Tips to Play Scrabble
Scrabble Tip #1
The first step to become a master in Scrabbleis not to memorize the dictionary but to learn all the two-letter words. There are 124 of them. Step two is probably to learn all the three-letter words, but there’s 1310 of these, so let’s stick to the twos. Let's begin with the most useful words in Scrabble:
QI - life force
ZA - Pizza
Scrabble Tip #2
Rack Management
Try playing words that leave you with a good balance of letters left on your rack for your next go. If you keep a good mix of consonants and vowels back you'll find that it's easier to score consistently throughout the game (the ideal ratio is generally 4 consonants to 3 vowels).Certain mixes of consonants work really well together and are worth holding onto if you’re going in search of a 50-point bonus score. They tend to be a blend of hard and soft consonants, so try not to have all hard or all soft consonants on your rack at one.
Hard consonants: BDFGJKPQTVX
Soft consonants: HLMNRSWYZ
Scrabble Tip #3 -
Try playing words that leave you with a good balance of letters left on your rack for your next go. If you keep a good mix of consonants and vowels back you'll find that it's easier to score consistently throughout the game (the ideal ratio is generally 4 consonants to 3 vowels).Certain mixes of consonants work really well together and are worth holding onto if you’re going in search of a 50-point bonus score. They tend to be a blend of hard and soft consonants, so try not to have all hard or all soft consonants on your rack at one.
Hard consonants: BDFGJKPQTVX
Soft consonants: HLMNRSWYZ
Scrabble Tip #3 -
Emptying Your Vowels
If you have failed to keep things balanced you can end up with a rack full of vowels that are tough to get rid of. It can take two or three turns to restore the balance, and in that time you’re unlikely to score well since the vowels are worth only one point. Here as some words that will help you escape:
AE one
AI slow moving shaggy South American animal
EA a river
IO moth
Scrabble Tip #4
If you have failed to keep things balanced you can end up with a rack full of vowels that are tough to get rid of. It can take two or three turns to restore the balance, and in that time you’re unlikely to score well since the vowels are worth only one point. Here as some words that will help you escape:
AE one
AI slow moving shaggy South American animal
EA a river
IO moth
Scrabble Tip #4
Consonant Dump
Things can swing the other way and you can end up with a rack full of consonants. Here are some consonant delights to help you restore balance.
CH eke
FY fie
KY cow
BRR shivering
CWM steep sided hollow
Scrabble Tip #5
Things can swing the other way and you can end up with a rack full of consonants. Here are some consonant delights to help you restore balance.
CH eke
FY fie
KY cow
BRR shivering
CWM steep sided hollow
Scrabble Tip #5
Don’t be Afraid of Change
It’s as true in Scrabble as it is in life: some people hate having to change. Don’t be afraid. You may have to score zero for one turn if you change your letters, but if the alternative is to be left with a horrible combination of letters, like IIIUVVW, then chuck them in.
There’s a great deal of skill involved in knowing when to change tiles and also deciding which to throw away and which to keep. Some of the worst letters in the game are FGJQUVW so if they’re on your rack you probably want to change these.
Scrabble Tip #6
It’s as true in Scrabble as it is in life: some people hate having to change. Don’t be afraid. You may have to score zero for one turn if you change your letters, but if the alternative is to be left with a horrible combination of letters, like IIIUVVW, then chuck them in.
There’s a great deal of skill involved in knowing when to change tiles and also deciding which to throw away and which to keep. Some of the worst letters in the game are FGJQUVW so if they’re on your rack you probably want to change these.
Scrabble Tip #6
Keep your Eyes on the Words
You win Scrabble by points scored on the board, not by who make the nicest word on their rack but had nowhere to play it. Fact. Some people seem to object to this. These are the same people that will object to you fist-pumping in their face when you win.
Try to spend most of your time focusing on the board and its possibilities, keeping your letters in your head while you do so as much as you can. It’s harder to do than it sounds, so stop yourself if find yourself fixating on your rack.
Scrabble Tip #7
You win Scrabble by points scored on the board, not by who make the nicest word on their rack but had nowhere to play it. Fact. Some people seem to object to this. These are the same people that will object to you fist-pumping in their face when you win.
Try to spend most of your time focusing on the board and its possibilities, keeping your letters in your head while you do so as much as you can. It’s harder to do than it sounds, so stop yourself if find yourself fixating on your rack.
Scrabble Tip #7
With or Without U
It goes against everything you learned in school, but there are quite a lot of words that have a Q in them and no U. Learning these is a great idea for a couple of reasons. One, it will help your Scrabble. Two, it will drive your friends who don’t know them mad. The most useful one, QI, we’ve mentioned already. Here are some more:
FAQIR -Muslim who spurns worldly possessions
QADI -Muslim judge
QAID- chief
Scrabble Tip #8
It goes against everything you learned in school, but there are quite a lot of words that have a Q in them and no U. Learning these is a great idea for a couple of reasons. One, it will help your Scrabble. Two, it will drive your friends who don’t know them mad. The most useful one, QI, we’ve mentioned already. Here are some more:
FAQIR -Muslim who spurns worldly possessions
QADI -Muslim judge
QAID- chief
Scrabble Tip #8
Beautiful Scrabble Words
One of the nicest things about Scrabble is that it leads you towards some truly weird and wonderful words. This is because you start to judge words by how useful they are to play in Scrabble, rather than how likely you are to ever actually need them in everyday life.
One of the nicest things about Scrabble is that it leads you towards some truly weird and wonderful words. This is because you start to judge words by how useful they are to play in Scrabble, rather than how likely you are to ever actually need them in everyday life.
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