English-language Scrabble at club level in the UK. Tournaments follow a similar structure to American ones, usually at least 6 games but weekend tournaments where players play 12 to 16 games are not uncommon. The official Scrabble association the Association of British Scrabble players sanctions official tournaments with official ratings, ratings range from about 200 to about 60. The official dictionary is called SOWPODS. In contrast to American tournaments, players do not lose a move if they challenge a valid word, which in general means more words are challenged. There are only Scrabble competitions for primary and secondary school students in Hong
Word square been published in "The Enigma" and other puzzle magazines as "Something Different" squares. A specimen of the order-six square (or 6-square) was first published in English in 1859; the 7-square in 1877; the 8-square in 1884; and the 9-square in 1897. Here are examples of English word squares up to order eight: The following is one of several "perfect" nine-squares (all words in major dictionaries, uncapitalized, and unpunctuated): A 10-square is naturally much harder to find, and a "perfect" 10-square has been hunted since 1897. It has been called the Holy Grail of logology. Various methods have produced partial results