Tips For Learning Scrabble Words

There are almost 130,000 two to eight letter words in the scrabble word list. Very few Scrabble enthusiasts have the time or the will to try and learn all the letters. The two and three-letter Scrabble words which are sometimes referred to as Scrabble cheat when used, the four letter words as extensions of threes and those using awkward letter combinations, the J Q X Z words, the vowel-heavy words, the most probable seven and eight letter words (bonus words). Here are my top word tips to help you learn words for better Scrabble playing. 

First move application

Practice spotting words which you have been taught by drawing suitable letters and seeing if you can spot them on the first move. For example, for JQXZ words take JQXZ and a U for the Q out of the bag. Pick six letters at random and see if you can spot a word that poses the JQX or Z on a double letter square as a first move. Repeat with a fresh set of 6 letters and so on.

Collect short lists

Keep the lists you are trying to learn very tiny and significant, so you build up a lot of small lists instead of one lengthy unwieldy one, Scrabble help websites also suggest a list of these short words. So rather than set out to learn all fours, you may pay attention to those with a V, and if you remove all those that have an E and S (the type of letters you would like to keep back) there are only 73 to learn.

Patterns

Check for words that you can bring together with similar patterns then you will find those nuggets of vocabulary will glue in the mind better, in case you are not able to use Scrabble word finder. For example, the following three letter words can all have any of A, E, I or O as an end clip: CAM CAP DIV LOT MAN ROT SOL TOR. For example, BOOGIE, NOOGIE, SOOGIE is all valid as are their plurals.