The Official Scrabble Puzzle Book
Autor Joe Edleyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 1997
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National champion Joe Edley aims to enhance your SCRABBLE-playing skills. Discover tips, shortcuts, and special plays in actual game situations, and a battery of increasingly complex puzzles as you learn to play with the pros
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780671569006
ISBN-10: 0671569007
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 188 x 236 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:Original
Editura: Gallery Books
ISBN-10: 0671569007
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 188 x 236 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:Original
Editura: Gallery Books
Notă biografică
Joe Edley is the coauthor of Everything SCRABBLE® the Definitive Book on SCRABBLE!, the only two-time national champion in SCRABBLE history, and the associate director for games and tournaments at the National SCRABBLE Association. He was born in 1947 and raised in Detroit, and earned a B.A. in mathematics and philosophy from Wayne State University where he was the campus chess champion. In 1978 he took up playing SCRABBLE with the intent of becoming an expert. He won the 1980 National SCRABBLE® Championship and continued to play and promote SCRABBLE by directing the San Francisco SCRABBLE Club. In 1988 he was hired by Williams & Company in Greenport, New York, to help promote the game. Ile organized and directed the 1988, 1989, and 1990 National SCRABBLE® Championships. He returned to championship play to win the 1992 National SCRABBLE® Championship.Mr. Edley married in October 1993; his daughter, Amber, was born in April 1995. Among his hobbies are creating and solving puzzles and playing a variety of games including backgammon, chess, and pool. He also likes to bike, in-line skate, jump rope, meditate doing tai chi chuan, watch movies, and read science fiction.
Descriere
From the only two-time national champion in Scrabble history comes a challenging and extensive collection of 1,000 Scrabble puzzles. Diagrams throughout.
Cuprins
Contents
ABOUT THIS BOOK
PART ONE: READING THE BOARD
1 Notations, Definitions, and a Short Word List
2 Two-Letter Words
Answers
3 Placing Your Words on Hot Spots
Answers
4 Bonus Squares, One at a Time
Answers
5 Bonus Squares, Two at a Time
Answers
6 Bonus Squares, Choice of Five
Answers
7 The J, Q, X, and Z
Answers
8 The Highest-Scoring Play, No Hints!
Answers
PART TWO: BALANCING YOUR RACK
9 Three-Tile Plays
Answers
10 Four-Tile Plays
Answers
11 Five-Tile Plays
Answers
PART THREE: PLAYING ALL SEVEN TILES
12 Bingos: Beginnings and Endings, the Key to Success
Answers
PART FOUR: MAKING THE IDEAL PLAY
13 A Practical Guide for Choosing the Ideal Play
14 Actual Game Positions: Your Move!
Answers
ABOUT THIS BOOK
PART ONE: READING THE BOARD
1 Notations, Definitions, and a Short Word List
2 Two-Letter Words
Answers
3 Placing Your Words on Hot Spots
Answers
4 Bonus Squares, One at a Time
Answers
5 Bonus Squares, Two at a Time
Answers
6 Bonus Squares, Choice of Five
Answers
7 The J, Q, X, and Z
Answers
8 The Highest-Scoring Play, No Hints!
Answers
PART TWO: BALANCING YOUR RACK
9 Three-Tile Plays
Answers
10 Four-Tile Plays
Answers
11 Five-Tile Plays
Answers
PART THREE: PLAYING ALL SEVEN TILES
12 Bingos: Beginnings and Endings, the Key to Success
Answers
PART FOUR: MAKING THE IDEAL PLAY
13 A Practical Guide for Choosing the Ideal Play
14 Actual Game Positions: Your Move!
Answers