{"product_id":"0671569007-the_official_scrabble_puzzle_book","title":"The Official Scrabble Puzzle Book","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eThere is a certain mental process that good SCRABBLEr game players undergo as they look for good plays. The puzzles in this book are designed not only for entertainment but to help the average player develop that process. It's possible for someone with an average vocabulary, enlarged only with the two hundred extra words listed on pages 7-8, to solve every one of the puzzles in this book. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is a suggestion for the aspiring expert: Start with a board and tiles in front of you. Recreate the diagrams and racks and rearrange your tiles while trying to find the solutions. For each diagram of five puzzles, take at most thirty minutes to solve them, and then look at the answers. Ask yourself what you could have thought that would have led you to the answers. This process of replaying in your mind how you can improve your thinking can have a profound influence on developing your crossword game skills. If you don't get useful results from this \"questioning\" process, then don't labor over it. Let the questions simply alert you that you'd like the answers at some future time, and then forget about them. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course, for those who aren't easily frustrated, you may enjoy the challenge of spending extra time to earn the very best score attainable. For those readers, I say good luck! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart One \u003c\/strong\u003e is all about learning how to \"read the board.\" \"Reading the board,\" in part, is being able to find the open rows and columns where you'll be able to score the most points, and where you cannot. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1 \u003c\/strong\u003eshows you how to read our notational system and learn some important and useful definitions. There's also a short word list of about two hundred words, including all ninety-seven twoletter words, that you'll want to learn in order to solve all the puzzles and increase your word-game skills. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2 \u003c\/strong\u003eis all about learning the best way to utilize two-letter words. There are a hundred puzzles, and every two-letter word is showcased in order to familiarize the reader with them. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3 \u003c\/strong\u003eis about using bonus squares, two-letter words, and making parallel plays. 50 puzzles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapters 4-6 \u003c\/strong\u003eare designed to increase your ability to use bonus squares effectively. The complexity increases with each chapter. 150 puzzles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7 \u003c\/strong\u003eshows how to take advantage of the J, Q, X, and Z. 50 puzzles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8 \u003c\/strong\u003ewill give you a tougher challenge. These puzzles combine all you've learned in the previous chapters. 50 puzzles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Two \u003c\/strong\u003eis about playing the weaker combinations of letters from your rack in order to save the really good ones. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9 \u003c\/strong\u003egives practice playing off three tiles at a time. 50 puzzles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10 \u003c\/strong\u003ecan help you learn how to play off four tiles at a time. 50 puzzles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11 \u003c\/strong\u003eis devoted to practicing finding five-tile plays. 100 puzzles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Three \u003c\/strong\u003eis all about playing all seven tiles of your rack at once. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12 \u003c\/strong\u003eshows how to find seven- and eight-letter plays. 150 puzzles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Four \u003c\/strong\u003eis about the theory and practice of making the Ideal Play each turn. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13 \u003c\/strong\u003eexplains how to go about finding the Ideal Play. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14 \u003c\/strong\u003egives real game positions and analyzes them in order to give you a framework for how experts think. 50 puzzles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrafts, Hobbies \u0026amp; Home\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrafts \u0026amp; Hobbies\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eGuided Journals\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":48819467092158,"sku":"0671569007-4","price":16.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81M7-wIzsnL.jpg?v=1788194169","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0671569007-the_official_scrabble_puzzle_book","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}