What is Scrabble?

Scrabble is essentially a word game which can be played by 2-4 players at a given time on a board which comprises a grid of squares in a 15 X 15 format. The squares are assigned different scoring attributes. There are 100 tiles to draw from and players must draw 7 tiles initially and maintain the same number on their racks till they are exhausted. Each tile has a point value attached to it. If all 7 tiles are used in a word an additional 50 points is added to the players score. The goal is to win by scoring more than your opponent. Scrabble is now increasingly played competitively across several countries on the globe and in several languages.

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Scrabble Word Study Tools

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Wednesday 4 November 2015

WESPA Scrabble Championship 2015 Standings - Day 1

Here are the standings after day 1 from Scrabble Australia's coverage of the WESPA Scrabble Championship 2015:


Rank
Player
Wins
Spread
1
8
660
2
7
668
3
7
495
4
7
397
5
7
391
6
7
373
7
6.5
369
8
6.5
320
9
6
855
10
6
550
11
6
522
12
6
519
13
6
480
14
6
356
15
6
237
16
6
221
17
5
705
18
5
494
19
5
424
20
5
362
21
5
360
22
5
343
23
5
340
24
5
300
25
5
292
26
5
289
27
5
267
28
5
246
29
5
211
30
5
209
31
5
196
32
5
188
33
5
185
34
5
181
35
5
151
36
5
141
37
5
135
38
5
115
39
5
101
40
5
94
41
5
76
42
5
62
43
5
47
44
5
12
45
5
-62
46
5
-71
47
5
-112
48
5
-132
49
5
-175
50
5
-279
51
4.5
325
52
4.5
200
53
4.5
-47
54
4
355
55
4
310
56
4
268
57
4
219
58
4
211
59
4
208
60
4
206
61
4
204
62
4
121
63
4
85
64
4
51
65
4
32
66
4
27
67
4
7
68
4
-5
69
4
-9
70
4
-38
71
4
-91
72
4
-103
73
4
-121
74
4
-133
75
4
-155
76
4
-181
77
4
-190
78
4
-216
79
4
-350
80
4
-364
81
3.5
158
82
3
156
83
3
49
84
3
21
85
3
-13
86
3
-69
87
3
-78
88
3
-84
89
3
-103
90
3
-160
91
3
-179
92
3
-194
93
3
-201
94
3
-213
95
3
-214
96
3
-218
97
3
-227
98
3
-228
99
3
-231
100
3
-232
101
3
-265
102
3
-276
103
3
-276
104
3
-293
105
3
-296
106
3
-309
107
3
-351
108
3
-454
109
3
-469
110
3
-560
111
2
84
112
2
-63
113
2
-111
114
2
-189
115
2
-207
116
2
-224
117
2
-288
118
2
-355
119
2
-358
120
2
-406
121
2
-417
122
2
-432
123
2
-434
124
2
-467
125
2
-921
126
1
-246
127
1
-501
128
1
-668
129
1
-885
130
0
-717
131
0
-1120

Tuesday 3 November 2015

WESPA Scrabble Championship 2015 - Last Chance Qualifier Results

Here are the results of the Last Chance Qualifier from Scrabble Australia's coverage of the Scrabble Champions Tourney 2015, The top 6 go through:


1 Hassan Hadi Khan 7.5 311 beat Karen Richards 453:355
2 Lawson Sue 7 385 beat Tariq Pervez 479:415
3 Paul Kalumba 6 541 beat Mohammad Inayatullah 371:330
4 Tariq Pervez 6 523 lost to Lawson Sue 415:479
5 Wimal Fernando 6 417 walloped Faye Williams 538:315
6 Akkarapol Kwansak 6 347 beat Dianne Brumby 437:424
7 Karen Richards 6 325 lost to Hassan Hadi Khan 355:453
8 Mariam Arif 6 306 pipped Paul Richards 392:384
9 Lewis Hawkins 6 162 beat Quentin Abbott 411:393
10 Tony Hunt 5 631 beat Jane Taylor 470:352
11 John Holgate 5 488 beat Don Hadley 534:367
12 Mohammad Inayatullah 5 440 lost to Paul Kalumba 330:371
13 Dianne Brumby 5 393 lost to Akkarapol Kwansak 424:437
14 Paul Richards 5 235 was pipped by Mariam Arif 384:392
15 John Barker 5 216 beat Rocky Sharma 412:388
16 Sanjoy Gupta 5 213 beat Anne Ashmore 427:320
17 Hammad Hadi Khan 5 202 beat Marvi Delfin 476:347
18 Liz Fagerlund 5 112 beat Tan Jin Chor 369:348
19 Mark Smith 5 75 pulverised Tsang Wai Yin Jason 531:269
20 Edie Mueller 5 25 beat Lynne Butler 463:430
21 Quentin Abbott 5 23 lost to Lewis Hawkins 393:411
22 Faye Williams 5 -1 got walloped by Wimal Fernando 315:538
23 Howard Rayner 4.5 110 beat Euclid Hui 435:338
24 Daniel Milton 4 309 beat Alex Leckie-Zaharic 469:383
25 Jane Taylor 4 268 lost to Tony Hunt 352:470
26 Rocky Sharma 4 216 lost to John Barker 388:412
27 Don Hadley 4 166 lost to John Holgate 367:534
28 Jegatheva Jegathesan 4 93 beat Carmel Dodd 466:417
29 Dunx Keet 4 74 pipped Jayaska Baranage 425:422
30 Tan Jin Chor 4 74 lost to Liz Fagerlund 348:369
31 Val Mills 4 63 beat Jenny Brysha 368:292
32 Anne Ashmore 4 53 lost to Sanjoy Gupta 320:427
33 Ian Ting 4 -14 beat Lynn Wood 442:404
34 Lynne Butler 4 -28 lost to Edie Mueller 430:463
35 Chris Hall 4 -42 beat Ali Rashid 410:277
36 Marvi Delfin 4 -59 lost to Hammad Hadi Khan 347:476
37 Mary Gray 4 -139 beat Sunny Wright 408:397
38 Euclid Hui 4 -215 lost to Howard Rayner 338:435
39 Douglas Tsang 4 -235 pipped David Gunn 371:363
40 Tsang Wai Yin Jason 4 -379 was pulverised by Mark Smith 269:531
41 Muhammad Talha 4 -518 beat Paula Brown 314:289
42 Jayaska Baranage 3 107 was pipped by Dunx Keet 422:425
43 Anderina McLean 3 75 beat Carson Ip 440:296
44 Arnold Appelhof 3 21 beat Absar Mustajab 365:342
45 Alex Leckie-Zaharic 3 3 lost to Daniel Milton 383:469
46 Carmel Dodd 3 -41 lost to Jegatheva Jegathesan 417:466
47 Sunny Wright 3 -96 lost to Mary Gray 397:408
48 Jenny Brysha 3 -103 lost to Val Mills 292:368
49 Lynn Wood 3 -104 lost to Ian Ting 404:442
50 Abbas Shabbir 3 -160 beat Jacky Booth 369:277
51 Hasham Hadi Khan 3 -175 beat Mary Morgan 492:367
52 Ali Rashid 3 -333 lost to Chris Hall 277:410
53 Maj Langley 3 -382 beat Annette Coombes 381:337
54 David Gunn 3 -401 was pipped by Douglas Tsang 363:371
55 Paula Brown 2.5 -574 lost to Muhammad Talha 289:314
56 Absar Mustajab 2 27 lost to Arnold Appelhof 342:365
57 Carson Ip 2 -146 lost to Anderina McLean 296:440
58 Mary Morgan 2 -222 lost to Hasham Hadi Khan 367:492
59 Ruth Groffman 2 -231 beat Shekinah Giffen 405:348
60 Jacky Booth 2 -426 lost to Abbas Shabbir 277:369
61 Rob Marotta 2 -433 walloped Maryam Jalil 440:227
62 Annette Coombes 2 -595 lost to Maj Langley 337:381
63 Shekinah Giffen 1.5 -640 lost to Ruth Groffman 348:405
64 Maryam Jalil 1 -1337 got walloped by Rob Marotta 227:440

Saturday 24 October 2015

Scrabble Champions Tourney 2014 Finals a Rewind

Here's a look back at the Scrabble Champions Tourney 2014 Finals Craig Beevers Vs. Chris Lipe, from the original coverage at poslfit.com:

Final Round 1 at SCT 2014

Craig Beevers plays Chris Lipe in Round 1 of the finals at the MSI World Championship Scrabble Champions Tournament

Final Round 2 at SCT 2014

Chris Lipe plays Craig Beevers in round two of the finals at the 2014 SCT

Final Round 3 at SCT 2014

Craig Beevers plays Chris Lipe in Round 3 of the finals at the MSI World Championship Scrabble Champions Tournament

Final Round 4 at SCT 2014

Chris Lipe plays Craig Beevers in round 4 of the finals at the 2014 SCT

Thursday 15 October 2015

Terrific Play from Sherwin at the Gail Cup in Delhi last week

This is one for the books. Have a look at this play. Vocab was on the board and Sherwin promptly extends it to Vocabularied (Courtesy Sanjoy).


Monday 12 October 2015

Delhi Scrabble Tourney Gail Cup Results

Here are the Final Standings of the Gail Cup held the past week end (courtesy Sanjoy via facebook):

Rank         Player                          Wins   Spread
1 Sherwin RodriGUES                 18        1779
2 Varisht Hingorani                       16        1361
3 Sanjoy Gupta                              16         940
4 Sunny Bhatia                              15         703
5 Mohan Chunkath                       15         665
6 Lennie D'Souza                         15         184
7 Rajiv Antao                                 15         151
8 Shaikh Ahmed                           14.5      724
9 Pramit Kamath                           14         1092
10 Bhushan Pradhan                  14          487
11 Rex D'Souza                           14          343
12 Nidhi SInghvi                          14          334
13 Sudhir Kamath                       13.5       1044
14 Mangala Bhandarkar            13          623
15 Charles Carneiro                   13          582
16 Sanjay Bijlani                         13          367
17 Kala Ganesh                          13           253
18 Rajnikant Singh                     13          152
19 RajEEv Menon                      13           124
20 Sylvia cOELHO                     13          -126
21 Nikheel Ruparel                   13           -215
22 Neha Bihani                          13           -250
23 Karthik Ganesan                   12            147
24 Rekha Sanzgiri                     12              61
25 Caryl Gonsalvez                   12              26
26 Eeshan Malhotra                  12            -19
27 Anita Roy                                12           -407
28 Shaurya Puri                          12           -503
29 Mehul Arora                            11            458
30 Gaurav Bhargava                  11           143
31 Rehet SINGH Bhatia             11            50
32 Arindam Basu                         11           -22
33 Hyder Quraishi                        11           -59
34 Dev Garg                                  11         -1083
35 Ritu Chadha                             10          103
36 Sridhar Paidikondala              10           -86
37 Nures Sayeed                           10          -280
38 Parvathy RaghuNathan           10          -305
39 Ushmeet Kaur                            7.5         -1878
40 Akshay Hiremath                       6.5          -1585
41 Sushanto BHATTACHARA        6           -718
42 Vanita Jain                                    6           -2106
43 Manya Gupta                                4           -2287
44 Shabnam Gupta                           3            -961

HIGH GAME: Sherwin Rodrigues 631

Friday 25 September 2015

IGATE International Scrabble Tournament 2016

Here are the details of the Upcoming IGATE International Scrabble Tournament scheduled for January 2016 from the Scrabble Association of India:

Venue: IGATE campus,Whitefield, Bangalore, India

Date: January 14, 15, 16 & 17, 2016


Divisions:
No of Divisions:3
Division A: Premier Division, WESPA Rating 1500 and above, Lower rated players may also opt to play in the premier division
Division B: WESPA rating 1499 and below
Division C: For Newbies

Format: 
A minimum of 35 games of 50 minutes each will be played over four days. 
Word source will be the latest Collins Scrabble Tournament and Club Word List 2015. 
Challenge: 5-point penalty per word, the player does not lose turn.

Registration Fee:
Division A: 100$
Division B: 50$
Division C: 15$
Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be provided on all four days of the tournament.
Contact: Radhika Mahalingaiah - spica57@yahoo.com 
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Accommodation:
Discounted Accommodation is available for participants at the following hotels:

1)MGM Mark Hotel Whitefield Bangalore
Reservations: reservations@mgmmarkwhitefield.com 

2) Ginger Bangalore - Whitefield
Reservations:   www.gingerhotels.com

3) The Park Residency
Reservations: theparkresidency@gmail.com

Prize Money:
Total Prize Money of $13,000





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Different Words Same Meaning

Citolas, Citoles, Cithrens, Citherns, Cithers, Citterns - A Guitar
Waivode, Waiwode, Woiwode, Voivode - An army leader
Cagouls, Cagoules, Kagouls, Kagoules, Kagools - An anorak
Eulachan, Eulachon, Oulachon, Oulakan, Oolakan, Ulikon - A candlefish
Kiester, Keister, Hurdies, Patootie - The Buttocks
Didakei, didakai, Diddicoy, Didicoi, Didicoy - A Tinker
Cabala, Cabbala, Kabala, Kabbala, Kabbalah, Qabala, Qabalah - a Jewish doctrine
Yoghurt, Yaourt, Yogurt, Yoghourt - A type of curd
Narwal, Narwhal, Narwhale - An Arctic aquatic mammal
Lekythus, Lecythus, Lekythos - An ancient oil Jar
Germen, Germain, Germaine, Germin - Something that serves as an origin
Filemot, Philomot, Philamot - A dull brown shade
keblah, Kibla, Kiblah, Qibla - The direction muslims face while praying
Litchi, Lichi, Lychee, Lichee - A fruit
Poursue, Pursue, Persue, Poursew Pursew - To follow
Pummelo, Shaddock, Pompelo - A citrus fruit
Repreeve, Reprive, Repryve - To delay
Baklava, Baklawa, Baclava - A middle eastern desert
Nilgai, Nilgau, Nilghai, Nilghau, Nylghai, Nylghau - a large antelope
Cassina, Cassene, Cassine, Cassena - an evergreen tree
Narghile, Narghily, Nargile, Nargileh, Nargily - a hookah
Dirdam, Dirdum, Durdum - uproar
Shechita, Shehitah, Shehita - krosher killing of animals
Mezuzot, Mezuzoth, Mezuzah, Mezuza - a Jewish scroll

Combo Words of Two Words that are Good Both Ways

Bedrail - Railbed
Dovering - Ringdove
Hangover - Overhang
Turnover - Overturn
Runover - Overrun
Roadside - Sideroad
Outburn - Burnout
Woodworm - Wormwood
Linecut - Cutline
Outpass - Passout
Outspeak - Speakout
Comedown - Downcome
Upclose - Closeup
Outback - Backout
Pinhead - Headpin
Mateship - Shipmate
Cutover - Overcut
Upstart - Startup
Outshoot - Shootout
Overwing - Wingover
Fantail - Tailfan

Common Words with Not so common Anagrams

Tailors - Oralist, Rialtos, Sliotar
Almonds - Dolmans
Mustard - Durmast
Stadium - Dumaist
Romance - Cremona
Cauldron - Crunodal
Acolyte - Cotylae
Cilantro - Contrail
Decagon - Congaed
Ethical - Alethic
Strongly - Strongyl
Ungrazed - Gazunder
Expires - Prexies
Detangle - Danegelt
Teardown - Danewort
Erasions - Sensoria
Innovate - Venation
Inundate - Antidune
Invocate - Conative
Antidote - Tetanoid
Liaises - Silesia
Coalise - Celosia
Isotherm - Moithers
Heroism - Moreish
Sedation - Astonied
Marries - Simarre
Tsunami - Manitus, Santimu
Cheerio - Echoier


Those Handy Pyramid Words!

Pyramid words are words which start at 2 letters but can be extended to 7 letters and beyond. For example take the word loofahs, we start with lo, next we get to loo, followed by loof, loofa, loofah and loofahs. Thus by knowing loofahs we get to know a total of 6 words. Other examples include:
Abasers, Amenders, Amusers, Barbers, Bingers, Chained,
Chiasmal, Daledhs, Divests, Erasers, Fasties, Godsons, Hookahs, Jambees, Jamboks, Kaingas, Kinases, Lapsers, Maliced, Mentors, Nursery, Parkiest, Poleyns, Reeders, Reposes, Singers, Skaters,Tapetis, Teasers, Ureases, and Woosells.

There are some reverse pyramid words too. Take the word drooped for example, we start with ed, then ped, then oped, then ooped, rooped and finally drooped.Other examples include:
Aemules, Afeared, Borates, Cleared, Demures, Escapes, Glaired, Hamates, Lemures, Mananas, Penates, Retapes, Scraped, Testates, Upreach, Vacates, Whooped, Yslaked and Zananas.