Yes there is supposed to be a gap after the S. These are not straps, they are traps where you might mistakenly put an S. This topic came to me after an A Grader at the tournament mentioned to me they had been challenged off when they put an S after a 2 letter word. I then remembered that at club last week I had challenged another A Grade player when they put an S after a different 2 letter word. If A Grade players can make this mistake it should be good revision for other pla

On Monday I made a mistake when I challenged a short word starting with KOR. There are just 14 words of 3-5 letters highlighted in the list below. Did you know all of them or, like me, would you have wasted 5 points challenging any of them? KOR - Hebrew unit of measure. Takes the standard plural of KORS KORA - African musical instrument. Standard plural of KORAS KORE - Greek statue of a young woman. KORES is one of 2 plurals KORO - Elderly Maori man. Standard

I have already done blogs covering words that can be useful when you have a Q but do not have any U's. The letter U is not a favourite for most people, so if you happen to have two of them with your Q you probably want to dispose of them both at once. So the following is a list of 5 and 6 letter words including QUU. QUEUE To line-up for service. Also QUEUED and QUEUER QUIPU A system of knotted cords used by the Incas for calculation or putting information in order. It is also

I is quite a useful letter, particularly in -IER, -IEST and -ING endings. However it is quite a common letter so getting 3 of them on your rack at the same time is a familiar problem. When that happens it is important that you play two of them, so knowing all the 4 letter words like MINI and KIWI can be a very useful rack balancing tool. Here are 12 of the less well known ones: BIDI - A hand rolled cigarette. Also BEEDI and BEEDIE FIFI - A type of hook HIOI

The following is a list of 7 words that contain very common letters, but are words that an intermediate level scrabbler might not have known. They are useful words to know because each one is the only 7 letter word possible with those letters. They are also words that you might have thought you could pluralise with an S, but that letter cannot be added to any of them. ARENOSE This is an adjective describing something as containing sand or being sandy. Another word with the sa

There are some words that end with a Y that take a surprising S If the previous letter is a consonant the plural is normally -IES BY --- It is not surprising that this takes an S, but there are several related words ending with BY which also take an S. FLYBY, STANDBY and SWINGBY. Also falling into the same category is a variation of goodbye. GOODBY is also allowed without the E and you can put an S on that spelling as well DRY --- The meaning of the word DRY that allows plura

One of the definitions that I learned a long time ago was the word AA In casual matches against friends they would ask "what's that?" AA - Volcanic rock. Angular blocks of lava with a rough surface You all knew that word, but here are 3 letter words with AA together: AAH - An verb expressing surprise. AAHS, AAHED, AAHING AAL - The Indian mulberry tree. AAS - The plural of AA BAA - To cry like a sheep. BAAS, BAAED, BAAING CAA - (Scots) To call. CAAS, CAAED, CAAING