To play SCRABBLE(TM) better takes practice--and volumes 3 & 4 in the popular puzzle series give players a chance to improve even when they're without an opponent to challenge them. Every page features an entire Scrabble board covered by the letters of a game in progress. Below the board are three sets of seven tiles as well as the highest possible score for each of these racks. The object of the game: to figure out how to place those three groups of letters on the board to achieve those winning scores. (They're all designed to use the most up-to-date Scrabble dictionary, too.) Created by three-time national Scrabble champion Joe Edley, who knows the game better than almost anyone, these collections are sure to be a hit Scrabble champion Joe Edley was featured in the documentary Word Wars.

From the only two-time national champion in Scrabble history comes a challenging and extensive collection of 1,000 Scrabble puzzles. Diagrams throughout.

Whether at an official tournament or a home kitchen table, every SCRABBLE player wants to be a winner--and these specially selected words and expert hints are guaranteed to boost scores. Based on the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, Fourth Edition (currently one of the bestselling games and puzzles books) and with foreword by World SCRABBLE Champion Brian Cappelletto, this is the equivalent of an intensive training course. Complete with winning word lists, such as those that combine high-scoring letters, those that have a preponderance of vowels, and those that allow multiple I and U dumps, it also offers tips on hitting triple-triples and achieving those elusive 7-letter bingos. SCRABBLE, the distinctive game board and letter tiles, and all associated logos are trademarks of Hasbro in the United States and Canada and are used with permission. � 2007 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.

Match wits with one of the country’s most popular crossword creators. Since his first puzzle was published in the New York Times when he was nineteen years old, the author has been challenging newspaper readers from New York to San Diego and Miami to Spokane. Offering the elegance and sophistication of the toughest daily crosswords yet remaining accessible to newcomers, these 72 puzzles will test your knowledge of history, pop culture, science, literature, sports, and more, as well as your ability to figure out clever themes. If you enjoy solving conundrums such as “What the Russians did in 1999” (10 letters), and “Jean-Claude Van Damme sits on the fence” (14 letters), these really clever crosswords are for you! Answers: PUTINPUTIN, BELGIANWAFFLES

Give your brain a workout!Scrabble Grams, the Daily Mail's popular daily puzzles, are now brought together in a new book which promises hours of enjoyment to word game enthusiasts and Scrabble lovers alike. This new series of books brings Daily Mail's Scrabble Grams to all word lovers and puzzle enthusiasts. Based on the ever-popular board game, Scrabble Grams 4 comprises over 150 Scrabble-themed puzzles and includes solutions at the back of the book. Target scores and time limits add to the challenge. Scrabble Grams will appeal to all Scrabble players as well as to anyone who enjoys word games and brainteasers. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark of J. W. Spear & Sons Ltd., a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc.© 2008 Mattel, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Test your word power and rack your brain with this mixed collection of 500 puzzles and conundrums from the MindGames section of The Times. With more than 500 assorted word puzzles and conundrums, this collection contains the favorites: Polygon, Lexica, Word Watch, Scrabble(TM) Challenge, and Codewords. The perfect gift for all word puzzle fans.