Scrabble Strategy
IMPROVE YOUR GAME
Sharpen your Scrabble strategy with focused lessons and practical tips from Matthew O’Connor, World Youth Scrabble Champion. You can watch his educational Scrabble broadcasts on Twitch and YouTube. If you have a question or an idea for Matthew’s next strategy stream, contact him!
MATTHEW’S STRATEGY LESSONS
Closed Board Dynamics
Game Theory in Scrabble
Mastering the Unseen Tiles
Time Management
Opponent Exploitation
Synergy and the Q Tile
When to Exchange
Endgames and Pre-endgames
Tournament Situations
Setups
Defense
Relative Leave Value
How to Use Quackle
Range Finding
STRATEGY GUIDES
Learn from the wisdom and experience of expert Scrabble players by checking out their published strategy guides.
The Scrabble Player’s Handbook
Co-written by several expert Scrabblers
This handbook is a definitive and free ebook on how to play Scrabble, written by many of the best tournament players in the world. These elite players have spent over a year combining their knowledge into this free, amazing Scrabble resource.
How to Play Scrabble like a Champion
by Joel Wapnick
In his powerful guide to Scrabble strategy and tactics, he explains such important aspects of the game as how to play the odds, and offers tips for keeping opponents mentally off balance. But the biggest secret of his system is an unbeatable technique for memorizing lists of high-scoring words.
101 Ways to Win at Scrabble
by Barry Grossman
Inside this little book one of Britain’s top Scrabble players reveals his top tips for all day, everyday Scrabble success.
Scrabble Secrets: Own the Board
by Mark Nyman
Inside the covers of this little book lie the secrets of Britain’s first Scrabble World Champion and World Scrabble Championship 2016 runner-up Mark Nyman.
Scrabble Solved
by Kenji Matsumoto
Scrabble Solved analyzes advanced Scrabble play. It explains a myriad of Scrabble topics at an advanced level, in a way that anyone can understand. Whether you want to be a top player or you just want to understand Scrabble’s complexities, this is the book for you.
Word
by Kenji Matsumoto
Word covers basic Scrabble concepts (such as anagramming and board vision) to more complex concepts such as leaves, fishing, setups, and endgame. While it describes these concepts at a high level, it is written simply, at a level that anyone can understand.