Most Useful Letters in Scrabble

Scrabble is a tile-based board game in the same vein as dominoes or monopoly. You rack up points by playing and 'building' letters on the board. The winner is the player with the most points at the end of the game. It's also considered a game of chance due to dice rolls, and can be played with 2-4 players.

More than just a family favorite, Scrabble is also a great way to build your memory and spelling skills. After all, the letters in Scrabble are appointed with a point value. You have to get the spelling correctly or else your turn could be challenged.

What’s the fastest way to improve your Scrabble game? Memorizing tricks. The best Scrabble players know the highest scoring words, but they also know how to play them in such a way that they get high scores.

To get good at scrabble it is important to develop a strategy and perfect the ability to form words from the rack’s seven letters.

Using Q and Z

All Scrabble players know that Q and Z are the highest scoring tiles. Yet, very few people actually use them during their word play. You can instead use X and Z, which are worth a lot in face value and are comparatively easy to play in such a way that you can have a significant lead when you put them in double or triple tiles.

Pluralize Anything with S

One of the most popular strategies is to utilize the use of S, putting them by the end of a word (mostly nouns) to create a whole new word. Of course, the longer the words you can make, the better your choices, and you’ll have more options in terms of positioning them on your board.

Utilizing Consonants

Consonants can be difficult to use. They generate the highest scoring words, but they're worth huge points because they're more difficult to play. Working with a consonant-heavy hand needs certain reliable go-to terms. Even if you can't play a lengthy word, if you land on bonus squares, you can still get a decent score with a small word. For example, if you have a rack with mainly consonants except a Q and a T and an open A on the board, you can play QAT for at least twelve points, and maybe more if bonus squares are struck. Vowels do not score as well as consonants, thus this typically works better with them.

Vowels Galore

SWhat if you had a rack full of Scrabble letters that contained all the vowels? Realistically, we are unlikely actually to have a letter rack like this. It appears to be a no-brainer to pass your turn and exchange the majority of your tiles. That's what you think the instant you see them. Why would you waste mental energy on a vowel rack?

Wait just one minute, though. By exchanging letters, you miss a turn, resulting in 0 points for that turn and allowing your opponent to gain the lead. This is why it's a good idea to memorize all of the words that just have one consonant in them so you can play "vowel dumps" on the board.

Just The Basics

In case you need a refresher course, Here’s a list of face point values for each letter. It will come in handy when planning for big words.

1 point-A, E, I, O, U, L, N, S, T, R
2 points-D, G
3 points-B, C, M, P
4 points-F, H, V, W, Y
5 points-K
8 points- J,
10 points-Q, Z