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No, this is not true. All professional scrabble players know the short words. None of them has an advantage because of that. The advantage is knowing the “bingo
by ImpressiveWebs 7y ago
No, this is not true. All professional scrabble players know the short words. None of them has an advantage because of that. The advantage is knowing the “bingos” (ie the 7 and 8 letter words). Players like Nigel Richards will also know the 6-letter words, which are much less useful, but which not all pros will know.
There’s a lot to pro scrabble (I know because I’ve played many of the best players in the world online), but knowing the small words is not what puts people over the top.
Now, if you’re just talking about casual games, then yeah, knowing the short X, Z, and Q words is going to give you a huge edge. But that has nothing to do with why a non French player won using the French dictionary.
- notacoward 7y agoAIUI you need to know both. You need to know the short high-letter-value words so you can dump those letters semi-productively while you build up a rack that's good for bingos. Have I been misinformed?
- ImpressiveWebs 7y agoYes, that’s correct. But I was pointing out that the reason Nigel Richards won in French is not because he knew the short words; all the players he played against knew all the short words. They just didn’t know all the words like he does.