The Tile Notebook

Start with the letter rack and see what you have When you look at seven tiles on your rack, the first instinct is to scan for long words. A seven-letter word scores well and clears your rack in one go. But those opportunities are rare. Most turns require you to work with what you have and find the highest scoring combination among shorter words. Before you rearrange tiles or look for prefixes, take a moment to assess the raw material: how many vowels, how many consonants,