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Summary: warning--outdated word list
Review: I haven't used this myself, but have seen it. This book is based on the 2nd Edition of the OSPD (Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary). Many additions, corrections, and some deletions were made for the 3rd Edition of the OSPD (what is in use now, and since 1995-1996), so if do you buy this--be sure to correct the list yourself!
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Summary: Use as a supplement only
Review: I use this book to occasionally jog my memory or generate an idea for an add-on word if I'm stuck. The pages are clearly laid out and well-organized. But purists complain some of the "definitive" lists are out-of-date and incomplete.
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Summary: Use as a supplement only
Review: I use this book to occasionally jog my memory or generate an idea for an add-on word if I'm stuck. The pages are clearly laid out and well-organized. But purists complain some of the "definitive" lists are out-of-date and incomplete.
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Summary: study this book
Review: If you ever want to be a good Scrabble player, study this book!While a little dated (since words have been removed from legal play) it still is the most complete list for building words.
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Summary: Great supplement book!!!!!!
Review: If you ever wonder what you can put on the front or end of a word than this is the book for you. We love it. It comes in so handy when you have those odd letters.
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Summary: Scrabble Goes Educational
Review: Scrabble has been an integral part of our family for over 50 years. The originators (Grandmother and her sisters) were highly competitive and were totally against the idea of looking up words prior to playing. But, in order to encourage the game with the fourth generation, the rules have been relaxed.As a result, this book is extremely helpful to teach adding on to words and multiple-word plays. While it just consists of alphabetized lists, we make it a rule that you also have to look up the meaning of the word in the Scrabble dictionary, if not known.But beware... while the book is fairly complete, there are some words that are not included which can be found in earlier editions of the Official Scrabble Dictionary.So, the recommendation is, this makes a fun and wonderful companion book, but should not be relied on alone.
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Summary: Scrabble Goes Educational
Review: Scrabble has been an integral part of our family for over 50 years. The originators (Grandmother and her sisters) were highly competitive and were totally against the idea of looking up words prior to playing. But, in order to encourage the game with the fourth generation, the rules have been relaxed.As a result, this book is extremely helpful to teach adding on to words and multiple-word plays. While it just consists of alphabetized lists, we make it a rule that you also have to look up the meaning of the word in the Scrabble dictionary, if not known.But beware... while the book is fairly complete, there are some words that are not included which can be found in earlier editions of the Official Scrabble Dictionary.So, the recommendation is, this makes a fun and wonderful companion book, but should not be relied on alone.
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Summary: Outdated and incomplete...
Review: This 1991 volume is now old by 2 revisions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. It was missing a few words even when it was current, and since the later revisions to OSPD, it is now short by several thousand words. My recollection is it also was not very sensibly arranged and was printed in difficult to read fonts. If you can read this review, you already have the ability to obtain word- study and list-generating software by download that is up-to-date, complete, more user friendly, and of greater utility, not to mention free, tho of course not as portable as this handy paperback.
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Summary: Outdated and incomplete...
Review: This 1991 volume is now old by 2 revisions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. It was missing a few words even when it was current, and since the later revisions to OSPD, it is now short by several thousand words. My recollection is it also was not very sensibly arranged and was printed in difficult to read fonts. If you can read this review, you already have the ability to obtain word- study and list-generating software by download that is up-to-date, complete, more user friendly, and of greater utility, not to mention free, tho of course not as portable as this handy paperback.
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