I enjoy Scrabble.
On my recent trip to Cincinnati I spent some time playing a game of Scrabble with Kate from Ohio and tried to teach her some standard useful tricks. I thought I’d spread some of the joy to you guys and provide some great tips for a beginner scrabble player
Often times we find ouselves with a surplus of vowels… try these to escape.
A surplus:
Aah, Aal (shrub), Aas (cindery lavas), Aba (garment), Aha
E surplus:
Etwee (a small case), Emeer, Eerie
I surplus:
Aalii (tropical tree), ilia (bone), Impi (body of warriors)
O surplus - these are almost too easy to get rid of so I’ll skip this category
U surplus:
Unau (3 toed sloth), Luau, Ulu (Eskimo knife)
a few great three letter ‘Z’ words:
Azo - containing Nitrogen
Zoa - whole product of a fertilized egg
Zek - soviet camp
Zax - a tool for cutting roof slates
A few of the easy Q words that are spelled without U’s:
Qat - a shrub
Qoph - Hebrew letter
Qindar & Qintar: monetary units
Qaid - Muslim leader
The powerful two letter words:
Jo, Ha, He, Ho, Hm
Note: An X and any vowel can make a word
Ax, Ex, Xi, Ox, Xu
And some general fun words to know:
Taj - it’s a hat and a great way to use a J.
Miaoued - A bingo with every vowel
