What does Kenji's book have to say about anagramming? he calls this rack vision.
does the book on Bingos discuss anagramming?
I need many more examples. Consult the puzzles in the books.
How do I research the anagramming videos?
P 13 of Kenji's book has eight 7? 8-letter common words to anagram
use the same words with every method. same racks. well that method didn't work well with
Ceehilv
For the Leaves lesson. there are scoring leaves and bingo leaves. p 18
is this true? Start or end with high point tiles. Most high point tiles are located in the first or last position of a word.
Alternate vowels and consonants. While not all words alternate between vowels and consonants, most words do. For example, if you want a word to start with a W, look for the next letter to be a vowel.
Trust your instincts. Most people have a genuine “feel” for finding words even without following a rote method.
P 54. 3 common bingos.
last slide. Practice makes perfect. Anagramming is a skill that is developed by practice: the more you put in, the better you’ll become!
Tell 'em what I'm going to tell 'em.
Anagramming
How to find words in the jumble of letters on your rack
We'll look at different proven methods
We will also learn to use tools that will help us to learn anagrams
Method: Put your letters in alphabetical order
ANAGRAM becomes AAAGMNR
Here are the words we are going to work with as we learn different methods.
ADINORSU
AAIMPRST
ACELORSU
ABLLSSUY
ADEELMNO
ABDEKORY
CEELSTTU
AIMNNOTU
CEEHILV
ABINORW
CNOOPPR
AAILRWY
ABCGKLO
ABDGINW
AAJKLWY
BENOSWY
AEGNOST
Why do this? As you gain experience you will begin to recognize a rack in alphabetical order and know that there are one or more Bingos hidden in the rack.
This will also help you to eventually recognize 8-letter and longer words. We will cover this in a later lesson called anamonics.
In this case ANAGRAM
Method: Rearrange the letters on your rack. retinas => aeinrst
Move them around randomly.
Just shuffle them about and see what pops out.
Example scrambled racks
If you can move them rapidly enough the words will appear.
I joke of course! But there is some truth in this simple method. It can be helpful when you are a bit lost.
AEGNOST rearranged
NOGATES
GETANOS
NOSTAGE
TONAGES
STONAGE
OGENTAS
TEAGONS
GANTOES
ANTOGES
ETAGONS
SENTAGO
ENGOATS
Method: Separate the vowels from the consonants. retinas => aeinrst
Rearrange the consonants in different orders and try inserting the vowels in between the consonants. PAINT
Examples
Well, this is a more sophisticated way to try to find words. Maybe we can improve upon this.
Method: If you have a balanced rack of vowels to consonants
If you have a good balance of vowels to consonants, then you are more likely to find words.
I haven't tested this nor researched this deeply, but it is said that consonants are usually followed by vowels.
CVCVCV
If I were to write a computer program, I would look at not only consonants, but also consonant clusters like we discussed above.
[Consonant or Consonant Cluster], V, [C or CC], V...
This observation about consonants and vowels alternating might help you find shorter words on your rack.
Method: Vowel-heavy rack. Kenji p 66
You might have a rack with many vowels. How do we handle this?
Vowel dump words.
Use Aerolith to study vowel heavy racks.
Method: Consonant-heavy rack. Kenji p 66
A preponderance of consonants is another form of an unbalanced rack.
If you have many consonants, then treat them as clusters or combinations.
This slide has common 2-letter combos.
2-letter consonant combinations
B: BL, MB, BR, RB
C: CH, CK, CL, CR, NC, RC, SC, CT
D: DL, DG, DR, LD, ND, RD
F: FL, LF, FR, RF
G: GH, DG, GL, LG, GN, NG, GR, RG
H: CH, GH, PH, SH, TH, WH
K: CK, LK, KL, NK, KN, RK, SK
L: BL, CL, DL, LD, FL, LF, GL, LG, KL, LK, LM, PL, LP, RL, LS, SL, LT, TL, LV, .. WL
and 3-letter combinations
CHR, CKL, GHT, LCH, LTH,
NCH, NDL, NGL, NKL, NTH,
RCH, RDL, RGL, RST, RTH,
SH, SCR, SHR, SPL, SPR, STR, TCH, THR
Method: Try each letter as the first letter to find possible words
This works for many people because it is a way of simplifying the jumble.
It is often easier to see words this way.
Method: Look for prefixes and suffixes
OK, now we’re getting somewhere. There are many common prefixes and suffixes. Which are the most common?
Common prefixes
UN-, RE-, EX-, NON-, MIS-, PRE-, TRI-, ANTI-, DE-, DIS-, EM-, EN-, FORE-, IN-, IM-, INTER-, MID-, MIS-, NON-
Mid = Middle : Midway.
Mis = Wrongly : Mistake.
Non = Not : Nonsense.
Over = Over : Overlook.
Pre = Before : Preview.
Re* = Again : Return.
Semi = Half : Semicircle.
Common prefixes: PRE-, RE-, MIS-, SUB-, OVER-, OUT-, AB-, CON-, BI-, TRI-, DE-, FORE-, IN-, NON-, OB-, UN-, EX-, ANTI-, DIS-,
Which prefixes are the most common in the English language?
Which prefixes are the most probable inScrabble?
Suffixes
-age, -able, -ed, -er, -ier, -iest, -est, -age, -ance,
-ant, -ent, -ee, -ence, -or, -ery, -ess, -ful, -ing, -ion, -tion, -dle,
Common suffixes: -AL, -IC, -ER, -IER, -EST, -IEST, -ING, -ED, -LY, -ISH, -ISM, -IST, -OUS, -IUM, -LIKE, -MEN, -MAN, -TION, -SION, -TIVE, -SIVE, -AGE, -ITY, -IES, -OR, -ATE, -FUL, -ABLE, -IFY, -LESS, -NESS, -TURE
50 Prefixes and Suffixes on ESL site: https://www.eslbuzz.com/a-list-of-50-common-prefixes-in-english/
30 common Suffixes: https://www.eslbuzz.com/common-suffixes-in-english-with-meanings-and-examples/
Method: look for compound words. kenji p 60
Another observation that I haven't tested out yet is that higher value tiles are more likely to start and end words. (This might be part of Will Anderson's "Know a Letter" series)
Kenji says, "Letters such as C, F, J, P, V, and Z are much more likely to start words, while letters such as D, G, N, T, W, X, and Y are much more likely to end words."
8. Start small. Anagrams of 2 letter words, then 3 letter words, then 4 letter words, etc.
9. Practice! Show Will Anderson video where he solves all 4-letter anagrams in less than an hour.
10. Based upon letter distribution, learn the most probably N-letter words and the most playable N-letter words. You could probably learn all of the 2 and 3 letter words and possibly all of the 4 letter words. But when it comes to longer words, that might be much harder.
How many words are there?
1. There are 107 OSPD and 127 CSW 2-letter words.
2. There are about 1065 OSPD 3-letter words
3. There are about 3500 OSPD 4-letter words. Will Anderson solves 3496 in less than one hour!
4. There are about 9000 OSPD 5-letter words.
5. TWL has over 20K 6-letter words.
6. There are about 35K 7-letter words in the OCTWL
7. There are about 80K 8-letter words in the OSPD
That's a lot! But the good news it that we only have to learn words up to 15 letters long!
But because this is a tall order, start with the most probably and most playable words.
11. Cesar Del Solar's Aerolith. Word Wall. Should I show his video on how to use his tool or should I demonstrate it? https://youtu.be/I5lOgTCNj9s
1. The interface looks a little different now so perhaps I should demonstrate it.
2. Where can I find a list of the top 1000 7-letter words. Can that list be played on Aerolith?
3. There are many videos on YT for Aerolith
4. Start with the 7-letter word wall. That's too hard!
1. Let's start with shorter words and work our way up. This is doable!
2. Learn the best 6-letter stems and all of the resulting 7-letter words.
5. Learn the most probable words for each length of word. Most probable is based on the letter frequency in Scrabble. Really easy to do this in Aerolith either with play or with Flashcards. With flashcards you can do auto to see all of the anagrams.
6. How to increase your word bank with Aerolith https://youtu.be/xy32QNKDi50
7. Aerolith Lists. JQXZ...
1. If you don't see a Bingo, then look for spots on the board to ... maybe I should save this for chapter 17: Finding plays over the board. With this method you look to make your letters mesh well with bonus squares and parallel plays.
How many words?
OSPD CWL Aerolith OCTWL
2 107 127 https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Scrabble/Two_Letter_Words#/media/File:Collins_Scrabble_Words_2_letters_history.svg
3 ~1,065
4 ~4,000 3496
5 ~9,000
6 ~20,000
7 35,000+
8 ~80,000
last slide. Practice makes perfect. Anagramming is a skill that is developed by practice: the more you put in, the better you’ll become!