SCRABBLE game fans, beginners and pros, here's the book you've been waiting for: the first-ever SCRABBLE how-to book written by the National SCRABBLE Association. Now you can become a better player at every level of skill. Learn: <ul>
<li>Basic play-making for surefire results </li>
<li>How to turn your worst nightmare -- "Q" -- into your best friend: a winners' list of "Q" words with and without "U" </li>
<li>How to become an expert by using the terrific "twos" -- a complete list of two-letter words that can boost your scoring average by thirty to forty points per game </li>
<li>How to maximize your score with bonus squares and parallel play -- including triple triples, the pinnacle of SCRABBLE scoring success </li>
<li>How to make more seven-letter plays -- and earn a fifty point bonus </li>
<li>A step-by-step guide to board strategy and secrets to getting better tiles </li>
<li>How to get your words' worth with high-point tiles "J," "X" and "Z" -- a list of three and four-letter words </li>
<li>Acceptable words with no vowels </li>
<li>How the world's greatest players win their games -- fifteen examples of outstanding SCRABBLE play </li>
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 This extensively illustrated official guidebook brings you all the facets of the game and the entire worldwide SCRABBLE culture, including the clubs, tournaments, champions and rules, plus a complete history of the game and a rare interview with SCRABBLE's inventor, the late Alfred Mosher Butts.

Everything Scrabble: Official National Scrabble Association a-to-Z

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Game of the Year winner at the 2009 International Toy Fair, Bananagrams is the international phenomenon that started with a simple idea: "An anagram game that is so fast it will drive you bananas!" Doing for letters what Sudoku did for numbers, it's the obsessive new puzzle craze that starts with 144 letter tiles in a banana-shaped bag and captures all the fun of crosswords and word games like Scrabble and Boggle. Now comes Bananagrams! The Official Book, which translates the brain-twisting word fun of the game onto the page, and adds much, much more. Even if you've never dipped your hand into the Bananagrams pouch, the book stands on its own with hours of challenging play. Written by the only three-time National Scrabble Champion, Joe Edley, Bananagrams! offers sixteen clever puzzle types, including Banana Trees, where the object is to build word grids based on a theme; Banana Splits, a collection of four quick anagram puzzles to be solved in rapid-fire style; Banana Leaves, with its four-, five-, six- and seven-letter words; Banana Filling―what happens when you add a "K"?; and more. The puzzles have four levels of difficulty, from one banana to four bananas. Plus, there are glossaries; special strategies for Bananagrams: The Game; a list of "Weords"―weird words that are cool to play; two- and three-letter words to take your game to the next level; fun banana facts; and, of course, an answer key.

Banana-Grams! The Official Book, 575 Appealing Word Challenges That Will Drive You Bananas!

Workman Publishing

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