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    BOX 700, GREENPORT, NY 11944

    IMPORTANT WORDSTO RAISE YOUR SCORE

    2-Letter Words

    Short Q Words

    Short X Words

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    3-Letter WordsAAHAALAASABAABOABSABYACEACTADDADOADSADZAFFAFTAGAAGEAGOAGSAHAAHIAHSAIDAILAIMAINAIRAISAITALAALBALEALLALPALSALTAMAAMIAMPAMUANAANDANEANIANTANYAPEAPOAPPAPTARBARCAREARFARKARMARSARTASHASKASPASSATEATTAUKAVAAVEAVOAWAAWEAWLAWNAXE

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  • Bingos

    A play that uses all 7 of your tilesscores a 50 point bonus, and ispopularly referred to as a bingo.Bingos are the key to high scores, andthey can be much easier to find thanyou may think.

    Since unscrambling 7 letters tomake a word can be a challenging task,experienced players use tricks tosearch for 7-letter words byunscrambling just 4, 5 or 6 of theirletters. Chief among these tricks is tolook for common word endings andprefixes in your rack. For instance, ifyou have an I, an N and a G in yourrack, you can move them to the end ofyour rack to make the - ING ending,and look at the remaining 4 letters tosee if you can make a 4-letter verb outof them. Once you have the habit ofwatching for common endings,making a 7-letter word out of the rackNNPGATI is as easy as making a 4-letter word out of NPAT, becauseyoull first try rearranging the rack toNPAT-ING.

    Some common endings to look forare -S, -ES, -ED, -ER, -LY,-ING, -ERS, -IER, -EST and-IES. Some common word prefixesare RE-, UN-, DE- and OUT-.Here are some racks that may lookformidable at first glance, but quicklyyield 7-letter words when rearrangedto try common endings and prefixes:

    ULIRERC ULRC-IER CURLIERLTNCUAH UN-LTCAH UNLATCHDALGETO ALGTO-ED GLOATEDITEULVO OUT-IELV OUTLIVERMNAEAG MNAAG-ER MANAGER

    A AA EA IO EO IEAUAEONAEROAGEEAGIOAGUEAIDEAJEEAKEEALAEALEEALOEAMIAAMIEANOAAQUAAREAARIA

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    Vowel Dumps

    These word lists are adapted from The Complete Wordbook for Game Players by Mike Baron,Sterling Publishing, 2004 and the Official Tournament and Club Word List, Second Edition, 2006.For information about The Wordbook, see www.scrabble-assoc.com/wordgear.

    2-Letter Words and Their Hooks

    This list shows all the 2-letter words, from AA to ZA. On either side of each 2-letter word are the lettersthat can be hooked onto the front or back of the 2-letter word to make a 3-letter word. For example,B can be added to the front of AA to make the word BAA, and H, L and S can be added to the back ofAA to make the words AAH, AAL and AAS.

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    bcdfghlmprstw AD doszghkmnstw AE

    bdfghjlmnrstwyz AG aeosabdhnpry AH ais

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    bcdghjlnprty AM aipubcdfgmnprtvw AN adeity

    bcefgjlmoptvwy AR bcefkmstabfghklmprtvwz AS hkps

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