Short but sweet !!
Essential lists of shorter words and words with the high-valued tiles.
All the 2-letter words
All the 3-letter words
All the 5-letter words
All the Qs without QU yes, there are a few !
All the 3s with J, Q,X or Z
All the 4s with J, Q,X or Z
All the 5s with J, Q,X or Z
All the highend 5s (barring those with J,Q,X,Z alone)
Bonuses !!
Likely 7s - From OTARINE onwards .... Top 2,000+ 7-letter words ...
Likely 7s - with hooks!
From OTARINE onwards ... 80 pages of the Top 10,000+ 7-letter words ...
Likely 8s - From AERATION onwards .. Top 2,000+ 8-letter words ...
Likely 8s - with hooks !
From AERATION onwards ... 80 pages of the Top 10,000+ 8-letter words ...
More Eights...
Top 8s including their subword 7s (if any!) 8s with Subwords 3000
A sizeable, but knowable and loveable sh.tload of 8s constructed from
two 4s 8s from 4 plus 4
It's good to see things from a different persective ... so here are
the above 4+4 8s sorted by the leftmost 4.... 8s from 4 plus 4 left 4 sorted
and
the above 4+4 8s sorted by the rightmost 4.. 8s from 4 plus 4 right sorted
Note that these are only the 8s where BOTH left 4s AND right 4
make valid words giving c 8,500 8-letters words .. a goodly set, but not everything!
For example SHIMAALS is the only -AALS
word listed
since SHIM is valid, but you should note that there are 3 other -AALS 8s viz.
KURSAALS, NAGMAALS & WADMAALS ... but you knew this already right !?
If in doubt compare these ....
8s where the leftmost 4 are valid words .... 8s from 4 plus stuff
(c 15,000) < 128 pages
8s where the rightmost 4 are valid words .... 8s from stuff plus 4
(c 17,000) < 128 pages
Captain Hooks !!
You can put an A at the end of PUH to make PUHA
More generally ... 3-4 hooks
You can put an S in front of ABED to make SABED
More generally ... 4-5 hooks
ACAULINE, ACAULOUS or ACAULOSE ? Maybe you need these ...
STEMS !!
What can that blank become ? ... or do I have something with this lot at all ?
Top 100 6 letter stem lists (with hooks naturally)
And for when the 7 won't fit or is just plain no use, well maybe you can use
one on the board to make an 8 ...
Top 100 7 letter stem lists (with hooks naturally to make 9s !!)
(to download, right-click, Save Link as ... etc etc...)
SNAPBACKS !!
Okay - so your opponent is as lucky as she usually is and gets off to a great start
with a humdrum word like
ZONED or JACKS.
Well be prepared, hit back straight away with a smarty-pants reply ...
SnapBacks1
Or perhaps they've been clever with a nice 6 like JACENT, QUATCH or ZYMITE
Get in the game ...
SnapBacks2
Or worse ! They've managed a big fat bonus with JOCKEYS, QUERIES or ZONINGS.
Sickening isn't it - and you KNOW they only know about 100 words altogether!
But don't blank your mind, instead mind your blank until your next play ...
Meantime
use just 3 tiles
and see where that smirk goes :) ...
SnapBacks3
Game on !
Don't have the NEW book handy ?
Anagrams and Stems - Roll you own Lists at the Anagrams & Stems Bakery
Neighbours - Change one letter in AGIOTAGE to make what ? TALEGGIO which is
an Italian cheese apparently.
An exploration starting out from the 5 vowel 8s ... 5v8 Neighbours
Ahhh, RISPA!
What can "RISPA" do for you ? "RISPA" as a 5 letter stem for
7 and 8 long bonuses ... (based on an original idea by Joseph McGinley)
RISPAxxx