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101 Ways to Win at Scrabble: Top tips for Scrabble success
Barry Grossman
Inside this little book one of Britain’s top Scrabble players reveals his top tips for all day, everyday Scrabble success.We all want to get one over on our friends and family on the Scrabble board. Most of us manage to win now and again but if you’re looking for a permanent performance boost, then this book is for you. Barry Grossman offers us some of his top tips for remembering high-scoring and unusual words along with those crafty tactics which will make all the difference.Beautifully produced, Collins Little Book of 101 Ways to Win at Scrabble™ is a treasure in itself and makes a perfect gift for all word enthusiasts and aspiring Scrabble players the world over.Collins Little Book of 101 Ways to Win at Scrabble™ is endorsed by Mattel.SCRABBLE™ is a registered trademark of J. W. Spear & Sons Ltd., a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc.© 2015 Mattel, Inc. All Rights ReservedBarry Grossman is one of the UK's best Scrabble players and a committee member of the Association of British Scrabble Players. He has also appeared on and won Countdown. Barry has written Collins Scrabble: Play to win! and contributed to Collins Scrabble A-Z.
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Contents
Cover (#ub0915904-206b-5c10-88af-973e5018e2b4)
Title Page (#ub73e5e64-7a74-5350-a4a1-c508f338153c)
Copyright (#ucc3c4a3e-ee5e-5689-b353-b68bc6578752)
Foreword (#ulink_f685220a-a5da-5141-b51d-2f8f2c05784f)
1. Think Positive (#ulink_6db6a7d9-b9d3-5c08-9917-f110575ac0bb)
2. Two-letter words (#ulink_c6bef780-13a7-58fa-a4c5-93c4566d4d7a)
3. Using the A-Team (#ulink_e0e402d2-2cbd-5e8e-b871-591dfceefa14)
4. Too Much of a Good Thing (#ulink_5b8f18f7-b27f-50fc-8ef2-c8b802d7ff99)
5. Three-Letter Words (#ulink_3f98b3d5-2cc8-5309-a939-75072d3d870e)
6. Three-dom! (#ulink_9b745139-57e3-5bce-a2ed-f6f908790c46)
7. Small but Powerful (#ulink_a6593c5e-242e-571c-b257-506dfdac617e)
8. Not the B All and End All (#ulink_0a7f5531-ba76-505b-b1b2-6c03a08b1080)
9. Queen Bs (#ulink_bd1925ee-c086-5c7f-95a3-050c40c77816)
10. B is for Bonus (#ulink_03a5bf44-1341-5392-9d54-6db88d81182a)
11. Four-Letter Words (#ulink_c1a05c93-1bbd-5415-839f-e528403b392f)
12. Four Play (#ulink_241712ba-dc63-5e04-a378-65878c6abd51)
13. More on All Fours (#ulink_dce1739a-fb52-5430-a856-b8f47b80bbf7)
14. The C (#ulink_3617d133-a215-56f0-b6c3-e2c3be02bc54)
15. Bonuses with a C (#ulink_899237e1-5014-5945-8653-d01a0c6ccee3)
16. Starting on the Sevens (#ulink_2d6ef5ae-4b3e-5b4d-afa0-830ca22718f0)
17. Seventh Heaven (#ulink_3a98b9f6-87cb-5ed7-9082-15e827f30d33)
18. Sizing Up the Eights (#ulink_461a9281-4c0b-50ef-aecf-90a8d82ed870)
19. Fantastic Fours (#ulink_bd025b6b-523c-5858-80ce-16847a3b71cf)
20. Evaluate Your Rack (#ulink_6c520b72-1c31-5a9b-9136-b6ae18f26c16)
21. The D (#ulink_8e9d3593-7b50-527d-ad7e-ba2d317ba9f5)
22. Short Ds (#ulink_b12e4b6a-837e-5475-a2cf-523cff76feee)
23. Making the Change (#ulink_90e73131-0c68-5e8e-935f-b9b9c32123d2)
24. Before We Leave Those Vowels … (#ulink_7312af40-a908-565c-90f4-edee3d906ab1)
25. Keep Scoring (#ulink_fd666c5f-63a9-53f2-8317-bfa26157b81f)
26. Play Parallel (#ulink_49f8dd84-28ce-5c99-887c-0de1a0acc4ad)
27. Ode to the E (#ulink_73e36dd7-2255-5748-b9a8-4d6dde28f53e)
28. Short Es (#ulink_e67aebbe-783f-5d88-ba6e-89fcca1bc109)
29. You Can Put an E After That? (#ulink_b53ade4d-d84a-550d-aafe-a985aa0fee02)
30. Six-Letter Stems (#ulink_d243ea36-701c-5f44-b5d4-ba470d0062c8)
31. Retain Those Good Letters (#ulink_cea7fddd-54cf-5ac0-ac4f-cf723ac28ef0)
32. Using the F (#ulink_2c5aafe7-e1b0-52c9-af35-7ad1591d8a30)
33. Bonuses with an F (#ulink_1bae15b9-bb12-5121-b8a3-49e04ad3b236)
34. Seven-Letter Stems (#ulink_c47ce7ae-b82c-5c2f-95d1-f9fab89a3cdc)
35. Q but no U (#ulink_ff1ece10-3742-5a3b-97f5-2b98130edcb8)
36. Don’t Forget the Americans (#ulink_dfba775d-a7a5-570c-b7ca-a503ef7c6e40)
37. The G (#litres_trial_promo)
38. Nuthin’ but a G Thang (#litres_trial_promo)
39. G8 Summit (#litres_trial_promo)
40. Retains is a STARNIE (#litres_trial_promo)
41. Teasing Anagrams (#litres_trial_promo)
42. The Angriest Words (#litres_trial_promo)
43. K-Obsessed Kiwis (#litres_trial_promo)
44. The H (#litres_trial_promo)
45. H-H-High Score (#litres_trial_promo)
46. Noun(s) (#litres_trial_promo)
47. Verbs (#litres_trial_promo)
48. Don’t Push a Verb too Far (#litres_trial_promo)
49. Tricky Adjectives (#litres_trial_promo)
50. The I (#litres_trial_promo)
51. Is on the Prize (#litres_trial_promo)
52. Captain Hook (#litres_trial_promo)
53. Compound your Chances (#litres_trial_promo)
54. Those Incorrigible Aussies (#litres_trial_promo)
55. Double Trouble (#litres_trial_promo)
56. Joy with J (#litres_trial_promo)
57. Wonders of India (#litres_trial_promo)
58. The Blank (#litres_trial_promo)
59. Don’t Forget Mnemonics (#litres_trial_promo)
60. Remember Retold (#litres_trial_promo)
61. Watch Where you Put Those Tiles (#litres_trial_promo)
62. The K (#litres_trial_promo)
63. Out of Africa (#litres_trial_promo)
64. Opening and Closing Time (#litres_trial_promo)
65. Premium Squares (#litres_trial_promo)
66. Benjamins (#litres_trial_promo)
67. Anagrams (#litres_trial_promo)
68. Which Anagrams are the Most Useful? (#litres_trial_promo)
69. How Do You Spell That? (#litres_trial_promo)
70. Calm Canadians (#litres_trial_promo)
71. Spoilt for Choice (#litres_trial_promo)
72. The L (#litres_trial_promo)
73. The M (#litres_trial_promo)
74. Bonuses with M (#litres_trial_promo)
75. You Don’t Get Two Goes in a Row (#litres_trial_promo)
