Scrabble FAQ - General Information
Steven Alexander
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Scrabble Frequently Asked Questions
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1. What this FAQ covers
2. Who owns the trademark Scrabble?
3. What organized activity is there in Scrabble?
3.1. National Scrabble Association and Association of Premier
Scrabble Players
3.2. Clubs
3.3. Tournaments
3.3.1. What North American, UK and world championships are there?
3.3.2. How does club and tournament Scrabble differ from the rules
in the box?
3.3.2.1 Glossary
3.3.3. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary and Official
Scrabble Words
3.3.3.1. Why are all those stupid/non-English/indecent words
allowed?
3.3.3.2. Current corrections to the OSPD 2nd ed
3.3.4. How are tournament pairings done?
3.3.5. How do tournament ratings work?
3.3.6. Upcoming tournaments
3.4. What organizations conduct Scrabble activity outside North
America and the UK?
3.5. Did the North American 1992 champ really give his $10,000
prize away to a literacy charity?
4. How does Scrabble in the United States and Canada differ from
that in the United Kingdom?
5. What publications relate to Scrabble?
5.1. Periodicals
5.1.1. Scrabble News
5.1.2. Medleys
5.1.3. Tournament News
5.1.4. Non-North American publications
5.1.4.1. Onwords
5.1.5. Defunct publications
5.1.5.1. Letters for Expert Players
5.1.5.2. Matchups
5.2. Books
5.3. Word lists
5.4. Word study software
6. Basic tactics and methods
7. Typical games
7.1. Typical scores
7.2. Frequency of Bingos
8. What are some records?
8.1. Actual
8.2. Theoretical
8.3. Blocked games
9. What are some Scrabble variants?
10. Play-by-mail games
11. Scrabble paraphernalia
12. Computer versions of Scrabble
12.1. CrossWise (IBM PC)
12.2. Gameboy Super Scrabble (hand-held)
12.3. Maven (Macintosh)
12.4. Monty Plays Scrabble (hand-held)
12.5. Scramble (IBM PC)
12.6. Tyler (IBM PC, Macintosh)
12.7. US Gold Scrabble (IBM PC, Amiga, Atari ST)
12.8. Vic Rice's Game (IBM PC)
12.9. Virgin Mastertronic (IBM PC, Macintosh)
12.10. WordsWorth (IBM PC)
A1. Credits
[In the supplement:]
A2. Roster of clubs in the US and Canada
A3. Upcoming North American tournaments
A4. Contacts for major Scrabble organizations worldwide
1. What this FAQ covers
This article is about English language Scrabble, or more properly,
Scrabble Brand Crossword Game. It is North American-centric
(and to a lesser extent covers the UK), but information regarding
English language Scrabble is welcome.
2. Who owns the trademark Scrabble?
Scrabble is a registered trademark owned in the United States and
Canada by Milton Bradley, a division of Hasbro, Inc. In Australia,
it is owned by Murfett Regency Pty Ltd. In Great Britain and
everywhere else in the world, by J.W. Spear & Sons PLC.
Selchow & Righter, listed as the US owner on many of your boards,
was bought -- in good health -- by Coleco, which shortly went into
bankruptcy due to the collapse of the market for their Cabbage Patch
dolls. Coleco also led itself to bankruptcy by losing a fortune on
the Adam home computer flop, and the unexpected (to them) slowdown
in Trivial Pursuit sales. (Trivial Pursuit was marketed in the US
by Selchow & Righter). Coleco was bought up by Milton Bradley,
which was in turn gobbled up by Hasbro.
3. What organized activity is there in Scrabble?
3.1. National Scrabble Association and Association of Premier
Scrabble Players
The National Scrabble Association ("NSA") is the only organization
running Scrabble activity in North America. It is a subsidiary of
Milton Bradley. NSA licenses tournament and club directors. Club
and tournament play, except for the national and world championships,
is sanctioned but not run by NSA. Non-members are supposed to be
charged an extra $5 at tournaments.
Membership is $15 per year in the US, $20 (US) in Canada, and $25
elsewhere.
National Scrabble Association
c/o Williams & Company
Box 700
Greenport, NY 11944
(516) 477-0033
In the UK, the Association of Premier Scrabble Players ("APSP") in
the UK, an independent organization, organizes many tournaments. It
may be reached at
36 Longacre
Woodthorpe
Nottingham, NG5 4JS
United Kingdom
Membership in APSP costs #5 per year; members receive a newsletter
about six times per year. Its chairman, Graeme Thomas, may be
reached by e-mail at g...@uniplex.co.uk.
3.2. Clubs
Clubs normally play Scrabble according to tournament rules, although
sometimes accommodation for newcomers includes allowing them to
refer to lists of two- and three-letter words for their first
couple of visits.
The current roster of active North American clubs, according to the
most recent listing from the National Scrabble Association, is an
Appendix to this FAQ. Some of the listings may be out of date, so
call the person listed before trying to attend.
For clubs in the UK, contact
Philip Nelkon
J.W. Spear & Sons PLC
Richard House
Enstone Road
Enfield
Middlesex
United Kingdom
3.3. Tournaments
3.3.1. What North American, UK and world championships are there?
"National Scrabble Championships", really for North America, are held
by the National Scrabble Association in even years. In recent years
these have been essentially open to anyone. A certain number of
non-North American players are invited.
In odd years, a "World Championship" is held. The 1993 World
Championship will be held in August in New York; Australia is the
likely location for the 1995 Championship. This is an invitational
tournament. North American entrants qualify by rating or performance
in designated qualifying tournaments.
In the UK, Spears runs the National Scrabble Championship. Several
regional events (apparently open only to UK residents) are used as qualifiers for the national final.
Also in the UK, the APSP organizes a 17-game British Matchplay
Scrabble Championship held each August. It is open to all.
3.3.2. How does club and tournament Scrabble differ from the rules
in the box?
Club and tournament Scrabble games are always two-player games.
Both players must keep score. A bag is used for tiles (not the box
lid). Chess clocks are used to time the game and each player is
allowed a total of 25 minutes to make all of his or her moves in the
game. If a player's time limit is exceeded, the game continues but
the player is penalized 10 points for each minute over the time
limit.
The validity of words is determined, in North America (and some other
places) by the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, and in the UK by
Official Scrabble Words. Most other places use Official Scrabble
Words, although some use both. (These references are described below
in section 3.3.3.)
When a player challenges one or more words in his or her opponent's
move, the clock is stopped while a third party (usually a club or
tournament director) looks up the challenged words (which the
challenger must specify) to determine whether the move is valid.
If a challenged word is unacceptable, the play is removed and the
player loses that turn. In North American play, the maker of an
erroneous challenge loses a turn.
There are no "house rules" that many social players use, such as free
exchange of four of a kind, or claiming blanks off the board by
substituting for them.
Once there are fewer than seven tiles left in the bag, no exchanging
of tiles is allowed.
At the end of a North American game, when one player uses all his or
her tiles with none remaining in the bag, he or she receives double
the value of the opponent's remaining tiles. In the UK, as specified
in the box, that value is added to and subtracted from the players'
respective scores. Both methods result in the same spread.
The box rules do not mention whether one can make written notes
during the game. In tournaments and clubs, players are allowed to
write anything they wish on their score sheet. One use of written
notes is to keep track of which tiles have been played, allowing one
to know which tiles remain to be played. This is known as tile-
tracking, and players may use preprinted score sheets that show the
tile distribution as an aid to tile-tracking.
3.3.2.1 Glossary
Bingo: A play that uses all seven of a player's tiles, earning a
50-point bonus. Good tournament players average one to two such
plays per game. The unlovely term "bingo" is used by North American
players. British players say "bonus play" or just "bonus".
Double-Double, Triple-Triple: A play that covers two double word
scores, or triple word scores, respectively, scoring quadruple or
nonuple ("hey, it's in Chambers") the raw score of the word.
Hook: A play adding one letter to one end of of a word already
played, while creating a main word perpendicular to the extended
word.
Parallel Play: A play making several words perpendicular to the
main word by extending existing words or inserting letters between
existing tiles.
Phony: A word played that is not in the official dictionary or
dictionaries.
3.3.3. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary and Official
Scrabble Words
The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary ("OSPD"), published by
Merriam-Webster, is the official dictionary used for all tournament
and club play. The OSPD first was published in 1978. It includes
all words of eight or fewer letters, and simplifies the settling of
Scrabble word arguments by specifically showing those words'
inflections (plurals of nouns, conjugations of verbs, comparatives
and superlatives of adjectives). For root words longer than eight
letters, the Merriam-Webster Ninth Collegiate Dictionary is used.
(The Tenth Collegiate is due in May 1993 and soon after will
replace the Ninth.) Yet the OSPD includes inflected forms of up to
eight letters whose roots words are longer.
In 1990, a second edition of the OSPD came out in hardcover.
Currently, the paperback OSPD available in bookstores is still the
OSPD1 and should be avoided. A paperback of the OSPD2 is due out
in April or May 1993. Cygnus Cybernetics publishes a complete list
of the words added (and the handful removed) in OSPD2. See the
listing in section 5.3.
The OSPD was created because in the 1950s Selchow & Righter sold
the right to put out Scrabble word lists to Jacob Orleans and Edmund
Jacobson, authors of Scrabble Word Guide, a 1953 book based on the
Funk and Wagnalls Dictionary. The official publication, Scrabble
News, is still circumspect about publishing word lists, tending to
print them in small chunks to conform to some idea of their
remaining rights.
Parallel to the OSPD for North America, the UK has Official Scrabble
Words ("OSW"), which lists all rules-acceptable words in the Chambers
English Dictionary whose uninflected roots have nine or fewer
letters, and words of nine or fewer letters which are inflections of
longer words. Challenges of longer words are looked up in Chambers
English Dictionary ("Chambers") (known as Chambers Twentieth Century
Dictionary before the 1988 edition).
For trademark reasons, the OSPD is not sold outside North America,
and OSW is not sold in North America.
3.3.3.1. Why are all those stupid/non-English/indecent words
allowed?
The OSPD was formed according to the rules of Scrabble, allowing all
non-capitalized words without apostrophes or hyphens, which are not
designated as foreign. In a compromise between the number of words
in a standard college dictionary (such as Funk & Wagnalls, in use
before the OSPD) and an unabridged dictionary, the OSPD, 1st ed.,
included all words found in at least one of five major college
dictionaries, which in the judgment of Merriam-Webster's
lexicographers (contracted by the trademark holder to do this) met
the rules.
To some extent, this succeeds at capturing the language not as
some set of Scrabble players would have it, but as it is --
according to professional lexicographers.
3.3.3.2. Current corrections to the OSPD 2nd ed.
The cumulative corrections to the OSPD 2nd ed., all corrected
in the most recent printings, are:
p16 ALIYAH: -YAHS (not -YAS)
108 CLAUGHT: -ING (not -INT)
109 CLEEK: CLAUCHT (not CLAUGHT)
213 FLANKEN: pl. FLANKEN
272 HONDLE: -DLED, -DLING, -DLES (not -DLIED or -DLIES)
273 insert HOOTY adj HOOTIER, HOOTIEST
321 LEAP: add LEPT as third past
359 insert MISENROLL v -ED, -ING, -S
364 MOJO: add MOJOES
451 delete PREFROZE; insert PREFREEZE v -FROZE,
-FROZEN, -FREEZING, -FREEZES to freeze beforehand
481 delete REARMICE; insert REARMOUSE n pl. -MICE
reremouse
488 delete REREMICE; insert REREMOUSE n pl. -MICE a bat
(a flying mammal)
537 SJAMBOK: definition should be "to flog"
635 UNMESH: -ES (not -S)
638 UPFRONT adj
639 URB: pl. URBS
643 delete VANIR
675 insert XANTHATE n pl. -S a chemical salt
Some of these "corrections" muddy the rule of thumb that all
uninflected words in the OSPD have eight or fewer letters.
3.3.4. How are tournament pairings done?
Most North American tournaments are ranked according to win-loss
record first, followed by the total of point margin in each game.
A few tournaments score according to a predetermined number of
credits for winning and for each ten points of margin.
In small tournaments or ones in where the field is sufficiently
divided, each player plays every other once. This is called a
round robin.
In all the other tournament designs, who one plays depends on where
one stands in the tournament so far. In the first round, generally
the players pre-tournament ratings temporarily stand in for the
tournament rank.
The modified form of Swiss pairing used at North American Scrabble
tournaments is best described by example. Suppose 64 players are at
the tournament. In round one, the first player plays the 33rd, the
second plays the 34th, etc., and the 32nd plays the 64th. In round
two, the same top plays middle is used for the top and bottom halves
of the tournament separately: 1 plays 17, 2 plays 18, down to 16
plays 32, and 33 plays 49, down to 48 plays 64. This continues with
groups shrinking by a factor of two at each round.
Because determining the pairings between rounds can take so long in
this method (computers are fast, but data entry can be slow), often
the field is divided into four groups, instead of two. So with 64
players, 1 17 33 49 would be grouped together, as would 2 18 34 50,
and 16 32 48 64. These groups of four then each play a round robin.
Note that this "speed-pairing" method provides the better players
an advantage. Denote the four quartiles in order as A, B, C, D.
Then the A player plays a B, C and D, while the D plays an A, B
and C; this tends to reinforce the pre-tournament estimate of
the players' strengths, and thus detracts from the aim of a
tournament -- to recognize performance, not rank. A simple
improvement has rarely been tried, to have each A player also
matched against an A from another group, etc. This models the
round robin in small, and seems inherently fairer. (If anyone
has references to scholarly treatments of the fairness of
tournament design, I would be grateful to be supplied with them,
for ongoing research.)
In the UK, most tournaments are run by the (un-modified) Swiss
pairing method, in which players in blocks of decreasing size play a
random member of the next lower block.
3.3.5. How do tournament ratings work?
North American tournaments players get a rating in the range 500 to
~2150 which indirectly represents the probability of winning against
any other rated player. This probability depends only on the
difference between the two players' ratings as follows:
rating probability
difference of winning
400 .919
300 .853
200 .758
100 .637
50 .569
0 .500
-50 .431
-100 .363
-200 .242
-300 .147
-400 .081
This represents the area under the standard bell-shaped curve
where 300 points are taken as one standard deviation. (The table
shows some sample points on this curve, adequate for good
approximations of rating calculations by interpolation, although
actual calculations use the exact curve.)
To keep current on a player's actual quality of play, the rating
is updated in every tournament played. First, the number of games
one is expected to win is calculated. Let's use an example a two
game tournament, in which player P begins with an 1800 rating, and
plays opponents rated 1900 and 1725. P's rating is 100 below the
1900 players, so P is expected to win .363 fraction of a game;
P's ratings is 75 above the other player's, so P is expected to
win .603 of a game (halfway between .637 and .569).
So in the two games, P is expected to win a total of .966 games.
Let's say P won one game. That's .034 more than expected. P's
rating goes up some constant multiple of this number. Well,
actually it's not a constant, but depends on how many tournament
games P has ever played and how high P's rating is.
games played
Rating < 50 >=50
below 1800 30 20
1800-1999 24 16
2000 & up 15 10
The UK ratings are somewhat similar but simpler: the probability of
the better player winning is supposed to be 50% plus the rating
difference, as a percent.
3.3.6. Upcoming tournaments
For a listing of upcoming North American tournaments, see the
Appendix.
3.4. What organizations conduct Scrabble activity outside North
America and the UK?
In Israel, English language Scrabble is played by many clubs. There
are large ones in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Sam Orbaum, who runs the
Jerusalem club, also writes a weekly Scrabble column for the
Jerusalem Post.
The Thailand National English language Scrabble tournament has drawn
as many as 885 contestants, including some top North Americans.
Nigeria and Japan each have an active English language Scrabble
tournament scene.
For addresses of many English language Scrabble organizations and
contacts, see the Appendix.
3.5. Did the North American 1992 champ really give his $10,000
prize away to a literacy charity?
Yes. By pre-arrangement, since Joe Edley also is vice president of
NSA, he agreed to give away any money he won in the 1992 championship
to an appropriate charity. He presented his $10,000 prize for first
place to Literacy Volunteers of America.
4. How does Scrabble in the United States and Canada differ from
that in the United Kingdom?
OSW and Chambers governs Scrabble play in the UK.
In the UK, a player erroneously challenging suffers no penalty.
The UK has a second form of Scrabble play that is waning:
high-score tournaments, where only the total of one's own scores
matters. Since one's "opponents'" scores are irrelevant, play in
this system aims for open boards and encourages elaborate setups
often independently mined by the two players.
5. What publications relate to Scrabble?
5.1. Periodicals
5.1.1. Scrabble News
This is a publication of the National Scrabble Association,
National Scrabble Association
c/o Williams & Company
Box 700
Greenport, NY 11944
(516) 477-0033
and comes with the $15 annual membership.
Puzzles, contests, gossip, intermediate and advanced tactics,
official information from NSA and Milton Bradley, tournament
listings and (soon to be re-added) tournament results.
5.1.2. Medleys
Probably the highlight of this well-edited, entertainingly written
monthly is the game annotations. One game per month is annotated
in full. Three interesting positions are analyzed by readers, with
quotes. Word lists, study techniques, anecdotes, humor, opinions
and upcoming tournament listings round out the publication. The
only drawback is a long-running two page tournament advertisement
in this 12 page newsletter.
Available for $30 per year (12 issues). Add $1 if drawn on a foreign
bank and under $15.
Medleys
3814 Ashworth Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) MED-LEYS
5.1.3. Tourney News
Lee Cooper
Box 2013
Teaticket, MA 02536
(508) 548-6687
Fax (508) 540-8603
Results. Monthly. $18/year US, $24/year Canada, $35/year elsewhere.
5.1.4. Non-North American publications
5.1.4.1. Onwords
Billing itself as the "Scrabble Enthusiasts' Magazine", this is the
only publication substantially written by more than one person. It
features numerous columns, lists, analyses, letters and tournament
reports. Subscriptions are #6 for 6 issues in the UK, #10 elsewhere.
Allan Simmons
Onwords Magazine
Shilling House
1 Woolmer Hill
Haslemere
Surrey, GU27 1LT
United Kingdom
Onwords may merge with the APSP's newsletter within about a year.
5.1.5. Defunct publications
5.1.5.1. Letters for Expert Players
This letter-form publication, which ceased in December 1986,
still forms a sizeable mine of top expert opinion on interesting
positions. Back issues may (possibly) still be available from:
Albert Weissman
11 White Rock Road
Westerly, RI 02891
5.1.5.2. Matchups
Besides detailed tournament results, Matchups picked up from the
Letters in using a panel of experts to annotate interesting
positions. Suspended publication in July 1991. Back issues
may be available from the address for Tyler, section 12.2, below.
5.2. Books
The Champion's Guide to Winning at Scrabble, Joel Wapnick. Best for
advanced players, with sophisticated analyses of many positions and
good study techniques. Out of print.
The Ultimate Guide to Winning Scrabble, Michael Lawrence & John Ozag,
(Bantam). Good for beginners to intermediates; covers many of the
basic approaches to analysis. Out of print, but may be available
from Edward R. Hamilton, a mail-order remainder bookseller.
Scrabble Tournament Success, a booklet focusing on the thought
processes which can help intermediate players improve. Available
from the author, an excellent player, for $5 + 1.50p/h.
Darrell Day
3300 West Park Blvd #2217
Plano, TX 75075
British Scrabble books:
Official Scrabble Words, Chambers
Comprehensive listing of 2-9 letter words in the official Scrabble
word reference, the Chambers dictionary.
Championship Scrabble, Alan Richter
Play Better Scrabble, Michael Goldman
Scrabble, Darryl Francis
The Scrabble Book, Derryn Hinch
covers both British & North American Scrabble
The Scrabble Puzzle Book, Gyles Brandreth
Scrabble World Championship, Gyles Brandreth and Darryl Francis
5.3. Word lists
Numerous lists are available from Cygnus Cybernetics:
For a brochure write to
Cygnus Cybernetics Corporation
2013 Weathertop
Fort Collins, CO 80526
or e-mail to: in...@cygcyb.com.
The Blank Book, 2nd ed., Alan Frank
Shows all letters with which each set of six and seven letters
anagrams to make a word. Also specifies whether more than one word
can be formed. Write to Matchups, section 12.2, below.
Double List Word Book, Ethel Cannon Sherard
OSPD1 based. Has numerous omissions.
The Scrabble Word-building Book, Saleem Ahmed; $5.95
Inconsistent in inclusion of new OSPD2 words; numerous errors.
The Official Scrabble Word Finder
This is useless for Scrabble.
Official Scrabble Word Guide. Grosset & Dunlap
This 1953 book, still found in stores, is based roughly on the Funk
& Wagnalls dictionary then current.
Official Scrabble Lists
For the UK; lists based on OSW; many useful playing hints.
Available in the same places as OSW.
Official Scrabble Words on Compact Disk
This is supplied for Sony's Data Diskman. Search facilities are
reportedly poor.
Official Scrabble Players Electronic Dictionary
Produced by Franklin, this credit-card sized device apparently
contains the OSPD2, notwithstanding the Signals catalog
illustration of a different Merriam-Webster dictionary product.
It does anagram queries and queries with blanks in fixed position.
Available for $49.95 + $7.55 delivery from
Signals
P.O. Box 64428
St. Paul, MN 55164-0428
(800) 669-9696
or from Sharper Image, $49.00 for the first, 20% off for the
second.
5.4. Word study software
Word Study System
Jeff Widergren
19397 Zinfandel Ct
Saratoga, CA
LexAbility
Randy Hersom
Puzlpack, $20
Chuck Fendall
Recroom Recware
P.O. Box 307, Pacific Grove CA 93950
Anna
6. Basic tactics and methods
Rack Balance
Some groups of letters combine well, others poorly. Most
obviously, racks full of vowels or of consonants are usually hard
to play. Also, racks with duplicate letters -- even "good" letters
(except most often S and sometimes E) -- reduce flexibility.
Therefore, give weight in evaluating possible plays to how well the
leave combines.
As a corollary, also consider what replacement tiles you're likely
to draw. For example, if the choice between playing FARM and FORM
is otherwise indifferent, and there are many "A"s unplayed but few
"O"s, use the O to minimize the likelihood of duplication on the
next rack.
The simplest application of attending to leave is attempting to
keep good tiles. On average, S, E, R, and so on form words most
flexibly, and are particularly conducive to bingos. Choices
between letters lower down also matter: P is better than B. But
racks with Z or X tend to score high without playing long words.
Which type of "good" letter is best to keep varies.
In applying all these ideas, consider the board situation. If
there is a prime spot for a T, not used by the candidate plays, but
none for an S, prefer to play off the S. If the letters available
to be played through are mostly consonants, lean further toward
keeping vowels.
Tile-tracking
Since the set of tiles in a game is always the same, knowing what
is left is as useful to the Scrabble player as to the card-counting
blackjack player -- only easier. While some find tracking hurts
their concentration, after practice, most do it without disruption.
Others count only when they see a specific need.
Tracking allows better rack balancing: knowing there are many more
"A"s than "O"s outstanding allows one to lean toward playing an A.
It keeps one aware of whether the Q is outstanding, and of the risk
and opportunity in other tiles which fit particularly well or
poorly with the board.
Finally, once no tiles remain in the bag, tracking determines what
exactly is on the opponent's rack. Just before the bag is empty,
it allows fairly confident guessing what the opponent has. These
allow all kinds of end-game play: set-ups, plays to assure the
opponent cannot go out and enable one to throw out all rules of
thumb and simply analyze cases for how to win.
Challenging
One of the tactical considerations for challenging is not special
to Scrabble. If the only way you can lose is to challenge your
opponent's word, refrain. If winning requires a successful
challenge (plus perhaps some further luck) and there is any chance
the word is phony, challenge.
It is generally best not to challenge a bingo if an alternative
bingo was playable. I once played (P)SCHENT for several fewer
points than CH(A)STEN because I knew my opponent would be outraged
that I'd try such a stupid word on him. He should have calmed his
emotions and considered my alternatives. Of course, had he found
the over ten point better play, he might have inferred I had missed
it, and challenged.
Consider the possibility that you are better off with the
(possibly) phony word on the board. If it creates a lucrative
opening for you, or makes especially good use of your rack, offset
the point benefit to you against the benefit to opponent of not
losing this turn. Weight this calculation using your degree of
certainty as to whether the word is good.
Use your right to challenge all words formed. Since the director
gives only one ruling on the acceptability of all challenged words,
your opponent may be uncertain which word was phony and try the bad
word again.
Study
The great variety in learning styles prevent any definitive
recommendation of study methods, but there are some principles.
Study the words most likely to occur. Know the two-letter words
cold, since they are essential to common parallel plays. On the
way to learning the three-letter words solidly, learn all front
and back extensions for the twos. Learning the part of speech
and the meaning of the two-letter words helps many people
assimilate this; it is a technique that allows many to derive
dual benefit from all kinds of study.
Also extra likely to occur because of the reward, as well as worthy
of special study simply because of the reward, are the seven- and
eight-letter words. Many techniques are possible.
One top player has memorized an ordered list of these words each of
which is the first element of one of a set of subsidiary lists
which encompass the entire set of bingos. That method is only for
the very dedicated. Practice anagramming by matching the remaining
letters to a common suffix or prefix. Some claim success in
extending this technique to allow recognition of words which, for
example, contain the letters ING but form only a non-"-ING" word,
such as LINGOES.
Unless you have a photographic memory, try to learn words in small
enough sets that you can master them to the point that you
recognize both when you can and cannot anagram to one of them. For
example, learn the list of all eight letter words containing
exactly the vowels EEIIO (EOLIPILE and others). Then the phony
OLEINIZE will not get by you, nor will you try it yourself.
Practice anagramming at any time there are words around you whose
meaning you do not need to concentrate on. This will soon take
over your life so that even reading the newspaper, SENATOR will
translate to TREASON and ATONERS, deeply affecting your world-view.
For some very effective techniques, see back issues of Medleys
(section 5.1.2).
7. Typical games
7.1. Typical scores
In a 27 game, 194 participant tournament in 1988, the average score
was 368.6, standard deviation 60.6 and the distribution of scores:
180 2
190 1
200 2
210 5
220 26
230 27
240 19
250 56
260 78
270 101
280 137
290 185
300 205
310 257
320 309
330 325
340 336
350 345
360 325
370 331
380 325
390 328
400 276
410 225
420 214
430 165
440 141
450 101
460 100
470 58
480 63
490 53
500 34
510 24
520 19
530 12
540 6
550 6
560 4
570 7
580 1
590 1
600 2
610 0
620 0
630 0
640 0
650 1
7.2. Frequency of Bingos
In the 1983 national championship among 32 selected players,
players got 2.9 bingos per game between them in games that happened
to be annotated.
8. What are some records?
8.1. Actual
The following records are for sanctioned (that is, in an official
club or tournament) North American play.
The high game (for one side) in which no phony words were played is
710, by Chuck Armstrong of Michigan, achieved in a club session in
1992. His opponent scored 255.
The high combined score without phonies is 1069, by Gene Gruhn of
Arizona and Steve Cheseborough of New Mexico, 649-420 respectively.
The high margin of victory including phonies was by Ken Lambe of
Michigan, who scored 716 versus his opponent's 147, using a single
phony.
Longest consecutive opening sequence of bingos by one player: Jere
Mead of Massachusetts, played five in a 1989 National tournament
game.
8.2. Theoretical
These records allow words only from the OSPD (only the 1st ed.
happens to be used) or the Webster's 9th Collegiate Dictionary.
The highest single scoring play, found by Kyle Corbin, shown with the
hooked words:
A1 OXYPHENBUTAZONE 1458
1A OPACIFYING 63
2A XIS 10
4A PREINTERVIEWED 26
8A BLADDERLIKE 57
11A AFORETHOUGHT 18
12A ZONETIME 29
15A EJACULATING 63
+bonus 50
The highest combined score, using the OSPD 1st ed. and Webster's 9th,
found by Steven Root of Massachusetts:
H2 LANKEST 74
8F METRICAL 60
8A GRAVIMETRI(C)ALLY 293
2F SULTANA(S) 61
1E HE, ES 7
1E HEN NU 8
1I UT UT TA 6
1I UTA AN 5
1M ON OS 3
L2 AR 2
L2 ARF 12
1A OXYPHENBUTAZONE,
BLANKEST, ZARF 1576
5E GINKGOES, ZARFS 123
B1 XI 18
O7 PYRUVATE 67
N14 WE, WE 20
D8 VERDITER 76
13B DIT 8
B13 DE 6
B13 DEI 4
15D ROT 3
G14 OE, ROTE 6
13G JOE, JO 35
I13 BA, JOB 22
I13 BAH 8
14I AI 4
K14 LI, AIL 5
11D DEADWOOD 106
15A MICROTECHNIQUES,
IN, PYRUVATES 1264
+2 times "F" 8
8.3. Blocked games
The position from which no play is possible no matter what tiles are
held, which is reached with the fewest plays is:
(J)
J U S
S O X
(X)U
which is blocked after the fourth move only because no third blank is
available for (J)UJUS.
Without using blanks, the shortest, found by Alan Frank of
Massachusetts, is:
H
WUD
HUMIC
DIG
C
9. What are some Scrabble variants?
In Anagram Scrabble (Clabbers, to some), where in the usual game, a
word in the dictionary may be used, the adjacent tiles need only
anagram to such a word. If there is a challenge, the challengee must
come up with a single word to which the challenged set of letters
anagram. Tiles are still fixed in position once placed.
In an idea being discussed in Medleys, called New Scrabble, the role
of luck in the draw of blanks is reduced in that both players have
one blank, not in the bag, which they may use to replenish their rack
once during the game. No known tournaments have been run with this
variation.
Ecology Scrabble allows recycling blanks, as alluded to in section
3.3.2.
In Duplicate Scrabble, players all play the same board, competing for
high score on each move. Duplicate tournaments are held in France.
10. Play-by-mail games
Open book scrabble by snail mail is run by Medleys. (See section
5.1.2 for its address.) Medleys charges $5 for a round, plus $3 per
game in a round; players participate in from 2 to 8 simultaneous
games.
In the UK, the Postal Scrabble Club is very active. See the Appendix
for a contact.
11. Scrabble paraphernalia
Braille Scrabble is sold in North America by Milton Bradley. Blind
players do play in tournaments, bringing their own braille sets,
which have visible printed letters.
Standard-issue tiles are "braillable", that is, particular letters
(and especially blanks) can be distinguished inside the bag by feel.
Protiles prevent this. They are long-lasting, and lost tiles are
replaced by the seller without charge. Protiles, which are preferred
in most tournaments, are sold for $20 per set ($16 each for 10 or
more) by
Robert Schoenman
Box 408
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
The Franklin Mint sells a Scrabble set (complete with a copy of the
OSPD, 2nd ed.) for $495. No serious tournament player I know owns
one, except for the winner of a Franklin-sponsored tournament set up
to promote this garish item. This set is also available in the UK
at an even higher price.
12. Computer versions of Scrabble
There are (1) Scrabble-playing programs licensed in the US and UK;
(2) "crossword game" programs which can be configured to play
Scrabble; and (3) programs which ignore the trademark and copyright
issues. All are represented below.
Besides the following full-fledged programs (of various qualities),
there is one publication on efficient move-finding for Scrabble-
playing programs:
The World's Fastest Scrabble Program
Andrew Appel and Guy Jacobson
Communications of the A.C.M. v.31 no.5, May 1988
Their method is no longer the fastest (their timings on more
sophisticated machines are far outdone by Crosswise on a lowly IBM
PC), but illuminating nonethless.
12.1. CrossWise (IBM PC)
A ridiculously fast and player which plays at the highest level,
twice having won the international Computer Olympiad at Scrabble.
Highly configurable, and professionally programmed interface.
Contains all OSPD2 words, but no others over eight letters. No setup
capability; hinting ability is "limited" to showing all moves in
score order. $35 + $3 shipping/handling.
Cygnus Cybernetics Corporation
2013 Weathertop
Fort Collins, CO 80526
in...@cygcyb.com
A UK variant of CrossWise is described in section 12.7.
12.2. Gameboy Super Scrabble (hand-held)
Based on American Heritage Dictionary, not OSPD. Unknown whether
still available.
12.3. Maven (Macintosh)
The version used by the author and a few others is an extremely
strong player. I do not know whether the version sold is the same.
Maven costs $75 (+$5 for non-US shipment). The program keeps track
of various statistics about the registered player, so orders must
include the name of the player, and (if available) their current
rating.
Brian Sheppard
296 Old Marlboro Road
Concord, MA 01742
An IBM PC version should be coming out later this year.
12.4. Monty Plays Scrabble (hand-held)
Ritam Corporation. Originally available for the IBM PC and Apple II,
since 1987 only as a hand-held unit. Comes with 20,000 words from
OSPD1, upgradable to about 40,000, which is still incomplete.
Deplorable strategy. The hand-held version requires scrolling around
a small screen to find the board area of interest. Reportedly
sometimes changes the letter represented by a played blank.
Apparently no longer licensed by Milton Bradley, its current
availability is unknown.
12.5. Scramble (IBM PC)
This is a very pretty game. But note this from the documentation:
"Q. How come I can see my opponent's rack? Shouldn't it be hidden?
A. You must be thinking of some other crossword game. This is
Scramble. In Scramble, you get to see your opponent's rack." The
machine player plays for high score on each turn. While substitution
of a user-provided dictionary for the quite incomplete one supplied
is provided for, this slows down an already slow game.
Ted Gruber Software
P.O. Box 13408
Las Vegas, NV 89112
12.6. Tyler (IBM PC, Macintosh)
Written for the IBM PC and ported to the Macintosh (not very
smoothly, I am told), this version is distinguished by a complete
OSPD2 and Merriam-Webster dictionary up to 15 letters, with a UK
dictionary also available, by good strategy and by good setup and
hint facilities. (I regularly use it to automatically critique my
tournament games.) Unfortunately, the latest version, 3.04 is flaky,
and the author has not been upgrading as frequently as he had been.
$50.
Matchups
35 Gardner St.
Arlington, MA 02174
12.7. US Gold Scrabble (IBM PC, Amiga, Atari ST)
Licensed for sale in the UK, this is essentially similar to CrossWise
(section 12.1), but comes with the complete contents of the OSW.
Reviews in the APSP newsletter say "a splendid opponent ... speed is
quite astonishing ... graphics and facilities are excellent." Cost
is around #30.
12.8. Vic Rice's Game (IBM PC)
This goes under the name "Scrabble" but for clarity, I'm denominating
it according to its author's name. Available from
Vic Rice
4026 Bayou Grove Dr.
Seabrook, Tx 77586
and from the bulletin board system (BBS) where the author resides:
Ed Hopper's PC Board
(713) 782-5454
12.9. Virgin Mastertronic (IBM PC, Macintosh)
Licensed for sale in the US. Sold in three versions, about $15, $25
and $35. The standard version has about 20,000 words from the OSPD1.
The two deluxe versions have the complete OSPD1 with some errors. In
the IBM PC program, the deluxe version adds VGA graphics. The $35
version is the deluxe for Windows, which stops running when in the
background. Reportedly plays at the level of a middling tournament
player, but with no discernable strategy. Also reportedly very slow,
with the deluxe versions, holding the full OSPD1, taking two to three
minutes per move on a 386/33.
12.10. WordsWorth (IBM PC)
Shareware version uses a US English dictionary of only 15000 words,
all of no more than six letters. Registration brings two 65000+ word
dictionaries (US English and UK English). Currently in version 1.1.
Registration costs 75 S. African Rand, $25 US or #20.
Graham Wheeler
P.O. Box 15525
Vlaeberg
Cape Town 8018
South Africa
A1. Credits
Many thanks to Jim Homan for numerous corrections and improvements.
Also to Graeme Thomas, particularly for information on Scrabble
outside of the US and Canada. Thanks also to Edith Berman, Steven
Gordon, Adam Logan, Maggie Morley, Larry Sherman and Harriet
Strasberg for helpful comments.
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Steven Alexander
Comp Sci grad student ste...@cs.berkeley.edu
& non-practicing lawyer extraordinaire
{I'm really wonderful at not practicing}
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989 Fairburn Road, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30331
No. 292 ATLANTA, GA
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HAWAII
No. 145 HILO, HI
2nd & last Sunday @ 1:00 PM
Ken's Pancake House
1730 Kam Ave.
Wednesdays @ 9:00 AM
Ainaloa Long House
Jeanne Martin (808) 966-8370
No. 341 HONOLULU, HI
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Tom Singleton (808) 262-5781
301 Auwinala Rd.
Kailua, HI 96734
Peg Chesley (808) 923-9060
IDAHO
No. 386 BOISE, ID
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Evelyn Mull
2705 Palouse St.
Boise, ID
Ronald Barker (208) 343-4741
1493 Shenandoah Dr.
Boise, ID 83712
ILLINOIS
No. 51 CHICAGO, IL
Mondays @ 6:30 PM
Chicago Chess Mates (312) 262-9100
1261 W. Loyola Ave.
John Ryan (312) 743-0947
6807 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60626
Bruce Dawson (312) 326-3156
No. 259 CHICAGO, IL
Fridays @ 6:00 PM
Community Room, 1st Floor
170 West Oak
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George G. Stone (312) 787-6723
170 West Oak, #3-D
Chicago, IL 60610
No. 340 DEERFIELD, IL
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INDIANA
No. 132 MARION, IN
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Chuck Chapman (317) 668-8683
Chris Miller (317) 662-3807
No. 275 INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Tuesdays @ 5:45 PM
Christian Recreation Center
4125 English Avenue
Jerry Miller (317) 736-7472
719 S. Home Avenue
Franklin, IN 46131
No. 360 ELIZABETH, IN
1st Saturdays @ 1:00 PM
New Albany Floyd County Library
180 Spring
New Albany, IN
Daniel Bibb (812) 969-2728
R# 1 Box 46-2
Elizabeth, IN 47117
No. 376 HAMMOND, IN
Thursdays @ 6:30 PM
Public Library
1212-172nd St.
Hammond, IN 46324
Carol Colman (312) 374-3042
No. 382 WINCHESTER, IN
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Beth Bankert (317) 584-2419
422 S. Main St.
Winchester, IN 47394
IOWA
No. 385 ??, IA
Bergeron Sharon (319) 396-9234
2516 30th St. SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
KANSAS
No. 186 WICHITA, KS
Saturdays @ 1:00 PM
Indian Hills Clubhouse
2740 W. 13th St. N
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LaGene Murphy (316) 942-3351
Ruby O'Connor (316) 942-6855
Connie Servis (316) 685-3790
KENTUCKY
No. 161 DRY RIDGE, KY
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Robert Schoenman (606) 824-5840
P.O. Box 156
Dry Ridge, KY 41035
No. 256 LEXINGTON, KY
1st Sundays @ 1:30 PM
University of Kentucky
Dickey Hall/Faculty Lounge
Charles Faber (606) 223-1650
3569 Cornwall Drive
Lexington, KY 40503
No. 302 DANVILLE, KY
2nd Thursdays @ 6:30 PM
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Elaine Jacobus (606) 236-5704
835 Boyd Avenue
Danville, KY 40422
Virginia Porter (606) 236-5758
No. 342 ELIZABETHTOWN, KY
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Ted Blevins (502) 862-4722
Dorine Geeslin (502) 531-2443
LOUISIANA
No. 90 LAFAYETTE, LA
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David Johnson (318) 981-3489
404 Guilbeau Road, #E-128
Lafayette, LA 70506
Priscilla Fournet (318) 235-8153
No. 188 GONZALES, LA
Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
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Gloria Simoneaux (504) 647-6424
42226 Bayou Narcisse Road
Gonzales, LA 70737
Josephine Hatchell (504) 665-5337
No. 322 ALEXANDRIA, LA
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Dorothy Hathorn (318) 442-4203
MAINE
No. 254 YARMOUTH, ME
Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
Yarmouth Community House
57 East Main Street
Gay Hoyt (207) 829-5744
85 Sligo Road, N Yarmouth
Cumberland Center, ME 04096
Lyn Clarke (207) 846-4480
MARYLAND
No. 7 BALTIMORE, MD
Mondays @ 6:00 PM
Furley Recreation Center
Furley & Sipple Avenues
Helen Harrison (301) 485-6160
4308 Southern Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21206
No. 50 BALTIMORE, MD
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Joanne Cohen (301) 922-1297
2723 Mendoza Road
Randallstown, MD 21113
Daniel L. Pratt (301) 987-9510
No. 172 COLUMBIA, MD
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Janice Beck (301) 964-0136
10105 Windstream Drive, #5
Columbia, MD 21044
No. 320 STEVENSVILLE, MD
Fridays @ 7:00 PM
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Keith Hilderbrand (301) 754-5079
Rt. #3, Box 288
Federalsburg, MD 21632
No. 378 CROFTON, MD
4th Fridays @ 7:30 PM
Crofton Country Club
Crofton Parkway
Bill Burlison (301) 721-0595
1840 Treeview Ct. #H
Crofton, MD 21114
MASSACHUSETTS
No. 59 BOSTON, MA
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Allstone-Brighton Police Station
301 Washington St.
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Hilda Siegel (617) 247-3224
123 Kittredge St.
Roslindale, MA 02131
Michel Cohen (617) 628-3213
No. 108 Lexington, MA
Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
1st Parish Church
Judith Swank (617) 486-8664
3 Hall Avenue
Nashua, NH 03060
Ellen Miller (617) 484-6366
40 Greybirch Park
Belmont, MA 02178
No. 194 HYANNIS, MA
Wednesdays @ 12:00 noon
New World Bank/Community Room
Hyannis Airport Rotary
Cliff McGauley (508) 362-1326
FALMOUTH, MA
Mondays @ 7:00
Stop & Shop (upstairs)
Jones Road
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Lee Cooper (508) 548-6687
BOURNE VILLAGE, MA
Alternate Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
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Edith Berman (508) 759-2561
YARMOUTH, MA
1st Wednesdays @ 11:45 AM
Senior Center
528 Forest Rd.
(508) 790-3480
Cliff McGauley (508) 362-1326
No. 200 STOUGHTON, MA
Mondays @ 5:45 PM
So. Area Jewish Community Center
1044 Central Street
Elaine Patterson (617) 784-2951
5 Williams Road
Sharon, MA 02067
No. 221 SPRINGFIELD, MA
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Foster Memorial Church
1234 Parker Street
Avalon Newell (413) 782-0494
32 Spikenard Circle
Springfield, MA 01129
David Slauenwhite (508) 544-7354
No. 226 FRAMINGHAM, MA
Tuesdays @ 6:30 PM
Saint Andrews Episcopal Church
Buckminster Square (Maple & Union)
Marjorie Pond (617) 655-7218
19 Mill Street
Natick, MA 01760
MICHIGAN
No. 49 SAGINAW, MI
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
Saginaw Villas Club House
2759 Samuel Drive
Teresa Maynard (517) 777-5676
2832 Gemini Street
Saginaw, MI 48601
Irene Garrison (517) 777-1781
Naoma Ellis (517) 893-9681
No. 104 PORT HURON, MI
Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
St. Claire County Community College
323 Erie Street
Margaret Spalding (313) 325-1778
3250 Garlick Road
Goodells, MI 48027
No. 115 LIVONIA, MI
Tuesdays @ 6:45 PM
Fire Station
10800 Farmington Rd.
Livonia, MI
Florence Laatz (313) 386-8416
Bonnie Stover (313) 291-3843
No. 178 GRAND HAVEN, MI
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
Grand Haven Community Center
417 Columbus Ave.
Grand Haven, MI
Patricia Prentice (616) 788-4997
796 S. Taffy Lane
Muskegon, MI 49442
No. 192 BAY CITY, MI
Mondays @ 7:00 PM
The Texan
3000 Center Avenue Road
Essexville, MI
Peggy Lemay (517) 893-3087
212 South Warner
Bay City, MI 48706
Marthe St. Laurent (517) 893-7288
No. 213 LANSING, MI
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Marjorie A. Miller (517) 351-6426
1551 Sherwood Avenue
E. Lansing, MI 48823
Lula McCampbell (517) 372-8522
No. 222 BIRMINGHAM, MI
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Patricia L. Pilling (313) 644-5929
31308 Huntley Square, E
Birmingham, MI 48009
Esther Norber (315) 559-7157
No. 317 FLINT, MI
Sundays @ 2:30 PM
Ramada Inn (I-75 at Peirson Rd)
Mary Ellen Raleigh (517) 770-4178
No. 350 UNION LAKE, MI
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Gary Moss (313) 360-0140
No. 371 GRAND RAPIDS, MI
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Sandra Peters (616) 452-4521
MINNESOTA
No. 42 MINNEAPOLIS, MN
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Carol Dustin (612) 331-1593
905 E. Malcolm Ave. #1
Minneapolis, MN 55414 (ph. & address good thru April '93)
No. 199 BEMIDJI, MN
2nd Tuesdays @ 7:15 PM
Polly K. Scotland (218) 751-7916
P.O. Box 1327
Bemidji, MN 56601
No. 327 MINNEAPOLIS, MN
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Jeff Prentiss (612) 824-9555 (after 3:00 PM)
MISSOURI
No. 198 MAPLEWOOD, MO
2nd & 4th Mondays @ 7:00 PM
Maplewood Community Center
7550 Lohmeyer Avenue
James Barrow (314) 727-2962
6627 Alamo
Clayton, MO 63105
Tom O'Bannon (314) 524-1703
Ron Lyss (314) 569-2679
Ron Burton (314) 352-2429
NEVADA
No. 328 LAS VEGAS, NV
Tuesdays @ 6:00 PM
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Gerald Greenside (702) 454-0620
3047 Zane Circle
Las Vegas, NV 89121
No. 349 LAS VEGAS, NV
Sundays @ 1:00 PM
Breuner's Furniture
4450 Spring Mountain Rd.
Las Vegas, NV
Gay Burch (702) 873-8854
4517 Del Oro Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89102
No. 391 LAS VEGAS, NV
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Dorothy Halprin (702) 256-3220
2804 Golfside Dr.
Las Vegas, NV 89134
NEW HAMPSHIRE
No. 108 NASHUA, NH
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Judith Swank (617) 486-8664
3 Hall Avenue
Nashua, NH 03060
No. 331 MERRIMACK, NH
Mondays 7:00 PM
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Clubhouse at Merrimack Rte. 3a
Merrimack, NH
Stella Russell (603) 622-9332
NEW JERSEY
No. 67 PARK RIDGE, NJ
1st Tuesdays @ 7:30 PM
Park Ridge Station Community Room
Ted Von Zwehl (914) 623-3137
13 Inwood Drive
Bardonia, NY 10954
Mitchell Darer (914) 356-1765
28 Lawrence Place
Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977
No. 251 TEANECK, NJ
Thursdays @ 7:30 PM
Teaneck Town Hall
Forest Avenue/Teaneck Rd.
Selig O. Wassner (201) 836-1949
P.O. Box 2157
Teaneck, NJ 07665
No. 316 LINDEN, NJ
Mondays @ 7:00 PM
Linden Library
Sunnyside Branch
Orchard & Melrose Terrace
Leonard E. Heller (201) 815-1270
12 Eastham Court
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
Robert Weisinger (201) 486-6037
NEW MEXICO
No. 129 ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
Cornucopia Restaurant
San Mateo & Central Streets
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Michael Baron (505) 843-7279
P.O. Box 2848
Corrales, NM 87048-2848
Grace E. Cummins (505) 899-9646
Patty Wayne (505) 877-6646
No. 332 RIO RANCHO, NM
Closed Club
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Meadowlark Senior Center
(505) 892-7798
Tommie Evans (505) 892-4002
861 Navajo
Rio Rancho, NM 87124
No. 375 SANTA FE, NM
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Julia Jordan (505) 473-1177
2501 Calle De Los Ninos
Santa Fe, NM 87505
No. 397 ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Wednesdays @ 6:00 PM
Goody's Restaurant
5555 Zuni NE
Stan Miranda (505) 256-3850
1109 Georgia St. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
NEW YORK
No. 8 YONKERS, NY
1st & 3rd Sundays @ 1:00 PM
B. Teitelbaum Memorial Club
777 Mclean Ave. (Sept thru May)
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Howard Dunn (914) 592-6189
7 Rumbrook Road
Elmsford, NY 10523
No. 23 PITTSFORD, NY
Mondays @ 7:15 PM
Lincoln Ave. Community Center
35 Lincoln Avenue
Ted Rosen (716) 244-2189
517 University Avenue, #203
Rochester, NY 14607
No. 28 BROOKLYN, NY
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Alan B. Hecht (718) 252-2161
1481 E. 21st Street
Brooklyn, NY 11210
No. 32 MASSAPEQUA, NY
Wednesdays @ 12:00 noon
Massapequa Reform Church
Merrick Rd. at Ocean Ave.
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Thelma Baker (516) 799-0598
105 Beach Road
Massapequa, NY 11758
No. 56 NEW YORK CITY, NY
Mondays @ 7:15 PM
Beverly Bridge Club
130 E. 57th Street, 3rd fl
New York, NY 10021
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Susi Resnick, Ron Tiekert (212) 689-4046
Mike Martin (212) 787-1260
No. 67 PARK RIDGE, NJ-NY Director
1st Tuesdays @ 7:30 PM
Park Ridge Station Community Room
Ted Von Zwehl (914) 623-3137
13 Inwood Drive
Bardonia, NY 10954
Mitchell Darer (914) 356-1765
28 Lawrence Place
Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977
No. 125 SCHENECTADY, NY
Sundays @ 5:00 PM
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Norma Shelly (518) 346-3773
1639 Eastern Parkway
Schenectady, NY 12309
No. 157 RIVERSIDE, NY
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Carol & Ed Halper (212) 792-4367
Maris Greenwald (212) 884-0688
No. 147 SHIRLEY, NY
Thursdays @ 7:30 PM
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Ginger White (516) 399-2579
10 Huron Road
Shirley, NY 11967
No. 284 BROOKLYN, NY
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Shirley Zacot (718) 259-6395
8301 Bay Parkway, #304
Brooklyn, NY 11214
No. 323 JAMAICA, NY
Sundays @ 4:00 PM
Rochdale Village Community Center
169-65 137th Avenue
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Dionne Wells (718) 723-3228
134-19 166th Place
Jamaica, NY 11434
Mildred Cuff (718) 276-0466
No. 324 NEW HARTFORD, NY
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Don Drumm (315) 853-3192
P.O. Box 151
Clinton, NY 13323
No. 347 NANUET, NY
58 East Route #59
Nanuet, NY 10954
Robert Hertz (914) 623-2081
No. 355 MASSAPEQUA, NY
Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
88 Boston Ave.
Massapequa, NY
Ed Ugarte (516) 796-5737, 798-8181
Violet Ditommaso (516) 798-8181
No. 389 MANHATTAN, NY
Sunday afternoon
Beverly Bridge Club
130 E. 57th Street, 3rd fl
New York, NY 10021
mostly for players below 1200/unrated
Susi Resnick (212) 689-4046
NORTH CAROLINA
No. 136 RALEIGH, NC
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
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Ann Hay (919) 846-8073
11924 Appaloosa Way, E
Raleigh, NC 27612
John Attamack (919) 929-6508
Charles Smith (919) 490-0239
OHIO
No. 62 FREMONT, OH
1st & 3rd Mondays @ 7:00 PM
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Flossie Swint (419) 334-2746
2994 Darr Road
Fremont, OH 43420
Betty Ochs (419) 332-2771
No. 88 CINCINNATTI, OH
4th Tuestday @ 6:45 PM
Star Bank Bldg.
6240 Glenway Avenue
Mady Garner (513) 941-1700 (WK) 941-6679
8206 Bridgetown Road
Cleves, OH 45002
No. 154 STOW, OH
2nd & 4th Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
Adell Durbin Park
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Walter Konicki (216) 526-4677 (H), 524-8100 (W)
381 E. Sprague Road
Seven Hills, OH 44131
Kevin McCaffrey (216) 929-2454 (H), 379-1425 (W)
No. 217 TOLEDO, OH
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Claudia Finn (419) 893-8153 (H), 891-9919 (W)
616 W. Broadway
Maumee, OH 43537
No. 294 DAYTON, OH
2nd & 4th Monday Evenings
Main Dayton Public Library
215 E. 3rd St.
Dayton, OH 45402
(513) 227-9500
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Nancy Mills (513) 278-9730
4523 Bluehaven Drive
Dayton, OH 45406
No. 313 CINCINNATI, OH
Wednesdays @ 6:45 PM
Heritage Savings
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Julie Wilson (513) 353-2423
7215 Creekview Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45247
Tamara Obercorn (513) 729-4922
No. 364 CINCINNATI OH
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Altha Stewart
Cincinnati, OH
No. 379 Wednesdays @ 6:30 PM
Drake Center
151 W Galbraith Rd.
Cincinatti, OH 45216
Phyllis Prather (513) 761-0304
OKLAHOMA
No. 243 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
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Gary Creager (405) 340-0570
2812 N. W. 159th St.
Edmond, OK 73013
OREGON
No. 308 PORTLAND, OR
Mondays @ 6:45 PM
Lake Oswego United Church of Christ
1111 SW Country Club Road
Lake Oswego, OR
Karen Merrill (503) 635-7424
01680 S.W. Radcliffe Rd.
Portland, OR 97219
Elizabeth Wood (503) 636-9798
Ruth Hamilton (503) 697-3939
No. 370 PORTLAND, OR
Thursdays @ 6:30 PM
Lyons Restaurant
1215 N.E. M.L. King Blvd.
Portland, OR
Ruth Hamilton (503) 697-3939
Karen Merrill (503) 635-7424
PENNSYLVANIA
No. 55 READING, PA
Tuesdays @ 6:00 PM
Schlegel Park Field House
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Doris Carney (215) 373-0505
918 N. 12th Street
Reading, PA 19604
Laura Brader (215) 375-6241
Carrie Kline (215) 944-7888
No. 141 WARMINSTER, PA
2nd & 4th Fridays @ 7:30 PM
Warminster Township Library
1076 Emma Lane
Raymond Rauanheimo (215) 674-0447
189 Newtown Road
Warminster, PA 18974-5219
No. 270 YEADON, PA
Mondays @ 7:30 PM
Nettie Ruth Davis (215) 623-5880
600 Parkview Boulevard
Yeadon, PA 19050
No. 214 PHILADELPHIA, PA
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Shirley Blyther
515 N. 63rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19151
No. 230 HAMBURG, PA
1st & 3rd Mondays @ 7:00 PM
Village of Moselem
Rte. 662
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Carrie Kline (215) 944-7888
RD #2, Box 584
Hamburg, PA 19526
No. 333 EXTON, PA
Mondays @ 7:00 PM
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Phyllis Patukas (215) 269-1723
Teri Gillstrom (215) 358-1268
Mary Alice Lyons (215) 857-5950
Steve Oliger (215) 284-2274
No. 352 PITTSBURGH, PA
1st Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM
Saturdays @ noon
Northland library
300 Cumberland Road
Pittsburgh, PA
Luise Shafritz (412) 935-5896
2703 Timberglen Drive
Wexford, PA 15090
No. 358 SHARON HILL, PA
1st & 3rd Mondays @ 7:00 PM
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Marilyn Everett (215) 586-8488
SOUTH CAROLINA
No. 296 CAMDEN, SC
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Lewis Chapman (803) 432-5678
1915 Lyttleton Street
Camden, SC 29020
SOUTH DAKOTA
No. 361 SIOUX FALLS, SD
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Mark Oppenheimer (605) 332-8404 evenings
4704 Pasque Circle
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
TENNESSEE
No. 238 MEMPHIS, TN
2nd & 4th Mondays @ 7:00 PM
McDonald's Restaurant
2073 Union Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104
Major A. Blanchard (901) 743-3487
2453 Werdun
Memphis, TN 38114
Herman McNeil (901) 774-4363
TEXAS
No. 71 ABILENE, TX
Mondays @ 6:00 PM
1st Methodist Church
South 2nd & Butternut St.
Mary L. Couey (915) 692-6565
1958 S. 20th Street
Abilene, TX 79602
Hildagard Powell (915) 572-3318
Margie Tacker (915) 692-4926
No. 124 LUBBOCK, TX
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
John Knox Club House
1717 Norfolk St.
Lubbock, TX
Mary L. Thurman (806) 744-7702
2727 24th Street
Lubbock, TX 79410
Marion Wooten (806) 744-0326
Dennis Major (806) 793-3918
No. 234 AUSTIN, TX
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Fridays @ 6:30 PM
Austin Recreation Center
1301 Shoal Creek Blvd.
Caesar Jaramillo (512) 441-8306 (H), 891-2688 (W)
3908 Run of the Oaks, #D
Austin, TX 78704
No. 248 BEDFORD, TX
Thursdays @ 6:30 PM
Heartland Health Center
2001 Forest Ridge Dr.
Mary Rhoades (817) 283-1282
2325 Shady Grove
Bedford, TX 76021
Donna Beachamp (817) 468-5184
Al Weber (214) 253-6408
No. 270 SAN ANTONIO, TX
Mondays @ 6:45 PM
Astro Bowling Center
3203 Harry Worzbach
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T.A. Sanders (512) 733-7571
126 Hess Street
San Antonio, TX 78212
No. 319 DALLAS, TX
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
Shoney's Restaurant
2310 Stemmons Trail
Dallas, TX
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Michael L. Willis (214) 349-2078 (H), 637-1500 (W)
Jeff Reeves (214) 340-1451
No. 321 CISCO, TX
Thursdays @ 6:00 PM
Olney Savings & Loan/Community
Room
701 Conrad Hilton Avenue
Gloria Turner (817) 442-4808
P.O. Box 867
Cisco, TX 76437
No. 334 HOUSTON, TX
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Dorothy Gauvin (713) 785-4711
No. 359 WEST HOUSTON, TX
Sundays @ 2:00 PM
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Stephen Fierros (713) 957-2997
UTAH
No. 173 WEST VALLEY CITY, UT
Wednesdays @ 6:30 PM
Peter Piper Pizza
2200 S. Highland Drive
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Jim Fischer (801) 363-4420
P.O. Box 11891
Salt Lake City, UT 84147
Kim Barr (801) 486-4260
Jane Larkin (801) 272-2725
WASHINGTON
No. 253 SEATTLE, WA
Tuesdays @ 6:30 PM
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Ann Ferguson (206) 771-5483
5504 220th, S.W. #C-301
Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043
Toby Cozens (206) 937-7872
Ken & Starlite Clark (206) 854-5636
No. 364 KENT, WA
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Starlite Clark (206) 854-5636
WASHINGTON, DC
No. 143 WASHINGTON, DC
Thursdays @ 6:00 PM
Langdon Park Rec. Center
20th Street & Rhode Island Ave. NE
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Robert Kilpatrick (202) 583-7586
4314 Bowen Road, S.E.
Washington, DC 20019
No. 171 WASHINGTON, DC
Tuesdays @ 6:00 PM
Chevy Chase Community Center
5601 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
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Harold Rennett (301) 681-3958
2413 Dexter Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20902
Joseph P. Voith (202) 686-9670
WISCONSIN
No. 247 MADISON, WI
Wednesdays @ 6:30 PM
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Bonnie Rudolph (608) 276-8444
325 So. Yellowstone Drive, #120
Madison, WI 53705
Richard Lauder (608) 233-2617
No. 265 MILWAUKEE, WI
1st & 3rd Wednesdays @ 7:00
Y-NOT II
706 East Lyon Street
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Charlotte Morris (414) 541-2833
3653 S. 75th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53220
Edward Meyer (414) 643-1163
Dolores Heron (414) 332-1332
Claudia Morris (414) 276-8677
No. 318 WAUWATOSA, WI
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Warren Kaminsky (414) 786-0345
1619 S. Conrad P.
New Berlin, WI 53151
No. 363 MILWAUKEE, WI
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
Gas Lite North
60th & North Avenue
Pat Krohn (414) 282-5626
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
No. 190 U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
ST. THOMAS, USVI
Thursdays @ 6:00 PM
Cafe Havensight
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Virginia Monsanto (809) 776-2035
25A Dronninges, Suite 5
GADE, St. Thomas 00802
No. 286 CHIRSTIANSTED, ST. CROIX
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Hermione Golden (809) 773-1194
P.O. Box 1404
Christiansted VI 00820
PHILIPPINES
No. 345 PHILIPPINES
Gil Domalaon
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San Pablo, Laguna
Philippines 4000
A3. Upcoming North American tournaments
Apr 16-18, Boston, MA
12th Ann: Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Waltham.
HR $139 PPDO wkd incl buffets. 12-13 gm, 2 div, Credit
System. EF $27/22. Newcomers $10 Sat only. Info: Edith
Berman, 26 Ships Way, Bourne Village, MA 02532, (508)
759-2561; e-mail: 7122...@compuserve.com.
Apr 17-18, Livonia, MI
Midwest WSC Qualifying Tnmt: Sheldon Center, 10800 Farmington
Rd. HR $39/1-2 at Super 8 Motel, (313) 425-5150. 12 gm, EF
$30 by Apr 10. Info: Teresa Maynard, 2832 Gemini St,
Saginaw, MI 48601, (517) 777-5676.
Apr 17-18, Alexandria, LA
Dorothy Hathorn, (318) 442-4203
Apr 24-25, Pasadena, CA
West Coast WSC Qualifying Tnmt: Circadian Room, Pasadena
Coll, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd. 12 gm, must be >=1800 in 1993.
EF $50 by 4/12. Info: George Heusenstamm, 5013 Lowell, La
Crescenta, CA 91214, (818) 284-0537.
Apr 30-May 2, Atlantic City, NJ
East Coast WSC Qualifying Tnmt: 12 gm. Info: Margaret
Maneth, (201) 991-1499.
May 1-2, Utica, NY
Fifth Ann Mohawk Valley Open. 10 gm, 2 div. EF $36 ($40 dr)
incl two buffet meals. Info: Don & Heather Drumm, PO Box
151, Clinton, NY 13323, (315) 853-3192.
May 1-2, Toronto, ONT
Canadian WSC Qualifying Tnmt: 13 gm RR (likely), TD Linda
Wise. Info: Mike Wise, 37 Rockland Drive, Willowdale, ONT
M2M 2Y8 Canada, (416) 225-3535.
May 1-2, Jonesboro, AK
Billie P. Garver, (501) 486-5857.
May 15, Long Island, NY
Strathmore Hotel, 1730 N. Ocean Av, Holtville (Exit 63 off
495). 6 gm, Mod sws. EF $35 by May 10. Info: Ginger White,
10 Huron Rd, Shirley, NY 11967, (516) 399-2579.
May 18-22 and/or May 22-28, Pacific-Alaskan Adventure
Two-stage Cruise: San Diego/Seattle/Vancouver $449 to $599.
Then $1499 to $1849. Or both cruises discount. 13-15 rd
tnmts. Info: Joe Edley (516) 477-0033 or Unique Voyages
(800) 379-245-3403.
May 28-29, Santa Clara, CA
Note New Date, New Location
Howard Johnson's Lodge, 5405 Stevens Crk Blvd. HR $55. 15
rd, 2 div DA 1650. EF $50/40 +10 door. Info: Johnny
Nevarez, 4804 Bannock Circle, San Jose, CA 95130, (408)
379-5845.
May 29, New York, NY
Beverly Bridge Club, 130 E. 57th St. 6 gm, credit sys, 2 div
>1550 or <1650; limited to 72. EF $25 +5 after May 25, no
door. Total Pz min $500. Info: Ron Tiekert, 152 E. 35th
Street #4E, New York, NY 10016, (212) 689-4046.
May 29-30, Durango, CO
Roberta Sageser, 2609 N. College Dr, 81301.
Jun 12-13, Niagara Falls, NY
5th Ann: Days Inn, 201 Rainbow Blvd, (800) 876-3297. HR
$50/1, 55/2, 60/3, 65/4. 10 gm, 3 div DA 1700/1300. EF
$30/25/20 +5 door. Info: Mark Przybyszewski, 56 Lathrop St,
Buffalo, NY 14212, (716) 896-4980.
Jun 13, Pasadena, CA
5th Anniversary Tnmt: Palm Cafe, Pasadena City College, 1570
Colorado Blvd. 6 rd, 5 div. EF $30 incl meal + snacks.
Deadline June 1. Info: George Heusenstamm, 5013 Lowell, La
Crescenta, CA 91214, (818) 284-0537.
Jun 26-27, Calgary, AB
10th Ann Summer Tnmt: Wildwood Comm Ctr, 4411 Spruce Dr SW.
HR $59 CAN. 10 gm, 4 Div DA 1500/1100/800. EF $10 CAN + $3
at door. Info: Siri Tillekeratne, 16 Cedarwood Place SW,
Calgary, Alberta, T2W3G6, Canada, (403) 281-2459.
June 28-July 2, Reno, NV
Corrected Date.
Fifth Ann West Coast Championship: Sands Regency Hotel/
Casino, 345 N. Arlington Av. (800) 648-3553. HR $45. 27 gm,
3 div. EF $75 til 6/10. Over $17000 in prizes. Info:
Johnny Nevarez, 4804 Bannock Circle, San Jose, CA 95130,
(408) 379-5845.
July 30-Aug 1, Long Island, NY
Strathmore Hotel, 1730 N. Ocean Av, Holtville. HR $125 wkd,
incl 2 buffets. 12 gm, RR grps. EF $75 two top grps (else
$35) + 10 non-hotel. Info: Ginger White, 10 Huron Rd,
Shirley, NY 11967, (516) 399-2579.
Aug 26-30, New York, NY
1993 World Championship. Plaza Hotel. 15 gm sws + "Best of
5" Semi's/Finals. [Entry by rating or performance in WSC
Qualifying Tnmts]
Sept 11-12, Toronto, ONT
14th Ann Tnmt: Comm Ctr @ Earl Bales Park, North York (near
Bathurst + Shepard Ave). 10 gm, 3 div. EF $25 ($20 US) by
Sep 6. Info: Mike Wise, 37 Rockland Drive, Willowdale, ONT
M2M 2Y8 Canada, (416) 225-3535.
Sept 25-26, Lafayette, LA
Hotel Acadania, 1801 Pinhook Rd, Lafayette, LA 70508, (318)
233-8120. HR $51. 10 gm, 4 div DA 1600/1300/1100. EF $25/
20/15/15. Info: Dave Johnson, 404 Guilbeau Rd. E-128,
Lafayette, LA 70506, (318) 981-3489.
Oct 16-17, Wisconsin Dells, WI
10th Ann: Holiday Inn, Hwy 13 and I-90, 94, (608) 254-8306.
HR $49/1-4. 10 gm, 4 div DA 1700/1350/1000. EF $40/30/25/
20 by Oct 11. Info: Richard Lauder, 311 Nautilus Dr,
Madison, WI 53705, (608) 233-2617.
Oct 23-24, San Jose, CA
SJ Classic. Howard Johnson's Lodge, 5405 Stevens Crk Blvd.
HR $55. 15 rd (9 Sat, 6 Sun), 2 div DA 1650. EF $50/40 + 10
at door. Info: Johnny Nevarez, 4804 Bannock Circle, San
Jose, CA 95130, (408) 379-5845.
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Key to abbreviations:
Ann=Annual, DA=Divided at, Div=Division, Gm=Game(s), HR=Hotel
Rate, Pz=Prize(s), RR=Round Robin, Tnmt=Tournament
A4. Contacts for major Scrabble organizations worldwide
Shiraz Amith
Bahrain Scrabble League
P.O. Box 20725
Bahrain
Femi Awowade
P.O. Box 20307, U.I.
Post Office
Ibadan, Nigeria
Larry Benjamin
P.O. Box 891189
Lyndhurst Tvl. 2106
Republic of South Africa
Trevor Duke
405 Majestic Gate
38 Empire Road
Parktown, Johannesburg
Republic of South Africa
Candido Filio
4 Matimtiman Street
Teacher's Village
Diliman, Quezon City
Philippines 1101
Lorton Graham
Claybury
St John
Barbados
Jeff Grant
Waipatu Settlement Road
RD2
Hastings
New Zealand
John Holgate
64 Paine Street
Marouba 2035
Sydney
Australia
Robin John
23 Schneider Gardens
Petit Valley
Trinidad and Tobago
Amnuay Ploysangngam
645/1 Petchburi Road
Phayathai
Bangkok 10400
Thailand
Diane Pratesi
Postal Scrabble Club
33 Amberley Road
Leyton
London, E10 7ER
United Kingdom
Tony Sim
Block 27 Marine Crescent
#09-07 Singapore 1544
Singapore
Missaka Warusawitharana
11 De Silva Road
Kaluboloila
Sri Lanka
