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.