scrabble tips

The letter X

The X is often a short cut to a high score with very little effort. Perhaps surprisingly, it combines with … Continued

Serious hooking

Even reasonably experienced players tend to think that hooks – those letters you can add to the beginning or end

Tile Synergies

Many times in the past I have been asked which letters I consider to be the most and least useful

(Im)proper nouns

A surprising number of common first names are valid words. If one of these is you, that’s at least one

The letter W

The W comes up in four two-letter words, WE, WO, AW and OW. It’s not at all a bad letter

The letter V

Once you get to the stage of knowing all the two-letter words, you will develop a strong dislike for the

The letter U

In the days before newer editions of the dictionary brought us all those U-less Q words, the U was prized

How many can play?

Scrabble, the instructions tell us, is a game for two to four players. You may well play in threes and

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