Things to Know

Click here for helpful tips when participating in club and tournament play. 

The Cheat Sheet

Click here for the most useful words in the NWL2023 lexicon when beginning club and tournament play.

Player Rules

Click here for player etiquette and procedure rules for club and tournament play.

Equipment

Samtimer.com is a great resource for club Scrabble boards, tiles, tile bags, racks, and clocks. 

Study

Aerolith is a great web-based tool for reviewing and learning alphagrams (sets of tiles from which words can be formed).

Zyzzyva is a classic app-based (desktop or mobile) resource for reviewing and learning alphagrams.

Woogles is a web-based Scrabble imitator allowing players to play against other human players or a variety of bots, with analysis tools to help improve your skills.

Quackle is an app-based Scrabble imitator allowing players to play against a variety of bots, with analysis tools to help improve your skills.

Scrabble Links

Scrabbleplayers.org is the official website of NASPA, the governing body for competitive club and tournament Scrabble play in North America. You can register to become a member of NASPA which is required for official tournament participation. (NASPA membership is not required to participate in Scrabble clubs).

Cross-tables.com is a useful website for looking up player ratings, past tournament results, and future Scrabble tournaments. The 'Learn' portion of the website also has a link to a Leave Evaluator tool which can help players learn rack management skills.