From the only two-time national champion in Scrabble history comes a challenging and extensive collection of 1,000 Scrabble puzzles. Diagrams throughout. Learn how to: Read the board and see where you can score the most points--and where you can't; Increase your word game skills with 97 must-know two-letter words; Build knockout numbers with bonus squares, two-letter words and parallel plays; Score with the high-point tiles: J, Q, X, and Z; Balance your rack by playing off weak three-, four-, and five-tile combinations; Find the key to success with bingos and seven-letter plays; Find the Ideal Play--eight questions to ask yourself, plus the Ideal Play on computer; Win a Scrabble --six key factors; Find the best play in real game action--fifty actual games recreated in this book, complete with the author's analysis and computer simulation results.