Scrabble Crosswords


Book Description

How can dedicated SCRABBLE fans sharpen their skills when they’re not playing their favorite game? Here’s a collection of challenging puzzles in which every answer is an approved SCRABBLE word. There are no proper nouns, abbreviations, acronyms, or slang. As solvers work out the crossword answers, they’ll build a winning vocabulary for the game. And since each puzzle contains every letter in the alphabet, they’ll also learn new high-scoring words using the Q, the Z, and other high-value letters. All the words are guaranteed legally playable on the board, and have been checked in the fourth edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. SCRABBLE, the distinctive game board and letter tiles, and all associated logos are trademarks of Hasbro in the United States and Canada and are used with permission. � 2007 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.




The Official Scrabble Puzzle Book


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From the only two-time national champion in Scrabble history comes a challenging and extensive collection of 1,000 Scrabble puzzles. Diagrams throughout.




Really Clever Crosswords


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Match wits with one of the country’s most popular crossword creators. Since his first puzzle was published in the New York Times when he was nineteen years old, the author has been challenging newspaper readers from New York to San Diego and Miami to Spokane. Offering the elegance and sophistication of the toughest daily crosswords yet remaining accessible to newcomers, these 72 puzzles will test your knowledge of history, pop culture, science, literature, sports, and more, as well as your ability to figure out clever themes. If you enjoy solving conundrums such as “What the Russians did in 1999” (10 letters), and “Jean-Claude Van Damme sits on the fence” (14 letters), these really clever crosswords are for you! Answers: PUTINPUTIN, BELGIANWAFFLES




Scrabble Sticker Crosswords


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Stickers, SCRABBLE�, and crossword fun: what could be better? With these 25 super-simple puzzles based on the popular board game kids can effortlessly learn new vocabulary and practice both spelling and phonics. And they’ll really enjoy filling in the answers with stickers that look just like SCRABBLE tiles. As an additional clue, the grids include the value of each correct letter. So if the child gets stuck, and sees that the letter is five points, then he or she will know that it has to be a "K.” Six sheets with more than 500 reusable stickers are included.




SCRABBLE Bingo Crosswords


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In Scrabble, a bingo is when a player uses all seven tiles in one turn--and it's worth an extra 50 points. Now, with this collection of entertaining crosswords crafted by Longo, there's a quick, easy, and fun way to learn those high-scoring bingo words.




The World's Longest Crossword Puzzle


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It s nine squares high, 966 squares long, and with a colossal 2,439 answers to figure out: this is truly a record-breaking, brain-busting crossword puzzle! Crossword mavens can make a choice: they can either start a marathon solving session or come back to it time and time againdoing a little more and stretching out the pleasure. It starts simplywith easy first solutions. But as you get deeper into the puzzle, the clues get harder. Plus, as a fun extra, an excerpt from John F. Kennedy s 1961 inaugural address is woven throughout the puzzles, providing a running theme."




On Crosswords


Book Description

On Crosswords covers three major, interrelated topics: crossword history, kinds of crosswords and how crosswords relate to everything else. “Everything else” includes a breathtaking range of topics: marriage proposals, national politics, software development, counterespionage, typography and racism are just some of the high points. Readers will meet the personalities who have made the art form what it is today, and discover the many subspecies of crossword, each with its own personality. And they will walk away with the most complete understanding of the form that any single book can give.




Crosswordese


Book Description

This game changing guide to crosswords will improve your skills while exploring the hows, whys, and history of the crossword and its evolution over time, from antiquity to the age of LOL and MINAJ. Crossword puzzles have a language all their own. Packed full of trick clues, trivia about common answers, and crossword trends, Crosswordese is a delightful celebration of the crossword lexicon and its checkered history of wordplay and changing cultural references. Much, much more than a dictionary, this is a playful, entertaining, and educational read for word gamers and language lovers. The perfect present or gift for yourself, Crosswordese will be a hit with crossword puzzlers of all skill levels, word nerds, fans of all varieties of word games, and language enthusiasts. • BEYOND CROSSWORDS: Hooked on crosswords? Now you can discover even more to enjoy about the history and trivia behind the terms and clues you love. • FOR BEGINNERS, EXPERTS, AND WORD NERDS ALIKE: Beginners will find it a boon to their solving skills; veteran crossworders will learn more about the vocabulary they employ every morning; and those interested in language will have plenty of "Aha!" moments. • CROSSWORD PUZZLES INCLUDED! The author has specially created a number of puzzles based on the book's content inside!




Collins Daily Mail Scrabble Grams


Book Description

Give your brain a workout!Scrabble Grams, the Daily Mail's popular daily puzzles, are now brought together in a new book which promises hours of enjoyment to word game enthusiasts and Scrabble lovers alike. This new series of books brings Daily Mail's Scrabble Grams to all word lovers and puzzle enthusiasts. Based on the ever-popular board game, Scrabble Grams 4 comprises over 150 Scrabble-themed puzzles and includes solutions at the back of the book. Target scores and time limits add to the challenge. Scrabble Grams will appeal to all Scrabble players as well as to anyone who enjoys word games and brainteasers. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark of J. W. Spear & Sons Ltd., a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc.© 2008 Mattel, Inc. All Rights Reserved.




Cranium-Crushing Crosswords


Book Description

The answers are fairly common words and phrases--but the clues are diabolically difficult, with mischievous misdirections, trivia, puns, and other trickery. Try this: "change of heart" (15 letters). Answer: "organ transplant." "Finely crafted crosswords that will put your word and trivia skills to a severe test."--Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, "The New York Times."




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