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Three-Letter Words

The three-letter words are almost as useful as the twos because there are so many ways of adding a letter to a two-letter word to make a three-letter one. That helps you place words on the board and get a higher score by playing more words in one move. There… Read More

The letter A: Too much of a good thing

If you have too many letter As, there are plenty of short words to help get you out of trouble: AA – a type of volcanic lava AAH – exclamation of surprise, pleasure, etc. AAL – an Asian… Read More

The letter A: Using the A-Team

The A is usually a useful letter to have, though you don’t particularly want more than one of them. It will fit nicely into lots of good seven- and eight-letter bonus words. To help you find them, remember some of the prefixes and suffixes that A is a part of. Read More

Two-Letter Words

Two-letter words are the most useful words in Scrabble. And the most useful two-letter words are … all of them. There are 124 in total. The ones that contain what we call the power tiles (J, Q, X and Z) are perhaps first among equals but there is… Read More

Thinking Positive – getting the correct mindset!

Scrabble is played by millions worldwide. Half of the households in Britain have a set. It’s the board game of choice everywhere from Buckingham Palace to prisons. But are you getting the most fun you can out of Scrabble? Do you run out of inspiration, find you always have awkward… Read More

Love is in the air with the new edition of Collins Official SCRABBLE™ Words

Do you and your BAE watch the latest BINGEABLE series on Netflix and OVERSHARE your relationship on social media? Or do you imagine yourself sipping CHAMPAS and planning a fashion COLLAB with your BLUD? These are examples of some of the 2,862 new words added to the existing 276,000 in the 2019 edition of Collins Official SCRABBLE™… Read More

Get More Involved with Scrabble™

Here are some resources to keep you in the game… Associations World English-Language Scrabble Players Association (WESPA)The WESPA website also provides access to resources for national associations, tournament organizers, players and youth players. Association of British Scrabble Players (ABSP)The ABSP website includes details of UK… Read More

Two-Letter Words to play on Scrabble Day

Any time you play Scrabble against a serious competitive player you can expect them to offer up words such as xu, and zo with a surprising degree of confidence. These words may be seldom encountered outside the popular board game, but two-letter words are gold… Read More

Top 5 Scrabble tips on Scrabble Day

The name of Alfred Mosher Butts might not mean much to you, but the Architect, born today in 1899 has been the direct cause of family feuds, inspired moments of verbal dexterity and genuine curiosity about language since 1938. Perhaps however if I mix in images of red, pink, blue and green… Read More