Master the word list
The purpose of this site
is to be the definitive resource for word-game players whose ambition
is to master the reference word list or dictionary for their game.
Even if your goal is just to improve, and not to become a world
champion, you'll find useful stuff here.
Resource for
game-players
Our focus is Scrabble®
Brand Crossword Game and Boggle®, but the tools and techniques
presented and discussed here should be valuable to crossword puzzle
enthusiasts, players of various anagramming games, and any other
strategic game whose "pieces" are words.
It's about
the mind -- yours
A lot of the recent progress
in understanding -- and popularizing -- competitive Scrabble®
is the result of machine computing. Maven simulations, probability
analyses, fine-toothed combing of lexica, and the collaborative
medium that is the Internet itself, have all given students of the
game powerful new tools for improving their play.
We do not ignore these
advantages. But the focus of this site is the individual exercise
of the human brain. How do we learn? What is long-term memory? How
do we become better anagrammers? What approaches to rote memorization
work for different people? We attempt to chronicle and critique
the major study methods out there, and provide at least a few useful
pointers for players who want to try this approach or that.
It's our hope that users of verbalobe.com
will find its broad menu of tips and resources a usable map to developing
the unique study and practice programs that work for them.
Strategy, too
How do players catalog
different types of plays? What mental-perceptual patterns apply
during early, mid-, late, and end-game stages? How do you best "see"
the ebb and flow of offense and defense, hooks and hot spots? How
do you maintain focus? It is a mental game -- we intend to explore
approaches to honing the one tool that really counts: the one between
your ears.
Please participate
We hope you'll actively contribute to verbalobe, use the discussion
forums, submit articles, and so forth. If you see an error, want to argue a point, or have a link for us
to add, please let us know.
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