If you're going to play professionally, such as at the National Scrabble Tournaments, you need to play by the rules. Buy an official dictionary and enforce the rules when playing with friends. You need to practice how you'll play if you're going to be a professional.  You can practice against other professionals online at the Internet Scrabble Club, a sort of meeting place for serious players.  This can help you learn the tricky, odd words needed to play professionally, like "umiak," "MBAQANGA," or "qi." A tournament is not like your classic living room Scrabble. There are rules and regulations to make sure everything goes smoothly. While you can read the entire rule-book here, the basics include:  Time yourself, starting and stopping with each turn. Recording score, for both players, after each turn. Drawing new tiles at eye level, with your palms open, looking away from the bag. The ability to call a "Hold," which gives you 15 seconds to challenge a word. Using a computer to adjudicate disputes. This is where the experts get into tournaments. They sanction the major events, which you only have to be a member to join. If you want to be a professional, this is the way to go. If you're looking to practice in person a bit, see if your town or city has a local Scrabble Club. This is a good place to practice some tournament play before going to WESPA if you're nervous. In Scrabble, words are your weapons. So, the more you know, the better you'll be. Take the time to thumb through the dictionary once a day. Find a word learning software such as 'Zyzzyva' and practice on a regular basis.  A few professionals actually make flash-cards and study the lists obsessively.  You can even look up lists for one letter-- like all words that contain "X" or "Q." While the official Scrabble dictionary doesn't contain profanity or slurs, they are actually all fair game in tournament play. Some tiles are worth a lot more than others -- the S, for example, is a powerful way to tack on an extra letter to just about any word. Blank tiles should be saved for a huge word or scoring play, since you can use them easily. And get rid of the Q quickly, while considering the opportunities to score. Just playing your tiles and scoring is generally better than holding on for a long time to get one great word or Triple Word Score. Just keep scoring away. Most players use a special feature on their score sheets to tile-track. This gets crucial as the game continues. If you're going to exchange, hoping to get a new vowel, you should know vaguely how many vowels are in the bag. You can find the exact numbers of each tile here.
العب باستخدام قاموس سكرابل الرسمي الذي يعاقب الكلمات المزيفة أو غير القانونية. تعلم آداب الدورات. انضم لرابطة لاعبي سكرابل في أمريكا الشمالية (NASPA) إن كنت تعيش في أمريكا الشمالية، أو رابطة لاعبي سكرابل بالإنجليزية حول العالم (WESPA) إن كنت تعيش بأي مكان آخر في العالم. ذاكر قوائم الكلمات بدقة كبيرة. اعرف قوة البلاطات المختلفة. تتبع عدد البلاطات.