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
Super Scrabble This was done to make more opportunities for plurals and third person verbs. Many of the same strategies that are applied in standard "Scrabble" play can be utilized in this version. Premiums play a larger role in "Super Scrabble", due to both the presence of quadruple letter and word scores, and also because near the edge of the board, double word scores are spaced closely together, making it much easier to score a "double-double". In addition, opportunities for bingos are increased due to the three extra squares in each direction. For the same reason, hooks can play a larger part