LITTLE BOOK OF SCRABBLE SECRETS

Play like a pro with two-letter wonder words such as QI, ZO, JA and XU. There are tables of the 124 two-letter words playable in Scrabble and the 1,341 three-letter words. Cool on and off the Scrabble board, Mark Nyman takes the game seriously but also gets lots of fun out of it. Uniquely among the world's best players, Mark has experienced the highs and lows of Scrabble at its ultimate level and this comes across in spades in this short and comprehensive book, aimed at beginners but with something for players of all abilities. The 'Skulduggery' section is a must read and this is the revised second edition in handy small softback. The essential scrabble glossary includes blockers which are words than cannot have a letter added to either the beginning or the end. Bonuses are words of usually 7 or 8 letters long which use all of your tiles to give you an extra 50 points. Floaters are letters that are available on the board for you to use as part of another word and how to play on to and hooks are words that can be transformed into another valid word by the addition of a single letter at the beginning for example earful adding a T to become tearful. Up your game with obscure and useful words and absorb top tips to solve tricky dilemmas. 116 page paperback.