Scrabble resources
Things worth printing, bookmarking or handing to a new club member. The cheat sheets are not ours: they are made by Seth Lipkin and Keith Smith at cross-tables.com, and club players tell us they are hard to beat, so they come first.
Cheat sheets (cross-tables.com)
One dense page each: two- and three-letter words, Q without U, vowel dumps, hooks and the other lists a tournament player wants at a glance. Print the one for your dictionary.
- Cheat sheet, NWL23For NASPA club and tournament play in the United States and Canada. The one to print if you play NWL2023.
- Cheat sheet, International 2024 (CSW24)For Collins play in the UK and the rest of the world, including WESPA events.
- Cheat sheet, CSW24 with Collins-only words in redSame sheet, with the words that are valid in Collins but not in NWL picked out in red. Handy if you switch between the two.
- Cheat sheet, WOW24For WGPO tournaments.
- Collins teaserA taste of Collins-only words for NWL players who are curious.
- Cheat sheet for home playersKitchen-table version without the tournament-only detail.
- Cheat sheet for school playersFor School Scrabble programs.
- Scrabble tips from Mike BaronA few pages of strategy that hold up.
- All cheat sheets at cross-tables.comIncluding older editions and the version history.
Printable lists from Scrabble Word Checker
- Two-letter words, NWL2023 (PDF)Every two-letter word with a short definition, one page.
- Two-letter words, CSW24 (PDF)
- Three-letter words, NWL2023 (PDF)
- Three-letter words, CSW24 (PDF)
- Q words without U (PDF)Both lists, marked.
Study lists
- Two-letter wordsWith definitions, NWL2023 and CSW24 side by side.
- Three-letter words
- Q words without U
- Highest-scoring words by length
- New words in NWL2023
- New words in CSW24
- NWL2023 vs CSW24Which dictionary applies where, and how they differ.
- All word listsBy length, by starting and ending letter, tricky tiles, Wordle patterns.
Tools on this site
- Word checkerValid or not, definition, points, and a bonus-square calculator for the full score of a play.
- Tournament modeWord judge for clubs: up to eight words, one Acceptable or Unacceptable verdict, nothing given away.
- How the word judge worksExplainer and common questions for club directors.
- Free JSON APIhttps://scrabble-checker.com/api/word/{word}
Official bodies and community
- NASPANorth American Scrabble Players Association: clubs, tournaments, ratings, and the NWL2023 list.
- NWL2023 at NASPA
- ZyzzyvaNASPA's free study and word-judge program for Windows, Mac and Linux.
- Collins Scrabble WordsThe CSW24 lexicon and Collins' own checker.
- WESPAWorld English-Language Scrabble Players Association.
- cross-tables.comTournament results, ratings, annotated games and player pages, by Seth Lipkin and Keith Smith.
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