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The Balance between Consonants and Vowels in Scrabble

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Mike Corbet likes to play Scrabble. He is a supporter of the balance between consonats and vowels in scrabble. Why? He will tell you in his guest post he wrote for us.

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Playing Scrabble at the 8th Israeli Open in Tiberias

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Playing Scrabble all over the world is a great chance to get in contact with other Scrabble enthusiasts. The Israeli Open is a popular Scrabble competition, too. Many foreign players take this opportunity to visit Israel and to play Scrabble with international players. This year Peggy Fehily and Brigitte Brath travelled to Israel and attended the event and gave us their impressions.

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Playing Scrabble helped to fill my mind! – An Interview with Gerry Carter

Gerry Carter playing scrabble

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“Every game is different and a new challenge”, says Gerry Carter. Playing Scrabble all over the world fascinates him. Now he is writing a book about the international Scrabble playing community.

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New Three Letter Words in the Collins Scrabble Word List

new three letter words in scrabble

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We’d like to introduce to you all the new three-letter words in the CSW15 – they are easy to learn and with them you will quickly improve your Scrabble skills!

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Make Words with These Letters in Scrabble

Make words with these letters for Scrabble

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Stuck with a poor selection of letters in Scrabble like QNAYSTE for example? ‘How do I possibly make words with these letters?’ you say? We show you some words with these letters which are possible in Scrabble.

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English Scrabble Words with Q without U following

English scrabble words with q without u following

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You know this tricky situation: You have a Q on your rack and there is no U in sight! But you would be surprised how many English words with Q without U following are valid in Scrabble! Here are all words in the TWL14, CSW12 and CSW15 lists and an explanation for some special words!

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Get rid of your vowels – A short lesson on Vowel Dumps in Scrabble® and Words with Friends

Vowel Dumps on the Board

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Your rack is filled with masses of vowels. This article will help you to get rid of them by using vowel dumps for Scrabble, Words with Friends, and Wordfeud. You can immediately use your knowledge to practice with our new quiz function.

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Words with Q without U

Words with Q without U

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You know this tricky situation: You have a Q on your rack and there is no U in sight! But you will be surprised how many words with Q without U are valid in Scrabble!

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To Become Better at Scrabble: Learn Scrabble Hook Words!

They are very important to get better at Scrabble: Hook words.

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Do you want to become a better Scrabble player? Then you need to find out what hooks are and learn some important hook words. We’ll show you some of them in this article.

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Much Ado About the TWL 2014

The title of the TWL 2014

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“The loss of something once freely available seems to hurt people’s feelings more than I thought it would,” said Ross Brown about the copyright restrictions of the TWL 2014. We talked with him about the issues with the new tournament word list.

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