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Links
The basics
Play and study on-line
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Internet SCRABBLE® Club (ISC)
This site, based in Romania, is a popular site for tournament players from
all over the world.
- Scrabulous.com
The site is less popular with "serious" SCRABBLE® players, but does
attract some tournament players.
- Jumbletime
An anagramming game and study site that is very popular with club and
tournament players.
Mailing lists
- Crossword Games Pro (CGP)
The most popular mailing list for North American tournament players. Ostensive
focus is on discussion of game strategy. Bickering is endemic.
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OPSD Mailing List [link is unknown]
This list for North American players eschews discussion of SOWPODS and is more
social and "chatty" in nature than CGP.
Free and/or donation-supported study and game software
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Quackle
Brilliant crossword game analysis and artificial intelligence tool. This
open-source software Runs on Linux, Unix-like, Mac OS X, and a mass-market
operating system well known for its instability, monopolistic practices,
security vulnerabilities, and "the blue screen of death."
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Zyzzyva
Another excellent open source program that has become indispensable to word
game players.
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LeXpert [link is unknown]
Word study and anagramming software for Microsoft operating systems,
including CE (for hand-helds).
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LAMPWords
Word lookup and anagramming program for the Palm OS.
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Spotted
TWL98 dictionary with definitions for Palm OS.
Dictionaries and lexophilia