playing scrabble

Some words can be spelled in so many ways that it’s hard to get them wrong (or right). The small cap worn by Jewish men can be spelt YAMALKA, YAMULKA, YARMELKE, YARMULKA and YARMULKE. Quite why you can’t have, say, a yarmalka… Read More

Anagrams form a big part of the Scrabble player’s armoury. It’s especially useful to know some seven- and eight-letter anagrams. There’s nothing worse than finding a lovely seven- or eight-letter word that doesn’t fit on the board. Knowledge of anagrams may allow you to rearrange your word into something else… Read More