The Official Scrabble Puzzle Book

The Official Scrabble Puzzle Book
by Joe Edley

The Official Scrabble Puzzle Book
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Author: Joe Edley
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-11-01
ISBN: 0671569007
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Gallery Books

Summary of The Official Scrabble Puzzle Book

Calling all players, beginners and experts alike! Here are the plays you can't afford to miss: 800 puzzles to sharpen your thinking and hone your crossword skills, specially designed and selected by SCRABBLE superstar Joe Edley, the only two-time winner of the National SCRABBLE® Championship and coauthor of Everything SCRABBLE®.

Learn how to:

  • "Read the board" and see where you can score the most points -- and where you can't.
  • Increase your word game skills with 97 must-know two-letter words
  • Build knockout numbers with bonus squares, two-letter words and parallel plays
  • Score with the high-point tiles: J, Q, X, and Z
  • Balance your rack by playing off weak three-, four-, and five-tile combinations
  • Find the key to success with bingos and seven-letter plays
  • Find the Ideal Play -- eight questions to ask yourself, plus the Ideal Play on computer
  • Win at SCRABBLE -- six key factors
  • Find the best play in real game action -- fifty actual games re-created in this book, complete with the author's analysis and computer simulation results.

National champion Joe Edley aims to enhance your SCRABBLE-playing skills. Discover tips, shortcuts, and special plays in actual game situations, and a battery of increasingly complex puzzles as you learn to play with the pros.

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