Scrabble is, without a doubt, one of the world’s best-known and most popular board games. These days, you can even play it online if you aren’t a fan of “old school” table-top games!

The thing is, Scrabble is one of those games that can take a while to master. Of course, it helps if you’ve got a good memory and a penchant for English dictionaries! Okay, you are reading this page because you obviously want to be a Scrabble champion and impress your friends.

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But, how can you do that if your Scrabble performance is nothing short of mediocre? Don’t worry because all is not lost! Here are some neat ideas to help you become a Scrabble pro and inspire you to be a better player:

Get hold of an official Scrabble dictionary

Forget about using your Merriam-Webster dictionary at home. It’s even pointless using an online dictionary. What you need to do is get yourself a copy of the official Scrabble dictionary.

As you can imagine, it gives you plenty of light reading for when you’ve got a spare few minutes! On a serious note, though, you should take the time to study it and commit to memory most of the words.

You don’t need to memorize all of the words in there. Just most of them. It also helps if you keep minding the two-letter words list! You should also try to memorize hooks. In a nutshell, these are the words where you can expand them by adding one or more letters. These are typically words that you can pluralize.

Train your brain with a word unscrambler

Imagine if you could visualize words within a jumble of letters at any given time. You would soon be the world’s best Scrabble player! If the idea of reading through an entire Scrabble dictionary bores you, one alternative is to use a word unscrambler.

These are literally websites or apps on your phone that help you to unscramble words. Of course, you don’t want to use them during gameplay because that’s just not cricket!

Meditate before your next game of Scrabble

Don’t laugh! Meditation is a brilliant way to help you clear your mind and focus on the task at hand: being a Scrabble master! The last thing you want to do is start a game of Scrabble and end up losing from the outset.

You will want to give yourself a fighting chance. Meditation is a simple yet effective way to help you prepare for your next game.

Practice brain-training exercises

Last, but not least, it’s crucial that you can fine-tune your brain to remember lots of useful information. Or, in the least, lots of high-scoring words in Scrabble! Having a good memory is without a doubt the best way of becoming a Scrabble champion. That’s why you should practice some brain-training exercises to help you memorize things better. Some people for instance associate landmarks with some words to create a word journey. Others may associate music or literally anything else with words!