SCRABBLE™ Secrets

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SKU: 9780008591236
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This Book Will Seriously Improve Your Game

By Collins Scrabble and Mark Nyman

Series: Collins Little Books

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Scrabble, forage and fight for a copy. This is a wonderful, wonderful companion for all who get a kick from the manipulation of letters or words. Stephen Fry Discover the winning secrets of Britain’s first Scrabble World Champion Mark Nyman. Now updated with the latest words... Read More

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"Scrabble, forage and fight for a copy. This is a wonderful, wonderful companion for all who get a kick from the manipulation of letters or words."

Stephen Fry

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Scrabble, forage and fight for a copy. This is a wonderful, wonderful companion for all who get a kick from the manipulation of letters or words. Stephen Fry

Discover the winning secrets of Britain’s first Scrabble World Champion Mark Nyman. Now updated with the latest words from Collins Official Scrabble Words.

This book includes:

Tips and tricks that are perfect for Scrabble enthusiasts at any level with fun and easy ways to memorise words.
Find out how to handle a rack full of vowels or consonants.
Contains a full list of playable 2 and 3 letter words.
With a foreword from Austin Shin, two-time North American Scrabble Champion and UK National Champion – the only player to win both.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008591236

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 September 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Collins

Edition: 5th Revised edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 106.0mm

Height: 151.0mm

Weight: 190g

Pages: 224

Collections

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About the Author

Mark hails from Willesden, London, has a BSc honours degree in Maths and Stats from Bristol University, spent 10 years as Producer of Channel 4's Countdown and now lives in Knutsford, Cheshire. He was the first Countdown 'Champion of Champions', first UK player to win the World Scrabble Championship in 1993 in New York, and was World Scrabble runner-up in 1999 and 2016. He is also 4-time UK Scrabble Champion. He has 2 fantastic children Max and Kizzy, and is a long-suffering supporter of QPR.

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