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Issue 118
May 2007

World Championship 2007 announcement

Gameshows
Southampton: Appleby vs Turner - detailed annotation
Durham: Can you win this game?

Strategy
Assesising move options
When to try a word you're unsure of

Word Lists
Collins Scrabble Words - recommended initial lists

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Issue 117
December 2006

Gameshows-
NSC Final - Jake Jacobs vs Christian Brown - detailed annotation
BEST Final - Phil Appleby vs Harshan Lamabadusuriya - summary details

Word Lists-
NEW Collins Scrabble Words - THREES - an assessment of usefulness

Words in the Wilderness-
Densil interviews Stewart Holden

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Issue 116

August 2006

Gameshows - 
North American Championship Finale game
Expert annotation of one of UK's top young players, Austin Shin

Word Lists:
Surprise Hooks to catch out your opponent with
A focus on the letter G

Welsh Scrabble

Strategy for newer players:
Looking beyond the obvious
Trail with less error

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Issue 115

April 2006

Gameshows - details of three top games from the 2005 World Championships

Word Lists - ING(E)ING words, and a Focus on the U

A record Six Bonuses in a row

Strategy - Tiletracking for newer players

Latest re Collins Scrabble Words status

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Issue 114

November 2005

Gameshow - annotated game from the 2005 Masters

Word Lists - UPwords, Great Eights, and Sword Words

Nine-move tournament game

Sample new Collins Scrabble Words

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Issue 113

June 2005

Gameshow - annotation of a game played on the Internet

Word Lists - a focus on interjections

The Beauty of Hooks - an article by David Sutton

Updates re the pending move to Collins Scrabble Words

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Issue 112

March 2005

Gameshows - a critical game from the 2004 National Championships Final plus details of an 8-move game against the computer

Updates on the Dictionary issue - the proposed move to Collins.

Word Focus - the letter P

Words in the Wilderness - Densil Grempet interviews top UK player, Adam Logan

David Webb tells of his experience in playing in Bangalore, India

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Issue 111

October 2004

Gameshows - two exciting games from the 2004 BEST tournament (Holden vs Hawkins and Nyman vs Logan)

Updates on the Dictionary issue - Collins vs Chambers

Word focus - the letter M

Words in the Wilderness - Densil Grempet interviews the Island lady

Details of a rare 9-move game

Plus loads of Scrabble-related challenges.

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Issue 110

June 2004

Gameshow - detailed annotation of a game from the Final of a recent Internet tournament.

Updates on the Dictionary Issue - relating to Mattels decision to switch from Chambers to Collins

Strategy - when to 'burn' an S

Word Focus - the letter F

Words In the Wilderness - Densil Grempet tracks down the 2003 NSC Champion for this issue's memorable words.

Simultaneous-play - record established.

Plus loads of Scrabble-related challenges.

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Issue 109

February 2004

 

2003 World Championships Report and Results

Gameshow - expert annotation of a top World Championship game between UK Andrew Perry and Thai, Pakhorn Nemitrmansuk.

Gameshow - details of one of the final games between the eventual World Champion, Panupol Sujjakayakorn, and his copatriot Pakhorn.

The Dictionary Issue - Mattel announce switch from Chambers to Collins - samples of potential new Collins words. Topical Cartoon!

Word Lists - Arabic Words and a focus on the letter B

Plus plenty of Scrabble puzzles and challenges

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Issue 108

October 2003

Gameshow - annotated Grand Master game between Appleby and Davies

Words - a focus on the letter H

Review - the new Chambers Dictionary

Words in the Wilderness guest is UK World Championship player, Andy Davies

Plus plenty of Scrabble puzzles and challenges

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Issue 107

July 2003

Strategy - dilemmas in the early game

Gameshow - excerpts from a problem game

Words - ING bonus prompts

Words - a focus on the letter Y

Words in the Wilderness guest is top UK female, Helen Gipson

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Issue 106

March 2003

Gameshow -a tough game from the BEST final (Nyman v Allan)

World Scrabble Championships 2003 launch

Words - Learning Tips

Words - Verbal Traps

Words in the Wilderness guest is BEST Champion Paul Allan

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Issue 105

Nov 2002

 

 

 

Strategy - Consonant Troubles

GameShow - A critical game from the 2002 Masters

Words - bonus word mnemonics

Words - A focus on the letter C

Words - "Happy New Year" words

Words in the Wilderness guest is John Grayson

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Issue 104

Aug 2002

 

Strategy - When to use an S

Gameshow -  two of Onwords star contributors battle it out

Gameshow -  a crucial game from the last 16 of the UK's B.E.S.T knockout tournament

Words - A focus on the letter W

Words in the Wilderness guest is Jackie Mcleod

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Issue 103

Mar 2002

 

World Championships 2001 coverage

Strategy - handling vowel-heavy racks

Words - a study of bonus word learning

Words - full frontal hooks

Words - awkward V's

Words - A focus on the letter F

Interview - Stefan Fatsis

Words in the Wilderness guest is new World Champion, Brian Cappelletto

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Issue 102

Nov 2001

 

Strategy - some strategic challenges for average players

Review - Word Freak 

Gameshow - an expert game from the UK's B.E.S.T. final

Words - new 5-vowelled eights in OSWi

Words - an update of those 'worst words'

A Thailand Scrabble experience

An Anagram Story challenge

Words in the Wilderness guest is David Webb

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Issue 101

Jun 2001

 

Gameshow - a top level tournament game is annotated

Words - the OH family

Words - OSWi couplets of eights

Words in the Wilderness guest is Evan Simpson

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Issue 100

Feb 2001

 

A special 100th edition featuring:

The development of Scrabble in the UK - from 1970's to today

Wit & Words - humour by Barry Grossman

Strategy - MidGame thoughts

Words - a Focus on the letter V

Words in the Wilderness guest is World Champion, Joel Wapnick

Gameshow - a nostalgic highscore game

Scrabble author, Darryl Francis,  reflects on Scrabble developments from a personal viewpoint

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Issue 99

Oct 2000

 

Gameshow - top game from the National Championships

Review - Chambers Top Scrabble Tips

Words - Focus on the letter W

The launch of Official Scrabble Words International

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Issue 98

Jun 2000

 

Gameshow - Onwords' Dick Chinnery plays the Scrabble CDrom

Strategy -  second thoughts

Words - Focus on the letter K

Words - 28 eights worth knowing

Wit & Words - humourous piece by Barry Grossman

Words in the Wilderness guest is Terry Kirk

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Issue 97

Feb 2000

 

Games and Glories of the 1999 World Championships

Gameshow - annotated game with top tips

Words - Fruity & Vegged

Words - Awkward Consonants

Wit & Words - more humour from Barry Grossman

Words in the Wilderness guest is the Allan Simmons

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Issue 96

Nov 1999

 

Gameshow - Nelkon vs Nyman - a top game from the Olympiads

Review - a new Official Scrabble Words plus other Scrabble books

Words - the AH family

Variety in Scrabble - Jim Reid ponders Scrabble variations 

Words in the Wilderness guest is Gareth Williams

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Issue 95

Jul 1999

 

Gameshow - detailed annotation of a Club game

Gameshow - top game from the Singapore Masters

Wit & Words - humour from Barry Grossman

Words - the French Connection

Words - the PH family

Words in the Wilderness guest is Pete Finley

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Issue 94

Mar 1999

 

A Game for the Gods - summary of a Nyman vs Richards match

Gameshow - two expert games annotated

Short Scrabble - a new variation?

Wit & Words - humour from the pen of Barry Grossman

Words - the KO family

Words - only plurals

Words in the Wilderness guest is Andrew Fisher

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Issue 93

Nov 1998

 

1998 British Matchplay Champion - the Helen Gipson story

Gameshow - one of National Champion Mark Nyman's games

Gameshow - annotated midfield game.

Review - Barry Grossman's Scrabble for Beginners

Words - transposals

Words in the Wilderness - guest is Barry Grossman

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Issue 92

Aug 1998

 

Gameshow - an annotated game from the UK Masters

Top Tips - bonus word recall and mnemonics

Words - useful U-words

Review - a look at new words from the new Chambers dictionary

Words in te Wilderness - a postcard from Densil 

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Issue 91

April 1998

 

Gameshow - Webb vs Sugar

Strategy - tips on rack balancing

Words - Hook Traps

Words - Anagrams of Parts of Body

Discussion on UK and move to SOWPODS

Words in the Wilderness - guest is Noel Turner

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Issue 90

Jan 1998

 

World Championships 1997 - summary and game details

Gameshow - the decider game of the National Championships

A Feast of Anagrams - challenging story by Danny McMullan

Words - Power Hooks

Words in the Wilderness guest is Helen Grayson

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