What are some techniques to help one improve in scrabble?

Question

What are some techniques to help one improve in scrabble?

Answer 1

http://www2.scrabble-assoc.com/

is the website of the national Scrabble Association, a good place to start.  See if there is a Scrabble club near by and give it a try.

Learn all the valid two letter words.

Download ZYZZYVA and/or QUACKLE, study programs for Scrabble players; they are free.

Answer 2

Memorize the scrabble dictionary.

My daughter gave me a scrabble game for my computer.  I never had time to use it, so she borrowed it from me.  She plays it several times a week, and now she beats me in the real game.

Answer 3

gain a wider vocabulary!

Answer 4

i think whoever has the letters in front of them i mean like u can read it in front of you without turning or reading upside down u have a more advantage of thinking of more words

Answer 5

get a 'word a day' calender.  The bigger you vocabulary is means the more words you know.  Or you could sit down and read a dictionary.  But i would go with the calender... like each day the calender features a new word!