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This page provides links related Collins, and is part of our introduction to [[SOWPODS|Collins (SOWPODS) in North America]]. For brevity, we will refer to the North American and International lexica as NWL and CSW respectively.
 
This page provides links related Collins, and is part of our introduction to [[SOWPODS|Collins (SOWPODS) in North America]]. For brevity, we will refer to the North American and International lexica as NWL and CSW respectively.
  
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Since once can obviously find much material online by web-searching "Scrabble", "Collins", etc., we limit the selection to the most useful links for the player new to CSW.
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Since once can find much material online by web-searching "Scrabble", "Collins", etc., we limit the selection to the most useful links for the player new to CSW.
  
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These links are all up-to-date for CSW21 unless otherwise noted.
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These links are up-to-date for CSW24 unless otherwise noted.
  
 
== General ==
 
== General ==
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       <td> <a href="http://www.scrabble.com">Scrabble</a></td>
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       <td> <a href="https://playscrabble.com">Scrabble</a></td>
 
       <td> General worldwide site for Scrabble </td>
 
       <td> General worldwide site for Scrabble </td>
 
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== Playing Guides & Books ==
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== Books & Playing Guides ==
  
 
Some of these are not up-to-date for the current CSW, but the effect is minor
 
Some of these are not up-to-date for the current CSW, but the effect is minor
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       <td> <a href="http://www.breakingthegame.net/csw">Breaking the Game</a></td>
 
       <td> <a href="http://www.breakingthegame.net/csw">Breaking the Game</a></td>
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       <td> Cutting-edge Scrabble strategy, puzzles, etc. </td>
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       <td> Cutting-edge Scrabble strategy, puzzles, etc., from Kenji Matsumoto </td>
 
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       <td> <a href="http://www.breakingthegame.net/word">Word</a></td>
 
       <td> <a href="http://www.breakingthegame.net/word">Word</a></td>
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       <td> Basic Scrabble strategy </td>
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       <td> His book on basic Scrabble strategy, CSW edition </td>
 
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       <td> <a href="http://www.breakingthegame.net/scrabblesolved">Scrabble Solved</a></td>
 
       <td> <a href="http://www.breakingthegame.net/scrabblesolved">Scrabble Solved</a></td>
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       <td> Advanced strategy </td>
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       <td> Sequel on advanced strategy, CSW edition </td>
 
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       <td> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/101-Ways-Win-Scrabble-success/dp/000758914X/ref=pd_sbs_1/259-2710718-7958737">101 Ways to Win at Scrabble</a></td>
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       <td> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/101-Ways-Win-SCRABBLE-C2-AE-success-dp-0008320195/dp/0008320195/ref=dp_ob_title_bk">101 Ways to Win at Scrabble</a></td>
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       <td> Recent British book </td>
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       <td> Recent British book by Barry Grossman </td>
 
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       <td> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scrabble-Secrets-board-Collins-Little/dp/0008395837/ref=pd_sbs_1/259-2710718-7958737">Scrabble Secrets</a></td>
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       <td> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/SCRABBLETM-Secrets-seriously-improve-Collins-dp-0008591237/dp/0008591237/ref=dp_ob_title_bk">Scrabble Secrets</a></td>
 
       <td> Another one, by 1993 world champion Mark Nyman </td>
 
       <td> Another one, by 1993 world champion Mark Nyman </td>
 
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       <td> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/cka/How-Win-At-Scrabble-Andrew-Fisher/0713488204">How to Win at Scrabble</a></td>
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       <td> <a href="https://www.matthewjoconnor.com/">How to Play Scrabble Like Matthew O'Connor</a></td>
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      <td> From 2004, but comprehensive guide to high level play </td>
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       <td> Advanced Collins strategy </td>
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      <td> <a href="http://www.scrabbleplayershandbook.com">The Scrabble Player's Handbook</a></td>
 
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      <td> Free online PDF </td>
 
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      <td> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Word-Addict-secrets-SCRABBLE-champion/dp/0008146470">Word Addict: Secrets of a World SCRABBLE Champion</a></td>
 
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       <td> Recent world champion's story, with game insight </td>
 
 
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       <td> <a href="http://zyzzyva.net">NASPA Zyzzyva</a></td>
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       <td> <a href="https://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/NASPA_Zyzzyva:_The_Last_Word_in_Word_Study">NASPA Zyzzyva</a></td>
 
       <td> Widely used word study software</td>
 
       <td> Widely used word study software</td>
 
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       <td> <a href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/scrabble/scrabble-tools">Collins Zyzzyva</a></td>
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       <td> <a href="https://scrabble.collinsdictionary.com/tools/">Collins Zyzzyva</a></td>
 
       <td> Version that does not contain NWL, but has more comprehensive definitions for CSW, spanning 2-15 letters </td>
 
       <td> Version that does not contain NWL, but has more comprehensive definitions for CSW, spanning 2-15 letters </td>
 
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       <td> <a href="http://www.poslarchive.com/math/software/tsh">Tournament Shell</a></td>
 
       <td> <a href="http://www.poslarchive.com/math/software/tsh">Tournament Shell</a></td>
 
       <td> Tournament directing software that can do NWL or CSW </td>
 
       <td> Tournament directing software that can do NWL or CSW </td>
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      <td> <a href="http://director.victoriascrabble.org">Director!</a></td>
 
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      <td> Another tournament directing software, more graphically based </td>
 
 
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       <td> <a href="http://www.wolfberg.net/what">WHAT</a></td>
 
       <td> <a href="http://www.wolfberg.net/what">WHAT</a></td>
 
       <td> Another word finding software </td>
 
       <td> Another word finding software </td>
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== Tournaments & Ratings ==
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      <td> <a href="http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/calendar.html">NASPA tournament calendar</a></td>
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      <td> Official calendar of rated NASPA tournaments, both NWL and CSW </td>
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      <td> <a href="http://www.cross-tables.com">Cross-Tables</a></td>
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      <td> Tournaments, ratings, results, etc. Front page has good visual list with obvious icons showing that a tournament is NWL or CSW </td>
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      <td> <a href="http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/SOWPODS_rating_system">NASPA SOWPODS ratings</a></td>
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      <td> Description of the CSW ratings, with results </td>
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      <td> <a href="https://www.wespa.org/aardvark/html/rankings/full_rankings.html">WESPA ratings</a></td>
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      <td> World ratings </td>
 
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== Word Lists ==
 
== Word Lists ==
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'''NOTE:''' The two Collins cheat sheets need updating from CSW21 to CSW24 but are otherwise valid
  
 
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       <td> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Official-SCRABBLETM-Words-official-comprehensive-dp-0008523886/dp/0008523886/ref=dp_ob_title_bk">Collins Official Scrabble Words</a></td>
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       <td> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Official-SCRABBLETM-Words-official-comprehensive-dp-0008660727/dp/0008660727/ref=dp_ob_title_bk">Collins Official Scrabble Words</a></td>
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       <td> Official CSW21 book </td>
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       <td> Official CSW24 book </td>
 
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       <td> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/SCRABBLETM-Dictionary-official-playable-letters-dp-0008523916/dp/0008523916/ref=dp_ob_title_bk">Collins Scrabble Dictionary</a></td>
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       <td> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0008660778/ref=sspa_dk_hqp_detail_aax_0?psc=1&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9ocXBfc2hhcmVk">Collins Ultimate Scrabble Dictionary and Wordlist</a></td>
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      <td> 2-9 letter CSW21 words, with short definitions </td>
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       <td> 2-15 letter words, with definitions for the 2s-9s </td>
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      <td> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Collins-Ultimate-Scrabble-Dictionary-Word-dp-0008320284/dp/0008320284/ref=dp_ob_title_bk">Collins Ultimate Scrabble Dictionary and Wordlist</a></td>
 
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       <td> Still CSW19 rather than CSW21, but includes 10-15 letter words in addition to the 2s-9s </td>
 
 
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== Tournaments & Ratings ==
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== YouTube ==
  
 
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       <td> <a href="http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/calendar.html">NASPA tournament calendar</a></td>
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       <td> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@NASPAScrabble">NASPA Scrabble</a></td>
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       <td> Official calendar of rated NASPA tournaments, both NWL and CSW </td>
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       <td> NWL and CSW tournament games with commentary </td>
 
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       <td> <a href="http://www.cross-tables.com">Cross-Tables</a></td>
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       <td> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@letsplayscrabbledotcom">Let's Play Scrabble</a></td>
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       <td> Tournaments, ratings, results, etc. Front page has good visual list with obvious icons showing that a tournament is NWL or CSW </td>
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       <td> Similar to NASPA, with other tournaments </td>
 
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       <td> <a href="http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/SOWPODS_rating_system">NASPA SOWPODS ratings</a></td>
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       <td> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@wanderer15">Will Anderson</a></td>
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       <td> Description of the CSW ratings, with results </td>
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       <td> Wide variety of Scrabble content from Will Anderson, NWL and CSW </td>
 
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       <td> <a href="https://www.wespa.org/ratings.shtml">WESPA ratings</a></td>
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       <td> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@dweebovision">Dweebovision</a></td>
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       <td> World ratings </td>
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       <td> Videos of CSW games with clear and insightful commentary from David Webb </td>
 
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       <td> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/217094718419713">Collins Scrabble Players</a></td>
 
       <td> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/217094718419713">Collins Scrabble Players</a></td>
 
       <td> Online pro-CSW in North America community </td>
 
       <td> Online pro-CSW in North America community </td>
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      <td> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/TWLtoCollins">Transition from NWL to Collins</a></td>
 
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      <td> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/zapateo99">Dweebovision</a></td>
 
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Latest revision as of 14:15, 22 August 2025

This page provides links related Collins, and is part of our introduction to Collins (SOWPODS) in North America. For brevity, we will refer to the North American and International lexica as NWL and CSW respectively.

Since once can find much material online by web-searching "Scrabble", "Collins", etc., we limit the selection to the most useful links for the player new to CSW.

These links are up-to-date for CSW24 unless otherwise noted.

General

Scrabble General worldwide site for Scrabble
NASPA North American Scrabble Players Association
WESPA World English-Language Scrabble Players Association

Books & Playing Guides

Some of these are not up-to-date for the current CSW, but the effect is minor

Breaking the Game Cutting-edge Scrabble strategy, puzzles, etc., from Kenji Matsumoto
Word His book on basic Scrabble strategy, CSW edition
Scrabble Solved Sequel on advanced strategy, CSW edition
101 Ways to Win at Scrabble Recent British book by Barry Grossman
Scrabble Secrets Another one, by 1993 world champion Mark Nyman
How to Play Scrabble Like Matthew O'Connor Advanced Collins strategy

Software

Quackle Widely used software that can be configured for Scrabble
NASPA Zyzzyva Widely used word study software
Collins Zyzzyva Version that does not contain NWL, but has more comprehensive definitions for CSW, spanning 2-15 letters
Woogles Online play, including CSW, human & computer players, live games, chat, tournaments, etc.
Aerolith Online game to practice anagramming, in NWL or CSW
Tournament Shell Tournament directing software that can do NWL or CSW
Elise Another word game playing software
WHAT Another word finding software

Tournaments & Ratings

NASPA tournament calendar Official calendar of rated NASPA tournaments, both NWL and CSW
Cross-Tables Tournaments, ratings, results, etc. Front page has good visual list with obvious icons showing that a tournament is NWL or CSW
NASPA SOWPODS ratings Description of the CSW ratings, with results
WESPA ratings World ratings

Word Lists

NOTE: The two Collins cheat sheets need updating from CSW21 to CSW24 but are otherwise valid

Collins Cheat Sheet Part 1 Useful CSW-only words for handy reference: 2s, 3s, high probability bingos, the 52 2-8 letter words only in NWL, etc.
Collins Cheat Sheet Part 2 More useful words: hooks of 2s, all the 4s
Collins Official Scrabble Words Official CSW24 book
Collins Ultimate Scrabble Dictionary and Wordlist 2-15 letter words, with definitions for the 2s-9s
ABSP words by category Extensive sets of lists by many definition-based categories (languages, food, etc.) Select the "Words" dropdown menu from the website's top menu bar.
Winning Words Set of books with useful categories by part of speech, etc.
Anagram Cartoons Book Anagrams + cartoons valid in NWL and CSW

YouTube

NASPA Scrabble NWL and CSW tournament games with commentary
Let's Play Scrabble Similar to NASPA, with other tournaments
Will Anderson Wide variety of Scrabble content from Will Anderson, NWL and CSW
Dweebovision Videos of CSW games with clear and insightful commentary from David Webb

Etc.

This list is far from complete, for example, there is a lot of other online video content like twitch.tv.

Collins Scrabble Players Online pro-CSW in North America community
Word Buff Lots of word-related material
Learning Scrabble Words Blog entry on learning Collins words

Please direct comments about this page to its author, Nick Ball.

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