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Last-modified: 15 Jun 1995 Archive-name: games/scrabble-faq/general Scrabble Frequently Asked Questions This article is posted monthly to the Usenet newgroups rec.games.board, rec.puzzles.crosswords, rec.answers and news.answers.  Other ways to obtain it are   ANONYMOUS FTP to rtfm.mit.edu (18.181.0.24) and get the files     /pub/usenet/news.answers/games/scrabble-faq/general     /pub/usenet/news.answers/games/scrabble-faq/supplement   EMAIL (for those without ftp access) send     To: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it     Subject:     send /pub/usenet/news.answers/games/scrabble-faq/general     send /pub/usenet/news.answers/games/scrabble-faq/supplement A hypertext version is available in http://www.interport.net/~stevena/faq.html. If you have suggestions or better information on any of these topics, please mail me at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with FAQ in the subject. 1.    What this FAQ covers 2.    The trademark Scrabble 3.    Organized Scrabble activity 3.1.     National Scrabble Association and Association of Premier          Scrabble P_layer_s 3.2.     Clubs 3.3.     Tournaments 3.3.1.      North American, UK and world championships 3.3.1.1.       Winners of the North American championships 3.3.1.2.       Winners of the World (English language) championships 3.3.2.      How club and tournament Scrabble differs from the rules             in the box 3.3.3.      The Official Scrabble P_layer_s Dictionary and Official             Scrabble Words 3.3.3.1.       Why are all those stupid/non-English/indecent words                allowed? 3.3.3.2.       Words removed from OSPD 1st ed. in 2nd ed. 3.3.3.3.       Current corrections to the OSPD 2nd ed. 3.3.3.4.       Current corrections to the Franklin Electronic OSPD 3.3.3.5.       Expurgation of OSPD 3.3.4.      Tournament pairings 3.3.5.      Tournament ratings 3.3.6.      Upcoming tournaments 3.4.     Organizations conducting Scrabble activity outside North          America and the UK 3.5.     Scrabble by surface mail 3.6.     Crossword games on the Internet 3.6.1.      Crossword games servers 3.6.2.      Crossword games mailing list 3.6.3.      Crossword games related homepages 4.    Differences between Scrabble in North America and in the UK 5.    Publications on Scrabble 5.1.     Periodicals 5.1.1.      Scrabble News 5.1.2.      Tourney News 5.1.3.      Non-North American periodicals 5.1.3.1.       Onwords 5.1.4.      Defunct periodicals 5.1.4.1.       Letters for Expert P_layer_s 5.1.4.2.       Matchups 5.1.4.3.       Medleys 5.1.4.4.       Rack Your Brain 5.2.     Books 5.3.     Word lists 5.4.     Word study software 6.    Basic tactics and methods 7.    Typical games 7.1.     Typical scores 7.2.     Frequency of bingos 8.    Scrabble records 8.1.     Actual 8.2.     Theoretical 8.3.     Blocked games 9.    Scrabble variants 10.   Play-by-mail games 11.   Scrabble paraphernalia 11.1.    Tiles 11.2.    Clocks 11.3.    Miscellaneous 12.   Computer versions of Scrabble 12.1.    CrossWise (IBM PC) 12.2.    Gameboy Super Scrabble (hand-held) 12.3.    Maven (Macintosh) 12.4.    Monty Plays Scrabble (hand-held) 12.5.    Scramble (IBM PC) 12.6.    Tyler (IBM PC, Macintosh) 12.7.    US Gold Scrabble (IBM PC, Amiga, Atari ST) 12.8.    Vic Rice's Game (IBM PC) 12.9.    Virgin Mastertronic (IBM PC, Macintosh) 12.10.   WordsWorth (IBM PC) 12.11.   STrabbler (Atari) 12.12.   Unix Scrabble (Unix) 12.13.   CRAB (Unix, Sun, Vax and Macintosh) 12.14.   Scrabble Door (IBM PC BBS) 12.15.   Two-P_layer_ Scrabble (IBM PC) 13.   Glossary A0.   Copyright A1.   Credits [In the supplement:] A2.   Roster of clubs in the US and Canada A3.   Upcoming North American tournaments A4.   Contacts for major Scrabble organizations worldwide 1.    What this FAQ covers This article is about English language Scrabble, or more properly, Scrabble Brand Crossword Game.  It is North American-centric (and to a lesser extent covers the UK), but information regarding English language Scrabble played anywhere is welcome. 2.    The trademark Scrabble Scrabble is a registered trademark owned in the United States and Canada by Milton Bradley Company, a division of Hasbro, Inc.  In Great Britain and everywhere else in the world, by J.W. Spear & Sons PLC. Selchow & Righter, listed as the US owner on many of your boards, was bought

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