Scrabble FAQ - General Information
Steven Alexander
Archive-name: games/scrabble-faq/general
Posting-Frequency: monthly
Last-modified: 15 May 1997
URL: http://www.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/faq.html
Copyright: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Steven Alexander
Scrabble Frequently Asked Questions
This article is posted monthly to the Usenet newsgroups
rec.games.board, rec.puzzles.crosswords, rec.answers and
news.answers. Other ways to obtain it are
ANONYMOUS FTP to rtfm.mit.edu (18.181.0.24) and get the files
/pub/usenet/news.answers/games/scrabble-faq/general
/pub/usenet/news.answers/games/scrabble-faq/supplement
EMAIL (for those without ftp access) send
To: <URL:mailto:mail-...@rtfm.mit.edu>
Subject:
send /pub/usenet/news.answers/games/scrabble-faq/general
send /pub/usenet/news.answers/games/scrabble-faq/supplement
A hypertext version is available at
<URL:http://www.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/faq.html>.
1. What this FAQ covers
2. The trademark Scrabble
3. Organized Scrabble activity
3.1. National Scrabble Association and Association of Premier
Scrabble Players
3.2. Clubs
3.3. Tournaments
3.3.1. North American, Canadian and World championships
3.3.1.1. Winners of the North American championships
3.3.1.2. Winners of the Canadian (English language) championships
3.3.1.3. Winners of the World (English language) championships
3.3.2. How club and tournament Scrabble differs from the rules in
the box
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. Words removed from OSPD 1st ed. in 2nd ed.
3.3.3.3. Current corrections to the OSPD 2nd ed.
3.3.3.4. 9-letter root words in OSPD
3.3.3.5. Current corrections to the Franklin Electronic OSPD
3.3.3.6. Expurgation of OSPD and OSPD 3rd ed.
3.3.3.7. Successor to OSPD - TWL98
3.3.4. Tournament pairings
3.3.5. Tournament ratings
3.3.6. Upcoming North American tournaments
3.4. Organizations conducting Scrabble activity outside North
America and the UK
3.5. Who plays with which dictionary and which rules?
3.6. Crossword games on the Internet
3.6.1. Crossword games servers
3.6.1.1. Telnet-based
3.6.1.2. WWW-based
3.6.2. Crossword games mailing list
3.6.3. Crossword games related homepages
3.6.4. Crossword games related newsgroup
4. Differences between Scrabble in North America and in the UK
5. Publications on Scrabble
5.1. Periodicals
5.1.1. Scrabble News
5.1.2. Tourney News
5.1.3. JG Newsletter
5.1.4. Non-North American periodicals
5.1.4.1. Onwords
5.1.4.2. APSP Newsletter
5.1.4.3. Forwords
5.1.4.4. Scrabble Club News
5.1.5. Defunct periodicals
5.1.5.1. Letters for Expert Players
5.1.5.2. Matchups
5.1.5.3. Medleys
5.1.5.4. Rack Your Brain
5.2. Books
5.3. Word lists
5.3.1. Lexicons
5.3.2. Internet anagram finders and word listers
5.3.3. Printed lists
5.4. Word study/lookup software
6. Basic tactics and methods
7. Typical games
7.1. Typical scores
7.2. Frequency of bingos
8. Scrabble records
8.1. Actual
8.2. Theoretical
8.3. Blocked games
9. Scrabble variants
10. Play-by-mail games
11. Scrabble paraphernalia
11.1. Tiles
11.2. Clocks
11.3. Playing equipment
11.4. Miscellaneous
12. Computer versions of Scrabble
12.1. CrossWise (IBM PC)
12.2. Gameboy Super Scrabble (hand-held)
12.3. Maven (Macintosh, Windows)
12.4. Monty Plays Scrabble (hand-held)
12.5. Scramble/Literati (IBM PC/Windows)
12.6. Tyler (IBM PC, Macintosh)
12.7. The Scrabble Player (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)
12.11. STrabbler (Atari)
12.12. Unix Scrabble (Unix)
12.13. CRAB (Unix, Sun, Vax and Macintosh)
12.14. Scrabble Door (IBM PC BBS)
12.15. ScrabOut and Networdz (Windows 3.1 and 95)
12.16. X-Words (Macintosh)
12.17. Amiga Scrabble (Amiga)
12.18. Scrabble CD-ROM (Windows, Macintosh)
12.19. XScrabble (X Windows)
12.20. Gary's Computer Scrabble (Unix)
12.21. Ortograf (Macintosh)
12.22. dupliKta (Windows)
13. Glossary
14. Litigation
A0. Copyright
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 played anywhere is welcome.
Although this is about Scrabble, it is not provided or authorized by
the owners of the various rights to that game.
2. The trademark Scrabble
Scrabble is a registered trademark owned in the United States and
Canada by Milton Bradley Company, a division of Hasbro, Inc. 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 -- in 1986 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.
In North America, technically, the term Scrabble refers to any game
or related product Milton Bradley cares to label that way, while the
popular board game is "Scrabble Crossword Game". Most people --
including Milton Bradley's own publication -- use the term Scrabble
to refer to that game, and so will this FAQ.
The magazine Financial World (July 8, 1996, p. 65) estimates the
value of the Scrabble brand to Hasbro as $76 million, and 1995 sales
under that brand at $39 million.
3. Organized Scrabble activity
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
required to join before playing in their second tournament.
As noted, NSA is an arm of the manufacturer, not a true membership
organization. An advisory board and a rule committee are chosen by
NSA and Milton Bradley. Ad hoc committees concerning changes in the
dictionary and the ratings system also have been created.
Membership is $18 per year in the US, $20 (USD) in Canada, and $25
elsewhere, by postal money order outside the US.
National Scrabble Association
c/o Williams & Company
120 Front St Garden
Box 700
Greenport, NY 11944
(516) 477-0033
(516) 477-0294 fax
<URL:mailto:in...@scrabble-assoc.com>
In the UK, the Association of Premier Scrabble Players ("APSP"),
while not owned by the UK copyright and trademark holder, is bound
to it by a licensing agreement. The APSP organizes many tournaments.
It may be reached at
APSP
c/o Gareth Williams
209 Fidlas Rd
Llanishen
Cardiff
CF4 5NA
United Kingdom
+44 1222 758249
Membership in APSP costs #10 per year. Members receive a newsletter
six times per year.
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 is an Appendix to
this FAQ. Some of the listings are more up to date than the most
recent listing from the National Scrabble Association, but some are
out of date, so call the person listed before trying to attend.
A list of clubs in the UK is available at
<URL:http://sushi.st.usm.edu/~jjchew/scrabble/clubs-uk.html>.
For further information on them, contact
Philip Nelkon
J.W. Spear & Sons PLC
Richard House
Enstone Road
Enfield, Middlesex
England EN3 7TB
+44 181 443 8152
+44 181 443 8175 fax
<URL:mailto:10135...@compuserve.com>
Steve Oliger has written an IBM PC program, Focus (currently in
version 2.10), to maintain club statistics. It comes highly
recommended by others who have used it. $20 plus shipping ($3 in
US).
Steve Oliger
P.O. Box 7003
Lancaster, PA 17604-7003
(717) 284-2274
<URL:mailto:sol...@epix.net>
3.3. Tournaments
3.3.1. North American, UK and world championships
"National Scrabble Championship", really for North America, is held
by the National Scrabble Association in even years. In 1996 it was
held in Dallas in late July. North American players were eligible
for entry if they had played in at least one rated tournament.
Players from elsewhere entered without condition.
In odd years, an invitational "World [English language] Championship"
is held. The 1995 World Championship was held in November in London.
Words allowable in North American or British play are allowed.
In the UK, Spear 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.
3.3.1.1. Winners of the North American championships
1978, May 19-21, New York City: invitational, 64 contestants
David Prinz
1980, November 14-16, Santa Monica: invitational, 32 contestants
Joe Edley
1983, August 10-12, Chicago: qualifiers, 32 contestants
Joel Wapnick
1985, July 28-31, Boston: open, 302 contestants
Ron Tiekert
1987, July 5-7, Las Vegas: open, 300+ contestants
Rita Norr
1988, July 31-August 5, Reno: open, 323 contestants
Robert Watson
1989, July 29-August 3, New York City: open, 221 contestants
Peter Morris
1990, August 5-9: Washington, 300+ contestants
Robert Felt
1992, August 9-13, Atlanta: open, 320 contestants
Joe Edley
1994, August 14-18, Los Angeles: open, 294 contestants
David Gibson
1996, July: Dallas: open, 400 contestants (OSPD2+)
Adam Logan
3.3.1.2. Winners of the Canadian (English language) championships
1996, Oct 18-21, Toronto: invitational, 40 contestants; OSPD2+
Adam Logan
3.3.1.3. Winners of the World (English language) championships
1991, September 27-30, London: invitational, 48 contestants
Peter Morris
1993, August 27-30, New York City: invitational, 64 contestants
Mark Nyman
1995, November 2-5, London: invitational, 64 contestants
David Boys
3.3.2. How club and tournament Scrabble differs from the rules in
the box
NSA, APSP and ASPA rules for competitive play are available at
<URL:http://sushi.st.usm.edu/~jjchew/scrabble/rules/nsa.html>,
<URL:http://sushi.st.usm.edu/~jjchew/scrabble/rules/apsp.html> and
<URL:http://www.ozemail.aust.com/~aspa/rules.html>, respectively, as
are the rules that come in the box.
<URL:http://www.scrabble.com/corner/rules.html>
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, including Israel and Thailand) by the Official Scrabble
Players Dictionary, and in the UK by Official Scrabble Words. Most
other places use Official Scrabble Words, although some (including
New Zealand, all of mainland Australia, and the Philippines) use
both. (These references are described 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; in the UK, and most of Australia, they do
not.
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. Passing is allowed at any time.
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.
Ties are not broken. (The box rules don't mention this possibility.)
If the two players take six consecutive turns without successfully
placing any tiles on the board -- due to any combination of
challenges, passes and exchanges -- the game ends, and both players
lose the value of the tiles on their racks. A game in which neither
player can make a play ends this way, although the players may simply
agree that the game is over without going through all six turns. In
the UK, exchanges do not count toward the six turns.
The box rules do not mention whether one may 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.
3.3.3. 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 North
American 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, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary,
Tenth edition, is used. (The Tenth came out in May 1993 and replaced
the Ninth on May 1, 1994.) The OSPD does include inflected forms of
up to eight letters whose root words are longer.
In 1990, a second edition of the OSPD came out in hardcover. A
paperback of the OSPD2 came out in June 1993. Matchups ($1 + $1
shipping, see section 12.6) and Cygnus Cybernetics (see section 12.1)
each publish a complete list of the words added (and the handful
removed) in OSPD2.
A hardcover third edition of the OSPD came out in October 1995. See
section 3.3.3.5 below for a discussion of its contents. The new
words in it are allowable in competitive play as of February 1, 1996.
Only SPAZES and HERPESES were removed. A list of the additions is
available by ftp at <URL:ftp://ftp.cygcyb.com/Cygnus/ospd3.add>.
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
Dictionary ("Chambers") whose uninflected roots have nine or fewer
letters, and words of nine or fewer letters which are inflections of
longer words. The third edition of OSW, including words from the
1993 edition of Chambers, came out in September, 1994. Challenges of
longer words are looked up in Chambers.
OSW is available outside the UK from
James Thin Ltd
53-59 South Bridge
Edinburgh, EH1 1YS
Scotland
+44 131 556 6743
+44 131 557 8149 fax
<URL:mailto:james.t...@almac.co.uk>
<URL:http://www.jthin.co.uk/ordering.htm>
or
Margaret Browne
<URL:mailto:10174...@compuserve.com>
+44 1582 611991
who is authorized to sell Chambers titles to Scrabble players at some
discount.
For trademark reasons, the OSPD is not legally sold outside North
America, and OSW is not sold in North America.
Here are data showing the relative sizes of the lexicons of OSPD and
OSW, showing that OSW is a richer lexicon at all lengths. "SOWPODS"
is a common abbreviation for the union of the two.
length OSW OSPD SOWPODS
2 109 97 121
3 1126 977 1231
4 4769 3904 5140
5 10697 8635 11774
6 18435 15224 20895
7 26539 23097 31136
8 30732 28406 37907
9 30456 24752 36655
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 includes all
words found in at least one of five major US college dictionaries,
including a total of nine editions, which in the judgment of Merriam-
Webster's lexicographers (contracted by the trademark holder to do
this) meet the rules.
The dictionaries used for OSPD2 are: Funk & Wagnalls Standard College
Dictionary (1973 printing), American Heritage Dictionary of the
English Language (First and Second College Editions), Webster's New
Collegiate Dictionary (Merriam-Webster; Eighth and Ninth Editions),
Webster's New World Dictionary (Second and Third College Editions),
Random House College Dictionary (Original Edition and Revised
Edition).
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. Words removed from OSPD 1st ed. in 2nd ed.
AINE
AINEE
ALIYAHS
AUTARKIK
BABBOOL BABBOOLS
BORAZON BORAZONS
DIALOGGED DIALOGGING
DUC DUCS
ECOLE ECOLES
ENFIN
INVAR INVARS
IODOL IODOLS
MISENROLL MISENROLLS
NEGRO NEGROES
NOIR
ONCES
PAPULAN
PERE PERES
PHYTIN PHYTINS
SITI
SLIVOVICS
STETSON STETSONS
SULFONAL SULFONALS
SURVEILED SURVEILING
THERMIT THERMITS
UIT
WAEFU
WITEN
WOSTTETH WOTTETH
XANTHATE XANTHATES
3.3.3.3. Current corrections to the OSPD 2nd ed.
The cumulative corrections to the OSPD2, all (except for DIDDLEYS)
corrected in the final printing, are:
p16 ALIYAH: -YAHS (not -YAS)
108 CLAUGHT: -ING (not -INT)
109 CLEEK: CLAUCHT (not CLAUGHT)
155 DIDDLEY: DIDDLEYS, DIDDLIES
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
424 PECORINO: -NOS, -NI
436 PINYIN: delete PINYINS
451 delete PREFROZE; insert PREFREEZE v -FROZE,
-FROZEN, -FREEZING, -FREEZES to freeze beforehand
481 delete REARMICE; insert REARMOUSE n pl. -MICE
reremouse
477 REFALL: add REFALLS
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 that all uninflected words
in the OSPD have eight or fewer letters.
3.3.3.4. 9-letter root words in OSPD
Despite the plan for OSPD, that the only uninflected words it
contains should be those of eight or fewer letters, a few 9-letter
words have been inserted. These are:
GRUELLING
KIDNAPPER
MISENROLL
PREFREEZE
RAVELLING
REARMOUSE
REREMOUSE
3.3.3.5. Current corrections to the Franklin Electronic OSPD
additions deletions
--------- ---------
AMNIA AMNIONIA
BRITISH
CAUDILLOS CAUDILLLOS
CHEERLEADED
CHINESE
CHRISTMAS
CLUBBERS
CRACKLES CRACKLEES
CRIOLLOS CRIOLLLOS
EXPIATING
GONIONIA
GRAMS
HALAZONES
HIGGLED
HONDLES HONDLIES
HORNBEAMS
IRISH
ITALIAN
MACHES
MISEATE
OPALESCING OPALESCESCING
OUTDRAGGING
OUTEATE
OVEREATE
OVERLIT
PECORINI
PINYINS
REFALLS
S
SISSIES SIES
UNCLOGGING
UNDEREATE
3.3.3.6. Expurgation of OSPD and OSPD 3rd ed.
In October 1995, NSA issued an Expurgated Scrabble Players Dictionary
("ESPD"), calling it OSPD3, omitting approximately 167 words labelled
as offensive to specific ethnic, racial, sexual and other groups,
such as the words "dago", "jew" and "fatso". Hasbro, the NSA's
parent, gave as major reasons for the change its desire to promote
Scrabble in elementary schools using the OSPD and complaints by
offended ethnic groups.
Facing much opposition by competitive players who did not want their
playing vocabulary restricted to those words considered safe for
children, NSA has made the ESPD *not* the official reference for club
and tournament play. (It says on the dust jacket, "for recreational
and school play.") Instead, as of February 1, 1996, competitions use
OSPD2 plus the words added in ESPD. (A few words which reappear in
ESPD because of its sloppy basing on early printings of OSPD2 --
before some corrections -- will not be added back, though.)
This compromise may be illusory, as ESPD is in print, while OSPD2 is
not. NSA says it will supply the need for an in-print copy of the
unexpurgated word list by making All Words (section 5.3) or something
similar an official, licensed, publication. Whether or not this
works, it's anomalous to have the "Official Scrabble Players
Dictionary" not be official.
3.3.3.7. Successor to OSPD - TWL98
As of January 1, 1998, club and tournament play in North America will
use an unexpurgated lexicon, including all two- to nine-letter words.
More on this soon.
There will be 12 deletions in the two- to eight-letter range, DA DEI
DES HANGULS KEV LEZES LICENTI SKIWEARS STRID VIN VINS VON, and 38
additions.
3.3.4. Tournament pairings
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. UK tournaments
sometimes use sum-of-scores (the sum of the number of wins by one's
opponents), and Australian tournaments use total game score, as the
secondary factor.
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, whom 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 designs, I would be grateful to be
supplied with them.)
In the UK, most tournaments use a version of the Swiss method in
which at each round players are paired within groups consisting of
those with the same win-loss record.
3.3.5. Tournament ratings
Using a system based on the Elo system used in chess, North American
tournament players get a rating in the range 0 to ~2150 which
indirectly represents the probability of winning against other rated
players. 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
200*sqrt(2) 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 after every tournament played. First, the number of games
one is expected to win is calculated. Let's use as 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 player's, so P is expected to win .363 fraction of a game; P's
rating 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 taken as 50% plus the rating difference
as a percent, but no larger than 90%.
The Australian rating system is the same as the North American.
Current North American, UK and Australian ratings are available in
<URL:http://http.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/ratings.html>,
<URL:http://www.pledgor.demon.co.uk/ratings.htm>
<URL:http://www.math.utoronto.ca/~jjchew/scrabble/ratings/apsp.html>
<URL:http://www.ozemail.com.au/~rjackman/ratings.html>.
3.3.6. Upcoming tournaments
For a listing of upcoming North American tournaments, see the
Appendix.
3.4. Organizations conducting Scrabble activity outside North
America and the UK
Spear, which sells Scrabble sets in 31 languages and 120 countries,
organized a Spanish and is considering organizing German and Dutch
Scrabble tournaments. Contact Philip Nelkon (section 3.2).
The remainder of the information in this section is about English
language Scrabble.
Membership in the Australian Scrabble Players Association, which is
independent of the trademark holder, is $10 per year, $15 overseas.
Its quarterly newsletter, 'Across the Board', has columns on playing
and tournament listings. It may be reached at
The Scrabble Enquiry Centre
PO Box 405
Bentleigh Australia 3204
+61 3 578 6767
Bob Jackman
Australian Scrabble Players Association
PO Box 28
Lindfield NSW Australia
02 9416 9881
02 9416 9479 fax
<URL:mailto:rjac...@ozemail.com.au>
In Israel, English language Scrabble is played by several clubs.
There is a large one in Jerusalem. Tournaments are rated under a
copy of the North American system. There are occasional national
tournaments. Sam Orbaum, who once wrote a weekly Scrabble column for
the Jerusalem Post, runs the Jerusalem club, which meets at ICCY, 12
Emek-Refaim St, Jerusalem at 7:30 pm JST Tuesdays. He can be reached
at +972-2-676-7967 (H), +972-2-531-5678 (W),
<URL:mailto:orb...@netvision.net.il>.
The Thailand National English language Scrabble tournament has drawn
as many as 885 contestants, including some top North Americans. For
information on the (OSPD-based) yearly tournament usually held around
the end of January, contact
Mr. Ravee Joradol
Thailand Crossword Club
645/1 Petchburi Rd
Payathai, Bangkok 10400
Thailand
(662) 252-9607, 252-8147
(662) 252-8147 fax
In Thailand, sets are sold without regard to Spear's rights (section
2), resulting in its players not being invited to the World [English
language] Scrabble Championships (section 3.3.1). Similarly, before
the change in Rumania's regime, unauthorized sets were sold, and in
the ensuing vacuum, Rumania was invited to the 1995 WSC only as an
observer.
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. Who plays with which dictionary and which rules?
The following is a summary of which lexicon and challenge rules are
used in competitive English language Scrabble play in various
countries.
OSPD, OSW and SOWPODS are described in section 3.3.3. Under
single challenge, a turn is lost only by a player making an invalid
word that is challenged, so challenges are free. Double challenge
has a challenger also risking loss of turn if the words are valid.
Under Singapore's unique rule, the maker of a bad challenge loses
five points.
There is a movement afoot, especially strong among top players who
have played or have some prospect of playing in the World [English
language] Championship (section 3.3.1) (at which SOWPODS and single-
challenge have been used to date), toward merging the rules. Most
suggestions center on using SOWPODS and some kind of middle-ground
challenge rule, such as Singapore's or one penalizing a challenger
only for the second and succeeding bad challenges in a game.
OSPD OSW SOWPODS
double-challenge Canada
Israel
Malta New Zealand
Mexico
Thailand
US
5pt-challenge Singapore
single-challenge Ireland Australia
UK Malaysia
Philippines
Sri Lanka
unknown African nations
3.6. Crossword games on the Internet
3.6.1. Crossword games servers
3.6.1.1. Telnet-based
A MUD-like server dedicated to playing crossword games (with boards
configurable by the players) is available by telnet at
eel.st.usm.edu, port 7777 (this means to reach it under Unix, type
"telnet eel.st.usm.edu 7777"). A FAQ for this server is available
for ftp at <URL:ftp://sushi.st.usm.edu/doc/doom/faq>, and for MUDS
generally at <URL:http://www.math.okstate.edu/~jds/mudfaqs.html>.
A robot, <URL:http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~jac/scrab.html>, normally
is on-line to play there, and a weekly tournament,
<URL:http://www2.netdoor.com/~marlene/>, is held there.
Other MUDs having crossword-game play among their services are listed
at <URL:http://synge.math.toronto.edu:7777/www/dict-clients.html>.
3.6.1.2. WWW-based
Net-Scrabble, in South Africa, <URL:http://yoda.cs.udw.ac.za/~ns2/>,
by Hussein Suleman, <URL:mailto:hsul...@pixie.udw.ac.za>. It has
mailing list and a bulletin board for players,
<URL:http://www.phoenix.net/~schmidt/scrabble/step2.html?>,
<URL:http://www.phoenix.net/~schmidt/wwwboard/wwwboard.html>, and is
mirrored in the US, <URL:http://games.idirect.com/ns2/>.
Scrabble Zone, <URL:http://www.virtual.net.au/~dnich/scr_intro.html>,
by Dylan Nicholson, <URL:mailto:dn...@students.cs.mu.oz.au>, requires
a frames-capable browser.
Web Scrabble, <URL:http://www.ruhr.de/home/wanne/games/scrabble.htm>,
in German.
Scrabble Challenge,
<URL:http://www.yorvic.york.ac.uk/~cowtan/scrabble/wsc.html>, a
duplicate contest, by Kevin Cowtan, at the University of York, UK.
Java Scrabble, <URL:http://www.gragsie.com/Scrabble/>, was removed
after a letter from Hasbro's attorneys.
3.6.2. Crossword games mailing lists
To be added to one of the crossword games mailing lists, write to
<URL:mailto:sa...@mit.edu>. crossword-games is open to anyone,
crossword-games-pro to active tournament players, and
word-game-programmers to anyone interested in design of programs for
crossword games. See
<URL:http://www.starwave.com/people/foster/cg-list.html>. There is
also a UK-centred list, see
<URL:http://www.isltd.insignia.com/mail-lists/uk-scrabble/>, and a
SOWPODS list,
<URL:http://www.isltd.insignia.com/mail-lists/sowpods/>.
To join, send the body "ADD uk-scrabble" or "ADD sowpods" (without
quotation marks) to <URL:mailto:list...@isltd.insignia.com>.
3.6.3. Crossword games related homepages
These crossword game entities have WWW homepages:
The SOWPODS homepage:
<URL:http://www.ozemail.com.au/~rjackman>
The Australian Scrabble Players Association (ASPA):
<URL:http://www.ozemail.com.au/~aspa>
The Scrabble Championship of Spain:
<URL:http://www.acoisa.es/scrabble>
The Los Gatos, CA, club:
<URL:http://www.yak.net/kablooey/scrabble.html>
The Fort Collins, CO, club in formation:
<URL:http://www.sni.net/cygcyb/FortCollinsScrabbleClub/>
The Sysosset, NY, club:
<URL:http://www.li.net/~peshkin/>
Mississippi club #47:
<URL:http://home.teclink.net/~jtparker/scrab.html>
Scrabble(r) in North Central Florida:
<URL:http://www.afn.org/~scrabble/>
The Romford, England, club:
<URL:http://www.pledgor.demon.co.uk/>
The Malta Scrabble club:
<URL:http://www.global.net.mt/~scrabmalta/>
Cygnus Cybernetics, supplier of CrossWise crossword game, lists
and paraphernalia:
<URL:http://www.csn.net/cygcyb/>
Kevin Cowtan's Scrabble Challenge, University of York, UK:
<URL:http://www.yorvic.york.ac.uk/~cowtan/scrabble/wsc.html>
The Scrabble HomePage in Japan:
<URL:http://www.komaba.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~g540179/Scrabble/>
Des mots, toujours des mots:
<URL:http://www.odyssee.net/~jps/home/scrabble.html>
3.6.4. Crossword games related newsgroup
No Scrabble-specific Usenet newsgroup exists, and all indications are
that such a group wouldn't generate enough traffic. The best
newsgroup for discussing crossword games is
<URL:news:rec.games.board>. The flat-text version of this FAQ is
posted there monthly, and occasional questions are asked and answered
there.
4. Differences between Scrabble in North America and in the UK
OSW and Chambers govern Scrabble play in the UK. Australia is
moving toward "double-dictionary" play, where words from either
Chambers or OSPD are accepted. Some clubs in North America are
considering making this at least optional. An added impetus for
this trend is the expurgation of OSPD (see section 3.3.3.5).
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. Publications on Scrabble
5.1. Periodicals
5.1.1. Scrabble News
This is a publication of the National Scrabble Association (see
section 3.1), and comes with membership.
Puzzles, contests, gossip, intermediate and advanced tactics,
official information from NSA and Milton Bradley, tournament listings
and tournament results.
5.1.2. Tourney News
This provides mostly tournament results listings, with bits of
discussion of tactics, issues and occasional word lists. $18 per
year in the US, $24 CAD in Canada, $35 USD elsewhere.
Tourney News
Box 2013
Teaticket, MA 02536
<URL:mailto:70750...@compuserve.com>
5.1.3. JG Newsletter
This excellent publication follows in the footsteps of Letters for
Expert Players (section 5.1.4.1) and Medleys (section 5.1.4.3) in its
thorough position analyses. Also includes some puzzles. $25 for
1996 11-issue subscription.
Jim Geary
31 West Cochise Dr
Phoenix, AZ 85021-2484
(602) 943-5281
<URL:mailto:jay...@primenet.com>
5.1.4. Non-North American periodicals
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
England
<URL:mailto:onwor...@aol.com>
5.1.4.2. APSP Newsletter
The newsletter of the APSP, section 3.1.
5.1.4.3. Forwords
The quarterly official magazine of the New Zealand Association of
Scrabble Players, including news, tournament results, comments and
competitions.
Jeff Grant
Waipatu Settlement Rd
RD2
Hastings
New Zealand
5.1.4.4. Scrabble Club News
Published by Spear, #8.00 for 6 issues. News about clubs in the UK.
5.1.5. Defunct periodicals
5.1.5.1. Letters for Expert Players
This letter-form publication, which ceased in December 1986, still
forms a rich 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. Published 1984-1991. Back issues available. See section
12.6.
5.1.5.3. Medleys
Probably the highlight of this well-edited, entertainingly written
monthly were the game annotations. One game per month was annotated
in full. Three interesting positions were analyzed by readers, with
quotes. Word lists, study techniques, anecdotes, humor and opinions
rounded out the publication. The only drawback was a long-running
two-page tournament advertisement in this 12 page newsletter.
For the 12 issues of 1991 and 1992, $34 each; for 1993, $36; plus $2
shipping ($3 USD in Canada).
Also, compiled from the pages of Medleys, "The Art and Science of
Anamonics" and "Complete 7+1 Anamonics #1-2100" (section 6).
$5 and $29 respectively; plus $0, $2 shipping.
"Expert Analysis -- Consensus Game" #1, #2, #3, #4, and "Expert
Analysis -- Consensus Extras" vol. 1, vol. 2, $29 each; plus $2
shipping.
The second and subsequent least expensive items are charged half the
above shipping costs.
Nick Ballard
536 Kirkham St
San Francisco, CA 94122-3611
(415) LOG-NICK
<URL:mailto:na...@netcom.com>
5.1.5.4. Rack Your Brain
Subtitled "Analysis of your favorite crossword game", Brian
Sheppard's series of booklets deeply analyzed specific positions.
By the author of the program Maven (section 12.3), which is an
important tool for move analysis. $42 for one year, $5 each.
Brian Sheppard
296 Old Marlboro Road
Concord, MA 01742
5.2. Books
One Wordy Guy, William R. Webster. 1995, WilMar Pub.
A novel on Scrabble; includes puzzles. $6 postpaid from WilMar
Publishing, c/o William R. Webster, Box 5023, Carefree, AZ 85377.
Everything Scrabble, Joe Edley <URL:mailto:deee...@aol.com> & John
D. Williams, Jr. 1994, Pocket Books. In bookstores, $12.00, or from
Cygnus Cybernetics, section 12.1. Practical advice for finding good
plays plus practice word puzzles on and off board. The first author
was the 1980 and 1992 North American champion.
The Literate Puzzler, Rita Norr & Audrey Tumbarello. 1994.
Sterling Pub. Co. More puzzles using words from OSPD. In
bookstores, $4.95.
The Word Game Power Workout, Rita Norr & Audrey Tumbarello. 1993,
Perigee, Putnam Publ. Endeavors to teach words "through trivia, word
meanings, riddles, mnemonics, and geography." This book appears
useful for breaking the reader through to thinking in terms of
anagrams, hooks, prefixes, suffixes and extensions. Also includes
four pages of well thought out, dense suggestions for better Scrabble
play. In bookstores, or $10.95 + $3.50 shipping from Cygnus
Cybernetics, section 12.1.
Scrabble Tournament Success, Darrel Day. A booklet focusing on the
thought processes which can help intermediate players improve.
Available from the author, an excellent player, for $7 + $1 shipping.
Darrell Day, Marketing Concepts, 5 Westglen Place, Plano, TX 75074.
The Ultimate Guide to Winning Scrabble Brand Crossword Game, Michael
Lawrence & John Ozag. 1987, 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.
The Champion's Strategy for Winning at Scrabble, Joel Wapnick. 1986,
Stein & Day. Out of print. Best for advanced players, with
sophisticated analyses of many positions and good study techniques.
The author was the 1983 North American champion.
The Scrabble Book, Derryn Hinch. 1976, Mason/Charter. Out of print.
The Official Scrabble Player's Handbook, Drue K. Conklin. Harmony
Books. Out of print.
Scrabble Players Handbook, Selchow & Righter Company. 1974. Out of
print.
More Fun with Scrabble, Jacob S. Orleans & Edmund Jacobson. 1954,
Grosset & Dunlap. Out of print.
How to Win at Scrabble, Jacob Orleans & Edmund Jacobson. 1953,
Grosset & Dunlap. Out of print.
British and Double-Dictionary Scrabble books:
The Ultimate Scrabble Book, Philip Nelkon. 1995, Stanley Paul, #14.99.
Tips on tactics illustrated with tournament situations; explanation
of the British rules. Quizzes and puzzles. Credit card orders in
the UK at 01279 635377.
World Championship Scrabble, Gyles Brandreth & Darryl Francis. 1992,
Chambers.
Twenty-two annotated games from the 1991 World (English language)
Scrabble Championship, which was played using words in OSW or OSPD.
In bookstores, or $7.95 + $3.50 shipping from Cygnus Cybernetics,
section 12.1.
The Scrabble Companion, Gyles Brandreth & Darryl Francis. 1988,
David & Charles.
Play Better Scrabble Video, Darryl Francis.
#10.99 including shipping to the UK, from Spear.
How to Play Better Scrabble, Darryl Francis. Chambers.
Some good strategy tips, reportedly.
Play Better Scrabble, Michael Goldman. 1983.
Focuses on obsolete high-score version of competition.
The Scrabble Book, Gyles Brandreth
Covers both British & North American Scrabble. $5.99 + $4
shipping, from Cahill & Co., (800) 755-8531.
The Scrabble Puzzle Book, Gyles Brandreth. Futura, 1981.
Championship Scrabble, Alan Richter. 1980, Kay & Ward.
Focuses on obsolete high-score version of competition.
5.3. Word lists
5.3.1. Lexicons
Since the list of words from a dictionary has uncertain copyright
status, people having such lists for personal use shy away from
sharing them. However, a copy of the OSPD2 two to eight letter words
is available for ftp from
<URL:ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/micro/msdos/misc/crossword-archive/>,
in files named words.?.Z, for ? from 2 to 8. Other copies, in one
file, are at
<URL:ftp://byrd.math.uga.edu/pub/win/games/scrabble/ospd.txt> and
<URL:ftp://jeeves.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pub/outgoing/mag/dict/ospd>. Also
available for ftp is a large list of Anamonics (section 6), compiled
by John J. Chew III, at
<URL:http://www.math.utoronto.ca/~jjchew/scrabble/anamonics.html>.
There are two copies of OSPD2+, both having three erroneous words,
<URL:http://boulter.com/scrabble/words/> and
<URL:http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/wordy502.zip>.
<URL:mailto:thegr...@theriver.com>, by Mendel Cooper.
5.3.2. Internet anagram finders and word listers
The Scrabble Rack, by Jeff Boulter,
<URL:http://boulter.com/scrabble/>.
Mag's Word Finder,
<URL:http://sdg.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~mag/cgi-bin/findwords/findwords.html>,
by Tom Magliery, <URL:mailto:m...@ncsa.uiuc.edu>.
OSPD2+ Word List Generator,
<URL:http://www.umcc.umich.edu/~jgm/scrabble/matcher.html>, by
Jim Miller, <URL:j...@umcc.umich.edu>.
Telnet to MarlDOoM at eel.st.usm.edu 7777, give the command "help
acbot-words1" for how to summon the multitalented robot ACBot and get
it to generate lists to your specifications. See
<URL:http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~jac/acdir/words.html>
5.3.3. Printed lists
Numerous lists and other items are available from Cygnus Cybernetics
(see section 12.1).
List-making tools: Pageize is a set of tools for making anagram and
other word lists for Scrabble study. From the author of Video
Flashcards (see section 5.4).
Sheppard Company, Inc., maker of Maven (see section 12.3) sells lists
(charging $5 + $1 for each additional list for shipping the lists;
the book is separate) including:
The Tournament Study Book (new for OSPD3): various lists, with
duplicates removed, for studying all the major areas a tournament
player must know, emphasizing efficiency, mnemonics and
self-tests. Anamonics (see section 6) included. $19.95 + $4/5/7
shipping to US/Canadian/other addresses, + $2 shipping each
additional book, to any address.
2-, 3- and 4-letter words with hook relationships, $7.95.
5-letter words by consonant content, $7.95.
Bingo frequency list, $12.95 each for 7- and 8-letter words.
Bingos grouped by anahooks (see section 6), $12.95 each for 7-
and 8-letter words.
Vowel-heavy words, $7.95.
Short Words; Long Words, John J. Chew III
All 2- thru 8-letter, and 9- thru 15-letter words accepted in North
American play, updated for OSPD3. CAD $14 or USD $10 each plus
shipping from John Chew <URL:mailto:jjc...@math.toronto.edu>.
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. Spiral bound. $20 + $3 shipping from Matchups,
section 12.6.
The Old-Fashioned Anagram Book, Alan Frank
All 2- to 8-letter words anagrammed according to their alphabetized
letter sets. Spiral bound. $15 + $3 shipping (or $32.50 + $4.50
shipping together with the Blank Book 2nd ed. above) from Matchups,
section 12.6.
The Weird Book, Alan Frank
Features such retrograde lists as words with weird trigrams, high
probability racks forming 7- and 8-letter words with only one low
probability tile, and words displaying all ways of forming plurals
(e.g. LIKUTA MAKUTA, ZLOTY ZLOTYCH). $10 + $2 shipping from
Matchups, section 12.6.
The Complete Wordbook, Mike Baron & Brian Sheppard
Contains (1) specialty word lists: the most efficient lists to
study (vowel heavy words; JQXZ 2..6s; -S and non-S surprise shorts;
7s & 8s grouped by studying priority; -INGS, -LIKE, -ABLE, -IBLE
lists); (2) hooks: 2-to-make-3s ... 8-to-make-9s; and (3)
alphagrams: all 3s ... 8s unscrambled. $20.00 including The
Complete Blankbook and shipping. Outside the US and Canada, add $5
per address. Wordbooks & Listmats, P.O. Box 2848, Corrales NM
87048-2848.
The Complete Blankbook, Mike Baron & Jim Homan
Lists all 6- and 7-letter sets forming 7- and 8-letter words and
all bingos formed. $20.00 including The Complete Wordbook and
shipping. Outside the US and Canada, add $5 per address.
Wordbooks & Listmats, P.O. Box 2848, Corrales NM 87048-2848.
All Words, Jim Homan
All 2- thru 9-letter words accepted in North American play, updated
for OSPD3, with new words marked. Used for adjudication in many
clubs. $12 + $3.50 shipping from Cygnus Cybernetics, section 12.1.
Back-Words, Jim Homan
All 2- thru 9-letter words accepted in North American play
alphabetized from the back, updated for OSPD3. $12 + $3.50
shipping from Cygnus Cybernetics, section 12.1.
9-Letter Hooks and Anagrams, Jim Homan
Shows what letters extend 8- to 9-letter words, and letter sets
forming all 9-letter words. $10 + $3.50 shipping from Cygnus
Cybernetics, section 12.1.
High Probability Bingos, Jim Homan
The 1000 most likely 7- and 8-letter words to draw to an empty
rack. Also, the 1000 7- and 8-letter words most often played by
a computer in a substantial sample of games. $3.25 + $3.50
shipping from Cygnus Cybernetics, section 12.1.
JQXZ Words, Jim Homan
2- through 9-letter words containing the four top tiles. $3.50 +
$3.50 shipping from Cygnus Cybernetics, section 12.1.
Various word list books, Sheppard Company, Inc.
Short words, JQXZ words, 5-letter words, vowel-heavy words,
7- and 8-letter anamonics, 7s and 8s in frequency order,
5-vowelled 8s, 5-to-make-8s, front hooks. Section 12.3.
The Family Bingo Tree, Randy Hersom
Similar to the two above, it groups together all 7- and 8-letter
words formable from each 6-letter set. $45 from Randy Hersom
(section 5.4).
hookiesT, Randy Hersom
2-to-make-3 thru 7-to-make-8 hooks. $22 from Randy Hersom
(section 5.4).
Hooklets, John Babina
Traces chains of words each hooking the one before. Also
has lists of non-hook words and prefix and suffix lists. $12
plus $3 shipping, at Northeast tournaments or by arrangement
for postal mail, from John Babina,
<URL:mailto:bab...@cs.sunysb.edu>.
New Words Study Guide and Definitions, Pat Cole
Lists words added due to OSPD3, with inflections and brief
definitions, plus some important lists of new words and hooks,
study hints, variant spelling and anagrams. $10 plus $2 postage
from Pat Cole, 5816 Eastpines Dr, Riverdale, MD, (301) 927-5537,
fax 249-2609, <URL:mailto:vick...@clark.net>. Note that the
definitions are offered on line.
<URL:http://www.yak.net/kablooey/scrabble/newwords.html>
Double List Word Book, Ethel Cannon Sherard
OSPD1 based, alphabetically by word length and by last letter. Has
numerous omissions. Gwethine Publishing Co, P.O. Box 41344, Los
Angeles, CA 90041.
The Scrabble Word-building Book, Saleem Ahmed; $5.99
Inconsistent in inclusion of new OSPD2 words; numerous errors.
The Official Scrabble Word Finder, Robert W Schachner; $7.00
This is useless for Scrabble.
Official Scrabble Word Guide. Grosset & Dunlap, Jacob Orleans; $6.95
This 1953 book, still found in stores, is based roughly on the Funk
& Wagnalls dictionary then current.
Official Scrabble Words, 3rd ed. 1994, Chambers.
Comprehensive listing of 2- to 9-letter words in the official
Scrabble word reference, the Chambers dictionary.
Official Scrabble Lists, 2nd ed. 1994, Chambers.
Numerous lists based on OSW3; useful playing hints. Available in
the same places as OSW.
Griffon Word List 1995
Based on OSW + OSPD, listing all words up to 8 letters in length.
#15, US $24, Aus $28 includes international air mail, Aus $20 each
for ten.
Geoff Wright
PO Box 13
Brunswick Australia 3056
Barry Harridge
<URL:mailto:ba...@break.com.au>
Celebrity Scrabble, Lois Kahan
Proper names acceptable under OSPD.
Lois Kahan
392 Central Park West
New York, NY 10025
English Jus Ain Twat Tizwas, Arlene Fine
Humorous and, the goal is, memorable mispronunciations of many
double-dictionary words in short narratives and lists. Real
definitions are given in a glossary.
Arlene Fine
87 Sandler Rd
Percelia Estate
Johannesberg
2192
South Africa
<URL:mailto:fi...@netactive.co.za>
Four-Letter Words Allowable in Scrabble, 2nd ed., Bob Jackman
Unusual double-dictionary fours defined and organized by common
characteristics as an aid to learning. Five-letter version
forthcoming. #10, $10 USD CAD or Aus, $15 NZ in bank notes,
postage paid.
Bob Jackman
P.O. Box 28
Lindfield NSW 2070
Australia
<URL:mailto:rjac...@ozemail.com.au>
<URL:http://www.ozemail.com.au/~rjackman/publicns.html>
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 contains the
OSPD2. It does anagram queries and queries with blanks in fixed
position. Some proper nouns have crept in as acceptable words,
apparently from careless scanning of the printed OSPD2. Available
for $36.00 + $5.00 shipping from Cygnus Cybernetics (see section
12.1), for $35.00 in person, plus $4.75 shipping for 1-4 units from
Bob Smith
1785 O'Farrell St #7
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 931-0141
(415) 968-7297 fax
<URL:mailto:bobs...@gamewareco.com>
<URL:http://www.gamewareco.com/>
or from Radio Shack, when in stock, at varying sale prices below
their original $59.99. Cygnus and Smith ship each device with a
card listing all the current corrections -- for which, see section
3.3.3.4.
It was rumored in 1993 that the Franklin OSPD might be withdrawn
because of wrangling between Franklin and Milton Bradley about the
proceeds, but nothing has been heard about this since. There are
no plans to manufacture a version for OSPD3.
The Official Scrabble Page-a-Day Calendar, John D. Williams, Jr.
Workman Publishing.
One word, puzzle, or tip per day from OSPD in a 1997 calendar.
$8.95, $10.95 CAD.
Scrabble Roll-A-Puzzle, Herbko
For one low price of $20 ($35 for a back-lit version), you get 24
(48) high-score puzzles like those you can get for free by reading
the crossword-game mailing list, section 3.6.2. Herbko Intl, Inc.
301 W Hallandale Beach Blvd, Hollywood, FL 33023, (954) 454-7771.
5.4. Word study/lookup software
LexAbility (IBM PC), besides an anagram study system, includes a
feature allowing play of Scrabble by modem. $50 postpaid in US and
Canada.
Randy Hersom
115A Rhyne St
Morganton, NC 28655
(704) 437-6841
<URL:mailto:randy...@hci.net>
Puzlpack (IBM PC), $25 + $3 shipping; also from Cygnus Cybernetics
(see section 12.1).
Chuck Fendall
Recroom Recware
P.O. Box 307
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Anna (IBM PC), $99 + $5 shipping, quizzes on anagrams without
requiring typing words. It emphasizes words missed over time, and
allows custom lists as well as functioning as an anagrammer.
Mary Rhoades
2325 Shady Grove Dr
Bedford, TX 76021
(817) 545-3216
LeXpert (Windows), free, updated for OSPD3, tests on or presents a
timed slide show of anagram and hook lists, using predefined or
customized word sets; lists words containing patterns or letter
sets. OSPD, OSW and SOWPODS versions. By ftp from
<URL:ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/sm/smartsoft>.
Everything's Possible
28930 Monterey Dr
Southfield, MI 48076
(810) 353-9241
<URL:mailto:caro...@ix.netcom.com>
<URL:http://www.math.toronto.edu/~jjchew/lexpert/>
Wordy (IBM PC), $2 registration fee. More useful for its set of
list construction tools than its word-formation game.
Mendel Cooper
P.O. Box 237
St David, AZ 85630-0237
<URL:mailto:thegr...@gcc.cc.md.us>
<URL:http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/software.html>
qz (Unix, Macintosh, DOS), free. Tests on questions and answers
supplied by the user individually or inserted from a file. By John
J. Chew III, <URL:mailto:jjc...@math.toronto.edu>. By ftp from
<URL:ftp://sushi.st.usm.edu:/doc/doom/qz>.
Word Ear-Obics (cassette tapes), $10 for each of three cassettes,
which contain high-frequency seven-letter words from common six-
letter stems, eight-letter words from the stem AEINST, and four and
five letter JKQXZ words with hooks.
4414 Sparta Way
N Las Vegas, NV 89030
(702) 656-7570
Video Flashcards 96 (IBM PC, Macintosh), $60 (+ $3 shipping). Tests
on anagrams and hooks. The flashcards of this well done program's
paradigm can be chosen, sorted, filtered and saved straightforwardly.
Words solved needn't be typed. Shows definitions from a user-
supplied file. Excellent visual reinforcement, including slide show
mode. Functional demo available limited to 100 uses and 45 days, $3
shipping. Credit card orders taken at Cygnus Cybernetics, section
12.1.
Robert Parker's Video Flashcards
P.O. Box 3365
Albuquerque, NM 87190-3365
(505) 266-0129
<URL:mailto:vidf...@aol.com>
<URL:http://members.aol.com/vidflash/vfhome.html>
Flash (IBM PC), #18.50 in the UK. For studying OSW bonus (bingo)
word lists starting from the top 99 6-letter racks. (The program is
licensed to use OSW; its author is considering an OSPD or double-
dictionary edition.)
Ian Burn
8 Cromer Close
Reading, Berks
England RG31 5NR
Look (IBM PC), free. Performs lookups in both OSPD and OSW, making
membership in each lexicon explicit. It is used for official
adjudications in Australia, and is beginning to be used in North
America.
<URL:ftp://ftp.break.com.au/user/b/barry/look404.zip>
Barry Harridge
1B Gladstone St
Windsor VIC 3181
Australia
(03) 9510 9381
<URL:mailto:ba...@break.com.au>
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 A 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, makes especially good use of your rack, or wastes
your opponent's blank, 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 prevents 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.
Try Anamonics, a memory-efficient technique for learning,
positively and negatively, which letters 6- and 7-letter sets
anagram with to make words. For example, the letters of SLANDER
make an 8-letter word with each of the letters in CALL GOD A PIOUS
CHUMP. For this and other very effective techniques, see back
issues of Medleys (section 5.1.5.3).
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.
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 2 420 214
190 1 430 165
200 2 440 141
210 5 450 101
220 26 460 100
230 27 470 58
240 19 480 63
250 56 490 53
260 78 500 34
270 101 510 24
280 137 520 19
290 185 530 12
300 205 540 6
310 257 550 6
320 309 560 4
330 325 570 7
340 336 580 1
350 345 590 1
360 325 600 2
370 331 610 0
380 325 620 0
390 328 630 0
400 276 640 0
410 225 650 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. Graeme Thomas has calculated the probability of having a
playable bingo on the first rack as 12.63% for OSPD2 plus the new
words in ESPD, and 13.65% for OSW.
8. Scrabble records
8.1. Actual
The following records are for sanctioned (that is, in an official
club or tournament) North American play. Some UK records are
mentioned, but not those occurring under high-score rules. See
section 4.
The high combined score and the high individual score were both
obtained in a 1993 California tournament by Mark Landsberg, who
scored 770 against his opponent's 338. (Graeme Thomas has scored 789
in the UK, using OSW.)
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.
The high single turn, 338 points, was achieved in a club game by Jeff
Widergren of California. (Saladin Karl Khoshnaw has scored 392 in
the UK.)
Longest consecutive opening sequence of bingos by one player:
Jeremiah Mead of Massachusetts played five in a 1989 North American
championship tournament game; Joseph Levine of California did the
same in a 1996 club game.
8.2. Theoretical
These records allow words only from the OSPD (1st ed.) and
Merriam-Webster (9th ed.).
The highest single scoring play, found by Dan Stock of Ohio,
shown with the hooked words:
A1 OXYPHENBUTAZONE 1458
1A OPACIFYING 63
3A YELKS 12
4A PREInTERVIEWED 25
h1 BRAINWASHING 63
k1 AMELIORATIVE 17
l1 ZARFS 27
15A EJACULATING 63
+bonus 50
----
1778
The highest combined score, 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
----
3642
8.3. Blocked games
The positions from which no play is possible no matter what tiles are
held, which are reached with the fewest plays and tiles (found by Jim
Geary of Arizona and Kyle Corbin of North Carolina, respectively)
are:
(K) (J)
K E V J U S
V O X S O X
(X)U (X)U
Without using blanks, the smallest, found by Rick Wong of California,
is:
F
HUP
FUCI
PIU
9. 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. A player when challenged must come up with a
single word to which the challenged set of letters anagrams. Tiles
are still fixed in position once placed.
In an idea 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.
Ecology Scrabble allows recycling blanks, in accordance with a common
"house rule". See 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.
Open Sequence Scrabble, which has been used as the basis for English
language duplicate competition, is easy to play by e-mail. Two
players have an ongoing game on the Web,
<URL:http://www.netrover.com/~eyevet/emailscr.html>.
10. Play-by-mail games
Open-book Scrabble by snail mail used to be run by Medleys. (See
section 5.1.5.3 for its address.) Perhaps suggestions on how to run
such games are available from there.
Matchups resumed running play-by-mail competition early in 1997.
Contact <URL:mailto:a...@world.std.com>; see
<URL:http://world.std.com/~alf/playbymail.html>.
In the UK, the Postal Scrabble Club is very active. See the Appendix
for a contact.
11. Scrabble paraphernalia
11.1. Tiles
Milton Bradley will replace without charge individual lost tiles from
in-print sets sold in North America. Write to
Milton Bradley Co
Attn Consumer Affairs
443 Shaker Rd
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
(413) 525-6411
<URL:mailto:cmer...@scrabble.com>
specifying the tiles, set type, and item number of the set.
Standard-issue tiles are "braillable", that is, particular letters
(and especially blanks) can be distinguished inside the bag by feel,
and "false blanks" may be played, since the back of all tiles is the
same as the front of a blank. Protiles, which are preferred
according to tournament rules, prevent this. They are long-lasting,
and the seller replaces lost tiles without charge. Available for $18
+ $3.50 shipping from Cygnus Cybernetics, section 12.1, or for $18
per set (10% off for 10 or more) from
Robert Schoenman
Box 408
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
<URL:mailto:bscho...@aol.com>
Protiles in a 3-piece design (front and back encasing a paper
letter), in standard and jumbo fonts, $25 + $2 shipping, are made by
Roy Peshkin and also sold by Mary Lou Thurman, section 11.3, and
Cygnus Cybernetics, section 12.1.
For $8.50 per set, Nate Kates will imprint the back of plastic
Protiles with a name of up to 4 or 5 letters.
Nate Kates
8170 Reche Canyon Rd
Colton, CA 92324
In the UK, Spear makes Tournament Tiles, which besides having
thinner, harder to braille ink than the regular Spear tiles, do not
wear as quickly, nor smudge when wet. Available from Philip Nelkon
(section 3.2) for #6.
11.2. Clocks
Chess clocks, used to time games at clubs and tournaments, are
available where chess paraphernalia is sold, but avoid those analog
models on whose faces the individual minutes past zero are not
marked.
Analog quartz clocks are sold by Cygnus Cybernetics, section 12.1,
for $45 (or $52 for a see-through case) + $5 shipping, and also by
Matchups, section 12.6, $67.50 + $5 shipping, section 12.6. Wind-up
clocks are sold by Matchups for $41.00 + $5 shipping.
A precision analog clock, well suited to Scrabble, is sold for $125
with padded case. It features a second hand which stops at discrete
positions to assure rulings as precise as those using a digital
clock.
Richard Buck
10 Gilkey Ct
Watertown, MA 02172
(617) 923-8909
A digital model also well suited to Scrabble, called the "SamTimer",
is the only choice for large (one inch) numbers showing seconds of
overtime (in part because its maker caused that ability to be removed
>from a competing model), and a slanted face, is sold for $135 (+ $10
for padded bag) + $3 shipping by
Sam Kantimathi
Box 5236
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
(916) 933-3360
<URL:mailto:sa...@netcom.com>
<URL:http://www.yak.net/kablooey/SamTimer.html>
At UK tournaments, Mike Willis <URL:mailto:mw...@post.almac.co.uk>
sells wind-up clocks for #22 on behalf of the APSP.
11.3. Playing equipment
In addition to various plain, deluxe (rotating) and travel editions
sold by the trademark holders, a few types of circular rotating
boards are sold. These generally incorporate paper markings taken
>from an authorized board. For information, write to any of
Phil Rosenberg
864 Colonial Av
Union, NJ 07083
John Cornelius
20 Henry St
Dayton, OH 45402-2239
(513) 223-4536
Mike Connally
12290 Hwy 181 S #7
San Antonio, TX 78223
(210) 633-3308
to Mary Lou Thurman (below),
Roy Peshkin
1020 Grande Isle Terrace
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
(561) 691-0220
<URL:mailto:pes...@li.net>
<URL:http://www.li.net/~peshkin>
or to
Eileen Willis
3664 Danielle Ct NE
North Liberty, IA 52317
(319) 626-6391
Braille and Low-Vision Scrabble, a variant of the deluxe, turntable
edition, is sold in North America by Lighthouse, Inc., 36-20
Northern Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11101, (800) 829-0500,
<URL:mailto:spec...@lighthouse.org>. Blind players do play in
tournaments, bringing their own braille sets, which have visible
printed letters.
The Franklin Mint sells a Scrabble set (complete with a copy of the
OSPD2), with wooden board and shiny metal tiles, for $495, even
higher in the UK. No serious player I know owns one except a few who
have won this garish item as a Franklin-donated tournament prize.
Mary Lou Thurman sells several things, including: a cover of light
plastic mesh for the deluxe edition of Scrabble allowing collecting
tiles from the board all at once, $2.50 square, $3.50 round; tote
bags, $15-$20; tile bags, $6-$10; chess clock bags, $7; OSPD book
covers, $6-$7; Wordbook covers, $7; all optionally decorated or
embroidered with names. 7.5% tax and $1.50-$4.00 shipping up for
$10-$40 of merchandise.
Mary Lou Thurman
2627 24th St
Lubbock, TX 79410
(806) 744-7702
Luise Shafritz sells lined tile bags with the aid of a spring device
to prevent tiles from falling out, as well as clock protectors and
other items. Bags are $10 or $8, plus $2 shipping ($3 for more than
one).
2740 Meadowcrest Ct
Wexford, PA 15090
(412) 935-5896, 935-6048 fax
<URL:mailto:lu...@pgh.nauticom.net>
Peter and Trudy Olson sell silk tile bags with rounded corners for
$21, by money order, including postage. P.O. Box 236, McKenna, WA
98558, (360) 894-1340.
Punch bound books of 100 scoresheets in various colors and tracking
orders, with or without board diagrams, are available for $5.00 each
plus $3.00 shipping for up to 3 books from
Danny Gatlin
191 Lakeshore Rd
Jackson, MS 39212
11.4. Miscellaneous
Spear (section 3.2) (shipping is to UK and Ireland only)
T-shirts, standard #5.99, deluxe #7.99; baseball caps, #5.99;
pins #1.25; tournament tiles #6.00; pens #.30 each, plus #1
shipping
Magnificent Mouchoirs
Boxer shorts, #12.95; handkerchief, #6.95; silk tie, #19.95;
braces (suspenders) #24.95; bow tie, #14.95; cuff links,
#14.95. Shipping #1.95 within UK, #4.00 within Europe, #6.00
outside Europe.
The cuff links are of individual Scrabble tiles; Q, U, V, X, Y
and Z are not available. The others depict the board from the
deciding game of the 1993 World [English language] Scrabble
Championship; on the handkerchief, the board is exact, on the
others, it is taken from a continuous fabric of that board,
resulting in distortions. The players (and authors?) of that
game (Mark Nyman and Joel Wapnick) are not credited and are not
being compensated.
Magnificent Mouchoirs
Quayside Lodge
William Morris Way
London SW6 2SY
+44 171 371 7017
+44 171 371 7115 fax
Novel-Tees
Authorized Scrabble t-shirts, with such sayings as "Scrabble
Is My Life" spelled out, at least in part, in tiles. $12.95
each plus $2.95 shipping, $1.50 each additional.
Novel-Tees
PO Box 4043
Lindenwold NJ 08021-4043
<URL:mailto:novl...@erols.com>
<URL:http://vvv.com/scrab/shoppe.html>
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.
For a citation to a publication on efficient Scrabble move finding,
see section 12.13. An improvement on the method described there
appears in:
A Faster Scrabble Move Generation Algorithm
Steven Gordon <URL:mailto:mago...@ecuvax.cis.ecu.edu>
Software Practice and Experience, 24:2, Feb 1994, pp.
219-232
The following paper compares approaches for move selection:
A Comparison Between Probabilistic Search and Weighted
Heuristics in a Game with Incomplete Information
Steven Gordon <URL:mailto:mago...@ecuvax.cis.ecu.edu>
AAAI Fall 1993 Symposium on Games: Playing and Learning,
AAI Press Technical Report FS9302, Menlo Park, CA
James A. Cherry (<URL:mailto:j...@doe.carleton.ca>) will mail back
computerized critiques of played games, after being supplied properly
formatted game logs.
<URL:http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~jac/acdir/log2.html>
12.1. CrossWise (IBM PC, Windows)
A ridiculously fast player which plays at the highest level, twice
having won the international Computer Olympiad at Scrabble. Highly
configurable, with a professionally programmed interface. Contains
all OSPD3 words, but no others over eight letters. (An augmentation
of the dictionary to cover 9 letter words is $12.50.) No setup
capability; hinting ability is "limited" to showing all moves in
score order. $35 + $4.50 shipping for DOS, $45 + $5.00 shipping for
Windows.
Cygnus Cybernetics Corporation
2013 Weathertop
Fort Collins, CO 80526
(800) 357-8168
(970) 490-1288, 493-5370 fax
<URL:mailto:in...@cygcyb.com>
<URL:http://www.csn.net/cygcyb/>
A variant of CrossWise is sold in the UK. See section 12.7.
Note that the shipping charge for orders of multiple items is $3.50
for the first $29.99 of merchandise, plus $.50 for each $10.00 up to
a maximum of $6.00.
12.2. Gameboy Super Scrabble (Nintendo)
Based on American Heritage Dictionary, not OSPD.
12.3. Maven (Macintosh, Windows)
An extremely strong and intelligent player. Never having entered the
International Computer Olympiad, its strength can't reliably be
compared to CrossWise's. It includes excellent facilities for
position analysis. The program keeps track of various statistics
about the player. All rights to Maven have been sold to Hasbro,
which made it the engine for its own, official, version (section
12.18), so it is no longer sold or supported.
Sheppard Company, Inc.
60 Thoreau St #187
Concord MA 01742-9116
(508) 287-0055
(508) 287-4583 fax
<URL:mailto:Shepp...@aol.com>
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/Literati (IBM PC/Windows)
These are very pretty games. But note this from the documentation of
Scramble, available for ftp at ftp.accessnv.com\fg\games\scram12.zip,
(which applies as well to Literati, the Windows port): "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
The unregistered version of Literati v1.15, available for ftp at
<URL:http://theyellowpages.com/shareware/mvp.htm> or
<URL:http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/GamesDomain/lordsoth/windows/literati.html>,
is limited to using the provided small dictionary and a non-Scrabble
board; registering at $24.95 plus shipping ($4 in the US) brings a
full dictionary but still not a standard board.
MVP Software
1035 Dallas S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49507-1407
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. $50 +
$2 shipping. OSPD3 version due out soon.
Matchups
c/o Susi Tiekert
PO Box 908
Bowling Green Sta.
New York, NY 10274-0908
(212) 689-4046
<URL:mailto:tie...@interport.net> sales
<URL:mailto:a...@world.std.com> support
<URL:http://world.std.com/~alf/matchups.htm>
12.7. The Scrabble Player (IBM PC, Amiga, Atari ST, Psion)
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.
Eidos Interactive
+44 121 356 0831
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 discernible strategy. Also reportedly very slow,
with the deluxe versions, holding the full OSPD1, taking two to three
minutes per move on a 386/33. Windows deluxe version was available
at $18.95 from Surplus Software, (800) 753-7877. Mac version may be
available from MacPlay. Support is at
<URL:http://www.vie.com/low/support/sup.vir32.html>.
12.10. WordsWorth (IBM PC)
Shareware version, available for ftp from ftp.aztec.co.za in
/pub/gram/wwdem.zip, uses the OSPD2 restricted to words of up to six
letters. Registration brings the complete OSPD2 and Merriam-Webster,
and costs 75 S. African Rand, $25 USD or #20. Currently in version
1.3; version 2.0, out soon, will be for Windows and X11.
Graham Wheeler
P.O. Box 6680
Roggebaai
Cape Town 8012
South Africa
<URL:mailto:gr...@oms.co.za>
12.11. STrabbler (Atari)
Shareware, it is available for ftp from atari.archive.umich.edu in
the directory /atari/Games. It requires at least 1MB of memory.
Words are played by click-and-drag using the mouse. The program
plays solely for high score. It contains a 45,000 word editable and
browsable dictionary.
12.12. Unix Scrabble (Unix)
Available by ftp from ftp.doe.carleton.ca in the directory
/pub/scrabble. This program, by James A. Cherry, has to be compiled
for the target machine. It comes with an American Scrabble
dictionary, for which a single word file in simple ASCII may be
substituted. Currently in version 1.31. The player faces from one
to three computer opponents which play for highest score at each
move.
12.13. CRAB (Unix, Sun, Vax and Macintosh)
Based on their article in a research journal:
The World's Fastest Scrabble Program
Andrew W. Appel and Guy J. Jacobson
Communications of the A.C.M. v.31 no.5, May 1988, pp.
572-578,585
review:
<URL:http://www.acm.org/pubs/toc/Abstracts/cacm/42420.html>
<URL:mailto:ap...@cs.princeton.edu>
<URL:mailto:g...@research.att.com>
this product from Jacoppel Enterprises (the Unix, Sun and Vax version
of which is currently in version 1.3) appears primarily designed to
demonstrate the speed of their move-finding method, but does permit a
real, player-versus-machine game to be played. 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
nonetheless. The Mac version is available at any mirror of the
Info-Mac archive, including mirrors.aol.com, directory
/pub/info-mac/game/word, in the file x-words-10.hqx; the Unix source
code is available by anonymous ftp from the Crossword Archives,
gatekeeper.dec.com, /pub/micro/msdos/misc/crossword-archive/crab.sh.
12.14. Scrabble Door (IBM PC BBS)
When installed by the system operator, allows playing others on an
IBM-PC based BBS. Player, logged on to the BBS, need not be using a
PC. Shareware, $25 payable by sysop. Registered version includes
built-in dictionary based on OSPD3, and allows sysop-supplied ASCII
dictionary. Rather than challenges, plays with phonies are rejected,
costing a player's turn only after 3 bad attempts.
Christopher Hall
1007 Cable Creek Dr
Grapevine, TX 76051
<URL:mailto:chr...@why.net>
<URL:http://www.why.net/home/chrish/scrabble.htm>
12.15. ScrabOut/Networdz (Windows 3.1 and 95)
User-installable dictionary. ScrabOut played merely for high score
and didn't see parallel plays. Networdz, the successor, is more
sophisticated in strategy and configurability, and allows play over
the Internet (but even there, phonies are not allowed) and in 16
languages. In both versions, having to drag tiles to the board is
annoying. Registration at $12 brings support.
Lance Frohman
2035 Filbert Street #102
San Francisco, CA 94123
<URL:mailto:lfro...@sirius.com>
<URL:http://www.sirius.com/~lfrohman/shareware.html>
12.16. X-Words (Macintosh)
Registration of this shareware product by Andrew Trevorrow is $20.
Available by anonymous ftp at ftp.kagi.com, directory /downloads/akt,
in the file xwords.hqx. Handsome interface, easy to set to common
board configuration. Lexicon is OSPD1, but editable. Will kibitz
high scoring and best play; has setup (a bit laborious) but not
simulation capability. Reportedly fast, with strategy somewhat
weaker than Maven's (section 12.3), still leaving it fairly strong.
Andrew Trevorrow
<URL:mailto:a...@kagi.com>
<URL:http://www.kagi.com/authors/akt/xwords.html>
12.17. Amiga Scrabble (Amiga)
Scrabble for the Amiga. Available by anonymous ftp from
plaza.aarnet.edu.au in the directory /pub/aminet/game/2play,
file scrabble.lha. Author and features unknown so far.
12.18. Scrabble CD-ROM (Windows, Macintosh)
Although based on Maven (section 12.3), this Hasbro product on CD-ROM
falls far short of it. The ability to alter the position has been
removed, the board is seen only from a non-perpendicular perspective,
it sometimes deals 3 blanks, doesn't show a clock in tournament mode,
even a human opponent cannot play a phony, and requires 25MB of disk
although 5MB is claimed. It allows play over modem, local network or
the Internet, but Internet users by default are routed through a
pay-per-minute service. Try the IRC channel #scrabble. Priced at
$39.99, it plays in English, French, German or Spanish, but features
the ESPD (section 3.3.3.5), not the full OSPD. Hasbro Interactive is
at (800) 638-6927 or (508) 921-3722, and provides support at
<URL:http://www.aqinc.com/hasbro/scrabble/cat1.htm> and
<URL:mailto:hasbro_...@aqinc.com>. There's an excellent personal
page about using the program over the Internet.
<URL:http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/2206/Nancy.html>.
12.19. XScrabble (Unix/X Windows)
This program, by Matt Chapman and Matthew Badham, has to be compiled
for the target machine. It allows saving and restoring games, and
comes with OSPD3. Available at
<URL:http://www.belgarath.demon.co.uk/programs/index.html#XScrabble>.
12.20. Gary's Computer Scrabble (Unix)
Distributed in source form, it requires python, Tkinter, gcc and
shared libraries. If this means something to you, you can try it.
<URL:http://www.cs.su.oz.au/~gary/hobby/scrabble.html>
12.21. Ortograf (Macintosh)
Plays in duplicate or match-play modes, in French or English.
Shareware, $25. <URL:http://teamsoft.com/ortograf.english/>
12.22. dupliKta (Windows)
Plays duplicate in French. Trial version at
<URL:http://www.generation.net/~gerintel/>. Other French programs,
many only for duplicate Scrabble, are in
<URL:http://herakles.mnet.fr/scrabble/logiciels.html>.
13. 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 the raw score of the word. In the UK, "4-timer" and
"9-timer".
Exchange: A turn in which a player trades letters rather than
playing on the board. This is allowed only when at least 7 tiles
remain in the bag. In the UK, "change".
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.
Leave: The tiles remaining on a player's rack after their play.
Parallel Play: A play making several words perpendicular to the main
word by extending existing words or inserting letters between
existing tiles.
Pass: A turn in which a player does nothing. Compare with exchange.
Phony: A word played that is not in the official dictionary or
dictionaries.
14. Litigation
Scrabble's trademark and copyright protections and its owners have
been involved in several lawsuits in the USA. This section (in
draft) describes some of those. (None of this is to be taken as
legal advice -- anyone needing to know how the law applies to their
situation will have to consult an attorney willing to take them on a
client.)
Landsberg v. Scrabble Crossword Game Players, Inc., 736 F.2d
485 (9th Cir.) (holding that defendant's "Scrabble Players
Handbook" did not infringe the copyright on plaintiff's
draft book "Championship Scrabble Strategy", submitted by
plaintiff to defendant, because, although the lower court
found defendant surreptitiously retained copies of and copied
from plaintiff's work, what was taken was at most
uncopyrightable ideas; for example, defendant "had taken" its
"notational system"; but remanding on whether its conduct
violated an implied-in-fact contract to compensate him if it
used his ideas, and for possible attorneys' fees for
"vexatious, oppressive, obdurate and bad faith conduct of
[the] litigation," 736 F.2d at 491), cert. denied, 469 U.S.
1037 (1984).
Worth v. Selchow & Righter Co., 827 F.2d 569 (9th Cir. 1987).
Selchow & Righter Co. v. Decipher, Inc., 598 F. Supp. 1489
(E.D. Va. 1984) (defendant's "Real Questions For Your
Trivial Pursuit Game" infringed the trademark licensed to
plaintiff by imitating the trademarked product's appearance,
or "trade dress" and by overuse of the term "Trivial
Pursuit," where these were not functional).
Horn Abbott Ltd. v. Sarsaparilla Ltd., 601 F. Supp. 360 (N.D.
Ill. 1984) (temporarily enjoining sale of a book "In Further
Pursuit of Trivial Pursuit", which reproduced all 6000
questions and answers in plaintiff's game (plus explanations)
and imitated its "trade dress").
Production and Marketing Co. v. E.S. Lowe Co., 390 F.2d 1013
(Ct. of Cust. & Pat. App. 1968) (denying defendant use of
the name "Scribbage" for a crossword game, as infringing on
"Scrabble").
Selchow & Righter Co. v. McGraw-Hill Book Co., 580 F.2d 25
(2d Cir. 1978) (preliminarily enjoining publication of
defendant's "The Complete Scrabble Dictionary" as tending to
render plaintiff's trademark generic; noting however, that
"[t]he extent to which it has come into general use to
describe a game or games rather than their origin or source
of supply is fairly open to proof." 580 F.2d at 28).
Selchow & Righter Co. v. Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc., 192
USPQ 530 (S.D.N.Y. 1976) (denying a preliminary injunction
against defendant's "The Scrabble Book" based on plaintiff's
failure to show irreparable harm from its publication).
A0. Copyright
This article is copyright 1993-1997 Steven Alexander. Except as
follows, all rights are reserved. Copies may be made in propagating
any of the entire Usenet newsgroups on which this is posted by the
copyright holder. Archives accessible by anonymous ftp which collect
FAQs or entire Usenet newsgroups may maintain a copy. Individuals
may make single copies for personal, non-commercial purposes. Each
copy permitted must be complete. Other than the above, no permission
is granted to copy or distribute. No permission is granted to
prepare derivative works.
A1. Credits
Many thanks to Graeme Thomas, John J. Chew III and Jim Homan for
numerous corrections and improvements. Also to Barry Harridge and
Philip F.X. Ryan for information on Australia. Thanks to Edith
Berman, Gary Dismukes, Steven Gordon, Adam Logan, Maggie Morley,
Larry Sherman and Harriet Strasberg for helpful comments, and to the
members of the mailing list crossword-games-pro (section 3.6.2), who
ferret out and share much useful information.
If you have suggestions or better information on anything here,
please mail me at <URL:mailto:ste...@teleport.com> with "FAQ" in the
subject.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Steven Alexander
<URL:mailto:ste...@teleport.com>
<URL:http://www.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/faq.html>
Steven Alexander
Archive-name: games/scrabble-faq/supplement
Posting-Frequency: monthly
Last-modified: 15 May 1997
URL: http://www.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/faq.html
Copyright: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Steven Alexander
This and the companion article are available by
ANONYMOUS FTP to rtfm.mit.edu (18.181.0.24) and get the files
/pub/usenet/news.answers/games/scrabble-faq/general
/pub/usenet/news.answers/games/scrabble-faq/supplement
EMAIL (for those without ftp access) send
Subject:
send /pub/usenet/news.answers/games/scrabble-faq/general
send /pub/usenet/news.answers/games/scrabble-faq/supplement
A hypertext version is available in
"http://www.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/faq.html".
A2. Roster of clubs in the US and Canada
ALABAMA
No. 362 BIRMINGHAM, AL
Tuesdays @ 6:00 PM
Call for information
Jim Pate (205) 822-2438, 226-3644 (W)
701 Bluff Park Rd
Birmingham, AL 35266
Becky Brittain (205) 854-5341
1084 Martinwood Ln
Birmingham, AL 35235
No. 410 MOBILE, AL
Call for information
Sarah Fields (334) 473-2633
453 W Creek Circle Dr
Mobile, AL 36617
Ervin Byrd (334) 660-6152
ARIZONA
No. 100 MESA, AZ
Saturdays @ 10:00 AM
Downtown Mesa Library
Mesa, AZ
May Haney (602) 834-5703
1608 E Main St #104
Mesa, AZ 85203
No. 110 MESA, AZ
Saturdays @ 4:00 PM
Call or write for information
May Haney (602) 969-1806
1608 E Main St #104
Mesa, AZ 85203
No. 123 PHOENIX, AZ
Wednesdays @ 6:30 PM
Washington Adult Ctr
2240 W Citrus Way
Call for information
Barbara Van Alen (602) 993-7535
<URL:mailto:bvan...@mail.goodnet.com>
Jerry D'Angelo (602) 973-7014
No. 231 SUN LAKES, AZ
Mondays @ 1:00 PM
Sun Lakes Club House
25601 N Sun Lakes Blvd
Call for information
Ruth Sturrus (602) 895-1250
9316 N Cactus Ln
Sun Lakes, AZ 85248
Rosella Huntley (602) 695-1769
No. 303 TUCSON, AZ
Call for information
Naurlene Canterman (602) 886-9528
No. 405 SCOTTSDALE, AZ
Tuesdays @ 6:00 PM
Scottsdale Pima Motel
7330 N Pima Rd
Bonnie Rudolph (602) 946-5326
<URL:mailto:blru...@aol.com>
Lillian Goldfine (602) 860-0890
Florence Ziegler (602) 994-1172
ARKANSAS
No. 249 JONESBORO, AR
1st & 3rd Tuesdays @ 1:30 PM
Union Planters Bank
300 S Church St
Jonesboro, AR
Billie P Garver (501) 486-5857
Rte #2 Box 256
Leachville, AR 72438
Naomi Wallace (501) 486-2728
Eunice Czapla (501) 932-6212
No. 336 NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS, AR
Mondays @ 10:30 AM
Nettie's Cafeteria
18 College Plaza
Mountain Home, AR
Thursdays @ 6:00 PM
Newcomers Club
St Peter the Fisherman Church
250 S Dyck
Marie Moore (501) 425-7729
1008 E Locust
Mountain Home, AR 72653
No. 441 FAYETTEVILLE, AR
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
Call for information
Alice Wujcik (501) 839-8185
CALIFORNIA
No. 21 SAN JOSE, CA
1st & 3rd Wednesdays at 6:30 PM
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
3600 Stevens Creek Blvd (at San Tomas Expwy)
San Jose, CA 95117
(408) 984-3495
Rick Wong (408) 923-8388
454 Porter Ln 074
San Jose, CA 95127-2553
<URL:mailto:sjscr...@sharyl.mailstop.com>
<URL:http://www.yak.net/kablooey/scrabble.html>
No. 34 HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA
Tuesdays @ 6:00 PM
IHOP Restaurant
18782 Beach Blvd
Huntington Beach, CA
(714) 962-4400
Penny Baker (909) 683-0989
1235 Via Pintada
Riverside, CA 92507
Paul Trachtenberg (714) 968-7546
No. 40 OAKLAND, CA
Sundays @ 1:00 PM
Village Restaurant
273 E 18 St
Oakland, CA 94606
(510) 444-3690
Victor Havens (510) 482-1109
1517 MacArthur Blvd #5
Oakland, CA 94602
Cynthia Pughsley (510) 839-4090
No. 44 LOS ANGELES, CA
Wednesdays @ 6:30 PM
Westside Jewish Comm Ctr Solarium
5870 W Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Alan & Ruth Stern (818) 951-1745
10000 La Canada Way
Sunland, CA 91040
<URL:mailto:hom...@sure.net>
Bruce D'Ambrosio (310) 641-2879
<URL:mailto:bpdf...@aol.com>
No. 69 SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, CA
Mondays @ 6:45 PM
N Valley Jewish Comm Ctr
16601 Rinaldi St (at Hayvenhurst)
Granada Hills, CA
(818) 360-2211
Deborah Sapot (818) 225-7277
22814 Ave San Luis
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Peter Bellin (805) 984-8944
3510 Isle Way
Oxnard, CA 93035
<URL:mailto:vchs...@email.csun.edu>
No. 76 SAN DIEGO, CA
Mondays @ 6:30 PM
Doyle Park Rec Ctr
8175 Regents Rd
(619) 552-1603
Carol Kaplan (619) 535-1262
<URL:mailto:cka...@pacbell.net>
Betty Schulman (619) 423-8845 (H), 238-0303 (W)
<URL:mailto:bsa...@pacbell.net>
No. 85 LAGUNA HILLS, CA
Mondays @ 1:00 PM
Leisure World Clubhouse #5
Geraldine Wenk (714) 837-7223
3459-A Bahia Blance
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Sylvi Gruzen (714) 859-0555
2302 E Via Puerta
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Marjorie Amado (714) 454-8916
No. 95 SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Tuesdays @ 6:30 PM
Carl's Jr Restaurant
4 Embarcadero Ctr
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 391-7780
Robin Levin (415) 467-9464
623 Campbell
San Francisco, CA 94134
<URL:mailto:sha...@creative.net>
Stu Goldman (415) 864-2463
1055 Fell St #2
San Francisco, CA 94117
<URL:mailto:s...@netcom.com>
No. 176 LAKE FOREST, CA
Wednesdays @ 6:30 PM
Aliso Creek Villas Clubhouse
23286 Orange Ave
Gina du Mez (714) 586-2378
23216 Orange Ave #5
Lake Forest, CA
Tom Singleton (714) 831-9135
No. 183 RIVERSIDE, CA
Saturdays @ 12:15 PM
Olive Grove Senior Resort Library
7858 California Ave
Riverside, CA 92504-9888
(909) 687-2241
Penny Baker (909) 683-0989
1235 Via Pintada
Riverside, CA 92507
Pat Reed (909) 780-7888
No. 195 LOS ANGELES, CA
Saturdays @ 10:00 AM
Felicia Mahood Senior Ctr
11338 Santa Monica Blvd
Don Knutzen (310) 838-3928
3822 Prospect Ave
Culver City, CA 90232-3806
Louis Block (310) 836-3173
Bruce D'Ambrosio (310) 641-2879
<URL:mailto:bpdf...@aol.com>
Beth Fleischer (310) 330-7570
No. 242 SEAL BEACH/LONG BEACH, CA
4th Sunday @ 12:00 PM
Fidelity Federal Bank
13820 Seal Beach Blvd
Seal Beach, CA 90740
Deborah Sapot (818) 225-7277
22814 Ave San Luis
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Esther Kisich (310) 433-5233
<URL:mailto:boob...@aol.com>
No. 244 SAN JOSE, CA
Sundays @ 1:00 PM
Britannia Arms Pub
1087 S De Anza Blvd
San Jose, CA 95129
(408) 252-7262
Johnny Nevarez (408) 379-5845
4804 Bannock Circle
San Jose, CA 95130
<URL:mailto:noma...@concentric.net>
Rich Moyer (408) 395-4006
<URL:mailto:dum...@aol.com>
Jeff Widergren (209) 826-2523
<URL:mailto:j...@c-cube.com>
No. 271 SANTA BARBARA, CA
Call for information
Jason Sommer & Sherry Schaff (805) 688-6252
1493 Aarhus Dr #16
Solvang, CA 93463
<URL:mailto:rjso...@seldon.terminus.com>
Marian Koonce (805) 682-5660
No. 329 EAGLE ROCK (LOS ANGELES), CA
2nd, 4th & 5th Wednesdays @ 6:30 PM
Yosemite Rec Ctr
1840 Yosemite Dr
Eagle Rock, CA 90041
(213) 255-8217
George Heussenstamm (818) 248-0537
5013 Lowell Ave
La Crescenta, CA 91214
Gwen Bishop (213) 258-6667
Jerry Buchanan (818) 244-8901
No. 357 CARLSBAD, CA
Saturdays @ 10:30 AM
Stagecoach Park Rec Ctr
3420 Camino De Los Coches
Carlsbad, CA 92009
Sue Kaye (760) 942-9922
No. 377 FRESNO, CA
Thursdays @ 6:30 PM
Round Table Pizza
5763 N First St @ Bullard Ave
Carlynn Moreno (209) 439-6947 (H), 445-5424 (W)
No. 380 PALM SPRINGS, CA
Call or write for information
Stan Rubinsky (619) 324-5476
P.O. Box 4553
Palm Springs, CA 92263
No. 383 SANTEE, CA
1st & 3rd Thursdays @ 6:00 PM
Santee Fire Station
8950 Cottonwood Ave
Santee, CA
Call for information
Sandee Reynoldson (619) 463-4513
P.O. Box 712262
Santee, CA 92072
No. 393 MILL VALLEY, CA
Thursdays @ 6:00 PM
Round Table Pizza
Belvedere Dr
Mill Valley, CA 94941
(415) 383-5100
Norma Fisher (415) 435-8197
No. 406 HAYWARD, CA
Call for information
Kate or Preston Mendell (510) 783-6576
<URL:mailto:kmen...@prado.com>
No. 423 LONG BEACH, CA
Thursdays @ 6:00 PM
5321 Appian Way
Esther Kisich (310) 433-5233
<URL:mailto:boob...@aol.com>
No. 433 SACRAMENTO, CA
Sundays @ 12:00 AM
Ethel Macleod Senior Citizen Ctr
915 27 St & Jay
(916) 264-5462
Sam Kantimathi (916) 933-3360
<URL:mailto:sa...@netcom.com>
Violet Schon (916) 427-0298
No. ??? PALO ALTO, CA
Call for information
Mitch Bayersdorfer (415) 326-5327
<URL:mailto:m...@apple.com>
No. 446 VENTURA, CA
2nd Sundays @ 1:00 PM
Community Memorial Hospital 8th fl Conf Rm
Peter Bellin (805) 984-8944
3510 Isle Way
Oxnard, CA 93035
<URL:mailto:vchs...@email.csun.edu>
No. 450 HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA
Club No. 450
Closed club
Call for information
Helen Tieger (714) 969-0043
8565 Trinity 823-A
Huntington Beach, CA 92646
<URL:mailto:hti...@aol.com>
No. 464 NORTH ORANGE COUNTY, CA
Fridays @ 6:30 PM
1805 W Orangethorpe Ave
Fullerton, CA 92633
Martin Baker (800) 474-4677, (714) 826-4770
COLORADO
No. 185 DENVER, CO
1st, 3rd & 5th Tuesdays @ 6:30 PM
Kirk of the Bonnie Brae
1201 Steele St
Denver, CO 80210
Laura Scheimberg (303) 979-0167
8001 S Yarrow St
Littleton, CO 80123
No. 351 BOULDER, CO
2nd & 4th Sundays @ 2:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
1741 28th St
Boulder, CO 80301
(303) 444-2501
Dennis Kaiser (303) 447-8393
P.O. Box 28
Jamestown, CO 80455
Bill Palmer (303) 442-8618
No. ??? FORT COLLINS, CO
Club being formed
twice a month 7:00 PM
Jim or Debbie Homan (970) 224-1117
<URL:mailto:ho...@cygcyb.com>
Markham Rouge (970) 482-2174
Nan Zimmerman (970) 568-7783
<URL:http://www.cygcyb.com/~homan/FortCollinsScrabbleClub/>
CONNECTICUT
No. 112 MANCHESTER, CT
1st Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
Community Baptist Church
585 East Center St
Ann D McClain (860) 643-7549
64 Holl St
Manchester, CT 06040
No. 134 WEST HARTFORD, CT
Thursdays (except 1st & Jewish holidays) @ 6:45 PM
Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Dr
Harry F Leonard (860) 667-1966
Dave Carlson (860) 647-1888
FLORIDA
No. 18 MIAMI, FL
Mondays @ 6:30 PM
Elks Lodge
22 Giralda
Coral Gables, FL
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
21 St Comm Ctr
2100 Washington Ave
Miami Beach, FL
Robert Mulet (305) 531-1254
1025 Michigan Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Sugar Freitel (305) 673-7730
No. 131 BOCA RATON, FL
Thursdays @ 6:45 PM
Patch Reef Park Comm Ctr
2000 NW 51 St
(407) 997-0791
Florence Behl (407) 499-5575
No. 197 METRO ORLANDO, FL
Wednesdays @ 5:30 PM
Winter Park Village Clubhouse
2000 Village Ln
Winter Park, FL 32792
(407) 671-4343
Call for information
George & Linda Lennox (407) 366-5724
Robert Sulzer (407) 671-1554
No. 276 LAUDERHILL, FL
Wednesdays @ 6:30 PM
Veteran's Park
7600 NW 50 St
Sandee Bloom (954) 752-8190
Ann Robin (954) 484-4559
No. 314 JACKSONVILLE, FL
Wednesdays @ 1:45 PM
Quincy's Restaurant
3814 University Blvd W
Jean Goodman (904) 733-1565
No. 335 MARGATE, FL
Fridays @ 7:30 PM
Call for information
Larry Gradus (954) 974-8445
609 S State Rd 7 #2G
Margate, FL 33068
<URL:mailto:clu...@aol.com>
No. 353 FT PIERCE, FL
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
Call for information
Doris Ripp (407) 489-2314
2430 Harbour Cove Dr
Ft Pierce, FL 34949
No. 369 GAINESVILLE, FL
Mondays @ 6:30 PM
Books, Inc
505 NW 13 St
(904) 374-4241
Phil Haisley (352) 374-4241
817 NW 21 Terr
Gainesville FL 32603
<URL:mailto:c...@afn.org>
<URL:http://www.afn.org/~scrabble/>
No. 372 VERO BEACH, FL
Call for information
Bob Lipton (407) 778-4176
760 23rd Pl, SW
Vero Beach, FL 32962
No. 381 MELROSE, FL
Tuesdays @ 1:00 PM
Friendship Bible Church (W Wing)
Corner of Orchard St & S.R. 21 S
Keystone Heights, FL 32656
Thursdays @ 6:00 PM
Melrose Comm School Auditorium
Corner of S.R. 21 & S.R. 26
Call for information
Lorayne Pate (352) 475-2724
Rte #3 Box 1212
Melrose, FL 32666
<URL:http://www.afn.org/~scrabble/>
No. 384 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
Thursdays @ 6:15 PM
Tiffany House
2900 Riomar St
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
(954) 563-3116
Tim Wise (954) 942-6319
P.O. Box 11533
Ft Lauderdale, FL 33339-1533
<URL:mailto:wis...@aol.com>
Claire Ullman (954) 563-3116 x250
No. 388 BREVARD COUNTY, FL
Mondays @ 12:00 noon
Melbourne Library
540 E Fee Ave
Melbourne, FL 32901
(407) 723-0611
Wednesdays @ 5:30 PM
Call for information
Mady Garner (407) 676-0815
170 Allan Ln
Melbourne Beach, FL 32951
No. 407 PALM HARBOR, FL
Jan Fisher (813) 786-4065
No. 424 JACKSONVILLE, FL
Thursdays @ 1:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
9282 Atlantic Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32225
(904) 721-2446
Anita Coan (904) 641-7384
No. 426 DAVIE, FL
Call for information
Linda Grant (305) 981-6463
Ruthie Levitts (305) 432-8754
7610 Stirling Rd
Hollywood, FL 33024
No. 432 MIAMI, FL
Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM
Temple Beth Shira
7500 SW 120 St
Carl Stocker (305) 270-3388
Natalie Liebman (305) 235-0467
No. 436 KASSELBERRY, FL
Mondays @ 7:00 PM
Books-A-Million
Fern Park Plaza
167 State Rd 436
Fern Park, FL
Judith Segall (407) 331-5008
No. 440 TAMPA, FL
Mondays @ 6:30 PM
Life Enrichment Ctr
9704 Boulevard N
Andie Richardson (813) 961-8650
No. 467 DEL RAY BEACH, FL
Thursdays @ 6:45 PM
Carver Middle School
Atlantic & Barwick
Gerrie Luger (407) 495-4327
Esther Brookmeyer (407) 496-6573
GEORGIA
No. 84 ATLANTA, GA
Call for information
Barbara Jordan (404) 627-4824
1627 Van Vleck Ave SE
Atlanta GA 30316
Gloria Blackwell (404) 378-2066
2426 Glenwood, SE
Atlanta, GA 30317
No. 237 ATLANTA, GA
Call for information
Jerri Bergeron (404) 691-8734
989 Fairburn Rd, NW
Atlanta, GA 30331
<URL:mailto:jerri...@aol.com>
No. 392 METRO ATLANTA, GA
Thursdays @ 10:00 AM
Mason Mill Rec Ctr
1340-B McConnell Dr
Decatur, GA 30033
Saturdays @ 10:00 AM
Tucker Rec Ctr
4898 Lavista Rd
Tucker, GA
Toni Douglas (404) 874-6508
Betty Camp (770) 267-8444
No. 448 SAUTEE NACOOCHEE, GA
Mondays @ 7:00 PM
Call for information
Betty Zigman (706) 219-3150
HAWAII
No. 145 PAHOA, BIG ISLAND, HI
2nd & last Sundays @ 1:00 PM
Ken's Pancake House
1730 Kam Ave
Mark Pistolese (808) 965-6427
P.O. Box 672
Pahoa, Big Island, HI 96778
Lee Nigro (808) 982-5716
No. 341 HONOLULU, HI
Mondays @ 9:15 AM
Call for information
Peg Chesley (808) 923-9060
2937 Kalakaua Ave #37
Honolulu, HI 96815
Mary Ellen Lester (808) 923-6063
Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
Kahala Mall
Peter Rosegg (808) 949-3852
No. 439 Wailuku, HI
Club No. 439
Thursdays @ 6:00 PM Kihei
Fridays @ 6:00 PM Kahului
Lokelani Intermediate School
Call for information
Dane Jay Barnhard (808) 243-9521
No. 468 HONOLULU, HI
Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
Kahala Mall
Stuart Robson (808) 377-0893
871 Ahuwale St
Honolulu, HI 96821
IDAHO
No. 386 MERIDIAN, ID
Call for information
Ron Barker (208) 343-4274
ILLINOIS
No. 340 SKOKIE/NORTHBROOK, IL
Thursdays @ 11:30 am
Smith Activities Ctr
5120 Galitz
Skokie, IL
(847) 933-8208
Sundays @ 12:00 noon
Bennigan's
445 Skokie Blvd
Northbrook, IL
(847) 272-3940
Robert Denn (847) 945-7150
<URL:mailto:rd...@earthlink.net>
No. 442 CHICAGO, IL
Call for information
Nedd Kareiva (773) 284-8927
No. 447 PEORIA, IL
First United Methodist Church
116 NE Perry
Call for information
Larry Timm (309) 367-4534
16 Oak Point Rd
Metamora, IL 61548
<URL:mailto:ti...@inkimage.com>
INDIANA
No. 275 INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Tuesdays @ 6:00 PM
Brookside Park Rec Ctr
3500 Brookside Pkwy S Dr
(317) 327-7179
Jerry Miller (317) 736-7472
719 S Home Ave
Franklin, IN 46131
No. 360 NEW ALBANY, IN
Floyd County Public Library
180 Spring St
New Albany, IN
Call for information
Danny & Therese Bibb (812) 969-2728
5885 Sand Hill Rd SE
Elizabeth, IN 47117
No. 444 INDIANAPOLIS (NORTH SIDE), IN
Thursdays @ 5:45 PM
Fellowship Hall
Kessler Krest Baptist Church
3315 W 56 St
(317) 293-0630
Regina Wilhite (317) 293-7461
IOWA
No. 385 CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
333 Collins Rd NE
Janet Schallau (319) 393-8106
4747 F Ave NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
KANSAS
No. 186 WICHITA, KS
Saturdays @ 1:00 PM
Indian Hills Clubhouse
2740 W 13 St N
Call for information
Ruby O'Connor (316) 942-6855
Connie Servis (316) 554-0281
KENTUCKY
No. 256 LEXINGTON, KY
Call for information
Charles Faber (606) 223-1650
3569 Cornwall Dr
Lexington, KY 40503
No. 342 ELIZABETHTOWN, KY
Nolin RECC
612 E Dixie Ave
Call for information
Ted Blevins (502) 862-4722
349 Methodist St
Cecilia, KY 42724
Joe Galloway (502) 737-3346
No. 443 LOUISVILLE, KY
2nd & 4th Mondays @ 11:00 AM
Beechmont Rec Ctr
205 W Wellington Ave
Glenn Brownstein (812) 945-2481
1819 Emerald Ct
Clarksville, IN 47129
<URL:mailto:scoo...@earthlink.net>
LOUISIANA
No. 90 LAFAYETTE, LA
Thursdays @ 6:30 PM
Greenhouse Senior Ctr
Call for information
David Johnson (318) 981-3489
404 Guilbeau Rd #E128
Lafayette, LA 70506
No. 188 GONZALES, LA
Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
Call for information
Gloria Simoneaux (504) 647-6424
42226 Bayou Narcisse Rd
Gonzales, LA 70737
Josephine Hatchell (504) 665-5337
MAINE
No. 254 N YARMOUTH, ME
Sundays @ 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM
Yarmouth Comm Bldg
Call for information
Gay Hoyt (207) 829-5744
85 Sligo Rd
N Yarmouth, ME 04097
MARYLAND
No. 7 BALTIMORE, MD
Tuesdays @ 6:00 PM
Call for information
Jonathon Jensen (410) 254-7014
No. 50 BALTIMORE, MD
Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
Call for information
Joanne Cohen (410) 363-7520
24 Romney Ct
Owings Mills, MD 21117
Diana Grosman (410) 526-6788
4 Pleasant Brook Ct
Reisterstown, MD 21136
No. 172 COLUMBIA, MD
Mondays @ 7:30 PM
Call for information
Janice Beck (301) 596-3167
10105 Windstream Dr, #5
Columbia, MD 21044
No. 378 DAVIDSONVILLE/BOWIE, MD
2nd Friday @ 7:30 PM
Holy Familiy Church
Central Ave & Rte 24
Davidsonville, MD
4th Friday @ 7:30 PM
Bowie Comm Ctr
Rte 450
Bowie, MD
Call for information
Mary Lou Goetz (410) 216-9556
MASSACHUSETTS
No. 59 BOSTON, MA
Mondays @ 7:00 PM
Allston-Brighton Police Station
301 Washington St
Brighton, MA 02135
Hilda Siegel (617) 323-9889
123 Kittredge St
Roslindale, MA 02131
Michel Cohen (617) 628-3213
No. 108 LEXINGTON, MA
Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
First Parish Church Unitarian
7 Harrington S on the Greent
Lexington, MA 02173
Judy Horn (617) 942-7471 (H), (508) 777-2460 (W)
4 Summit Dr #005
Reading, MA 01867
<URL:mailto:jho...@gnn.com>
Ellen Miller (508) 287-4776 (H), (617) 496-2859 (W)
<URL:mailto:mil...@hulaw1.harvard.edu>
No. 194 FALMOUTH, MA
Mondays @ 7:00
Senior Citizens' Club
uses Merriam-Webster Third New International (MW3NI), unabridged
John DeMello Senior Ctr
Dillingham Ave
Lee Cooper (508) 548-6687
4 Crown Ave
Falmouth MA 02540
<URL:mailto:lc...@ccsnet.com>
YARMOUTH, MA
Wednesdays @ 11:00 AM
Yarmouth Senior Ctr
528 Forest Rd
(508) 790-3480
Marie McGowan (508) 394-9983
BOURNE VILLAGE, MA
Wednesdays @ 6:30 PM
Call for information
Edie Miller Berman (508) 759-2561
<URL:mailto:ed...@capecod.net>
ORLEANS MA
Thursdays @ 1:00 PM
Snow Library
Orleans, MA
(508) 255-8221
Edie Miller Berman (508) 759-2561
<URL:mailto:ed...@capecod.net>
Irving Samuels (508) 255-8221
No. 221 SPRINGFIELD, MA
1st & 3rd Mondays @ 7:00 PM
Foster Memorial Church
1234 Parker St
Avalon Newell (413) 782-0494
32 Spikenard Circle
Springfield, MA 01129
No. 226 FRAMINGHAM, MA
Tuesdays (except last) @ 6:30 PM
St Andrews Episcopal Church Memorial Room
3 Maple St @ Union
Jeanne M Hedberg (508) 429-2758
129 Locust St
E Holliston, MA 01746-1337
No. 460 SHREWSBURY, MA
Thursdays @ 7:30 PM
Southgate at Shrewsbury, Julio Dr
Gary Bahosh (508) 755-2247 (H), 798-8807 (W)
366 S Quinsigamond Ave
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
MICHIGAN
No. 49 SAGINAW, MI
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
Saginaw Villas Club House
2759 Samuel Dr
Teresa Maynard (517) 777-5676
2832 Gemini St
Saginaw, MI 48601
No. 104 PORT HURON, MI
Thursdays @ 3:00 PM
St Claire County Comm Coll
323 Erie St
Joyce Spalding (810) 325-1778
3250 Garlick Rd
Ruby, MI 48049
No. 115 LIVONIA, MI
Tuesdays @ 6:45 PM
Sheldon Ctr
10800 Farmington Rd
Livonia, MI
Florence Laatz (313) 386-8416
6831 Norwood
Allen Park, MI 48101
No. 178 WEST OLIVE, MI
Call for information
Chet Bartels (616) 875-8373
No. 192 BAY CITY, MI
Mondays @ 7:00 PM
Texan Restaurant
3000 Center Avenue Rd
Essexville, MI 48732
Peggy LeMay (517) 893-3087
212 S Warner
Bay City, MI 48706
Marthe St Laurent (517) 893-7288
No. 213 LANSING, MI
1st & 3rd Saturdays @ 11:00 AM
Friendship Manor
200 Friendship Circle
Lansing, MI 48912
(517) 351-7540
Doris Munro (517) 351-0816
Vince Houston (517) 694-5249
<URL:mailto:vhou...@voyager.net>
<URL:http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/8713/scrab.html>
No. 222 SOUTHFIELD, MI
Mondays @ 7:00 PM
Whitehall Apts Clubhouse
16176 Cumberland (Nine Mile & Providence Drives)
Esther Norber (810) 559-7157
23237 Providence Dr
Southfield, MI 48075
Pat Pilling (810) 644-5929
No. 317 FLINT, MI
1st & 3rd Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
Call for information
Mary Ellen Raleigh (810) 232-8209
<URL:maiilto:mral...@spruce.flint.umich.edu>
Pat Badgley (810) 235-3834
No. 371 GRAND RAPIDS, MI
Call for information
Sandra Peters (616) 452-4521
<URL:mailto:jpe...@voyager.net>
No. 451 OKEMOS, MI
4th Tuesday @ 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
2299 W Grand River Ave
Okemos, MI 48864
(517) 347-4200
Doris Munro (517) 351-0816
6276 Towar Ave
East Lansing, MI 48823
No. 458 WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI
Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
6800 Orchard Lake
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
(810) 626-6804
Carol & M.G. Ravichandran (810) 353-9241
28930 Monterey Drive
Southfield, MI 48076
<URL:mailto:caro...@netcom.com>
No. 462 MADISON HEIGHTS, MI
Mondays @ 7:00 PM
240 W 13 Mile Rd
Madison Heights, MI 48071
Tony Anzaldi (810) 978-7785
MINNESOTA
No. 42 MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL, MN
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
Friend's Meeting
1725 Grand Ave
St Paul, MN
Carol Dustin (612) 424-1461
No. 327 MINNETONKA, MN
1st & 3rd Fridays @ 6:30 PM
Minneapolis Bridge Ctr
6020 Nicollet Ave S
Jeff & Colleen Prentiss (612) 933-8740
<URL:mailto:jps...@aol.com>
Bob Prentiss (612) 595-8628
No. 463 HASTINGS, MN
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
460 Spiral Blvd, Suite #1
Hastings, MN 55033
Katheryn Holtz-Olson (612) 437-2273
Unofficial Club CAMBRIDGE, MN
2nd Tuesday 5:00 pm during school year
Bonnie Boese (612) 689-7012
<URL:mailto:boe...@cc.cc.mn.us>
MISSISSIPPI
No. 427 JACKSON, MS
1st & 3rd Saturdays @ 11:00 AM
Alta Woods United Methodist Church
109 Alta Woods Blvd
Jackson, MS 39204
(601) 372-6016
2nd & 4th Thursdays @ 6:30 PM
Chateau Ridgeland Activity Rm
745 S Pear Orchard Rd
Ridgeland, MS 39157
Danny Gatlin (601) 373-2229
150 Evangel St
Jackson, MS 39212-5513
<URL:http://home.teclink.net/~jtparker/scrab.html>
MISSOURI
No. 198 ST LOUIS, MO
Mondays @ 6:30 PM (except holidays)
St Louis County Library
1640 S Lindbergh Blvd (at Clayton)
(314) 994-3300
James H Barrow (314) 727-2962
6627 Alamo Ave
Clayton, MO 63105
Virginia Wood (314) 739-8958
No. 461 NEOSHO, MO
Saturdays @ 1:00 PM
Crowder College
601 Laclede
Neosho, MO 64850
Alice Thomas (417) 358-9392
MONTANA
No. 469 DILLON, MT
Sundays @ 2:00 PM
Dillon Public Library
121 S Idaho St
Dillon, MT 59725
Gil Harris (406) 683-9240
503 S Dakota
Dillon, MT 59725
<URL:mailto:del...@bmt.net>
NEVADA
No. 328 LAS VEGAS, NV
Tuesdays @ 1:00 PM
Call for information
Gerry Greenside (702) 454-0620
3047 Zane Circle
Las Vegas, NV 89121
No. 349 LAS VEGAS, NV
Sundays @ 1:00 PM
Wednesdays @ 11:00 AM
Thursdays @ 1:00 PM
Call for information
Gay Burch (702) 873-8854
4517 Del Oro Dr
Las Vegas, NV 89102
No. 391 LAS VEGAS, NV
Call for information
Dorothy Halprin (702) 256-3220
10024 Arbuckle Dr
Las Vegas, NV 89134
<URL:mailto:ha...@aol.com>
No. 413 NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV
Mondays @ 6:00 PM (except holidays)
4414 Sparta Way
Paul Terry (702) 656-7570
<URL:mailto:te...@aspen.interact.k12.nv.us>
UNOFFICIAL CLUB RENO, NV
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
5695 S Virginia St
Reno, NV 89502
(702) 826-8882
Gigi Miller
<URL:mailto:gigi....@megasystem.com>
NEW HAMPSHIRE
No. 331 MERRIMACK, NH
Thursdays @ 12:30 PM
Merrimack Meadows Clubhouse
Rte 3A
Merrimack, NH
Call for information
Stella Russell (603) 622-9332
NEW JERSEY
No. 169 MONTCLAIR, NJ
Mondays @ 7:30 PM
Call for information
Esla Bynoe-Andriolo (201) 432-8292
Margaret Bauer Williams (201) 991-1499
No. 251 TEANECK, NJ
Thursdays @ 7:30 PM
Teaneck Town House
Forest Ave & Teaneck Rd
Selig O Wassner (201) 836-1949
P.O. Box 2157
Teaneck, NJ 07665
<URL:mailto:74247...@compuserve.com>
Maurice DeCanio (210) 384-9528 (H), 385-4661 (W)
No. 398 SOUTH JERSEY/BERLIN, NJ
Thursdays @ 6:00 PM
Saturdays @ 1:00 PM
Berlin Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
50 N Broad Ave
Betty C McDaniel (609) 728-9446
11 Pinewood Ln
Sicklerville, NJ 08081
No. 411 MILLBURN, NJ
Mondays @ 7:00 PM
Millburn Library
200 Glenn Ave
(201) 376-1006
Call for information
Herb Greenberg (201) 467-1033
Marjorie Bash (2012) 376-0625
NEW MEXICO
No. 129 ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
Village Inn Pancake House
5505 Central Ave NE
Patty Wayne (505) 877-6646
Gertrude Savadge (505) 888-4355
Frank Tarr (505) 836-3542
No. 397 ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Sundays @ 2:00 PM
Call for information
Stanley Luz Miranda (505) 256-3850
1109 Georgia St NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
NEW YORK
No. 23 PITTSFORD, NY
Mondays @ 6:30 PM
Spiegel Comm Ctr
35 Lincoln Ave
(716) 248-6280
Ted Rosen (716) 244-2189
517 University Ave #203
Rochester, NY 14607
No. 28 BROOKLYN, NY
Call for information
Alan B Hecht (718) 338-8564
1481 E 21st St
Brooklyn, NY 11210
No. 32 MASSAPEQUA, NY
Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
Call for information
Ed Ugarte (516) 798-8181
63 Autumn Ln
Hicksville, NY 11801
No. 56 NEW YORK, NY
Thursdays @ 7:15 PM
Beverly Bridge Club
130 E 57 St, 3rd fl
New York, NY 10021
(212) 486-9477
Ron & Susi Tiekert (212) 477-5352
<URL:mailto:tie...@interport.net>
No. 67 NANUET, NY
Call for information
Ted Von Zwehl (914) 623-3137
13 Inwood Dr
Bardonia, NY 10954
No. 125 SCHENECTADY, NY
Call for information
Norma Shelly (518) 346-3773
1639 Eastern Pkwy
Schenectady, NY 12309
No. 157 RIVERDALE, NY
Alternate Fridays @ 7:30 PM
Smoker's preference club
Call for information
Carol & Ed Halper (914) 736-2758
81 Gallows Hill Rd
Cortlandt, NY 10566
Maris Brody-Greenwald (212) 884-0688
No. 179 MIDDLETOWN, NY
Tuesdays @ 7:30 PM
Walkill Comm Ctr
Wes Warren Dr
Betty Burton (914) 692-4825
Joan Kelly (914) 692-5592
Joanne Cohen (914) 457-5865
No. 284 BROOKLYN, NY
Sundays @ 3:00 PM
Shirley Zacot c/o Tenzer
8301 Bay Pkwy, #304
Brooklyn, NY 11214
Call for information
Gary Hurzer (718) 648-7553
No. 324 NEW HARTFORD/MOHAWK VALLEY, NY
Mondays @ 7:00 PM
First United Methodist Church
105 Genesee St
New Hartford, NY
Call for information
Don & Heather Drumm (315) 853-3192
P.O. Box 151
Clinton, NY 13323
<URL:mailto:dond...@aol.com>
Chris Rawson (315) 865-8996
No. 338 HAMBURG/BUFFALO, NY
Mondays @ 6:30 PM
Amsdell Middle School Cafeteria
2751 Amsdell Rd
Hamburg, NY 14075
Wannell Kelsey (716) 627-9590
Buffalo, NY
Wednesdays @ 6:30 PM
Call for information
Jerry Scheiten (716) 885-0462
84 Albany St
Buffalo, NY 14213
Mark Przbyszewski (716) 896-4980
Joan Tondra (716) 847-0391
No. 355 MASSAPEQUA, NY
Thursdays @ 12:30 PM
Plainedge Public Library
Ed Ugarte (516) 798-8181
63 Autumn Ln
Hicksville, NY 11801
No. 356 MASSAPEQUA, NY
Tuesdays @ 12:00 noon
John Burns Park
Ed Ugarte (516) 798-8181
63 Autumn Ln
Hicksville, NY 11801
No. 389 MANHATTAN, NY
Newcomers' club
Call for information
Susi Tiekert (212) 477-5352
<URL:mailto:tie...@interport.net>
No. 404 ALBANY, NY
Mondays @ 7:00 PM (except Jewish holidays)
Albany Jewish Comm Ctr
340 Whitehall Rd
Albany, NY
David Goodman (518) 233-9347
<URL:mailto:qbe...@aol.com>
John Morse (518) 434-3819
Kurt Kopitz (518) 237-8782
No. 452 JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY
2nd Saturdays @ 1:00 PM
Community United Methodist Church Educational Bldg
81-10 35 Ave @ 82 St
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Celeste Balducci-Chapin (718) 458-7899
Ron & Susi Tiekert (212) 477-5352
<URL:mailto:tie...@interport.net>
No. 453 HUNTINGTON, NY
Mondays @ 6:30 PM
Barnes & Noble
Rt 110 (next to the Walt Witman Shopping Ctr)
Huntington, NY
Dan Sheehan
No. 456 BUFFALO, NY
Thursdays @ 6:30 PM
Kenmore Baptist Church
10 Wardman Rd
Kenmore, NY 14217
Joan Tondra (716) 847-0391
Mel Letterer (716) 876-8505
No. 465 MECHANICVILLE, NY
Fridays @ 6:30 PM
Italian Fraternal Society
38 Viall Ave
Mechanicville, NY 12118
(518) 664-6262
Annette Tedesco (518) 664-1619
Box 671 Ferry Ln
Stillwater, NY 12170
David Goodman (518) 233-9347
<URL:mailto:qbe...@aol.com>
NORTH CAROLINA
No. 136 RALEIGH, NC
1st & 3rd Tuesdays @ 7:30 PM
Books-A-Million
4031 Wake Forest Rd
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 790-8784
John Attamack (919) 876-8395
Brian O'Neill (919) 546-0599
No. 445 WINSTON-SALEM, NC
1st Mondays @ 6:00 PM
McDonald's
290 S Stratford Rd
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
(910) 725-4999
Dan Townsend, Jr (910) 824-4002
1091 Patterson Grove
Ramseur, NC 27316
No. 455 CHARLOTTE, NC
Call for information
John Luebkemann (704) 643-5206
<URL:mailto:john...@vnet.net>
OHIO
No. 62 FREMONT, OH
1st & 3rd Mondays @ 7:00 PM
Call for information
Flossie Swint (419) 334-2746
Jackie Lease (419) 332-4186
<URL:mailto:djl...@nwohio.com>
No. 154 INDEPENDENCE, OH
Saturdays @ 12:00 noon
Angie's Pizza
6932 Hillside Rd
Cleveland, OH 44131
Walter Konicki (216) 526-4677
381 E Sprague Rd
Seven Hills, OH 44131
Dan Stock (216) 356-7366
<URL:mailto:dst...@acm.org>
No. 294 DAYTON, OH
Mondays @ 6:00 PM
Main Dayton Public Library
215 E 3 St
Dayton, OH 45402
(513) 227-9500
Nancy Mills (513) 278-9730
No. 313 CINCINNATI, OH
Tuesdays @ 6:30 PM
Drake Ctr
151 W Galbraith Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45216
Julie Wilson (513) 353-2423
Kim Barker (513) 347-9238
No. 364 CINCINNATI, OH
Write for information
Altha Stewart
P.O. Box 36026
Cincinnati, OH 45236
No. 379 CINCINNATI, OH
Call for information
Phyllis Prather (513) 761-0304
<URL:mailto:pp...@aol.com>
No. 454 ROCKY RIVER, OH
Sundays @ 7:30 PM except holiday weekends
West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church
20401 Hillard Blvd
Rocky River, OH 44116
(216) 333-2255
Dan Stock (216) 356-7366
<URL:mailto:dst...@acm.org>
Unofficial Club CINCINNATI, OH
Cafe Vienna
1141 Saint Gregory St
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 621-6655
Call for information
(513) 431-6433
OKLAHOMA
No. 243 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
Call for information
Glenda Short (405) 752-1315
OREGON
No. 308 LAKE OSWEGO, OR
Tuesdays @ 6:45 PM
Lakewood Ctr for the Arts
368 S State St
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
Ruth Hamilton (503) 638-7103
Karen Merrill (503) 635-7424
Vail Palmer (503) 659-8045
No. 370 PORTLAND, OR
Thursdays @ 6:30 PM
Rose & Raindrop
532 SE Grand Ave
Portland, OR 97214
(503) 238-6996
Ruth Hamilton (503) 638-7103
Vail Palmer (503) 659-8045
No. 419 FLORENCE, OR
Thursdays @ 6:30 PM
New Life Lutheran Church
21st & Spruce St
Florence, OR 97439
(541) 997-8113
Vy Johnson (503) 997-2920
Official Status Pending EUGENE, OR
Sundays @ 6:00 PM
Java Joe's
2692 Willamette St
Eugene, OR 97405
(541) 484-9504
Glenna Grey (541) 343-4500
50 Crest Dr
Eugene, OR 97405
PENNSYLVANIA
No. 141 WARMINSTER, PA
Call for information
Raymond Rauanheimo (215) 674-0447
189 Newtown Rd
Warminster, PA 18974-5219
No. 333 EXTON, PA
Mondays @ 6:00 PM
Comfort Inn
5 N Pottstown Pike (Rte 100 & Rte 113)
Exton, PA 19341
(610) 524-8811
Phyllis Patukas (610) 269-1723
<URL:mailto:phy...@chesco.com>
Teri Gillstrom (610) 358-1268
No. 352 PITTSBURGH, PA
Saturdays @ 12:00 noon
Wednesdays @ PM
Northland Library
300 Cumberland Rd
Pittsburgh, PA
Esther White (412) 935-4696
2623 Timberglen Drive
Wexford, PA 15090
No. 358 LANDSDOWNE/PHILADELPHIA, PA
Tuesdays (except 2nd) @ 6:00 PM
Landsdowne Library
Landsdowne Ave & Nyack Ave
2nd & 4th Saturdays @ 1:00 PM
Wynnfield Library
54th Ave & Overbrook Ave
Marilyn Everett (610) 586-8488
620 Felton Ave
Sharon Hill, PA 19079
<URL:mailto:nori...@aol.com>
Wendell W Smith (717) 445-9313
Matthew Hopkins (215) 455-7749
SOUTH CAROLINA
No. 431 MYRTLE BEACH, SC
The Senior Ctr
1268 21 Ave N
Call for information
Wendell Smith (803) 448-4300 x7214
P.O. Box 617
Myrtle Beach, SC 29578
SOUTH DAKOTA
No. 361 SIOUX FALLS, SD
Call for information
Mark Oppenheimer (605) 332-8404
4704 Pasque Circle
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
TENNESSEE
No. 238 MEMPHIS, TN
Mondays @ 6:30 PM
Call for information
Dave Leifer (901) 753-4446 (H), 922-5557 (W)
1785 Candle Ridge Dr
Cordova, TN 38018
TEXAS
No. 71 ABILENE, TX
Mondays @ 6:00 PM
Call for information
Mary Lee Couey (915) 692-6565
1958 S 20 St
Abilene, TX 79602
Hildagard Powell (915) 572-3318
No. 124 LUBBOCK, TX
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
Caprock Home Health Services
3411 Knoxville St
Lubbock, TX 79413
(806) 792-2660
Mary Lou Thurman (806) 744-7702
2727 24 St
Lubbock, TX 79410
Marion Wooten (806) 744-0326
Dennis Major (806) 793-3918
No. 234 AUSTIN, TX
Mondays @ 6:30 PM
Austin Rec Ctr
1301 Shoal Creek Blvd
(512) 476-5662
Caesar Jaramillo (512) 891-2564 (W)
1106 Marcy St
Austin, TX 78745
No. 248 BEDFORD, TX
Thursdays @ 6:30 PM
Heartland Health Care Ctr
2001 Forest Ridge Dr
Bedford, TX 76021
Mary Rhoades (817) 283-1282, 545-3216
P.O. Box 211993
Bedford, TX 76095
<URL:mailto:mrho...@connect.net>
Dee Segrest (214) 659-1749
No. 270 SAN ANTONIO, TX
Mondays @ 7:00 PM
Jason's Deli
25 NE Loop 410
San Antonio, TX 78216
(210) 524-9288
T A Sanders (210) 303-5731
P.O. Box 669
La Verna, TX 78121
Nancy Scott (210) 658-2994
<URL:mailto:n.sc...@genie.com>
No. 319 DALLAS, TX
Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM
Shoney's eRestaurant
2310 Stemmons Trail
Dallas, TX 75220
(214) 352-6463
Call for information
Mike Willis (214) 340-7772
No. 359 HOUSTON, TX
Sundays @ 2:00 PM
Kettle Restaurant
4409 Hwy 6N
James Bodenstedt (281) 492-6760
2427 Creek Meadow Dr
Houston, TX 77084
<URL:mailto:jbo...@hal-pc.org>
Johanna Laite (713) 952-9621
<URL:mailto:joh...@hal-pc.org>
No. 436 DALLAS, TX
Tuesdays @ 6:30 PM
Barnes & Noble
14999 N Preston Rd
Michael Chitwood (214) 496-2339
<URL:mailto:mchi...@msn.com>
UTAH
No. 173 SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Wednesdays @ 5:30 PM
Godfather's Pizza (in Sugarhouse)
900 E 2100 South St
Mike W Howlett (801) 942-5515
Jim Fischer/Jane Larkin (801) 272-3813
VIRGINIA
No. 299 WOODBRIDGE, VA
Call for information
Dennis Rowe (703) 883-5883 (W), 680-1408 (H)
4924 Kirkdale Dr
Woodbridge, VA 22193
<URL:mailto:dr...@mitre.org>
WASHINGTON
No. 253 SEATTLE, WA
Tuesdays @ 6:15 PM
Josephinum Hotel Dining Rm
Seattle, WA 98101
1902 2nd Ave & Stewart
Ann Ferguson (206) 771-5483
<URL:mailto:a...@oz.net>
Ken & Starlite Clark (206) 854-5636
WASHINGTON, DC
No. 143 WASHINGTON, DC
Thursdays @ 6:00 PM
Langdon Park Rec Ctr
2901 20th St NE
Washington, DC 20018
(202) 576-6595
Robert Kilpatrick (202) 583-7586, 401-3580 (W)
4314 Bowen Rd, SE
Washington, DC 20019
Rose Noel (301) 322-4867
No. 171 WASHINGTON, DC
Tuesdays @ 6:30 PM
Chevy Chase Comm Ctr
5601 Connecticut Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20015
(202) 282-2204
Robert Linn (301) 309-2629 (W), (800) 950-0061 (W)
Ted Gest (202) 966-5215
Bruce Wilner (301) 530-6215
<URL:http://sbwm.erols.com/bdwilner/.../scrabble/>
WISCONSIN
No. 247 MADISON, WI
Wednesdays @ 6:30 PM
Call for information
Barb Besadny (608) 233-7410
No. 318 NEW BERLIN, WI
Call for information
Warren Kaminsky (414) 798-9027
No. 363 MILWAUKEE, WI
Tuesdays @ 6:30 PM
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
Bayshore Mall
Silver Spring & Port Washington
Pat Krohn (414) 353-4152
<URL:mailto:pkr...@omnifest.uwm.edu>
Ed Meyer (414) 643-1163
Warren Kaminsky (414) 786-0345
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
No. 190 CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI
Thursdays @ 6:00 PM
Call for information
Virginia Monsanto (809) 776-2035 (daytime)
5143 Dronninges Gade, Ste 3
St Thomas, USVI 00802
MEXICO
No. 396 TODOS SANTOS, BCS
Call or write for information
Lee Moore 52-114-50218
A.P. #1
B.C.S. 23300 Mexico
CANADA
No. 3 TORONTO, ONTARIO
Wednesdays @ 7:15 PM
Earl Bales Park Comm Ctr
Bathurst St (S of Sheppard Ave W)
Mike & Lynda Wise (416) 225-3535
37 Rockland Dr
Willowdale ON M2M 2Y8
<URL:http://synge.math.utoronto.ca:7777/www/club3.html>
No. 83 MONTREAL, QUEBEC
Mondays @ 7:15 PM
Centennial Park Chalet #3
6975 Ch Mackle
Co(^)te-St-Luc, Montreal
(514) 485-6824
Bernard Gotlieb (514) 484-0824, (514) 484-2660
5770 Hudson Ave
Co(^)te-St-Luc QC H4W 2K6
Fran Silver (514) 481-2813
No. 177 VANCOUVER, B.C.
Call for information
Robert Fancett (604) 325-9940
<URL:mailto:rfan...@intergate.bc.ca>
Or attend unofficial club at
Thursdays @ 7:30 PM
St David's Church
Taylor Way
West Vancouver
<URL:http://www.tfs.net/~justy/scrabble.html>
No. 193 BRANTFORD, ONTARIO
Mondays @ 7:00 PM
St Mark's Anglican Church
155 Memorial Dr off Dunsdon St
Brantford ON N3R 5S5
Glenn Dunlop (519) 752-2242, 753-7232
55 Brunswick St
Brantford ON N3T 1E9
No. 252 HAMILTON/DUNDAS, ONTARIO
Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
Carnegie Gallery basement
10 King St W at Ogilvie
Dundas ON L9H 1T7
Barry Spinner (905) 528-3776
Vivian Minden (905) 628-2888
No. 263 OSHAWA, ONTARIO
Mondays @ 7:30 PM
Woodview Comm Ctr
Cadillac Ave
Oshawa ON
Linda Gomes (905) 579-1850
Trevor Sealy (905) 432-8828 (H), 666-6464 (W)
No. 264 MOOSE JAW, SASKATCHEWAN
Fridays @ 1:00 PM
Cosmo Senior Citizen Ctr
235 3rd St NE
(306) 692-6072
Dorothy L Evans (306) 693-5949
971 Coteau St W, #5
Moose Jaw SK S6H 5G1
Muriel Allcock (306) 693-2375
Larry James (306) 694-6249
No. 307 COURTENAY, B.C.
Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
Call for information
Winnie & Ed Skalazub (604) 338-6619
No. 374 CALGARY, ALBERTA
Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
West Hillhurst Comm Ctr, 2nd fl
1940 6th Ave NW
Calgary AB T2N 0W3
Siri Tillekeratne (403) 281-2459
16 Cedarwood Pl SW
Calgary AB T2W 3G6
Marjorie Gross (403) 245-0554
No. 402 VICTORIA, B.C.
Thursdays @ 6:30 PM
Call for information
Helga Williams (250) 658-3135
<URL:mailto:mapl...@seeknet.com>
<URL:http://www.seeknet.com/scrab/victoria.htm>
No. 422 MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO
Thursdays @ 7:30 PM
Erin Mills Church Ctr
3535 S Common Crt
Mississauga ON L5L 2B3
Shaun Goatcher (905) 821-9726
6953 Pamplona Mews
Mississauga ON L5N 1S5
Dana Fuller (905) 274-4433
Craig Rowland (905) 272-6843
No. 457 TILLSONBURG, ONTARIO
Call for information
Alida Hunt (519) 582-2628
569 Orchard Ave
Delhi, ON N4B 2H4
<URL:mailto:gh...@oxford.net>
Unofficial Club ABBOTSFORD, B.C.
Call for information
Margie (604) 853-4620
Unofficial Club BRANDON, ALBERTA
Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM
ANAF Club
31 14th St N
Brandon, MB R7A 2T5
Doug Steeves (204) 727 5399
Janice Langston
<URL:bl...@mb.sympatico.ca>
Unofficial Club BARRIE, ONTARIO
Call for information
Barrie Scrabble Club (705) 733-8015
A3. Upcoming North American tournaments
Note that tournament directors now comply with the NSA directive
that, to play in their second and succeeding tournaments, players
must be members of NSA. Players generally may play in a higher
division if their rating is within 100 point of its cutoff.
May 16-18, Seattle, WA
Friday 5:30 pm
17 games, 3 divisions divided at 1700/1300
entry fee $65/45/35 -$5 received by 5/1, including 2 lunches
Shoreline Senior Ctr, 18560 First Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98155,
(206) 365-1536
Days Inn, 19525 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98133, (206)
542-6300
Info: Starlite Clark, 11427 SE 225 St, Kent, WA 98031, (206)
854-5636
May 17, Holtsville, NY
Saturday 9:30 am
7 game round robins
entry fee $38 including lunch
Best Western MacArthur Hotel, 1730 N Ocean Ave (LIE x63),
Holtsville, NY, 11742, (516) 758-2900
Info: Ginger White, 10 Huron Rd, Shirley, NY 11967, (516)
399-2579, <URL:mailto:ging...@webtv.net>
May 23, Durango, CO
Friday 2:30 pm
unrated tournament
6 games, 1 division
entry fee $15
Hilton Tamarron Resort, Durango CO, (800) 445-8667
hotel rate $80/night, 1-3 people
Info: Michael Chitwood, 2921 Golden Meadow, Garland, TX
75044, (972) 496-2339, <URL:mailto:mchi...@msn.com>
May 24-25, Durango, CO
Saturday 11:00 am
11 games
entry fee $40/35/30/30
Hilton Tamarron Resort, Durango CO, (800) 445-8667
hotel rate $80/night, 1-3 people
Info: Michael Chitwood, 2921 Golden Meadow, Garland, TX
75044, (972) 496-2339, <URL:mailto:mchi...@msn.com>
May 24-25, Montreal, QC
Saturday 9:45 am
12 game round robins of 12, divisions of 12
entry fee $30 CAD or $24 USD
Centennial Park Chalet No 1, 6975 Ch Mackle, Co(^)te-St-Luc,
Montreal, (514) 485-6824
Info: Bernard Gotlieb, 5770 Hudson Av, Co(^)te-St-Luc QC H4W
2K6, (514) 484-0824
May 24-25, Elizabethtown, KY
Saturday 9:00 am
14 games, 4 divisions divided at ~1800/1500/1200
entry fee $50 by 5/17
prize return ~60%
Comfort Inn, 1043 Executive Dr, I65 x94, Elizabethtown, KY
42701, (502) 769-3030
Info: Ted Blevins, 349 Methodist St, Cecilia, KY 42724, (502)
862-4722
May 24-26, Hollywood, FL
Saturday 9:15 am
22 games, bracket system, divided at ~1600/1400/1100
entry fee $75 by 5/5
Holiday Inn Ft Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport, 2905 Sheridan
St, Hollywood, FL 33020, (800) 543-7126, (954) 452-0242
hotel rate $60/night single or double
Info: Larry Gradus, 609 S State Rd 7 #2G, Margate, FL 33068,
(954) 974-8445, <URL:mailto:clu...@aol.com>, Tim Wise,
(954) 942-6319, fax 942-5718,
<URL:mailto:wis...@aol.com>
May 24-26, Los Gatos, CA
4 divisions divided at 1750/1450/1150
entry fee $85/75/65/65 including 2 lunches
Los Gatos Lodge, 50 Los Gatos-Saratoga Rd, Los Gatos, CA
95032, (800) 231-8676 within Calif., (800) 322-8811,
(408) 354-3300
alternate hotel: Los Gatos Motor Inn, 55 Los Gatos-Saratoga
Rd, (across the street), Los Gatos, CA 95032, (800)
642-7889, (408) 356-9191
Info: Richard Moyer, 104 Whitney Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95032,
(408) 395-4006, <URL:mailto:dum...@aol.com>
May 24-26, Elmhurst, IL
Saturday 8:30 am
18 games, 3 divisions divided at 1700/1200
entry fee $65/55/45 by 5/19
Courtyard by Marriott, 370 N Route 83, Elmhurst, IL, (630)
941-9444
Info: Nedd Kareiva, (773) 284-8927
May 31, West Bloomfield, MI
Saturday 9:30 am
7 game round robins
entry fee $20 ($25 walk-ins)
West Bloomfield Rec Ctr, 4640 Walnut Lake Rd, West
Bloomfield, MI 48323
Info: Carol or M.G. Ravichandran, 28930 Monterey Dr,
Southfield, MI 48076, (810) 353-9241,
<URL:mailto:caro...@netcom.com>
May ??, Fort Wayne, IN
Midwest Invitational
open to those who will have played in an {IL, IN, KY, MI, MN,
OH, WI} tournament during 1/96-3/97, tentatively,
achieving at least 1800 rating
Info: Bob Crowe, 5302 Plover Circle, Fort Wayne, IN 46818,
<URL:mailto:crowe....@juno.com>
New York, NY, Jun 1
Sunday 12:00 noon
6 games, 3 divisions divided at 1700/1300; credit system
entry fee $30/25/25, +$5 and call if entering after 5/24
Beverly Bridge Club, 130 E 57 St, 3rd fl, New York, NY 10021,
(212) 486-9477
Info: Ron & Susi Tiekert, P.O. Box 908, Bowling Green Sta,
New York, NY 10274-0908, (212) 477-5352,
<URL:mailto:tie...@interport.net>
Jun 7-8, Montreal, QC
Canadian WSC Qualifying Tournament open to residents only
Info: Mike Wise, 37 Rockland Dr, Willowdale ON M2M 2Y8,
(416) 225-3535, John Chew,
<URL:mailto:jjc...@math.utoronto.ca>,
<URL:http://sushi.st.usm.edu/~jjchew/scrabble/cwscqt.html>
Jun 13-15, Minneapolis, MN
US WSC Qualifying Tournament open to rated US players only
unrated, SOWPODS lexicon, free challenges
Friday 7:00 pm
15 games
entry fee $35 by 6/10
Radisson Hotel, 7800 Normandale Blvd, Bloomington, MN 55439,
(800) 333-3333, (612) 835-7800,
hotel rate $95/night single or double occupancy night by 5/15
Info: Steven L Pellinen, 4330 Vernon Avenue S, St Louis Park,
MN 55436, (612) 926-1998 (H), 829-0700 (W), 619-8762
(car)
Jun 14, Portland, OR
Sunday 8:45 am
8 game round robins of 8 + 1
entry fee $16 before 6/14
Hollywood Senior Ctr, 1820 NE 40 Ave, Portland, OR 97212,
(503) 288-8303
Info: R A Fontes, P.O. Box 1371, Lake Grove, OR 97035,
(503) 638-7103
Jun 14, Mississauga, ON
Saturday 9:00 am
7 game round robins
entry fee $25 CAD or $20 USD
Erin Mills Church Ctr, 3535 S Common Ct, Mississauga ON
Info: Shaun Goatcher, 6953 Pamplona Mews, Mississauga ON
L5N 1S5, (905) 821-9726
Jun 14, Plainview, NY
Saturday 8:30 am
9 game round robins
entry fee $42 including lunch, by 6/9
Comfort Inn, LIE x48, 333 S Service Rd, Plainview, NY 11803,
(800) 645-6506, (516) 694-6500
Info: Ginger White, 10 Huron Rd, Shirley, NY 11967, (516)
399-2579, <URL:mailto:ging...@webtv.net>
Jun 14-15, Bedford, TX
Saturday 11:30 am
11 games, 3 divisions divided at 1650/1350
entry fee $40/35/30 (-$5 if received/postmarked by 6/7)
prize return 100% after expenses
Holiday Inn-DFW West, 3005 Airport Fwy, Bedford, TX 76021,
(800) HOLIDAY, (817) 267-3181
hotel rate $55/night (mention Scrabble), 1-4 people, until
6/1
Info: Mary Rhoades, P.O. Box 211993, Bedford, TX 76095, (817)
267-0217, 545-3216, <URL:mailto:mrho...@connect.net>
Jun 20, Lakewood, CO
Friday 3:30 pm
5 games, 2 divisions divided at 1600
entry fee $25
wheelchair accessible
Red Rocks Comm College, 13300 W 6 Ave, Lakewood, CO 80230,
(303) 980-9165
Info: Laura Scheimberg, 8001 S Yarrow St, Littleton, CO
80123, (303) 979-0167, Paul McCarthy,
<URL:mailto:72114...@compuserve.com>
Jun 21-22, Lakewood, CO
Saturday 9:30 am
13 games, divisions divided at 1750...
entry fee $60/45 including one lunch
wheelchair accessible
Red Rocks Comm College, 13300 W 6 Ave, Lakewood, CO 80230,
(303) 980-9165
Info: Laura Scheimberg, 8001 S Yarrow St, Littleton, CO
80123, (303) 979-0167, Paul McCarthy,
<URL:mailto:72114...@compuserve.com>
Jun 21-22, Port Huron, MI
Info: Joyce Spalding, 3250 Garlick Rd, Ruby, MI 48049, (810)
325-1778
Jun 22, Mill Valley, CA
Sunday 1:00 pm
6 games
entry fee $20
Round Table Pizza, 50 Belvedere Dr, Mill Valley, CA 94941,
(415) 383-5100
Info: Norma Fisher, (415) 435-8197
Jun 22, Eagle Rock, CA
Sunday 9:30 am
6 games, 4 divisions divided at 1600/1300/1100
entry fee $35 including lunch, postmarked by 6/12
Yosemite Rec Ctr, 1840 Yosemite Dr, Eagle Rock, CA 90041,
(213) 255-8217
Info: George Heusenstamm, 5013 Lowell Ave, La Crescenta, CA
91214, (818) 248-0537, Gwen Bishop, (213) 258-6667
Jun 28-29, Buffalo, NY
Friday 9:30 pm
12 game round robins of 12 + 1
entry fee $30 USD or $40 CAD by 6/25, includes lunch & brunch
Canisius College, Student Ctr, 2nd Floor, 2001 Main St,
Buffalo, NY 14208
Canisius Village Townhouses, USD $25 or CAD $38/ppdo received
by 6/13
kids stay free
Info: Mark Przbyszewski, (716) 896-4980 after 9 pm, Joan
Tondra, 25 Whitney Pl, Buffalo, NY 14201, (716)
847-0391, Jerry Scheiten, (716) 885-0462
Jul 4-6, Albany, NY
12 games
Info: David Goodman, (518) 233-9347,
<URL:mailto:qbe...@aol.com>
Jul 7, Reno, NV
Monday 8:00 am
8 games, 2 divisions divided at 1700
entry fee $25 + $5 Canadian check fee
Sands Regency Hotel/Casino, 345 N Arlington Avenue, Reno, NV
89501, (800) 648-3553
hotel rate $42/night (Sun-Thu), $59/night (Fri-Sat), code
SCR708 by 6/23
Info: Johnny R Nevarez, 4804 Bannock Circle, San Jose, CA
95130, (408) 379-0113 mailbox #2,
<URL:mailto:noma...@concentric.net>
Jul 8, Reno, NV
Tuesday 8:00 am
8 games, 2 divisions divided at 1700
entry fee $25 + $5 Canadian check fee
Sands Regency Hotel/Casino, 345 N Arlington Avenue, Reno, NV
89501, (800) 648-3553
hotel rate $42/night (Sun-Thu), $59/night (Fri-Sat), code
SCR708 by 6/23
Info: Johnny R Nevarez, 4804 Bannock Circle, San Jose, CA
95130, (408) 379-0113 mailbox #2,
<URL:mailto:noma...@concentric.net>
Jul 9-13, Reno, NV
31 games, 4 divisions divided at 1750/1400/1100
entry fee $100/100/75/75 ($5 cancellation fee) + $5 Canadian
check fee, no walk-ins
Sands Regency Hotel/Casino, 345 N Arlington Avenue, Reno, NV
89501, (800) 648-3553
hotel rate $42/night (Sun-Thu), $59/night (Fri-Sat), code
SCR708, by 6/23
Info: Johnny R Nevarez, 4804 Bannock Circle, San Jose, CA
95130, (408) 379-0113 mailbox #2,
<URL:mailto:noma...@concentric.net>
Aug 2, Plainview, NY
Saturday 9:00 am
7 game round robins
entry fee $38 including lunch, by 7/28
Comfort Inn, LIE x48, 333 S Service Rd, Plainview, NY 11803,
(800) 645-6506, (516) 694-6500
Info: Ginger White, 10 Huron Rd, Shirley, NY 11967, (516)
399-2579, <URL:mailto:ging...@webtv.net>
Aug 2-3, Independence, OH
Saturday 9:45 am
12 game round robins of 12 + 1
entry fee $29 by 7/30, no walk-ins
Independence Community Service Ctr, 6363 Selig Dr,
Independence, OH 44131
Info: Walter Konicki, 381 E Sprague Rd, Seven Hills, OH
44131, (216) 526-4677, Heidi Nemeth, (216) 333-6369,
Dan Stock, (216) 356-7366, <URL:mailto:dst...@acm.org>
Aug 10, Oakland, CA
Sunday 1:00 pm
6 game round robins
entry fee $15 at door plus $5 minimum food order
Village Restaurant, Lucky Shopping Ctr, 273 E 18 St, Oakland,
CA 94606, (510) 444-3690
Info: Cynthia Pughsley, (510) 839-4090, Bruce Ward, (510)
841-6463, Victor Havens, (510) 482-1109, Stu Goldman,
1055 Fell St #2, San Francisco, CA 94117, (415)
864-2463, <URL:mailto:s...@netcom.com>
Aug 14-17, Ft Mitchell, KY
Thursday 9:00 am
25 games, 4 divisions divided at 1800/1500/1200
entry fee $80/70/60/50 by 7/30
prize return 70%
Drawbridge Inn, 2477 Royal Dr, I-75 Buttmermilk Pike exit,
Ft Mitchell, KY 41017, (800) 352-9866 (in KY), (800)
354-9793
hotel rates $68-78
Info: Mady Garner, 170 Allan Ln, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951,
(407) 676-0815
Aug 16-23, Vancouver to Vancouver Alaskan cruise
15 game round robins
entry fee $50
ms Nieuw Amsterdam, Holland America Line, (800) 326-0373
cruise rates $1295/ppdo and up (additional occupants $949) +
$149/pp port charge, by 6/1
Info: Joe Edley, c/o Williams & Co, Box 700, Front St
Garden, Greenport, NY 11944, (516) 477-0033, fax
477-0294, <URL:mailto:deee...@aol.com>
Aug 30-Sep 1, Portland, OR
Saturday 8:45 am
20/20/18/18 games, 4 divisions divided at 1750/1450/1150
entry fee $60/55/50/50 (+ $10 after 8/26) by 8/29
Ramada Plaza, 1441 NE 2 Ave, Portland, OR, (503) 233-2401,
fax 238-7016
hotel rate $61/room, 1-4 people
Info: R A Fontes, P.O. Box 1371, Lake Grove, OR 97035, (503)
638-7103
Sep 12-14, Cromwell, CT
12 games
team tournament
Info: Edie Miller Berman, 26 Ships Way, Bourne Village, MA
02532, (508) 759-2561, <URL:mailto:ed...@capecod.net>
Sep 13-14, North York, ON
Saturday 9:00 am
12 game round robins of 12 + 1
entry fee $35 CAD ($30 USD) by 9/7
Earl Bales Park Comm Ctr, Bathurst St south of Sheppard Ave,
North York ON
Info: Mike Wise, 37 Rockland Dr, Willowdale ON M2M 2Y8,
(416) 225-3535, John Chew,
<URL:mailto:jjc...@math.utoronto.ca>
<URL:http://synge.math.utoronto.ca:7777/www/tourney97.html>
Sep 14, Oakland, CA
Sunday 1:00 pm
6 game round robins
entry fee $15 at door plus $5 minimum food order
Village Restaurant, Lucky Shopping Ctr, 273 E 18 St, Oakland,
CA 94606, (510) 444-3690
Info: Cynthia Pughsley, (510) 839-4090, Bruce Ward, (510)
841-6463, Victor Havens, (510) 482-1109, Stu Goldman,
1055 Fell St #2, San Francisco, CA 94117, (415)
864-2463, <URL:mailto:s...@netcom.com>
Sep 27-28, Kingston, ON
Toronto-Montreal club match
Info: John Chew, <URL:mailto:jjc...@math.utoronto.ca>
Oct 11-12, Los Gatos, CA
Info: Richard Moyer, 104 Whitney Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95032,
(408) 395-4006, <URL:mailto:dum...@aol.com>
Oct 31-Nov 2, Cape Cod, MA
additional pairs and variations tournaments
Info: Edie Miller Berman, 26 Ships Way, Bourne Village, MA
02532, (508) 759-2561, <URL:mailto:ed...@capecod.net>
Nov 16, Oakland, CA
Sunday 1:00 pm
6 game round robins
entry fee $15 at door plus $5 minimum food order
Village Restaurant, Lucky Shopping Ctr, 273 E 18 St, Oakland,
CA 94606, (510) 444-3690
Info: Cynthia Pughsley, (510) 839-4090, Bruce Ward, (510)
841-6463, Victor Havens, (510) 482-1109, Stu Goldman,
1055 Fell St #2, San Francisco, CA 94117, (415)
864-2463, <URL:mailto:s...@netcom.com>
Dec 14, Oakland, CA
Sunday 1:00 pm
6 game round robins
entry fee $15 at door plus $5 minimum food order
Village Restaurant, Lucky Shopping Ctr, 273 E 18 St, Oakland,
CA 94606, (510) 444-3690
Info: Cynthia Pughsley, (510) 839-4090, Bruce Ward, (510)
841-6463, Victor Havens, (510) 482-1109, Stu Goldman,
1055 Fell St #2, San Francisco, CA 94117, (415)
864-2463, <URL:mailto:s...@netcom.com>
Jan ??-??, Reno, NV
Info: Richard Moyer, 104 Whitney Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95032,
(408) 395-4006, <URL:mailto:dum...@aol.com>
Feb ??-??, Myrtle Beach, SC
Friday 8:30 pm
tentative details and schedule
3 divisions
entry fee $50/40/40 by 2/1 + $30 commuters
Holiday Oceanfront Inn, 415 S Ocean Blvd, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577,
(803) 448-4481
hotel rate $129/ppdo, $179/single
Info: Wendell Smith, P.O. Box 617, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578,
(803) 448-4300, x7214
Mar 7-8, Seaside, OR
Saturday 11:45 am
12 games, 4 divisions divided at 1750/1450/1150
entry fee $40 + $10 after 2/28, by 3/5
Best Western Oceanview Resort, Seaside, OR, (800) 234-8439
hotel rates $65/room and up, by 2/8 and while available
Info: R. A. Fontes, P.O. Box 1371, Lake Grove, OR 97035,
(503) 638-7103
Apr 25-26, Houston, TX
Saturday 12:00 noon
12 games, 3 divisions divided at 1650/1300
Clarion Inn, 500 N Sam Houston Pkwy, Houston, TX 77060, (713)
931-0101
Info: Jim Bodenstedt, 2427 Creek Meadow, Houston, TX 77084,
(281) 492-6760, <URL:mailto:jbo...@hal-pc.org>
A4. Contacts for major Scrabble organizations worldwide
English Language
Bob Jackman
Australian Scrabble Players Association
PO Box 28
Lindfield NSW Australia
Tel: 02 9416 9881
Fax: 02 9416 9479
<URL:mailto:rjac...@ozemail.com.au>
Shiraz Amith
Bahrain Scrabble League
P.O. Box 20725
Bahrain
Tel: 629561
<URL:shir...@batelco.com.bh>
Lorton Graham
Claybury
St John
Barbados
David Ndombe
P.O. Box 577
Douala
Cameroon
Dubai Scrabble League
815733 Amirali Ali Mohammed
666953 Sydney Saldanha
Michel Charlemagne
20 Rue Vautier
94340 Joinville le Tont
France
+33 48 83 31 09
Steve Goldberg
Ramot 418/17
Jerusalem Israel 97225
+972-2-677-6085, work
+972-2-586-6868, home
st...@hadassah.org.il
Dixon Assesa
Chairman
Kenya Amateur Scrabble Association
P.O. Box 21908
HSE. 762236
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 331828
Gerry R. Perez
c/o Hassan's Optician Co
Wataniya Tower
Fahad Al-Salem St
P.O. Box 1139 afat
13012 Kuwait
Tel: 2458027, fax: 2421815
James W. Flomo, National Chairman
National Scrabble Association of Liberia
c/o Ministry of Youth & Sports
Mail Bag 9051, Newport Street
Monrovia
Liberia
Haji A. Majid Jaafar (tel/fax: 03-2929 845)
Vice President
Malasian Scrabble Association
c/o Office of the Deputy Minister of Defence
5th Floor Wisma Pertahanan
Jalan Padang Tembak
50634 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +60 3 2355 040, fax +60 3 2910 131
Mohammad Ali Ismail
Vice President
Malasian Scrabble Association
c/o Radio Rediffusion SDN BHD
19th Floor, Bangunan Amdb
1 Jalan Lumut
50400 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: +60 3 4481 101; +60 3 4419 988; +60 3 4449 880
Handphones: 6012-2106229; 6019-3113215
Fax: +60 3 4439 988
Joseph F. Micallef
c/o Grand Hotel Les Lapins
Ta' Xbiex, Malta
<URL:mailto:scrab...@global.net.mt>
<URL:http://www.global.net.mt/~scrabmalta/>
Jeff Grant
Waipatu Settlement Rd
RD2
Hastings
New Zealand
John Foster, President
New Zealand Association of Scrabble Players
P.O. Box 99-402
Newmarket, Auckland
New Zealand
Tel: (09) 827-0060
<URL:fost...@voyager.co.nz>
Femi Awowade
P.O. Box 20307, U.I.
Post Office
Ibadan, Nigeria
National Scrabble Association of Philippines, Inc
Rosario B Lambino
2-H Gatdula Bldg
2 Katarungan St
Mandaluyong
1500 Metro Manila
Philippines
Candido Filio
President, Diliman Scrabble Club
4 Matimtiman St
Teacher's Village
Diliman, Quezon City
Philippines 1101
(0632) 922-2855
Armando "Bing" Lao
1034 Sikatuna Bliss I
Sikatuna Village
Quezon City, Metro Manila
Philippines
Butch Maniego
Publicist
Scrabble Players Association of the Philippines, Inc. (SCAPI)
<URL:mailto:bman...@cnl.net>
Lucian Manescu
Comisia Centrala de Scrabble Anglofon
Federatia Romana de Scrabble
str. Cismelei nr. 17
bl. 1A, sc. B, ap. 53
Constanta, 8700
Romania
Dan Laurentiu Sandu, Presidente
Comisia Centrala de Scrabble Anglofon
Federatia Romana de Scrabble
C.P. 72-130;
sector 3; cod 74600
Bucharest, Romania
Tel: 673.36.46
Larry Benjamin
P.O. Box 891189
Lyndhurst Tvl. 2106
Republic of South Africa
<URL:mailto:161l...@cosmos.wits.ac.za>
Trevor Duke
405 Majestic Gate
38 Empire Rd
Parktown, Johannesburg
Republic of South Africa
Claire Tait
<URL:mailto:mur...@iafrica.com>
Tony Sim
Block 27 Marine Crescent
#09-07 Singapore 1544
Singapore
Missaka Warusawitharana
11 De Silva Rd
Kaluboloila
Sri Lanka
<URL:mailto:mis...@sri.lanka.net>
Amnuay Ploysangngam
Director, Thailand Crossword Club
645/1 Petchburi Rd
Phayathai
Bangkok 10400
Thailand
+66 2 254-9607, +66 2 252-8147, fax +66 2 252-8147
Robin John
23 Schneider Gardens
Petit Valley
Trinidad and Tobago
Diane Pratesi
Postal Scrabble Club
33 Amberley Rd
Leyton
London, E10 7ER
United Kingdom
Belgian
Federation Belge de Scrabble
Boulevard Saint-Lazare, 4 bte 16
1210 Bruxelles
+32 2 219 15 87
fax +32 2 223 04 82
Verhe Monique, Voorzitter
Brugse Scrabble Club
Peter Benoitlaan 5
8200 Brugge
319761
De Wulf Lieve, Secretaris
Brugse Scrabble Club
Lorreinenhoek 34
8310 Brugge
360680
Dutch (Duplicate play)
Bertrand De Bouvere, Voorzitter
Graaf d'Ursellaan 16/31
8301 Knokke-Heist
050-51.16.37
Rudi Ailliet, Public Relations
Nederlandstalig Scrabble-Verbond
Oude Pittemstr. 2
8700 Tielt
051-40.37.29
<URL:mailto:alf...@unicall.be>
<URL:http://uc2.unicall.be/alfabet/>
French (Duplicate play)
Franck Manniquant, Secretary
Federation Francaise de Scrabble
96, Boulevard Pereire
75017 Paris
France
Tel: +33 1 43 80 40 36
Fax: +33 1 47 64 36 88
<URL:http://www.azursoft.fr/ffsc/>
Federation Internationale de Scrabble Francophone
Boulevard Saint-Lazare, 4
Boite 16-1210
Bruxelles
Belgium
Tel: +32 2 219 1587
Fax: +32 2 223 0482
Federation Camerounaise de Scrabble (Fedascrab)
BP 4054
Yaounde
Federation Luxembourgeoise de Scrabble
24, rue d'Amsterdam
1126 Luxembourg
(35-2) 44 45 65
Federation Quebecoise des Clubs de Scrabble Francophone
4545, avenue Pierre-de-Coubertin
C.P. 1000, succursale M
Montreal (Quebec) H1V 3R2
Tel: (514) 252-3007
<URL:http://www.fqcsf.qc.ca/>
Federation Roumaine de Scrabble
16, rue Vasile-Conta
70138 Bucarest
telecopie: (40-1) 312 01 61
Federation Senegalaise de Scrabble
boi(^)te postale 1517
Dakar
tel.: (221) 23 52 92
telecopie: (221) 23 45 87
Liman Pully
Jeanine Servant
Citi-Radieuse
Hermenches 905 65 31
Switzerland
Federation Suisse de Scrabble
casier postal 1896
Vouvry
tel.: +41 25 81 21 45
Club Tahar-Kaddad
20, rue du Tribunal
Tunis
tel.: +216 1 56 12 75
telecopie: +216 1 29 50 82
Federation Zairoise de Scrabble (Fezas)
cite de la Voix-du-Zaire
boi(^)te postale 16347
Kinshasa 1
Zaire
Czech
Jakub A. Tesinsky
Board Games Club Paluba
Graficka 30
150 00 Prague 5
Czech Republic
+42 2 57 31 41 81
<URL:mailto:go...@karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
<URL:http://www.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~gorn/paluba/hry.htm#scrabble>
Spanish
Club Scrabble
Buenos Aires, 60 Pral. 1*
08036 Barcelona
Tel: 93/410 36 06
Fax: 93/439 55 27
<URL:http://www.acoisa.es/scrabble/>
Swedish
Per Starback
Svenskt Scrabble (f.d. Alfapet)
Tiundagatan 49, 4 tr.
753 20 Uppsala
018-50 13 24
<URL:mailto:star...@minsk.docs.uu.se>
<URL:http://www.update.uu.se/~starback/scrabble.html>
Steven Alexander
Archive-name: games/scrabble-faq/supplement
Posting-Frequency: monthly
Last-modified: 15 Jun 1997
ALABAMA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
West Hartford, CT 06117
Dave Carlson (860) 647-1888
FLORIDA
Call for information
Lorayne Pate (352) 475-3554
No. 426 DAVIE, FL
Sundays @ 12:45 PM
Countryside Condo Clubhouse
7610 Stirling Rd
Hollywood, FL 33024
Ruthie Levitts (305) 432-8754
No. 432 MIAMI, FL
Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM
The Family Ctr
9945 SW 72 St (Sunset Dr)
Miami, FL 33173
Carl Stocker (305) 270-3388
Natalie Liebman (305) 235-0467
No. 436 KASSELBERRY, FL
Mondays @ 7:00 PM
Books-A-Million
Fern Park Plaza
167 State Rd 436
Fern Park, FL
Judith Segall (407) 331-5008
No. 440 TAMPA, FL
Mondays @ 6:30 PM
Life Enrichment Ctr (813) 932-0241
9704 North Blvd
Tampa, FL 33612
Andie Richardson (813) 961-8650
No. 467 DEL RAY BEACH, FL
Thursdays @ 6:45 PM
Carver Middle School
Atlantic & Barwick
Gerrie Luger (407) 495-4327
Esther Brookmeyer (407) 496-6573
No. 474 PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL
Call for information
Marsha or Roy Peshkin (561) 691-0220
1020 Grand Isle Ter
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
<URL:mailto:pes...@flinet.com>
No. 488 MERRITT ISLAND, FL
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM
Books-A-Million
700 E Merritt Island Cswy
Merritt Island, FL 32952
Bryan Rouse (407) 452-6374
GEORGIA
HAWAII
No. 439 WAILUKU, HI
Thursdays @ 6:00 PM Kihei
Lokelani Intermediate School
Kihei, Maui 96753
Fridays @ Kahului
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND
Thames St Tavern
1702 Thames St
Baltimore, MD 21231
(410) 563-5423
Jonathon Jensen (410) 254-7014
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
No. 475 TEMPERANCE, MI
1st Sundays @3:30 PM
2375 W Temperance Rd
Temperance, MI 48182
Gaye Grote (313) 847-2375
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA
NEVADA
Thursdays @ 4:00 PM
Borders Bookstore
2323 S Decatur Blvd (at Sahara)
Las Vegas, NV 89102
(702) 258-0999
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
New York, NY 10022
(212) 486-9477
NORTH CAROLINA
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
No. 470 EUGENE, OR
Sundays @ 6:00 PM
Java Joe's Cart De Cafe
2692 Willamette St
Eugene, OR 97405
(541) 484-9504
Glenna Grey (541) 343-4500
50 Crest Dr
Eugene, OR 97405
Ervin Wood (541) 345-4050
PENNSYLVANIA
No. 472 LEMOYNE, PA
Alternate Thursdays @ 7:00 PM
Call for information
Jane Fuller (717) 737-1987
No. 473 DOVER, PA
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM Mar-Oct
Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM Nov-Feb
3070 Greenway Rd
Dover, PA 17315
Donald Hake (717) 764-0792
No. 477 PHILADELPHIA, PA
Lovett Memorial Library
6945 Germantown Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19119
Call for information
Susan Patton (215) 242-6066
SOUTH CAROLINA
No. 431 MYRTLE BEACH, SC
The Senior Ctr
1268 21 Ave N
Call for information
Wendell Smith (803) 448-4300 x7214
P.O. Box 617
Myrtle Beach, SC 29578
SOUTH DAKOTA
No. 361 SIOUX FALLS, SD
Call for information
Mark Oppenheimer (605) 332-8404
4704 Pasque Circle
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
No. 476 RAPID CITY, SD
Alternate Saturdays @ 1:00 PM
Sixth Street Bakery & Deli
516 6 St
Rapid City, SD 57701
Travis Chaney (605) 578-3021
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
Mary Rhoades (817) 267-0217
UTAH
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, DC
Robert Linn (301) 340-0060
WISCONSIN
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
MEXICO
CANADA
Co(^)te-Saint-Luc, Montreal
(514) 485-6824
Bernard Gotlieb (514) 484-0824, (514) 484-2660
5770 Hudson Ave
Co(^)te-Saint-Luc QC H4W 2K6
Fran Silver (514) 481-2813
No. 177 VANCOUVER, B.C.
Call for information
Robert Fancett (604) 325-9940
<URL:mailto:rfan...@intergate.bc.ca>
Or attend unofficial club at
Thursdays @ 7:30 PM
St David's United Church
1525 Taylor Way & Hwy 1
West Vancouver BC V7S 1N5
<URL:http://www.tfs.net/~justy/scrabble.html>
Paul Sidorsky
<URL:mailto:pau...@nucleus.com>
<URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/>
No. 402 VICTORIA, B.C.
Thursdays @ 6:30 PM
Call for information
Helga Williams (250) 658-3135
<URL:mailto:mapl...@seeknet.com>
<URL:http://www.seeknet.com/scrab/victoria.htm>
No. 422 MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO
Thursdays @ 7:30 PM
Erin Mills Church Ctr
3535 S Common Crt
Mississauga ON L5L 2B3
Shaun Goatcher (905) 821-9726
6953 Pamplona Mews
Mississauga ON L5N 1S5
Dana Fuller (905) 274-4433
Craig Rowland (905) 272-6843
No. 457 TILLSONBURG, ONTARIO
Call for information
Alida Hunt (519) 582-2628
569 Orchard Ave
Delhi ON N4B 2H4
<URL:mailto:gh...@oxford.net>
No. 471 CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO
Fridays @ 7:00 PM
Riverbend Place (lower level)
650 Coronation Blvd
Cambridge ON N1R 7S6
Su Edwards (519) 653-8013
John Robertson (519) 621-6432
No. 479 NANAIMO, B.C.
Thursdays @ 6:30 PM
Georgia Avenue School
Sheelagh Green (250) 758-1613
Unofficial Club ABBOTSFORD, B.C.
Call for information
Margie (604) 853-4620
Unofficial Club BARRIE, ONTARIO
Call for information
Barrie Scrabble Club (705) 733-8015
Unofficial Club BRANDON, ALBERTA
Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM
ANAF Club
31 14th St N
Brandon MB R7A 2T5
Doug Steeves (204) 727 5399
Janice Langston
<URL:mailto:bl...@mb.sympatico.ca>
Unofficial Club SUDBURY, ONTARIO
Wednesdays @ 6:30 pm
Serbian Ctr
231 Bloor St
Sudbury ON P3C 2L1
Joe MacDougall (705)-522-3214
<URL:mailto:s130...@nickel.laurentian.ca>
Derrick Berta (705)-522-8269
A3. Upcoming North American tournaments
Note that tournament directors now comply with the NSA directive
that, to play in their second and succeeding tournaments, players
must be members of NSA. Players generally may play in a higher
division if their rating is within 100 point of its cutoff.
Jun 20, Golden, CO
Friday 3:30 pm
5 games, 2 divisions divided at 1600
entry fee $25
wheelchair accessible
Red Rocks Comm College, 13300 W 6 Ave, Golden, CO 80401,
(303) 980-9165
Info: Laura Scheimberg, 8001 S Yarrow St, Littleton, CO
80123, (303) 979-0167, Paul McCarthy,
<URL:mailto:72114...@compuserve.com>
Jun 21-22, Golden, CO
Saturday 9:30 am
13 games, divisions divided at 1750...
entry fee $60/45 including one lunch
wheelchair accessible
Red Rocks Comm College, 13300 W 6 Ave, Golden, CO 80230,
(303) 980-9165
Info: Laura Scheimberg, 8001 S Yarrow St, Littleton, CO
80123, (303) 979-0167, Paul McCarthy,
<URL:mailto:72114...@compuserve.com>
Jun 21-22, Port Huron, MI
Saturday 10:00 am
13 game round robins
prize return 50%
entry fee $25 (+ $5 after 6/19)
Baker College, 3403 Lapeer Rd, Port Huron, MI 48060, (810)
985-7000
Info: Joyce Spalding, 3250 Garlick Rd, Ruby, MI 48049, (810)
325-1778
Jun 21-22, Milwaukee, WI
Saturday 10:00 am
11 game round robins
entry fee $30
Northridge Shopping Ctr Comm Rm, 7700 W Brown Deer Rd,
Milwaukee, WI 53223, (414) 354-2900
Info: Pat Krohn, 7925 W Denver Av, Milwaukee, WI 53223
(414) 353-4152, <URL:mailto:pkr...@omnifest.uwm.edu>
Jun 21-22, Swift Current, SK
Saturday 9:00 am
12 games, divisions divided at 1300/100
entry fee $24 CAD or $16 USD including lunch by 6/13
Swift Current Senior Citizens Ctr, 68 Central Ave N,
Swift Current, SK S9H 0K7
Info: Laurina Ghiglione, Box 762, Swift Current, SK
S9H 3W7, (306) 375-2599
Jun 22, Mill Valley, CA
Sunday 1:00 pm
6 games round robins of 6-8
entry fee $20 at door
Round Table Pizza, 50 Belvedere Dr, Mill Valley, CA 94941,
(415) 383-5100
Info: Norma Fisher, (415) 435-8197
Jun 22, Eagle Rock, CA
Sunday 9:30 am
6 games, 4 divisions divided at 1600/1350/1100
entry fee $35 including lunch, postmarked by 6/12
Palm Cafe, Pasadena City College 1570 E Colorado Blvd,
Pasadena, CA 91106, (818) 585-7122
Info: George Heusenstamm, 5013 Lowell Ave, La Crescenta, CA
91214, (818) 248-0537, Gwen Bishop, (213) 258-6667
Jun 28, West Bloomfield, MI
Saturday 9:30 am
7 game round robins
entry fee $20 ($25 walk-ins)
West Bloomfield Rec Ctr, 4640 Walnut Lake Rd, West
Bloomfield, MI 48323, (810) 334-5660
Info: Carol or M.G. Ravichandran, 28930 Monterey Dr,
Southfield, MI 48076, (810) 353-9241,
<URL:mailto:caro...@netcom.com>
Jun 28-29, Buffalo, NY
Friday 9:30 pm
12 game round robins of 12 + 1
entry fee $30 USD or $40 CAD by 6/25, includes lunch & brunch
Canisius College, Student Ctr, 2nd Floor, 2001 Main St,
Buffalo, NY 14208
Canisius Village Townhouses, USD $25 or CAD $38/ppdo received
by 6/13
kids stay free
Info: Mark Przbyszewski, (716) 896-4980 after 9 pm, Joan
Tondra, 25 Whitney Pl, Buffalo, NY 14201, (716)
847-0391, Jerry Scheiten, (716) 885-0462
Jun 29, Calgary, AB
Sunday 8:30 am
8 game round robins of 8 + 1
entry fee $5 club regulars, $10 others + $2 at door
West Hillhurst Community Ctr, 1940 6 Ave NW, Calgary, AB
T2N 0W3
Info: <URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/minitny.html>
Jul 4-6, Albany, NY
Friday 8:30 pm
12 games, 3 divisions divided at 1700/1300
entry fee $50/40/30
Holiday Inn/Turf, 205 Wolf Rd, Albany, NY 12205, (518)
458-7250, reserve thru Annette Tedesco
hotel rate $106/ppdo
Info: Annette Tedesco, Box 671, Ferry Ln, Stillwater, NY
12170, (518) 664-1619, David Goodman, (518) 233-9347,
<URL:mailto:qbe...@aol.com>
Jul 7, Reno, NV
Monday 8:00 am
8 games, 2 divisions divided at 1700
entry fee $25 + $5 Canadian check fee
Sands Regency Hotel/Casino, 345 N Arlington Ave, Reno, NV
89501, (800) 648-3553
hotel rate $42/night (Sun-Thu), $59/night (Fri-Sat), code
SCR708 by 6/23
Info: Johnny R Nevarez, 4804 Bannock Circle, San Jose, CA
95130, (408) 379-0113 mailbox #2,
<URL:mailto:noma...@concentric.net>
Jul 8, Reno, NV
Tuesday 8:00 am
8 games, 2 divisions divided at 1700
entry fee $25 + $5 Canadian check fee
Sands Regency Hotel/Casino, 345 N Arlington Ave, Reno, NV
89501, (800) 648-3553
hotel rate $42/night (Sun-Thu), $59/night (Fri-Sat), code
SCR708 by 6/23
Info: Johnny R Nevarez, 4804 Bannock Circle, San Jose, CA
95130, (408) 379-0113 mailbox #2,
<URL:mailto:noma...@concentric.net>
Jul 9-13, Reno, NV
31 games, 4 divisions divided at 1750/1400/1100
entry fee $100/100/75/75 ($5 cancellation fee) + $5 Canadian
check fee by 7/3
Sands Regency Hotel/Casino, 345 N Arlington Ave, Reno, NV
89501, (800) 648-3553
hotel rate $42/night (Sun-Thu), $59/night (Fri-Sat), code
SCR708, by 6/23
Info: Johnny R Nevarez, 4804 Bannock Circle, San Jose, CA
95130, (408) 379-0113 mailbox #2,
<URL:mailto:noma...@concentric.net>
Jul 12, Mississauga, ON
Saturday 9:00 am
7 game round robins
entry fee $25 CAD or $20 USD
Erin Mills Church Ctr, 3535 S Common Ct, Mississauga ON
Info: Shaun Goatcher, 6953 Pamplona Mews, Mississauga ON
L5N 1S5, (905) 821-9726
Jul 20, Calgary, AB
Sunday 8:30 am
8 game round robins of 8 + 1
entry fee $5 club regulars, $10 others + $2 at door
West Hillhurst Community Ctr, 1940 6 Ave NW, Calgary, AB
T2N 0W3
Info: <URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/minitny.html>
Jul 26-27, West Bloomfield, MI
Saturday 9:30 am
11 games, 3-4 divisions
entry fee $30 by 7/24
prize return 58%
West Bloomfield Rec Ctr, 4640 Walnut Lake Rd, West
Bloomfield, MI 48323, (810) 334-5660
Info: Carol or M.G. Ravichandran, 28930 Monterey Dr,
Southfield, MI 48076, (810) 353-9241,
<URL:mailto:caro...@netcom.com>
Jul 27, Canton, MD
Sunday 10:00 am
7 games, 3 divisions
entry fee $59 including lunch
Captain James Restaurant, 227 Boston St, Canton, MD (or
Captain James Bayview, 2127 Boston St, Baltimore, MD
21231, (410) 327-8600)
Info: Tim Maneth, (410) 529-4053
Aug 2, Plainview, NY
Saturday 9:00 am
7 game round robins
entry fee $38 including lunch, by 7/28
Comfort Inn, LIE x48, 333 S Service Rd, Plainview, NY 11803,
(800) 645-6506, (516) 694-6500
Info: Ginger White, 10 Huron Rd, Shirley, NY 11967, (516)
399-2579, <URL:mailto:ging...@webtv.net>
Aug 2-3, Independence, OH
Saturday 9:45 am
12 game round robins of 12 + 1
entry fee $29 by 7/30, no walk-ins
Independence Comm Service Ctr, 6363 Selig Dr, Independence,
OH 44131, (216) 524-7373
Info: Walter Konicki, 381 E Sprague Rd, Seven Hills, OH
44131, (216) 526-4677, Heidi Nemeth, (216) 333-6369,
Dan Stock, (216) 356-7366, <URL:mailto:dst...@acm.org>
Aug 9, Mississauga, ON
Saturday 9:00 am
7 game round robins
entry fee $25 CAD or $20 USD
Erin Mills Church Ctr, 3535 S Common Ct, Mississauga ON
Info: Shaun Goatcher, 6953 Pamplona Mews, Mississauga ON
L5N 1S5, (905) 821-9726
Aug 9-10, Lubbock, TX
Saturday 12:00 noon
11 games, 3 divisions divided at 1600/1300
entry fee $35 ($30 if postmarked by 8/1)
Lubbock Inn, 3901 19 St, Lubbock, TX 79410, (800) 545-8226
hotel rate $51/single, $59/double, $65/triple
Info: Mary Lou Thurman, 2627 24th St, Lubbock, TX 79410,
(806) 744-7702
Aug 10, Oakland, CA
Sunday 1:00 pm
6 game round robins
entry fee $15 at door plus $5 minimum food order
Village Restaurant, Lucky Shopping Ctr, 273 E 18 St, Oakland,
CA 94606, (510) 444-3690
Info: Bruce Ward, (510) 841-6463, Stu Goldman, 1055 Fell St
#2, San Francisco, CA 94117, (415) 864-2463,
<URL:mailto:s...@netcom.com>
Aug 14-17, Ft Mitchell, KY
Thursday 9:00 am
22 games, 4 divisions divided at 1800/1500/1200
entry fee $80/70/60/50 by 7/30
prize return 70%
Drawbridge Inn, 2477 Royal Dr, I-75 Buttmermilk Pike exit,
Ft Mitchell, KY 41017, (800) 352-9866 (in KY), (800)
354-9793
hotel rates $68-78
Info: Mady Garner, 170 Allan Ln, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951,
(407) 676-0815
Aug 16-23, Vancouver to Vancouver Alaskan cruise
15 game round robins
entry fee $50
prize return 100%
wheelchair accessible
ms Nieuw Amsterdam, Holland America Line, (800) 326-0373
cruise rates $1295/ppdo and up (additional occupants $949) +
$149/pp port charge, by 6/1
Info: Joe Edley, c/o Williams & Co, Box 700, Front St
Garden, Greenport, NY 11944, (516) 477-0033, fax
477-0294, <URL:mailto:deee...@aol.com>
Aug 17, Calgary, AB
Sunday 8:30 am
8 game round robins of 8 + 1
entry fee $5 club regulars, $10 others + $2 at door
West Hillhurst Community Ctr, 1940 6 Ave NW, Calgary, AB
T2N 0W3
Info: <URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/minitny.html>
Aug 23, West Bloomfield, MI
Saturday 9:30 am
7 game round robins
entry fee $20 ($25 walk-ins)
West Bloomfield Rec Ctr, 4640 Walnut Lake Rd, West
Bloomfield, MI 48323, (810) 334-5660
Info: Carol or M.G. Ravichandran, 28930 Monterey Dr,
Southfield, MI 48076, (810) 353-9241,
<URL:mailto:caro...@netcom.com>
Aug 24, New York, NY
Sunday 12:30 pm
6 games, 3 divisions divided at 1700/1300
entry fee $30/25/25, +$5 and call if entering after 8/20
Beverly Bridge Club, 130 E 57 St, 3rd fl, New York, NY 10021,
(212) 486-9477
Info: Ron & Susi Tiekert, P.O. Box 908, Bowling Green Sta,
New York, NY 10274-0908, (212) 477-5352,
<URL:mailto:tie...@interport.net>
Aug 30-Sep 1, Portland, OR
Saturday 8:45 am
20/20/18/18 games, 4 divisions divided at 1750/1450/1150
entry fee $60/55/50/50 (+ $10 after 8/26) by 8/29
Ramada Plaza, 1441 NE 2 Ave, Portland, OR, (503) 233-2401,
fax 238-7016
hotel rate $61/room, 1-4 people
Info: R A Fontes, P.O. Box 1371, Lake Grove, OR 97035, (503)
638-7103
Sep 12-14, Cromwell, CT
12 games
team tournament
Info: Edie Miller Berman, 26 Ships Way, Bourne Village, MA
02532, (508) 759-2561, <URL:mailto:ed...@capecod.net>
Sep 13-14, North York, ON
Saturday 9:00 am
12 game round robins of 12 + 1
entry fee $35 CAD ($30 USD) by 9/7
Earl Bales Park Comm Ctr, Bathurst St south of Sheppard Ave,
North York ON
Info: Mike Wise, 37 Rockland Dr, Willowdale ON M2M 2Y8,
(416) 225-3535, John Chew,
<URL:mailto:jjc...@math.utoronto.ca>
<URL:http://synge.math.utoronto.ca:7777/www/tourney97.html>
Sep 13-14, Albuquerque, NM
Saturday 10:30 am
11 game round robins
entry fee $30 ($35 at door)
Loma Linda Comm Ctr, 1700 Yale SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106,
(505) 764-1707
Info: Gertrude Savadge, 7010 Phoenix NE #315, Albuquerque, NM
87110, (505) 888-4355
Sep 14, Oakland, CA
Sunday 1:00 pm
6 game round robins
entry fee $15 at door plus $5 minimum food order
Village Restaurant, Lucky Shopping Ctr, 273 E 18 St, Oakland,
CA 94606, (510) 444-3690
Info: Bruce Ward, (510) 841-6463, Stu Goldman, 1055 Fell St
#2, San Francisco, CA 94117, (415) 864-2463,
<URL:mailto:s...@netcom.com>
Sep 21, Calgary, AB
Sunday 8:30 am
8 game round robins of 8 + 1
entry fee $5 club regulars, $10 others + $2 at door
West Hillhurst Community Ctr, 1940 6 Ave NW, Calgary, AB
T2N 0W3
Info: <URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/minitny.html>
Sep 27-28, Kingston, ON
Toronto-Montreal club match
Info: John Chew, <URL:mailto:jjc...@math.utoronto.ca>
Oct 2-3, Calgary, AB
Thursday 8:30 am
12 game round robins of 12 + 1
entry fee $30 CAD or $23 USD by 9/26, $10 cancellation fee
prize return 100% after expenses
Quality Hotel, 119 12 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0G8, (800)
661-9378, (403) 266-4611
hotel rate $68 CAD/$49 USD
Info: Siri Tillekeratne, 16 Cedarwood Pl SW, Calgary AB T2W
3G6, (403) 281-2459,
<URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/tourneys/1997wcc.html>
Oct 3-5, Calgary, AB
Friday 6:30 pm
17 games, 4 divisions divided at 1600/1300/1000
entry fee $80/60/40/30 CAD or $60/45/30/23 USD by 9/26, $10
cancellation fee
prize return 100% after expenses
Quality Hotel, 119 12 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0G8, (800)
661-9378, (403) 266-4611
hotel rate $68 CAD/$49 USD
Info: Siri Tillekeratne, 16 Cedarwood Pl SW, Calgary AB T2W
3G6, (403) 281-2459,
<URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/tourneys/1997wcc.html>
Oct 11-12, Los Gatos, CA
Info: Richard Moyer, 104 Whitney Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95032,
(408) 395-4006, <URL:mailto:dum...@aol.com>
Oct 31-Nov 1, Victoria, BC
Info: Helga Williams, 5675 Wellsview Rd, Victoria, BC V8Y
1V4, (604) 380-9962, <URL:mailto:mapl...@seeknet.com>
Oct 31-Nov 2, Cape Cod, MA
additional pairs and variations tournaments
Info: Edie Miller Berman, 26 Ships Way, Bourne Village, MA
02532, (508) 759-2561, <URL:mailto:ed...@capecod.net>
Nov 1-8, Ft Lauderdale/W Caribbean cruise
22 game round robins
entry fee $75
superliner Century
cruise rates $679/ppdo and up (additional occupants $199) +
$126/pp port charge, by 8/31
Info: Tim Wise, (954) 942-6319, fax 942-5718,
<URL:mailto:wis...@aol.com>, cruise info Consolidated
Cruises & Tours, Inc, P.O. Box 15727, Ft Lauderdale, FL
33318-5727, (800) 543-7126, (954) 452-0242
Nov 8-9, Medicine Hat, AB
Calgary-Saskatchewan team tournament
13 games, 2 divisions
<URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/tourneys/1997team.html>
Nov 16, Oakland, CA
Sunday 1:00 pm
6 game round robins
entry fee $15 at door plus $5 minimum food order
Village Restaurant, Lucky Shopping Ctr, 273 E 18 St, Oakland,
CA 94606, (510) 444-3690
Info: Bruce Ward, (510) 841-6463, Stu Goldman, 1055 Fell St
#2, San Francisco, CA 94117, (415) 864-2463,
<URL:mailto:s...@netcom.com>
Nov 23, Calgary, AB
Sunday 8:30 am
8 game round robins of 8 + 1
entry fee $5 club regulars, $10 others + $2 at door
West Hillhurst Community Ctr, 1940 6 Ave NW, Calgary, AB
T2N 0W3
Info: <URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/minitny.html>
Dec 14, Oakland, CA
Sunday 1:00 pm
6 game round robins
entry fee $15 at door plus $5 minimum food order
Village Restaurant, Lucky Shopping Ctr, 273 E 18 St, Oakland,
CA 94606, (510) 444-3690
Info: Bruce Ward, (510) 841-6463, Stu Goldman, 1055 Fell St
#2, San Francisco, CA 94117, (415) 864-2463,
<URL:mailto:s...@netcom.com>
Dec 14, Calgary, AB
Sunday 8:30 am
8 game round robins of 8 + 1
entry fee $5 club regulars, $10 others + $2 at door
West Hillhurst Community Ctr, 1940 6 Ave NW, Calgary, AB
T2N 0W3
Info: <URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/minitny.html>
Jan ??-??, Calgary, AB
tentative
Info: Siri Tillekeratne, 16 Cedarwood Pl SW, Calgary AB T2W
3G6, (403) 281-2459,
<URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/tnyschedule.html>
Jan ??-??, Reno, NV
Info: Richard Moyer, 104 Whitney Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95032,
(408) 395-4006, <URL:mailto:dum...@aol.com>
Feb ??-??, Myrtle Beach, SC
Friday 8:30 pm
tentative details and schedule
3 divisions
entry fee $50/40/40 by 2/1 + $30 commuters
Holiday Oceanfront Inn, 415 S Ocean Blvd, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577,
(803) 448-4481
hotel rate $129/ppdo, $179/single
Info: Wendell Smith, P.O. Box 617, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578,
(803) 448-4300, x7214
Mar 7-8, Seaside, OR
Saturday 11:45 am
12 games, 4 divisions divided at 1750/1450/1150
entry fee $40 + $10 after 2/28, by 3/5
Best Western Oceanview Resort, Seaside, OR, (800) 234-8439
hotel rates $65/room and up, by 2/8 and while available
Info: R. A. Fontes, P.O. Box 1371, Lake Grove, OR 97035,
(503) 638-7103
Mar/Apr ??-??, Calgary, AB
tentative
Info: Siri Tillekeratne, 16 Cedarwood Pl SW, Calgary AB T2W
3G6, (403) 281-2459,
<URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/tnyschedule.html>
Apr 25-26, Houston, TX
Saturday 12:00 noon
12 games, 3 divisions divided at 1650/1300
Clarion Inn, 500 N Sam Houston Pkwy, Houston, TX 77060, (713)
931-0101
Info: Jim Bodenstedt, 2427 Creek Meadow, Houston, TX 77084,
(281) 492-6760, <URL:mailto:jbo...@hal-pc.org>
May/Jun ??-??, Calgary, AB
tentative
Info: Siri Tillekeratne, 16 Cedarwood Pl SW, Calgary AB T2W
3G6, (403) 281-2459,
<URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/tnyschedule.html>
Oct ??-??, Calgary, AB
tentative
Info: Siri Tillekeratne, 16 Cedarwood Pl SW, Calgary AB T2W
3G6, (403) 281-2459,
<URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/tnyschedule.html>
Nov ??-??, Medicine Hat, AB
Calgary-Saskatchewan team tournament
Info: Siri Tillekeratne, 16 Cedarwood Pl SW, Calgary AB T2W
3G6, (403) 281-2459,
<URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/tnyschedule.html>
A4. Contacts for major Scrabble organizations worldwide
English Language
Bob Jackman
Australian Scrabble Players Association
PO Box 28
Lindfield NSW Australia
Tel: 02 9416 9881
Fax: 02 9416 9479
<URL:mailto:rjac...@ozemail.com.au>
Shiraz Amith
Bahrain Scrabble League
P.O. Box 20725
Bahrain
Tel: 629561
<URL:mailto:shir...@batelco.com.bh>
<URL:mailto:fost...@voyager.co.nz>
Belgian
Dutch (Duplicate play)
French (Duplicate play)
4545 av Pierre-de-Coubertin
C.P. 1000, succursale M
Montreal QC H1V 3R2
Steven Alexander
Archive-name: games/scrabble-faq/general
Posting-Frequency: monthly
Last-modified: 15 Jun 1997
URL: http://www.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/faq.html
Copyright: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Steven Alexander
Scrabble Frequently Asked Questions
This article is posted monthly to the Usenet newsgroups
rec.games.board, rec.puzzles.crosswords, rec.answers and
news.answers. Other ways to obtain it are by ftp:
<URL:ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/games/scrabble-faq/general>
<URL:ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/games/scrabble-faq/supplement>,
and by e-mail (for those without ftp access) send
To: <URL:mailto:mail-...@rtfm.mit.edu>
Subject: send /pub/faqs/games/scrabble-faq/general
Subject: send /pub/faqs/games/scrabble-faq/supplement
2. The trademark Scrabble
9. Scrabble variants
10. Play-by-mail games
12.1. CrossWise (IBM PC, Windows)
13. Glossary
14. Litigation
A0. Copyright
A1. Credits
2. The trademark Scrabble
six times per year. Its chairman, Graeme Thomas, may be reached by
e-mail at <URL:mailto:tho...@mail.cai.com>.
3.2. Clubs
or
3.3.4. Tournament pairings
3.3.5. Tournament ratings
3.3.6. Upcoming tournaments
OSPD OSW SOWPODS
3.6.1.2. WWW-based
<URL:http://www.ozemail.com.au/~rjackman/>
The Australian Scrabble Players Association (ASPA):
<URL:http://www.ozemail.com.au/~aspa/>
The Scrabble Championship of Spain:
<URL:http://www.acoisa.es/scrabble/>
The Los Gatos, CA, club:
<URL:http://www.yak.net/kablooey/scrabble.html>
The Calgary, AB, club:
<URL:http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid/scrabble/>
5.1.2. Tourney News
5.1.3. JG Newsletter
5.1.4.2. APSP Newsletter
5.1.4.3. Forwords
5.1.4.4. Scrabble Club News
5.1.5.2. Matchups
5.1.5.3. Medleys
5.1.5.4. Rack Your Brain
5.2. Books
5.3. Word lists
5.3.1. Lexicons
BigDoggy Word List Page,
<URL:http://www.best.com/~bigdoggy/lists.htm>,
by Brian Wagner, <URL:mailto:bigd...@best.com>.
5.3.3. Printed lists
Vowel-heavy words, $7.95.
BigDoggy Book of Word Lists, Brian Wagner
All 7- and 8-letter words, vowel dumps, JQXZ words, and various
prefix and suffix lists. $20 plus $4 shipping, plus $5 outside
North America.
Brian Wagner
815 E Fremont Ave #53
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
<URL:bigd...@best.com>
<URL:http://www.best.com/~bigdoggy/lists.htm>
although I have heard complaints about Smith's service, or from
5.4. Word study/lookup software
<URL:ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/sm/smartsoft>, or $9.95 shipping + $5
outside US and Canada.
Rack Balance
Tile-tracking
Challenging
Study
7.2. Frequency of bingos
8.2. Theoretical
8.3. Blocked games
F
HUP
FUCI
PIU
9. Scrabble variants
10. Play-by-mail games
11.2. Clocks
11.3. Playing equipment
John Cornelius
[current information sought]
Mike Connally
12290 Hwy 181 S #7
San Antonio, TX 78223
(210) 633-3308
to Mary Lou Thurman (below),
Roy Peshkin
1020 Grande Isle Terrace
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
(561) 691-0220
<URL:mailto:pes...@li.net>
<URL:http://www.li.net/~peshkin/>
or to
11.4. Miscellaneous
Magnificent Mouchoirs
Novel-Tees
12.3. Maven (Macintosh, Windows)
12.5. Scramble/Literati (IBM PC/Windows)
12.10. WordsWorth (IBM PC)
12.11. STrabbler (Atari)
12.12. Unix Scrabble (Unix)
12.16. X-Words (Macintosh)
Handsome interface, easy to set to common board configuration. Will
kibitz high scoring and best play; has setup (a bit laborious) but
not simulation capability. Reportedly fast, with strategy somewhat
weaker than Maven's (section 12.3), still leaving it fairly strong.
Andrew Trevorrow
<URL:mailto:a...@kagi.com>
<URL:http://www.freeverse.com/xwords.html>