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[Books] Bob's Bible: Words, Anagrams and Hooks

Book Details

  • ISBN-10: 0971947309
  • Paperback: 304
  • ISBN-13: 978-0971947306
  • Publisher: Robert/Gillis;2ndRevised&enlargededition(August2002)
  • Language: English
  • Book Dimensions: 9.9x7.8x1inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6pounds

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Bob's Bible: Words, Anagrams and Hooks--- 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.

About the Author
Robert Gillis is a longtime tournament Scrabble(r) Player and a member of the National Scrabble(r) Association's Dictionary Committee.



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Bob's Bible: Words, Anagrams and Hooks About [Books] Bob's Bible: Words, Anagrams and Hooks by LawrenFreebody's review
A must for Scrabble players and word game enthusiasts
Bob's Bible took the competitive Scrabble world by storm. Within a few short months of its initial publication it graced the shelves of most of the nation's top Scrabble players. It is formatted to include hooks and anagrams for each entry, which is essential information for the competitive Scrabble player. All words are sanctioned for use in club and tournament play and it is the same word source used by many online word games, such as Literati and WordOx. Of the dozens of word books and dictionaries I own and use for various word games, Bob's Bible has proven to be the most useful and valuable. I love it!

 

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About [Books] Bob's Bible: Words, Anagrams and Hooks by Fulminic's review
Pump up your Scrabble tournament rating
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.

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About [Books] Bob's Bible: Words, Anagrams and Hooks by MarkianGooley's review
Essential for tournament players

This book gives you all the words in the Official Word List,
saving you the need to buy a copy unless you're using it to
judge challenges in club games and someone objects to the
extra information: front and back hooks, and anagrams, for
every word listed.It's great fun to browse for such lovely
anagram pairs as SNAKEBIT BEATNIKS, OILIEST IOLITES, and my
current favorite, ONANISM MANSION -- and you might just retain
a new word or two.If you play in NSA tournaments, you need
this book, period.

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About [Books] Bob's Bible: Words, Anagrams and Hooks by ScrabbleProf's review
Yes, you can still find this essential Scrabble Bible!
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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About [Books] Bob's Bible: Words, Anagrams and Hooks by Bluebonnet's review
Winner's Manual
I'm amazed at how many Scrabble games I win versus when I didn't have the book. Big thanks to R. Gillis!

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About [Books] Bob's Bible: Words, Anagrams and Hooks by N_Yaffe's review
The Perfect Resource for Improving Play
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!

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