasoned pro, this how-to book from the National Scrabble Association offers all the keys to better play: Basic board strategies for surefire resultsTurn the enemy -- Q -- into your best friend: a winner's list of Q words with and without UMaster the terrific "twos" -- a complete list of two-letter words that can boost your scoring a...more
Paperback, 368 pages
Published
November 1st 2001
by Pocket Books
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Scrabble and chess are the only two games I excel at, and though the former is often associated with nerds I enjoy it anyway; I have travelling sets for both. The scrabble set has four sets of pointers for scoring so you don't need pen and paper. I'm good at obscure words, unsurprisingly, and risque ones as well so I have to be careful depending on the players.
Everything Scrabble is an extremely helpful resource, loaded with useful word lists, tips, puzzles, and stories from the world of Scrabble. Especially useful is the first section, aptly titled "Getting Better Quickly." For those of you who, like myself, have played the game casually for years, Everything Scrabble provides strategic observations that will make a big difference even before you learn the 2-letter words and the Q-without-U's. I don't think I'd ever used all seven tiles to ...more
A lot of this stuff is common sense, so it's little exercises were a drag and I can find more replete training elsewhere.
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useful shit in here
Read Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis, join your local Scrabble club (or create you local Scrabble club), get an account with the Internet Scrabble Club, play a few hundred games, then read this book. Just don't waste your money if you're not up to the geekiness contained therein.
Has this been updated for the new words? ANSTER and a blank now yields SARSNET, SANTERO, SANTERA, etc Gotta know those!
Old favorite/crash course for a tournament in Feb.
Won it in a tournament. Helped me win a few more.
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