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Bob's Bible: Words, Anagrams and Hooks |  | Author: Robert Gillis
Publisher: Robert/Gillis
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 34339
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd Revised & enlarged
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.8 x 1
ISBN: 0971947309
EAN: 9780971947306
ASIN: 0971947309
Publication Date: August 2002
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Product Description
Bob's Bible is the comprehensive distillation of the word knowledge you need to become a superior Scrabble player. It's perfect for browsing, reference or all-out study! It's a must-have for any ardent player of the game of Scrabble, be they beginner or World Champion. In fact, 2001 World and 1998 North American (NA) Scrabble Champion Brian Cappelletto, 3-time NA Champion Joe Edley, 1994 NA Champion David Gibson and 1990 NA Champion Robert Felt have all obtained their copies! You've read about them in Stefan Fatsis' Word Freak -- now you can have a champion's word knowledge conveniently summarized in one convenient book. What's Inside:
All of the National Scrabble Association-acceptable two- to eight-letter words are alphabetically listed and each word is annotated with all of its hooks (one letter extensions) and anagrams (words using exactly the same letters). When you look up HARKENED you'll find that DAKERHEN is the obscure anagram. You'll discover that LUNCH and RIOT can be hooked with the letter G to make GLUNCH and GRIOT . PICTURES anagrams to both CUPRITES and the unexpected PIECRUST! And the delightful surprises go on and on! Bob's Bible has 80,367 annotated word entries and also can serve as an authoritative and comprehensive word judging reference for North American lexicon games.
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Bob's Bible August 19, 2010
N. Webb (Ajijic, Mexico)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great reference and very easy to use. My friends are amazed at the words I come up with. It gives a beginner a lot of confidence!
Winner's Manual October 2, 2009
Bluebonnet
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm amazed at how many Scrabble games I win versus when I didn't have the book. Big thanks to R. Gillis!
Pump up your Scrabble tournament rating January 27, 2009
Fulminic
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
The new edition is better than ever. Not only do you get the complete list of the latest Official Scrabble words with the hook letters on each side and the anagrams below (great format), but there are lists of words that are extremely helpful. Start with the 2 and 3 letter words, then learn the JQXZ words (listed by word length). The 4s and 5s are also listed separately as are words with too many vowels and NO vowels.
There is a list of Q not followed by UA UE UI or UO... so you get QI QAT TRANG BURQA UMIAQ BUQSHA EXEQUY OBLOQUY OBSEQUY and even MBAQANGA. This is a short one page list of less than 40 words.
Then there Jumble Quizzes for thousands of the most likely bingos (7 and 8 letter words) and more jumble quizzes for all the words (short & long words)that have more than one anagram. Test yourself!
My favorite new section has every single word that can take a new letter on the front-- listed alphabetically by word length. Who knew that OVERYFLY takes an H to make HOVERFLY (an insect)??? Did you know that ELK takes a Y to mak YELK? You probably know that ARTISAN can make PARTISAN, but what about BARTISAN? There are 14 pages of these.
Oh, and equally cool, is the back hook section. Somehow, the author has only included words with a back hooks other than S plurals and -D past tenses. So you get WISH making WISHA, STAMPED making STAMPEDE and all the nonstandard plurals like BEAU+X and AMEBA+E. Only 12 pages and you see as many weird hooks as the National Scrabble Champ knows.
If you need a gift for a Scrabble player or word puzzler, this is a great choice. It's suitable for beginners, intermediate, experts and even National Scrabble Champions.
The Perfect Resource for Improving Play October 17, 2004
N.Yaffe (Charlotte, NC)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Bob's Bible is a perfect resource for improving play. It offers useful lists to extricate a player from tight spots (i.e. the vowelless rack or vowel-heavy rack). It lists both the short and 6-8 letter JQXZ words. Plus, every entry includes the front and back hooks as well as the anagrams of that word which allows the player to see how that word will fit into play or how his opponent might hook onto that word during play. This book has broadened my potential and energized my game. I feel I've found the secret formula for successful play!
Yes, you can still find this essential Scrabble Bible! September 26, 2004
Scrabble Prof (Marshall Space Flight Center)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This new 2009 version is better than ever.
This revised and expanded edition also contains over 100 pages of beginner and expert study lists: the 2 letter words, 3 letter words, 4 letter words, the JQXZ words for each length 2-8 letters, the Heavy-vowel words for each length 2-8 letter and the no-AEIOU words for each length 2-8 letters. There are jumble type quizzes for all 7 and 8 letter words with more than one anagram and for the top several thousand most likely 7 and 8 letter words.
Best of all, there are sections purely for all words with front hooks and another for all non-trivial back hooks. If you play Scrabble, you need this book!
Correction:
The complete list of 5-letter words are also a new addition to this edition! The main section is still the meat of the book with a complete alphabetical listing of each 2-8 letter word, flanked by the one letter extensions to the front and back for that word and underscored with its anagrams.
This book is the only one that uses the full dictionary used at sanctioned Scrabble Tournaments. If you are interested only in the School Championship lexicon check out Bob's Bible: Words, Hooks & Anagrams - School Edition.
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