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Links to Scrabble Related Goodness

We are happy to provide the following links to Scrabble related information and whatnot. If you know of anything you feel should be added, please drop us a note!

Scrabble Books | Scrabble Boards | Tiles, Timers, Racks, and Bags| Scrabble Software | Scrabble Word Lists | Online Scrabble Resources | Web Sites of Other Clubs | Miscellaneous Scrabble Links (Gifts, Merchandise, etc.)

Scrabble Books

We suggest the following Scrabble related books. They've helped us, and we hope they will help you. If you decide to purchase any of these books, we ask that you use the links below, and TucsonScrabble dot com will receive a percentage of the sale.

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Scrabble Boards

If you want to play Scrabble, you'll need a board— Commercial Boards | Custom Boards

Commercial Scrabble Boards

  • Scrabble - Deluxe Edition— The commercial board of choice for organized Scrabble play.
  • Scrabble - Onyx Edition — This is a new edition of the board, the prototype of which was introduced at the 2004 New Orleans Scrabble Championship tournament.
  • Deluxe Travel Scrabble— The smaller, foldable version of the Deluxe Edition made with traveling in mind.
  • Michael Graves Design™ Scrabble Game— Furniture-quality edition of Scrabble by designer Michael Graves.
  • Super Scrabble— A new twist on the game featuring a game board with almost twice the playable surface as well as quadruple scoring bonus squares.
  • Scrabble Junior— An introductory version of Scrabble designed for the 5-10 year old set. This is a good way to play with your kids without making them cry.

Custom Scrabble Boards

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Scrabble Tiles, Timers, Racks, and Bags

Organized Scrabble always has room for cool equipment— Tiles | Timers | Racks | Bags

Tiles

  • Protiles— Virtually indestructible plastic tiles. The tile of choice for organized Scrabble play. These come with a lifetime guarantee and free tile replacement.
  • SamTiles— Special Protiles made especially for SamTimer.
  • Replacement Tiles— Hasbro will replace individual tiles from Scrabble sets free of charge. US residents contact Hasbro, Inc., Consumer Affairs by phone at (888) 836-7025. Canadian residents can contact Hasbro at (450) 670-9820.

Timers

  • SamTimer™— Sam Kantimathi offers three styles of digital timers.
  • Adjudicator 3000™— The Adjudicator site offers two models of digital timer.

Racks

Tile Bags

  • Leather Scrabble Bags— Domestic Leather Corp. offers a variety of tile bags in just about every variety of leather and suede you can imagine (they even have kangaroo)
  • Cotton Tile Bags— Cotton tile bags by Sam Kantimathi
  • Silk Tile Bags— Silk tile bags by Sam Kantimathi
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Scrabble Software

There is a variety of software available with which to play Scrabble, study Scrabble, or help your game in other ways— For Windows | For Macintosh | For PDAs and Mobile Phones

Scrabble Software for Windows (F = Freeware)

  • Scrabble (Encore Software)— 2006 version of Scrabble for Windows OS
  • Scrabble Complete (Atari)— 2002 sequel to Atari Scrabble
  • Scrabble (Atari)— The original Atari version of Scrabble
  • Scrabble - Download Edition— 2003 version of Scrabble released by Funkitron software features a new version of Maven. Add-on TWL and SOWPODS dictionaries are available at http://www.funkitron.com/support.htm.
  • Four Star Word Study Program— Will Cooper's application for learning your 4 letter words.
  • LeXpert— Word building utility with thousands of predefined word lists that allows you to generate custom study lists. F
  • Maven— The original program written for simulating Scrabble games. The $4 price tag cannot be beaten.
  • Networdz— Peer-to-peer Scrabble game. F
  • Quackle—Free crossword game artificial intelligence and analysis tool that rivals the best players in the world. F
  • Scrabble Font— White font on a black background. F
  • Scramble Tutor— OSPD3-based simulator for finding the best plays based on your rack and the board.
  • Scramble Font— A black font on a white background. F
  • TileBag Screensaver— A customizable word list screen saver.
  • TourneyMan— Tournament management software from the NSA. F
  • WordJudge— The only electronic word judging application approved by the NSA. F
  • Zyzzyva— A fantastic word study and adjudication program for most all operating platforms. F

Scrabble Software for Macintosh (F = Freeware)

  • Quackle—Free crossword game artificial intelligence and analysis tool that rivals the best players in the world. F
  • Scrabble (Atari)— The original Atari version of Scrabble.
  • Scrabble font— Scrabble font for Mac OS. F
  • Scrabble icons— Very cool 3-D icon set for Mac OS. F
  • Orthograf— A version of Scrabble specifically for Mac OS.
  • Zyzzyva— A fantastic word study and adjudication program for most all operating platforms. F

Scrabble Software for PDAs, Mobile Phones, Gaming Systems, etc. (F = Freeware)

Palm OS users should see out article Scrabble and Palm OS PDAs

  • Crosswords (Palm OS and PocketPC)— Open source implementation of Scrabble for handhelds with customizable dictionary files. F
  • Jabble 1.5 (EPOC)— Java implementation of Scrabble for Series 7 and netBook users. F
  • LAMPWords (Palm OS)— Word lookup utility featuring TWL2, SOWPODS, and other dictionary files. F
  • Metagrams CE (Windows CE)— Flashcard application for studying word lists. F
  • Niggle (Palm OS)— Black and white version of Scrabble that was supposedly the basis for the commercial version. Expert level is extremely challenging. F
  • Pocket LeXpert (PocketPC)— Word building utility with thousands of predefined word lists that allows you to generate custom study lists. F
  • Pocket LeXpert (Smartphone)— Word building utility with thousands of predefined word lists that allows you to generate custom study lists. F
  • RoadLingua (Palm OS and PocketPC)— A very easy to use dictionary shell. Once you have RoadLingua, download the free OWL2 package, a database of all the OWL2 words and definitions from our pals at cross-tables.com.
  • Scrabble (PlayStation)— Version of Scrabble for PlayStation 1 and 2 consoles.
  • Scrabble for PDAs (Palm OS and PocketPC)— Scrabble game for Palm OS and PPC operating systems.
  • Scrabble + Monopoly PDA Expansion Card (Palm OS)— Scrabble and Monopoly games on one expansion card.
  • Super Scrabble (Game Boy)— Version of Scrabble for Game Boy consoles.
  • WordFind for Palm OS (Palm OS)— A dictionary search application designed with Scrabble in mind.

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Scrabble Word Lists

Coming soon...

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Online Scrabble Resources

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Web Sites of Other Scrabble Clubs

The National Scrabble Association maintains a roster of North American Scrabble clubs. If any of those clubs has a web site, we'll try to list them below. If your club has a web site not listed here, please let us know.

Arizona

  • Tempe— Club #609 in Tempe
  • Tucson— Clubs #565, 363, and 615 in Tucson

California

Canada

Colorado

  • Hartford— Club #185 in Denver (session results)

Connecticut

Florida

Illinois

Kentucky

Massachusetts

Minnesota

Montana

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Texas

Tennessee

Utah

  • Murray— Club #173 in Murray

Washington

Washington, D.C.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

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Miscellaneous Other Scrabble Links

Verbalobe— Verbalobe contains articles on various aspects of Scrabble play, from strategy to phonies to rack balacing to how best to learn more words. Some of the articles are insightful, some aren't.

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