Links
National Scrabble® Association
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National Scrabble® Association: The home page for our national organization. |
Online Scrabble®
| www.isc.ro. Internet Scrabble Club® - PC only |
| www.scrabulous.com Scrabulous |
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Mailing Lists
| Crossword-Games-Pro Web Site: http://sasj.com/cgp |
| OSPD: Send blank e-mail to: OSPD-scrabble-subscribe@yahoogroups.com |
Equipment
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Drawstring Tile Bags: $10 each. Email Mary here. |
| Protiles™: Bob Schoenman's Smooth "unfeelable" tiles |
| Scoresheets and other resources: Paul Sidorsky's great selection of score sheets in several formats (click on "Resources") |
| Boards, Timers, Tiles, Long Racks, etc. by Sam Kantimathi: http://samtimer.com/st-clocks.html |
| Boards, Timers, Long Racks, etc. by Gene Tyszka: http://www.adjudicator3000.com/index.html |
| Custom Boards by Ossie Mair: e-mail: calmar32@aol.com . Oval, round, folding, and 2 piece "star" lightweight acrylic boards. Oval and round boards are $125.00 each and the two-piece star boards or the folding boards are $160.00 each. Available in white, pearl-white, ivory, gold, green, black, blue and red. $10.00 shipping charge on all boards. Matching 9" long racks are $8.00 per pair. |
| Custom Boards, Racks, etc. by Eugene Murray 317/924-9427. http://groups.msn.com/PERSONABOARDS/_homepage.msnw?pgmarket=en-us Round boards personalized with fabric under clear acrylic to represent your taste or interest. Eugene asks each customer to send him 1 1/2 yards of a favorite fabric. He charges $120.00 per board which includes 2 matching racks, board cover, and shipping charges. If you "trade in" a deluxe Scrabble® board with a grid, he will knock $15.00 off the cost, bringing your cost to $105.00. Call him directly to place your order. |
| Custom Boards by Peter Manzolillo http://www.freewebs.com/customscrabbleboards/index.htm The grid is mounted to painted or stained wood in your choice of color, and decorated with your choice of lettering, cartoons, artwork, pinstriping, abstract designs, etc. As a professional lettering artist with 25 years experience, he can design something special and unique for any customer! Prices ranges from $130 to $280 per board which includes 2 matching racks. |
| Custom Boards by Kelly Smith http://www.sparkyenterprises.com/Scrabble%20Accessories.htm Board Sets include a Custom Board, Carrying Bag and two Clear Acrylic Tile Racks |
Electronic Study Aids
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ZYZZYVA: This is not only a study program but a word judging program developed by Michael Thelen. |
Books
| Brow-Raisers, Edition II, updated with OWL2 - A user-friendly guide to building a winning word game vocabulary for only $22 plus shipping. Please mention that you saw it on Mary Rhoades' web site. www.browraisers.com . |
| Bob's Bible, updated with OWL2 - All the words, each annotated with all their hooks and anagrams. It's every NSA player's essential guide for only $20 plus shipping. Please mention that you saw it on Mary Rhoades' web site. http://www.wordbooks.homestead.com/ . |
| Everything Scrabble® - The definitive book for new players. Covers basic and advanced strategy, and has several puzzles. Several years old, so it only uses OSPD2 words. Available from the NSA (see the "Word Gear" section. |
| The Official Scrabble® Puzzle Book - Mostly puzzles, but a few good tips. The puzzles are excellently done. The only drawback is that they take a lot of time to complete and may not be suitable as a learning tool for everybody. Available from the NSA (see the "Word Gear" section.) |
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"Tournament Success" - The book about preparing for Scrabble®
tournaments. The book covers strategy, tracking, study
techniques and more. Here's what tournament player Mike Early
said about it, "MY RATING WENT UP 230 POINTS IN SIX MONTHS AFTER
I READ THIS, AND I ATTRIBUTE MY IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS BOOK."
Email Darrell Day at darrell@archsearch.biz
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Other Club & Individual Sites
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Steven Alexander's Site: Steve has created a Scrabble® FAQ full of links and information. Well worth visiting. |
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| From AA to ZZYZZYVAS: Jonn Dalton's site. Full of lists |
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| Blip's Page - Bob Lipton's XANGA site - focuses on SOWPODS study |
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