Oversized paperback, published in 1994 and revised in 2001, has some advice on improving your scrabble play.
1. Build off other words, to get two scores for the price of one.
(I did this last night. Thanks to a blank, I had the word L E A K I N G. There was no place on the board to spell it, until I saw the word I O N sitting there, in just the right place. I spelled L I O N, with my L, thus getting those points - few as they were, admittledly, as well as everything for L E A K I N G, and then 50 points for using all my letters.)
2. There are 96 two-letter words. Even if you don't want to memorize word lists for the Us, Qs, and Xs, you should learn these. Inthis way, you can build off other words, or play parallel to them, which can build up your points.
3. Don't just stare at the tiles on your rack to see if a word appeares, move them around.
4. Always look fr plays parallel and adjacent to other worlds on the board.
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