Maximize your use of the bonus squares.If you are used to living-room play, you may not have seen this, but keep an eye out to see if it may score you more points. Sometimes it’s possible to play a long word parallel to a second long word, forming several two or three letter words at the same time. Knowing the two and three letter word lists is crucial to use this tip. Practice taking a second after finding a good play to see if you might have an even better play. Don’t always choose the first good play you see.A few two-letter words you should memorize right away: JO, QI, AX/EX/OX/XI/XU, ZA, KA/KI. You already know many of these words, more than you think. The three letter word list takes more work, but is worth memorizing as well. The 101 words on the two letter word list can be memorized in a few concentrated hours, and the payoff is huge. I linked to one place to find them, but they’re available elsewhere. Study the two and three letter word lists.Luck is a part of Scrabble, and getting beaten may be the best way to advance your skills. Don’t give up if you are soundly beaten your first game. It’s also the most fun way to improve your skills. You’ll see their strategy and probably learn a lot of new words. Play a lot of games, against different players.Here are my personal tips for improving your skills in our Meetup group, from play and from reading the advice of others: A little time thinking about the strategy beyond having a big vocabulary can go a long way to improving your score. Scrabble is a game of logic and probability as much as it is a word game.
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