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Tips and TricksThe best tips and tricks for the most popular word games like Words With Friends, Word Chums, Scrabble and many others for free and always at your fingertips!
Plus: lots of interesting things to know about word games, puzzles, and language in general.

Two-Letter Words in Words with Friends

created on by Selena Smiljanic

In order to become a better Words with Friends player, the first thing to do is to memorize two-letter words that are acceptable in this game. Here you can find all these words listed in one place and you will see the definition of some of the lesser-known words. » read more

Abbreviations in Scrabble and Words with Friends

created on by Thomas Maier

Players often get confused about abbreviations being used in Apps like Words with Friends or Scrabble. Don’t be frustrated! Learn more about abbreviations – or what seems to be one – in word games from this article. » read more

Names with Counterintuitive Pronunciation

Names With Counterintuitive Pronounciation - Stiffkey

created on by Dominik Wachsmann

Counterintuitive pronunciation is a language phenomenon that occurs when the phonetic rules of your first language clash with another. Mispronouncing names can be very embarrassing - and very amusing. » read more

Qats – The best Scrabble® Word in the June Prize Draw

created on by Tobias Linke

Here is the best solution of the JUNE Prize Draw. Many of you wrote us the correct solution but only one could win. The happy one is Francis Tenga Tabi from the Celbridge Scrabble Club, Ireland.» read more

June Prize Draw – Find the best Scrabble® Word

created on by Tobias Linke

Take part in our prize draw. Find the best Scrabble word and win a voucher for amazon.com. Good Luck! » read more

Simple Hangman Tactics

Hangman

created on by Guest Post

This article will provide some simple tactics for the pen and pencil game Hangman. » read more

May Prize Draw – Find the best Scrabble® Word

created on by Tobias Linke

Find the best Scrabble word and win a voucher for amazon.com and the book of Norman Wei "Word Games, Anagrams and More - A Fun Way to Learn New Words". Good Luck! » read more

Review: “Word Games, Anagrams and More – A Fun Way to Learn New Words” by Norman Wei

created on by Stephanie Napp

LEOTARD, MORIONS, FESCUES – three rarely used words with one thing in common. They all appear in Norman Wei’s latest publication “Word Games, Anagrams and More”. The book brings together more than 800 cartoons as well as lists and phrases to facilitate the learning of uncommon words for word games. » read more

How many letters are in Scrabble?

created on by Selena Smiljanic

Read about how many letters are there in Scrabble and Super Scrabble and what influences letter distributions in word games. » read more

How many of each letter is in Words with Friends

created on by Selena Smiljanic

Read about how many of each letter is in Words with Friends, about point values of the letters and the relationship between the two. » read more