Two Letter Scrabble Words

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The new Scrabble words – a player's analysis of how useful they are

The new Collins Scrabble dictionary is out today with a host of newly accepted words. As a self-confessed Scrabble nerd, I thought I’d attempt to analyse how useful some of these new words are to players.

Apparently 3,000 have been added and I’ve not seen the full list yet, so I’m just going to share my notes on some of the most commonly reported (source: Guardian, Telegraph).

QIN: a Chinese zither – the BLOCKBUSTER new one

Without doubt this is the powerhouse of the new words, likely to be used regularly and increase average scores.

There is only one two letter scrabble word with the power-tile Q in it and that is QI (the only three letters are QAT, QUA and SUQ). So if, as is common, you’ve a Q in your rack but no U, this is a key play. Hopefully, you’ll be able to intersect it on a triple letter position, where you get it vertically and horizontally, thus scoring 62.

Once it’s on the board, the only way to hook into it (connect another word to it) is currently by pluralising it with an S to make QIS. The newly acceptable QIN means there’s a second option, which should mean many more people connecting in and bagging themselves an additional 12 points or more.

BREDREN: brother

Any new seven-letter word (or bingo) is useful, as play it in one move and you get 50 bonus points. What’s good about this one, as far as I can work out, is that combination of letters doesn’t have any other bingos in it, ie, there’s no acceptable seven-letter anagram. So, while it has narrow application, it’s a good one. GRRL: definition to be confirmed

A vowelless word is superb, as when your rack is consonants-only it can be a nightmare. GRRL joins HM, CH, ST, HMM and others in the words to remember. Even better, GRRL is four letters and they’re all commonly occurring. (PS RHYTHM is the longest non-vowel word possible, though Y is a semi-vowel.) INBOX: email folder for incoming mail

The strength of INBOX is that it is a great co-join of two words. If there is an existing IN or BOX on the table, you can hook them together with the right letters.

I suspect this will turn out to be especially useful in the end-game when you’re trying to get rid of as many letters as possible. By adding IN to an existing BOX, you get a decent score with two low-scoring letters. GOBI: cauliflower

More useful than many would think this one, but probably only for more serious players.