GENERAL SCRABBLE LINKS
National Scrabble Association
www.scrabble-assoc.com
The National Scrabble Association (NSA) sanctions club and tournament play in North America. Individuals may join the NSA for $20/year. Membership includes a subscription to the Scrabble News (8 issues per year), eligibility to play in NSA tournaments and receive an official rating, a copy of the Official Tournament Rules, helpful word lists, strategy tips, and more.
cross-tables.com
www.cross-tables.com
The motherlode of Scrabble tournament statistics - tournament calendar and results, individual statistics, ratings and rankings.
School Scrabble Program
http://school.scrabble-assoc.com/
The School Scrabble program helps educators organize classroom and school Scrabble programs. Each spring, some 200 students compete in the annual National School Scrabble Championship (NSS). Students in grades 5-8 compete on two member teams. The NSSC was televised on ESPN in 2007.
Hasbro
www.scrabble.com
Scrabble is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. This is the official Hasbro Scrabble site.
PLAYING SCRABBLE ONLINE
Internet Scrabble Club
www.isc.ro
Create an account, download the software, and play live Scrabble games with players from around the world. WARNING: The ISC is highly addictive!
Pixie Pit Email Scrabble
http://www.thepixiepit.co.uk/scrabble.htm
Email turns from player to player. A great way to play Scrabble AND keep in touch with family and friends.
SCRABBLE GEAR
Word Gear
www.wordgear.com
Books, clothing, gifts, etc. The Official Tournament and Club Word List (OWL2) can be purchased from Word Gear.
Sam Timer
www.samtimer.com
Digital clocks, custom boards, custom tiles, tile bags, etc. Who knew there was so much Scrabble gear?
PROTILES
www.protiles.net
Custom tiles for tournament play (see the Resources page for a word about tiles).
STUDY AND WORD JUDGE PROGRAMS
Zyzzyva
http://zyzzyva.net/
Zyzzyva is a word study and word judge program that can be downloaded for free. The Zyzzyva Word Judge program is frequently used in NSA tournament play. By the way, zyzzyva is the last word in the English dictionary.
Quackle
http://web.mit.edu/jasonkb/www/quackle/
Game playing, analysis and study tool.
SCRABBLE CLUBS on the WEB
(Some are quite informative, others . . . not so much; listed in no particular order; the Ottawa, ON club has some terrific study resources)
Denver, CO - http://www.mancine.com/scrabble/club_details.html Our friends to the north
Murray, UT - http://utahscrabble.com/
Tucson, AZ - www.tucsonscrabble.com
Tempe, AZ - www.tempescrabble.com
Philadelphia, PA - www.phillyscrabble.com
Farmingdale, NY - http://www.freewebs.com/hardscrabbleclub/index.htm
New York, NY - http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeskktx/
Lexington, MA - http://www.wolfberg.net/scrabble/lexington/
Charleston, WV - http://www.wvscrabble.com/
Los Angeles, CA - http://www.thescrabbleclub.com/
Palo Alto, CA - http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/pa-scrabble/
San Jose, CA - http://www.yak.net/kablooey/scrabble.html
Portland, OR - http://mysite.verizon.net/actionkbd/PSC_Website/PSC_Homepage.htm
Seattle, WA - http://www.seattlescrabble.org/
Skokie, IL - http://scrabbleclub340.com/
Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN - http://www.bachster.com/scrabble/
Bedford, TX - http://www.scrabbletx.org/
Bryan, TX - http://www.scrabbletx.com/
Houston, TX - http://hometown.aol.com/jnhouse/myhomepage/
MIT - http://web.mit.edu/~jasonkb/www/scrabble/
Ohio State - http://scrabbleclub.org.ohio-state.edu/
Ottawa, ON - www.ottawascrabbleclub.com Check out the Study Room for some great tools for improving your game
Toronto, ON - www.torontoscrabbleclub.com The oldest NSA club in existence
Vancouver, BC - http://ca.geocities.com/vscrabblec/
Victoria, BC - http://www.victoriascrabbleclub.org/
FINALLY, FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY RANDOM
Stop Motion Scrabble on You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4DcptfsruQ 