My Word Games Blog

My Word Games Blog is a kind of mini-journal to let you know about...

• New additions and changes I've made to my website
• Interesting events and anecdotes from the world of word games
• The latest Word-Buff-Stuff! newsletter
• Miscellaneous things I happen to be thinking about.

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Jul 30, 2010, Crazy Two Letter Words Allowed In Scrabble

Here is a complete list of all the two letter words allowed in Scrabble, along with a clever way to remember them...

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Jul 27, 2010, How do experts memorize alphagrams with the words?

DO THEY ACTUALLY CRAM THE ALPHABETICAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE WORDS, OR DO THEY JUST ROUTINELY FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THE ARRANGEMENT. I AM TRYING OUT

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Jul 27, 2010, Does a challenge to a word which is correct cost the challenger their turn?

If a word is challenged and is looked up in the dictionary and is found to be correct, does the person who challenged incorrectly, lose the next turn?

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Jul 27, 2010, Snooze you lose?

My husband and I along with our 11 year old son were playing Scrabble. The game was almost over and I just finished playing my turn and went to take more

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Jul 27, 2010, Adult Spelling Bee Champion Gives His Top Tips

Adult spelling bee champion David Riddle gives detailed advice on how to win a spelling bee.

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Jul 26, 2010, Online Scrabble Dictionary for Scrabble Cheats

Avoid arguments, or cheat, with this handy online Scrabble dictionary. It's easy to use, and completely free..

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Jul 25, 2010, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

— Written for Monterey County's The Herald Last month I heard the heart-charging announcement of my imminent stage debut. I was selected as one

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Jul 24, 2010, Word Puzzles and Games - Very Cool Gift Ideas

Classy and original gift ideas for lovers of word puzzles and games.

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Jul 18, 2010, I have a bag of Scrabble tiles with no numeric values, only letters

About 20 years ago I purchased what I thought was a bag of Scrabble tiles. They look exactly like Scrabble tiles but they only have the letter - there's

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Jul 18, 2010, Crossword Puzzle Making Resources

Meet the man behind the most important crossword puzzle making resource on the Web.

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Jul 18, 2010, NIWUZZLE

A Niwuzzle is a nine-letter word puzzle. Each of the nine individual puzzles contains a nine-letter word. They can start with any letter, but subsequent

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Jul 16, 2010, Solving Crossword Puzzles Online

How to find, download, and solve free crossword puzzles online. Not just any puzzles either - these are the highest quality crosswords on the Web.

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