Scrabble Word Building Book (Mass Market Paperback)

by Saleem Ahmed (Author)

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John Williams Executive Director of the National Scrabble® Association and coauthor of Everything Scrabble® Scrabble® fanatics will memorize this book. -- Review

Product Description

For SCRABBLE® and other word-game players, the winner's handbook is here! Become a master of the game with this essential guide for top-scoring play. You'll discover:

The 94 all-important two-letter words -- in one handy list

A special section of over 800 three-letter words, 550 of which can be formed from two-letter words

All eight-letter words that can be formed from seven-letter words

Every word up to seven letters you can play!

Keep this invaluable SCRABBLE® reference at your fingertips to make maximum use of high scoring letters, settle disputes, and increase your word-building power!

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (October 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671734563
• ISBN-13: 978-0671734565
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 3.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #543,933 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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97 of 99 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Outdated and incomplete..., July 20, 2001

By	GIJoel (Bronx, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This 1991 volume is now old by 2 revisions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. It was missing a few words even when it was current, and since the later revisions to OSPD, it is now short by several thousand words. My recollection is it also was not very sensibly arranged and was printed in difficult to read fonts. If you can read this review, you already have the ability to obtain word- study and list-generating software by download that is up-to-date, complete, more user friendly, and of greater utility, not to mention free, tho of course not as portable as this handy paperback.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Scrabble Goes Educational, March 27, 2001

By	Nancy (Grand Rapids, Michigan) - See all my reviews

Scrabble has been an integral part of our family for over 50 years. The originators (Grandmother and her sisters) were highly competitive and were totally against the idea of looking up words prior to playing. But, in order to encourage the game with the fourth generation, the rules have been relaxed.As a result, this book is extremely helpful to teach adding on to words and multiple-word plays. While it just consists of alphabetized lists, we make it a rule that you also have to look up the meaning of the word in the Scrabble dictionary, if not known.But beware... while the book is fairly complete, there are some words that are not included which can be found in earlier editions of the Official Scrabble Dictionary.So, the recommendation is, this makes a fun and wonderful companion book, but should not be relied on alone.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Use as a supplement only, January 4, 2003

By	J. Marren "jtm497" (Glen Ridge, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I use this book to occasionally jog my memory or generate an idea for an add-on word if I'm stuck. The pages are clearly laid out and well-organized. But purists complain some of the "definitive" lists are out-of-date and incomplete.