Scrabble FAQ Contents

Table of contents
• What this FAQ covers
• The trademark Scrabble
• Organized Scrabble activity
  • National Scrabble Association and Association of British Scrabble Players
  • Clubs
  • Tournaments
    • North American, Canadian and World championships
      • Winners of the North American championships
      • Winners of the Canadian (English language) championships
      • Winners of the World (English language) championships
    • How club and tournament Scrabble differs from the rules in the box
    • The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary and Official Scrabble Words
      • Why are all those stupid/non-English/indecent words allowed?
      • Words removed from OSPD 1st ed. in 2nd ed.
      • Current corrections to the OSPD 2nd ed.
      • 9-letter root words in OSPD
      • Current corrections to the Franklin Electronic OSPD
      • Expurgation of OSPD and OSPD 3rd ed.
      • Successor to OSPD - TWL98
    • Tournament pairings
    • Tournament ratings
    • Upcoming North American tournaments
  • Organizations conducting Scrabble activity outside North America and the UK
  • Who plays with which dictionary and which rules?
  • Crossword games on the Internet
    • Crossword games servers
    • Crossword games mailing list
    • Crossword games related homepages
    • Crossword games related newsgroup
    • Chat
• Differences between Scrabble in North America and in the UK
• Publications on Scrabble
  • Periodicals
  • Books and CD-ROMs
  • Word lists
  • Word study/lookup software
• Basic tactics and methods
• Typical games
  • Typical scores
  • Frequency of bingos
• Scrabble records
  • Actual
  • Theoretical
  • Blocked games
• Scrabble variants
• Play-by-mail games
• Scrabble paraphernalia
  • Tiles
  • Clocks
  • Playing equipment
  • Miscellaneous
• Computer versions of Scrabble
• Glossary
• Litigation
• Roster of clubs in the US and Canada
• Contacts for major Scrabble organizations worldwide
• Copyright
• FAQ Policy
• Credits

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