Friday, October 29, 2010

Scrabble Q Words

The letter Q (worth ten points in Scrabble) is another of the more difficult letters to use. A basic tip is to use the letter Q as soon as possible, particularly if you have 'U' tile. Without a U, there is this handy list of Q words without U - The most useful of all being the two letter word QI. Two other simple Q words without the letter U are "QAT" and "QIS". See Scrabble Word Finder for a complete list of Q words.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Scrabble Z Words

Some of the most useful Two letter scrabble words are 'ZA' and 'ZO' - available in the international SOWPODS scrabble dictionary. 'ZA' is available in TWL (US dictionary also).

Try scrabble finder's words with Z for a great list of scrabble Z words with 5, 4, 3 and two letters.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The Letter J

J is one of the more irritating of the scrabble letters to use, and if you're unlucky you can get stuck with one in your rack towards the end of the game - not good.  At Scrabble Finder, we've put together a list of all the words with J in them in the TWL (North American) dictionary.

Most useful are 'JA' and 'JO', (The only two letter j words) which allow you to get rid of your tiles quickly and allow easy extension (e.g. with 'Y' to make 'JAY' or 'JOY').

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Funny Anagrams

Some amusing anagrams:

DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM
PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER
ASTRONOMER: When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER
DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT
THE EYES: When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE
GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE
THE MORSE CODE : When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS
SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME
ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters: IS NO AMITY
ELECTION RESULTS: When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT
SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S
A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters: I'M A DOT IN PLACE
THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters: THAT QUEER SHAKE
ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE
AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:

MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER

Find the best available words with our Scrabble word finder

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Great Scrabble Quote

“Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.”


And there's no better way to cheat than with our Scrabble Word Finder!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Word Lists

To really get the most out of scrabble, you need to learn how to use the high-scoring letters such as X, Z, J, and Q. The reason they win you so many points is simply because they're usually harder to use in a game.

Scrabble finder has compiled a series of word lists to help you become unstuck when faced with one of these letters:

Monday, October 4, 2010

Cheating pays off!

Here's a fantastic story from Dan Dickinson - http://vjarmy.com/archives/2005/10/cheat_to_win.php, Long story short, being a scrabble cheat worked out really well for him! Check it out.