Scrabble Word Tips

If you have played Scrabble with your friends, family or in any competitive environment, you have definitely come across a few words that make no sense to you but are still included in the official Scrabble dictionaries such as the World English-language Scrabble Players Association (WESPA) or the North American counterpart Collins Official Scrabble Words (CSW). Often termed as the Scrabble 'bible', these are regularly updated to add new valid words from 2-15 letters in length.

It is nearly impossible to memorize all the words in these books and it is your job to come up with the optimal solution to each problem faced during the game. You can find new words using the Scrabble word finder and optimally train your brain to add more words to your dictionary. You can also visit a lot of Scrabble help websites available online to learn new tips and tricks for efficiently adding more words to your repertoire.

Another topic of discussion amongst players is that if the players should know the definitions of the words they are playing. It is a tedious enough job to learn the thousands of words in the Scrabble 'bible' and there is no need to learn the definitions of each and every word. There is no rule that insists the player to recall the definition of the word being used/formed on the board. Some might even label you as a Scrabble cheat for using unknown words but as long as they are on the official dictionary, you are good to go.

Another question that pops up while discussing Scrabble is how to determine what word is allowed and what word is not? For example, with the addition of "s" or "es", a single noun can be transformed into the plural form of the word even though it is not mentioned in the official dictionary. Adjectives with one syllable can also be transformed into the comparative and superlative form with the addition of "er" or "est".

These are the basic word tips one must keep in mind when attempting to learn Scrabble professionally.