Scrabble variants be the word QUARTERFINALIST. Good players must find 7-tile bonus plays a majority of the time, and the short odd words that are a staple in Scrabble are of little use in WildWords. "Scarabeo" is an Italian variant of Scrabble that is much more popular in its native country than the original game. It features a 17×17 board, 8 tiles per rack instead of 7, and a 30-point bonus for using 7 tiles as well as the 50-point "bingo". This child-friendly version of Scrabble can pretty much grow with the age of the child. The double-sided game board incorporates a
Scrabble generally excluded from the OSPD4 but allowed in club and tournament play. Proper nouns and other exceptions to the usual rules are allowed in some limited contexts in the spin-off game "Scrabble Trickster". Names of recognized computer programs are permitted as an acceptable proper noun (For example, WinZIP). There are two popular competition word lists used in various parts of the world: TWL and SOWPODS (also called "Collins" or "CSW"). The memorization of two-letter words is considered an essential skill in this game. The North American 2006 "Official Tournament and Club Word List, Second Edition" (OWL2) went into official use