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Review by Efrain Rivera Jr. for Scrabble Spanish
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I live in Puerto Rico. My friends and I usually play in both in English and Spanish at the same time. But if you what to learn Spanish I will recommend playing the game entirely en Español. I will give you the pros and cons of this version:Pros:
1. You can make higher scores in Spanish. K-8 points, W-8 points, Q-8 points but much easier to use, LL-8 points, RR-8 points, Ñ-8 points, and it is much easier to get rid of all your letters than in English.
2. Spanish words are written just as you pronounce them (that is why there are no Spanish spelling bees).
3. You can learn Spanish in a fun way, plus the game can be used in English and it has a couple more vowels.Cons:
1. There are no really good Spanish dictionaries, other than the Spanish Royal Academy Dictionary (Amazon has it at a reasonable price). And no Spanish Scrabble dictionary is to be found. This will make it hard on verb conjugation.Whether you play it in Spanish or English or both the Spanish tiles are definitely better. Go ahead and try this version. Come on, you know you what to.

Review by for Scrabble Spanish
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I’m a Spanish teacher and I found this game in a closet when I started teaching at my current school. I only teach the first two years of Spanish. To play the game entirely in Spanish is difficult and takes forever with new learners. We play in Spanish and English. If the student plays an English word they receive the normal amout of points. If the student plays a Spanish word he/she receives double the point value in addition to any extra points offered by the squares on the board. We had a 72 point Spanish word the other day. It is great fun and the students bury themselves in Spanish dictionaries trying to find the next big word!

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I’m bilingual (Spanish/English) but my elderly mother’s command of English is limited. Decades ago we bought a “foreign edition” Scrabble set, manufactured by Selchow & Righter Co. of Bay Shore, NY. Our set is truly a Spanish version, lacking “k” but with “ñ,” “ll,” and “rr” (the latter two no longer individual letters in Spanish) and with plenty of the more common vowels in the Spanish language. The letter values differ from the English values, commensurate with their degree of usage in each language. The last copyright notice on the Spanish game is from 1953. We bought it in the early 70′s. Why didn’t Hasbro follow this edition for their Spanish version? It is definitely a more accurate and educational one!

Review by Amber K for Scrabble Spanish
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according to Wikipedia at [...] the English-language editions of Scrabble contain 100 letter tiles, in the following distribution:

* 2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)

* 1 point: E ×12, A ×9, I ×9, O ×8, N ×6, R ×6, T ×6, L ×4, S ×4, U ×4

* 2 points: D ×4, G ×3

* 3 points: B ×2, C ×2, M ×2, P ×2

* 4 points: F ×2, H ×2, V ×2, W ×2, Y ×2

* 5 points: K ×1

* 8 points: J ×1, X ×1

* 10 points: Q ×1, Z ×1

This distribution of letters has not changed since Alfred Butts invented the game in 1938.

Spanish-language sets sold within North America (known as Scrabble – Edición en Español) use these 103 tiles:

* 2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)

* 1 point: A ×11, E ×11, O ×8, S ×7, I ×6, U ×6, N ×5, L ×4, R ×4, T ×4

* 2 points: C ×4, D ×4, G ×2

* 3 points: M ×3, B ×3, P ×2

* 4 points: F ×2, H ×2, V ×2, Y ×1

* 6 points: J ×2

* 8 points: K ×1, LL ×1, Ñ ×1, Q ×1, RR ×1, W ×1, X ×1

* 10 points: Z ×1

Spanish-language sets sold outside North America use these 100 tiles:

* 2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)

* 1 point: A ×12, E ×12, O ×9, I ×6, S ×6, N ×5, L ×4, R ×5, U ×5, T ×4

* 2 points: D ×5, G ×2

* 3 points: C ×4, B ×2, M ×2, P ×2

* 4 points: H ×2, F ×1, V ×1, Y ×1

* 5 points: CH ×1, Q ×1

* 8 points: J ×1, LL ×1, Ñ ×1, RR ×1, X ×1

* 10 points: Z ×1

Stress accents are disregarded. The letters K and W are absent since these two letters are rarely used in Spanish words. According to FISE (Federación Internacional de Scrabble en Español) rules, a blank cannot be used to represent K or W.

Using one C and one H tile in place of the CH tile, two L tiles for the LL tile, or two R tiles for the RR tile is also not allowed in Spanish Scrabble (see rules in Spanish provided by the FISE).

Review by Fulminic for The Scrabble Word-Building Book: Updated Edition
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The word building book has finally been updated after 16 years. Meanwhile the official Scrabble dictionary has been updated twice. The new edition is worthwhile, especially with the 2 and 3 letter lists which are essential for playing Scrabble well.

Meanwhile, SCRABBLE Wordbook and Bob’s Bible: Words, Anagrams and Hooks offer a lot more to the beginning, serious and expert players. The Wordbook has been a staple of Scrabble tournament players since the late 1980s. It’s chockful of lists and ideas for studying. It’s only two drawbacks are the tiny print (for some) and the removal of words like FATSO that are legal in tournaments (it’s the school edition). The author does offer free bookmarks with the missing words.

Bob’s Bible is my favorite tournament study book. The latest edition includes lists of the 2s, 3s, 4s and even 5s. The main section is a full (offical) list of 2-8 letter words. Next to each word are the front hooks and the back hooks to make words one letter longer… like STAMPED e (makes stampede!) Below each word are all the anagrams. So underneath SENATOR it lists atoners, santero and treason. There are even Jumble quizzes for thousands of words you need to know. The special Q-word section has words like QI QAT QANAT QABALAH TRANQ etc and also BUQSHA, OBLOQUY, EXEQUY and COLLOQUY (not to mention MBAQANGA).

The coolest 2 sections in the book are lists of all, and only, the words that have front hooks, and a section for back hooks that change the meaning of the word or are non-standard plurals like AE. These are alphabetically listed for each word length from 2 to 8.

By all means, get the Word-Building book, but get Bob’s Bible: Words, Anagrams and Hooks and SCRABBLE Wordbook first!

Review by Andi for The Scrabble Word-Building Book: Updated Edition
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So happy to have an updated version of this to replace my worn out copy. We use this book as a standard for all our favorite word games: Scrabble, Triversity & Quiddler.

Review by James E. Arruda for The Scrabble Word-Building Book: Updated Edition
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Great book with many great clues and the 2 and 3 letter word sections are great for all scrabble players !! Highly recommend

Review by Charles for The Scrabble Word-Building Book: Updated Edition
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Great for building words with those hard consonants (q,z). There are free online and android app alternatives to this. But overall, not bad to have in paperback form.

Review by Mary Ann Larson for The Scrabble Word-Building Book: Updated Edition
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Use it more than any other book I own. Can not get through a game without checking at least once on a word.