MIMI HINGORANI & NEETA BHATIA VARISHT HINGORANI & SHERWIN RODRIGUES

 Scrabble is an internationally popular word game where word power, strategy and luck are equally important  It is recognised as an excellent means for increasing vocabulary and word power  It also helps improve analytical skills and sharpens mathematical ability  Scientifically proven to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease

THE HARDWARE  The Scrabble Board  Tile bag with 100 Tiles  Tile Racks  Timers or Clocks

DOUBLE WORD SCORE TRIPLE WORD SCORE DOUBLE LETTER SCORE TRIPLE LETTER SCORE THE BOARD HAS A 15X15 GRID SOME OF THE SQUARES ARE PREMIUM SQUARES THE SCRABBLE BOARD

100 LETTERS (TILES) IN THE TILE BAG

FUN WITH WORDS The main idea of the game is to score points making words

BASIC MOVES A¹ R¹ M³ EXAMPLE WITH ‘A R M’ ALREADY PLAYED ON THE BOARD ON THE BOARD AND THE 7 TILES ON YOUR RACK BEING ‘U B D N A H S’

 PLAYING THROUGH AN EXISTING LETTER A¹ R¹ M³ B³B³ A¹A¹ N¹ D² EXAMPLE WITH ‘A R M’ ALREADY PLAYED ON THE BOARD ON THE BOARD AND THE 7 TILES ON YOUR RACK BEING ‘U B D N A H S’

HOOKING A LETTER TO THE FRONT OR BACK OF AN EXISTING WORD TO CREATE NEW WORDS A¹ R¹ M³ B³ A¹ N¹ D² S¹ H ч A¹ N¹ D² EXAMPLE WITH ‘A R M’ ALREADY PLAYED ON THE BOARD ON THE BOARD AND THE 7 TILES ON YOUR RACK BEING ‘U B D N A H S’

EXTENSION PLAY EXTENDING A PRE- EXISTING WORD A¹ R¹ M³B³ A¹ N¹ D² S¹ EXAMPLE WITH ‘A R M’ ALREADY PLAYED ON THE BOARD ON THE BOARD AND THE 7 TILES ON YOUR RACK BEING ‘U B D N A H S’

PARALLEL PLAY PLACING A WORD PARALLEL TO AN EXISTING WORD SUCH THAT MORE THAN ONE WORD IS FORMED A¹ R¹ M³ B³ A¹ H ч EXAMPLE WITH ‘A R M’ ALREADY PLAYED ON THE BOARD ON THE BOARD AND THE 7 TILES ON YOUR RACK BEING ‘U B D N A H S’

BASIC MOVES 1) To play through an existing letter 2) Hooking a letter to the front or back of an existing word to create new words 3) Extension play – extending a pre-existing word 4) Parallel play – placing a word parallel to an existing word such that more than one word is formed  A BINGO is a move in which all seven tiles are used. a bonus of 50 points is added to the score for scoring a bingo

BINGO ALL SEVEN TILES ARE USED +50 PTS A¹ R¹ M³ H ч U¹ S¹ B³ A¹ N¹ D² EXAMPLE WITH ‘A R M’ ALREADY PLAYED ON THE BOARD ON THE BOARD AND THE 7 TILES ON YOUR RACK BEING ‘U B D N A H S’ H ч U¹ S¹ B³ A¹ N¹ D²

PASSING OR EXCHANGING A TURN  What do you do when you have an opening rack like this? Tip: Passing is not advisable while playing, it’s always better to exchange your tiles if you have a bad rack

CHALLENGING A MOVE  If a player wishes to challenge any of the words he can check the validity of the words by looking them up in the official word lists If the word is invalid, player 1 loses his turn for playing an invalid word. If the word is valid, player 2 loses 5 points for challenging a correct word

WHICH DICTIONARY IS USED FOR SCRABBLE TOURNAMENTS?  The Collins Scrabble Word List 2012 is the accepted dictionary in Scrabble  The dictionary has over 2,70,000 words!

ENDING A GAME  The game ends when the bag is emptied and one player finishes all his letters  If Player 1 has used all his tiles first, then along with the score for his final play he  gets double the points of player 2’s remaining letters

 2 Player Board Game These are timed games using Chess clocks with 25 minutes per player and penalties for going overtime  Scores are calculated for every move and when the tiles run out, the player with the highest cumulative score wins  Tournament Formats may vary – Australian Draw, KOTH, Tsh or Round Robin TOURNAMENT SCRABBLE

 The international flavour of the game can be appreciated by the fact that both ‘COLOR’ and ‘COLOUR’ ARE VALID  All international currencies are valid (even old and extinct ones). E.g. ZLOTY (Poland), XU (Vietnam), DINAR (Saudi Arabia), EURO (Europe), BAHT (Thailand)

 All units of measure are valid. E.g. EL, EM, COULOMB, AMPERES, VOLT, HERTZ, PARGANA  All titles are valid. E.g. KING, EMPEROR, DUKE, EARL, PASHA, VIZIER, PESHWA  There are quite a few Indian words. E.g. ASANA, YOGA, ASHRAM, PAJAMAS, ZENANA, BAZAAR, MAHATMA, ALAAP

ONLINE SCRABBLE TOOLS  Zyzzyva -- A free word study program written by Michael W. Thelen.  Quackle -- Free crossword game artificial intelligence and analysis tool that rivals the best players in the world

 3. Scrabble Player's Handbook -- a definitive and free ebook on  how to play Scrabble, written by a dozen of the best  tournament players in the world 4. Aerolith -- Useful tool for anagramming and studying words ONLINE SCRABBLE TOOLS

 The Internet Scrabble Club (ISC)

WordBiz is a Windows program that allows you to play scrabble on ISC server using a graphical interface. ONLINE SCRABBLE TOOLS

SKILLSETS REQUIRED TO BECOME A CHAMPION  Vocabulary Skills  Anagramming Skills  Mathematical Skills  Strategy  Analytical reasoning  Risk Assessment  Gambling (Probability Assessment)

VOCABULARY SKILLS  Basics – 2 Letter words (124)  3 Letter Words (1310)  Bingo Spotting using common beginnings and endings  High probability 7 & 8 letter words

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS  Rapid assessment of high scoring plays in every move  Probability assessment - Drawing wanted or unwanted tiles from the bag  Endgame planning

STRATEGIC PLANNING & ANALYTICAL REASONING  Rack management  Offense Vs Defence

ANAGRAMMING SKILLS  The most satisfying aspect of playing Scrabble  Can be improved upon using pattern recognition

CCEEINS GUESS THE WORD?

AENSTTU GUESS THE WORD?

EGHORTU GUESS THE WORD?

AEFLSTU GUESS THE WORD?

BEEENNZ GUESS THE WORD?

ACORRST GUESS THE WORD?

BCLMOOU GUESS THE WORD?

EEIPRTY GUESS THE WORD?

EIIOTTTV GUESS THE WORD?

EGGLOOY GUESS THE WORD?

EGINNORT GUESS THE WORD?

AEMOOSTT GUESS THE WORD?

DELMNPUU GUESS THE WORD?

AAEJLNOP GUESS THE WORD?

ADENTUX GUESS THE WORD?

AEIPRXY GUESS THE WORD?

EGGOORSU GUESS THE WORD?

AIMNOTTU GUESS THE WORD?

AEINOQTU GUESS THE WORD?

ACCEINV GUESS THE WORD?

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