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New Year... New Words

Posted by Megel Barker on Tuesday, January 6, 2015,
Finally made it 500.

So far I have familiarised myself with the 'vowel set' for both 7 and 8s, which has improved my play considerably. 

Last year September, I set myself a target of covering the first 500 most probable bingoes in scrabble. Using a combination of Zyzzyva and Aerolith.org, I have finally achieved my scrabble target. This was not a smooth ride as I have not been as committed as I should be. However, comparing my progress now with where I was a year ago, has made me realise how im...
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I am here, take me scrabble!

Posted by Megel Barker on Saturday, April 5, 2014,
I have decided to devote the rest of my gaming life to improve my scrabble. I have played a bit of chess but alas no improvement. To be fair, I struggle to remember the variations and always missed tactical moves even novices find easy. So after years of buying chess books and watching chess videos and joining ICC and playchess.com, I gave up - for now...

Aerolith.org was first introduced to me by the scholarly ebook - The Scrabble Players' Handbook- a masterful collection of important insight...
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Megel Barker A teacher of mathematics who enjoys playing scrabble, and who has naively saddled himself with the goal of improving his game to an expert level.
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