Introducing Super duper letterZ deluxe, a great way to improve knowledge of words of 3 letters and up.

HOW TO PLAY

Make 3 or 4 letter words by swapping two adjacent letters. Thanks to Trevor Tao from Australia for this fantastic game

SCRABBLE RESOURCES

FACEBOOK Join the ScrabbleWorldwide application (official) - play on-line, one move at a time - can play multiple games at once. *I welcome invitations to play young people. Various on-line tournament Leagues

LEXULOUS (unofficial) www.lexulous.com

ISC/ wordbiz (Internet Scrabble Club) for online play, live, against other people OR a computer – finish each live game in 3 to 25 minutes… against people or computers .. must use correct dictionary (Collins/CSW/ SOWPODS)…... can sometimes find abusive opponents http://www.isc.ro

ZYZZYVA is freely available to download off the internet (or use a flashdrive), then use offline

Perfect for study (CARDBOX) adjudication, and definition of words http://zyzzyva.net/

LeXpert .. no longer available on the internet, but many players have it on their computer, if you have a flashdrive. Ideal for study, but doesn’t have definitions. It is better than ZYZZYVA if you want to generate and print LISTS, eg “all words starting with OUT..”

ASSOCIATION WEBSITES

CASPA - www.scrabble.org.au everything you need to know to play in Australia – tournaments, clubs, ratings, software to run tournaments, KOALA COACHING CLINIC by John Holgate, and some word lists (eg meanings of 2’s)

Victorian Scrabble – includes some interesting word lists by Michael Horning, eg compound words http://www.scrabblevictoria.org.au

ABSP – Interesting word lists by David Sutton, eg those ordered by TOPIC, such as trees or weapons http://www.absp.org.uk

BOOKS

COLLINS Scrabble Tournament & Club Word List – available from ASPA

ISBN-13 978-0-00-725884-0 ISBN-10 0-00-725884-4

Collins Dictionary – hard-back, or paperback - available from ASPA

ISBN 978-0-00-721359-7

HOOK BOOKS – available from Alan Matthews, president Tasmanian Scrabble alan.mathews@bigpond.com *ALMOST COMPULSORY - 2, 3, 4 letter hooks (orange book)

PALM-PILOTS and other hand-held devices: LAMPWORDS (software can be downloaded from someone else’s machine, to find words, to check definitions, and to play Scrabble offline)

PLAYSTATION, NINTENDO etc – use Ubisoft Scrabble 2009 or Ubisoft Scrabble 2007 (earlier versions have wrong dictionary) – also for PC…..recommended for OFF-LINE practice against a computer. Set to different levels of difficulty – go for the highest if you want to learn more words.

QUACKLE can simulate games, and tell you which is the best move to choose

http://people.csail.mit.edu/jasonkb/quackle/

MNEMONIC CD (Barbara Brown/Jake Jacobs) “A MAGIC SPELL FOR WORD WIZARDRY”

from TILEFISH (contact as per ABSP website)

Tilefish also sell “How to Win at Scrabble” by Andrew Fisher & David Webb.(for advanced players)