Now that you have the SATINE stem down, lets move on to another popular set of six letter words that can help you form a seven letter word with almost any other letter of the alphabet–the SATIRE bingo stem. Continue reading
Learning Your First Bingo Stem: SATINE-TISANE-AEINST
If you are going to become very good at Scrabble, you are going to need to score bingos more often. One of the best ways to help with this is to learn some strategic letter combinations that can frequently form seven-letter or eight-letter words. The best place to start is with the SATINE bigno stem (also called the TISANE or AEINST stem). It contains six high probable letters that form the basis of many seven-letter words when combined with one other letter. In fact, with these six letters you can find seven-letter words with all but the J, Q, and Y. Continue reading
Five Strategies for Playing Bingos in Scrabble More Often
If there is a “rite of passage” in scrabble or similar word games, it is scoring your first “bingo.” A bingo occurs when a player uses all of his or her tiles to form a word. In scrabble, this results in a 50 point bonus to your score for that play. Competitive or expert players may make several bingos in the course of one game. Casual gamers may never score a bingo, or do so only rarely and attribute it to luck. However, scoring bingos regularly takes much more than luck. It is not necessarily easy, but you can develop your ability to score bingos more frequently. Continue reading
The Five Best Ways to Improve your Scrabble Score Quickly
Most people who only play the occasional game of scrabble, or variants such as Words with Friends, believe that successful gameplay is largely based on a combination of vocabulary knowledge or luck of the draw. This is only partly true. All other things being equal, a person with a larger vocabulary should outplay a person with a weaker vocabulary. It is also true that person can draw a poor set of letters making a high playing score difficult. However, experienced players will be quick to argue that these are minor considerations, at best, and can be neutralized relatively easily through good decision making, study, and strategy. This article will explore some ways to jump start you game so you can be more competitive more quickly. Continue reading
