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As a general rule the more letters of RETAINS you have, the greater the chance of a bonus.
Below are all the bonus words you can make if you have six of those letters, RETAIN, and one other letter.
There are a lot of words, so to make learning easier, perhaps break them down into groups of 10-15 words or by distinct letter groups (i.e RETAIN+A, B, C, D and E).
RETAIN +
A - nothing
B - ATEBRIN
C - CANTIER, CERATIN, CERTAIN, CREATIN, CRINATE, NACRITE, TACRINE
D - ANTIRED, DETRAIN, TRAINED
E - ARENITE, RETINAE, TRAINEE
F - FAINTER, FENITAR
G - GRANITE, GRATINE, INGRATE, TANGIER, TEARING
H - HAIRNET, INEARTH, THERIAN
I - INERTIA
J - JANTIER, NARTJIE
K - KERATIN
L - ENTRAIL, LATRINE, RATLINE, RELIANT, RETINAL, TRENAIL
M - MERANTI, MINARET, RAIMENT
N - ENTRAIN, TRANNIE
O - NOTAIRE, OTARINE
P - INAPTER, PAINTER, PERTAIN, REPAINT
Q - nothing
R - RETRAIN, TERRAIN, TRAINER
S - ANESTRI, ANTSIER, NASTIER, RATINES, RESIANT, RETAINS, RETINAS, RETSINA, STAINER, STARNIE, STEARIN
T - INTREAT, ITERANT, NATTIER, NITRATE, TARTINE, TERTIAN
U - RUINATE, TAURINE, URANITE, URINATE
V - nothing
W - TAWNIER, TINWARE
X - nothing
Y - nothing
Z - nothing
71 words in total. 6 letters RETAIN doesn't combine with to make a bonus (A, Q, V, X, Y and Z).
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As from July 1, the UK Scrabble movement, and East Berks Scrabble Club have adopted Collins Scrabble Words 2019 (CSW 19) as the definitive word adjudication word list.
Some of the new words include :
EW
OK
ZE
BAE
BAO
DOX
UME
VAX
ZEN
Please note that articles written before July 1 relate to Collins Scrabble words 2015 unless otherwise stated.
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During the Winter League Season we ask players to write down challenges on the results slips. These words can be used as useful pointers to other words too.
Recently after a game of Boggle, www.fuzzylogicinc.net/boggle was used to check how many words we had NOT found in the grid. There were quite a few, most of which we knew but didn’t find in the time. However some of the others caught our eye…
CANEH ALANE HAEN ONCET
They can all be formed by hooking common words on a Scrabble board : CANE+H, ALAN+E, A+LANE, HAE+N, ONCE+T. We then used zyzzyva (though probably other word lookup tools are available) to find other anagrams and hooks.
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Next time you challenge a word, why not write it down, and look up the many derivatives later. Lots of new words for the price of one!
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Here is a link to a short video on the BBC website. The words and tips have been produced by top UK player, Natalie Zolty - well worth a 2 minute watch!
https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/five-simple-tips-to-improve-your-scrabble-game/p0749b5b
Enjoy!
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How well do you know your 2, 3 and 4 letter words? They are important building blocks to getting higher scores, and finding opportunities to lay longer words such as bonuses. The ABSP (Association of British Scrabble Players) have a series of games on their website to test your knowledge.
The system automatically generates a 'word' and all you have to do is state whether it is 'valid' or phony'. You can set the game so you are automatically given the next 'word' once you've answered a question. Once you get an answer wrong...the game is over! Why not see have far you can go!!!
The 2 letter game is here : http://www.absp.org.uk/words/study2lwgame.shtml
The 3 letter game is here : http://www.absp.org.uk/words/study3lwgame.shtml
The 4 letter game is here : http://www.absp.org.uk/words/study4lwgame.shtml
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