Review: “Word Games, Anagrams and More – A Fun Way to Learn New Words” by...
LEOTARD, MORIONS, FESCUES – three rarely used words with one thing in common. They all appear in Norman Wei’s latest publication “Word Games, Anagrams and More”. The book brings together more than 800...
View ArticlePlaying the Facebook Scrabble League – A Review
As a Scrabble fan you may have already thought about joining a Scrabble tournament. But are you good enough yet? Can you take on the many good players? Maybe it’s a good idea to start with an online...
View ArticleThe Joy of Quiz and Crosswords – An Interview with Alan Connor
42-year-old journalist Alan Connor is known in Britain in particular for the quiz show “Only Connect” that he writes questions for, and for his articles in The Guardian about crosswords. Now he has...
View ArticlePlaying Scrabble since He was Eight – Lewis Mackay from the UK
By Gerry Carter Lewis Mackay from Cambridge UK is a terrific player with a great attitude. He was runner up to Wellington Jighere of Nigeria in the 2015 WESPAC event in Perth that was regarded by most...
View ArticleSolving Crosswords with Don Manley’s Crossword Manual
To keep up with the high demand for new crosswords, more and more computer-generated ones are taking over the industry, replacing the patient crossword setters racking their brains over new witty...
View ArticleWatch out Nigel – Scrabble Player A-Cubed is Coming for You!
This month I catch up with Ahmed Abdullah Abbasi, one of a new breed of Scrabble wunderkind coming out of the Scrabble hotbed that is Pakistan. “A-Cubed” (AAA), as he is affectionately known, is...
View ArticleYoung Scrabble Champion Criticizes the Promotion of the Game in UK
This time Gerry Carter met a 16 year old UK genius who impressed him with his maturity and composure: The 2014 World Youth Scrabble Champion Jack Durand from London.Jack is a shining light in the game,...
View ArticlePlaying Scrabble and Learning English in an Open House
Some of you might think that Scrabble has a lot to do with memorizing words and especially with mathematics. That`s right of course, but even non-English-speaking persons can improve their knowledge by...
View ArticlePlaying Scrabble in Malta: The Malta International Scrabble Open 2017
Players from around the world participated in the annual Malta International Scrabble Open, enjoying stiff but sweet competition in a lovely setting. This year the MISO returned for its 10th edition in...
View ArticleEvan Berofsky Talks Scrabble Training Ups and Downs
Earlier this year we visited the 10th Malta International Scrabble Open and took the chance to talk with some of the excellent international Scrabble players of the tournament. One of them was no less...
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