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The Psychology of Scrabble

By Nate Kornell, Ph.D. on January 11, 2012 in Everybody Is Stupid Except You

So you're playing Scrabble and five letters below a triple word score there's an F. Your letters are ACIIPST. What do you do? Read More

EVERY Game Has Its Own "Secret" Tricks

Submitted by astorian on January 11, 2012 - 8:33am.

I would have gotten "Pacifist" in a few seconds, but I'm still just a mediocre Scrabble player because I haven't played often enough to master the LITTLE tricks that are second nature to the elite players.

At LEAST as important as recognizing possible big words is memorizing all the obscure but legal 2 letter words. Even well educated people generally don't know, for example, that "AI" and "QI" and "ZA" are legitimate words. If you DO know that, you can frequently make a small play that creates 3 or 4 words simultaneously and earns you a LOT of points. (And in the process, you'll annoy the heck out of opponents who are SURE those aren't real words!)

A very smart player who doesn't know the ins and outs and little tricks of Scrabble will often get his butt kicked by people who aren't as smart but have mastered the finer points of the game.

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Lexical Word Finder

Submitted by Scrabble Cheat on January 27, 2012 - 1:48am.

Lexical Word Finder finds the top words with the best scores to play with a variety of word board games such as Words With Friends, Scrabble, Wordfeud and many more! Definitions are displayed with each word, so you can learn as you become a better player.