Darryl Francis

This book is way beyond my current Scrabble skill level. I'm mostly just using the two-letter word list at present.

I'm annoyed by the fact this book (in spite of being the International edition) and published in 2002 is missing words like 'za', 'ki', 'fe' and 'ja' that are valid in the current (2008) SOWPODS lists available online. Maybe they weren't valid in 2002, I don't know.

That might be accounted for by the lists changing, but nothing excuses the omission of 'tom' from the three letter word list in this book, as that word is included in my 1977 copy of Chambers dictionary (and Chambers is always the base dictionary for UK Scrabble).

If I ever want to develop my Scrabble skills to the point of memorising large number of bingos and useful hooks, then I'll probably find this book more useful as it contains lists of absolutely everything. However, the errata I've discovered with my minimal word knowledge do not inspire me with great faith in the accuracy of the rest of the book.

I'd also have appreciated a few pages of basic tactical information and tips on how to go about using all the lists that are provided.… (meer)