How to win at Scrabble - Andrew Fisher

Scrabble is basically a straightforward game. The strategy used by top players can be easily understood and adopted by average players. Written by two international experts of the game, 'How to Win at Scrabble', for the first time, aims to describe in a readable and entertaining fashion the experts' strategies and techniques for winning at Scrabble. Their advice gives even Sunday afternoon players the chance to be the best.

With line diagrams of the board to help illustrate their points, the authors cover:

Words: the role and relative importance of words from 2 to 8 letters long

Word Learning: the techniques used by the world's top players to build massive vocabularies

Strategy: the fundamental thought processes that underlie the majority of moves made by top players

The Endgame: how the endgame differs from the rest of the game, and offers guidance on dealing with it

Mental Approach: an insight into the mental approach which enables players to maximise their performance

Improving your Game: how players of all standards can improve their game

Resources and Equipment: the products, internet sites and mailing lists likely to be of interest to Scrabble players

Competitive Scrabble: an insight into the competitive Scrabble scene across the world, including clubs, leagues and tournaments

World Championship annotated game: illustrates many of the principles covered in earlier chapters with a move-by-move analysis of a critical game from the 1999 World Championship.