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Scrabble Dictionary (Collins GEM)

Scrabble Dictionary (Collins GEM)
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Every word counts! This new edition of Collins Gem Scrabble Dictionary is the perfect companion for all Scrabble games, in a handy portable format. Based on Scrabble Words, the most comprehensive Scrabble wordlist ever, it gives short, succinct definitions to help players use the best words for their game of Scrabble. The Collins Gem Scrabble Dictionary is an essential item for all Scrabble players. With short definitions for every word listed, players can check meanings of words without having to consult a secondary dictionary. Collins Scrabble Dictionary offers help on the best words to use and remember. The handy size enables players to take this book anywhere, on holiday and journeys, making it the perfect companion to Travel Scrabble. Collins Scrabble dictionaries are endorsed by Mattel and are an essential reference for all Scrabble players, from keen regular players to families playing with children. SCRABBLE(R) is a registered trademark of J. W. Spear & Sons Ltd., a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc.A(c) 2000 Mattel, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #4377 in Books
  • Published on: 2009-03-05
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 640 pages

Customer Reviews

But only for Scrabble!5
I hate this dictionary.

It has a very strange choice of words. For example it doesn't include the word 'zen', but it does include 'sarmies' (apparently that's a common abbreviation for sandwich, like 'sarnies').

It's full of oddities like that, but this is the lexicon any computerised Scrabble game uses. So if you want to play Scrabble on your DS or PC, this book is the list of acceptable words.

This book does help when you've only got a Q, X and P left, but my primary use for it is checking that the bizarre words my computerised opponent plays aren't just spelling errors in the program!

Inadequate1
This dictionary does not have all the words that are allowable in Scrabble. It does not have a separate 2 and 3 word listing which the Chambers book has, and which is very useful, but instead lists them at the beginning of each letter, which is not as handy.

disappointed1
A Scrabble dictionary is what it is but the disappointment came when I discovered that it was a POCKET-SIZE dictionary! The description did not mention anything about this thus I am utterly disappointed & frustrated... Not a satisfactory buy at all. :(