The Scrabble Word-Building Book: 3rd Edition
The Scrabble Word-Building Book: 3rd Edition book cover

The Scrabble Word-Building Book: 3rd Edition

Paperback – November 10, 2020

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Price
$11.89
Format
Paperback
Pages
640
Publisher
Gallery Books
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1982144722
Dimensions
5.31 x 1.6 x 8.25 inches
Weight
1.05 pounds

Description

About the Author Saleem Ahmed is a Scrabble® fanatic and the author of numerous books including The Scrabble® Word-Building Book , which has sold nearly a half a million copies. In 2018, he and his wife Carol (a.k.a. “Yasmin”) were recognized as the Most Outstanding Family in the Western USA by the Universal Peace Federation, in part due to their compiling of The Scrabble® Word-Building Book with the help of both of their daughters, Aisha and Seema. Born in India and raised in Pakistan, Saleem and Hawaii-born Yasmin now live in Honolulu.

Features & Highlights

  • The ultimate winner’s handbook for mastering Scrabble® and other word games—for players of all backgrounds and skill levels.
  • Become a master of Scrabble® with this essential guide to top-scoring game play. You’ll discover: -The more than 100 crucial two-letter words in one handy list -A section of independent three-letter words that cannot be built from two-letter words -All of the three-letter words 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 reference at your fingertips to increase your word-building power, achieve the highest score, settle word disputes, and win every game of Scrabble® you play.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Good for Learning Scrabble Words

My wife and I have started playing quite a lot of Scrabble for evening entertainment. We "cheat" a lot because we want to learn words, and it has been very effective at helping with that. It is good for finding words that you can build from words already on the board. For example, look up "bout" and you find words like "about", etc. Very helpful. Of course, you wouldn't use it in a tournament, but that isn't our intent. We also bought the most recent Scrabble dictionary, and by using the two of them, we are learning a lot of new words.
6 people found this helpful
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Great aid for Scrabble Players

This is a dictionary with a twist... the goal is to help you become a better scrabble player by helping you to find additional words you can build off of.
One of the most used sections for me is the summary of two letter words up front, then three-letter words (so you can nest words adjacent to each other, doubling the value of each letter in the word because it counts twice... in the horizontal word and the vertical word.
Warning... no definitions are included, and sometimes I've found errors in an earlier edition where some words were missing. This version has larger print than my older version... GREATLY APPRECIATED! Thank you!
5 people found this helpful
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Scrabble Dictionary

I like having proof of all the new words that people are using.
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Lightweight

My MIL and I play a lot of scrabble. We have a dictionary from 2013. Didn’t want to spend a lot for more words when I can buy this and learn something too. It doesn’t weigh near as much as the dictionary.
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Can't find place to ask a question. Does this book include words that are not allowed in NWL play?

Can't find place to ask a question. I want to stick to NWL rules; does this contain word/wordforms that do not follow NWL rules? I bought a book and found out it included CSW words (like KO, Ky, ZE, ZO) that are NOT allowed by NWL! But at least those NWL disallowed words were marked/identified so I could cross them out. I don't want to waste my time (and ruin my play) learning words that are not really kosher.
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Very helpful in our game playing.

No dislikes. Used the book in our game playing and found it useful.
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Love it.

Found words I didn’t know.
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Excellent.

Informative.
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Love Scrabble & amazed at all the new words that come up.

Makes my Scrabble playing games more fun AND more competitive.
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I wore the first two books out. This is my third book.

I play a lot of word games and it helps me out.

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